The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.

                                  
                                    & ȝiff þu þiss þurrh Haliȝ Gast
                                  
                                    Deplikerr unnderrstanndesst,
                                  
                                    Þatt Abraham onn hæfedd iss
                                  
                                    Þe Faderr upp off heffne,
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                                    & tatt hiss wennchell Ysaac
                                  
                                    Iss Cristess Goddcunndnesse,
                                  
                                    & tatt hiss shep þatt offredd wass
                                  
                                    Iss Cristess mennisscnesse,
                                  
                                    Þatt offredd wass forr all mannkinn
                                    Line 14730 
                                  
                                    To þolenn dæþ o rode,
                                  
                                    Swa þatt hiss Goddcunndnesse wass
                                  
                                    All cwicc & all unnpinedd,
                                  
                                    All swa summ Ysaac attbrasst
                                  
                                    Unnwundedd & unnwemmedd,
                                    Line 14735 
                                  
                                    Þa takesst tu gastlike witt
                                  
                                    Off staffliȝ witeȝhunnge,
                                  
                                    & drinnkesst ta þatt win þatt iss
                                  
                                    U¯¯t off þe waterr wharrfedd,
                                  
                                    Þatt win þatt turrnenn maȝȝ þin þohht
                                    Line 14740 
                                  
                                    Þurrh gastliȝ drunnkennesse
                                  
                                    All fra þe werrldess lufe & lusst
                                  
                                    & fra þe flæshess wille,
                                  
                                    To follȝhenn aȝȝ anwherrfeddleȝȝc
                                  
                                    To winnenn heffness blisse.
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                                    Fra Moysæn till Daviþ king
                                  
                                    Wass all þe ferþe time
                                  
                                    Off all þiss werrldess ald tatt iss
                                  
                                    O sexe daless brittnedd.

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Title: The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.
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Publication: Oxford :: At the Clarendon Press,; 1878.

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