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

                                
                                  Þeȝȝ wrohhtenn rap þurrh sinnfull lif
                                
                                  To draȝhenn hemm till helle,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ bundenn woh till woh
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                                  & sinness uppo sinness;
                                
                                  & tatt wass hemm bitacnedd wel
                                
                                  Þurrh Jesu Cristess wiþþess.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þær wass swa mikell gillt
                                
                                  To biggenn & to sellenn
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                                  Þa þingess, þatt menn sholldenn þær
                                
                                  Offrenn Drihhtin to lake,
                                
                                  Inoh þær wære mare gillt
                                
                                  To follȝhenn gluterrnesse,
                                
                                  & drunnkennesse, & horedom,
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                                  Þatt sinndenn fulre sinness.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þatt Crist swa wraþeliȝ
                                
                                  Draf menn & menness ahhte
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þatt temmple þatt wass wrohht
                                
                                  Off trewwess & off staness,
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                                  Inoh he wraþþeþþ himm wiþþ menn,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt he depe sinness
                                
                                  & all þatt ifell iss & woh
                                
                                  Findeþþ i menness herrtess,
                                
                                  Þatt sholldenn ben hiss aȝhenn hus
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                                  To resstenn himm þærinne.
                                
                                  Crisstene follc iss Cristess hus
                                
                                  & Cristess hallȝhe temmple,
                                
                                  & ȝiff þatt iss þatt Cristess follc
                                
                                  Hemm flitteþþ frawarrd sinness,
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                                  & towarrd alle gode þæw
                                
                                  & alle gode dedess,

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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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