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

                                  
                                    Forr þa þatt follȝhenn Cristess sloþ
                                  
                                    Þeȝȝ sinndenn Godess chilldre,
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                                    & ta þatt follȝhenn defless raþ
                                  
                                    Þeȝȝ sinndenn defless chilldre.

                                  
                                    Þatt Crist fór inntill Ȝerrsalæm
                                  
                                    Þe Passkedaȝȝ to frellsenn,
                                  
                                     [col 358] Þatt dide he þa la fuliwis
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                                    Forr uss to ȝifenn bisne,
                                  
                                    Þatt uss birrþ alle stanndenn inn
                                  
                                    To frellsenn & to wurrþenn
                                  
                                    Þa messedaȝȝess, þatt te prest
                                  
                                    Uss bédeþþ wel to frellsenn.
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                                    & ec he fór till Ȝerrsalæm,
                                  
                                    Forr þatt he full wel wisste
                                  
                                    Þatt tær wass sammnedd mikell follc
                                  
                                    Þatt heȝhe daȝȝ to frellsenn,
                                  
                                    & forrþi þatt he wollde þær
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                                    Hiss Goddcunndnesse shæwenn,
                                  
                                    Þurrh þatt he wollde wirrkenn þær
                                  
                                    Summ hefennlike takenn
                                  
                                    Biforenn all þatt miccle follc
                                  
                                    Þatt tær wass þanne sammnedd,
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                                    To turrnenn hemm till Crisstenndom
                                  
                                    & till þe rihhte læfe.
                                  
                                    & Crist fór ec till Ȝerrsalæm
                                  
                                    To don uss tunnderrstanndenn
                                  
                                    Þatt uss iss swiþe mikell god
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                                    To swinnkenn ferr till hallȝhenn,

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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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