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

                                
                                  & þurrh ha¯¯t herrtess lufe & lusst
                                
                                  Þatt he till mannkinn haffde,
                                
                                  To flittenn menn till heffness ærd
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe defless walde.
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff þu Cana Galile
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                                  Till Ennglissh spæche turrnesst,
                                
                                  Þa tacneþþ itt ha¯¯t herrtess lusst
                                
                                  To ferrsenn & to flittenn.
                                
                                  & þurrh ha¯¯t herrtess lufe & lusst
                                
                                  Wass Godess Sune flittedd
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                                  Inntill þiss middellærdess burrh,
                                
                                  To wurrþenn mann onn erþe.
                                
                                   [col 357] & he comm till Cafarrnaum
                                
                                  Whanne he comm dun till erþe,
                                
                                  Forr affterr þatt soþ boc uss seȝȝþ
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                                  Cafarrnaum bitacneþþ
                                
                                  Golike tun, & scone tun
                                
                                  & faȝȝerr to bihaldenn,
                                
                                  & swillc iss all þiss middellærd
                                
                                  Golike, & scone, & faȝȝerr
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                                  Till alle þa þatt lufenn itt;
                                
                                  Forr hemm itt þinnkeþþ scone,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt teȝȝ ne þennkenn nohht
                                
                                  Off heffness ærdess blisse,
                                
                                  & forrþi þinnkeþþ hemm full god
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                                  & luffsumm her to libbenn,
                                
                                  To follȝhenn þeȝȝre flæshess lusst
                                
                                  I maniȝ kinne sinne.

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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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