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

                                
                                  Forr þatt he þurrh þe laþe gast
                                
                                  Dríȝcrafftess haffde lernedd,
                                
                                  & wollde biggenn wiþþ hiss fe
                                
                                  Att Peterr, Crisstess posstell,
                                  Line 16055 
                                
                                  God witt & mahht to spekenn wel
                                
                                  Wiþþ alle þede spæchess,
                                
                                  & seȝȝde till þe posstell þuss
                                
                                  Þurrh currsedd grediȝnesse;
                                
                                  Sell me, Peterr, forr erþliȝ fe
                                  Line 16060 
                                
                                  Off Haliȝ Gast swillc mahhte,
                                
                                  Þurrh whatt icc muȝhe spekenn wel
                                
                                  Wiþþ alle þede spæchess,
                                
                                  & I þe ȝife forr þiss mahht
                                
                                  Fe mikell & unnlitell.
                                  Line 16065 
                                
                                  & Sannte Peterr ȝaff himm þuss
                                
                                  Anndswere onnȝæn & seȝȝde;
                                
                                  Þin ahhte be þe laþe gast
                                
                                  Bitahht forþ wiþþ þe sellfenn.
                                
                                  Loc her, forrþi þatt he wass Godd
                                  Line 16070 
                                
                                  Anndsæte & all unncweme,
                                
                                  Forrþi forrwarrp þe posstell all
                                
                                  Hiss fe forþ wiþþ himm sellfenn,
                                
                                  & all bitahhte itt forþ wiþþ himm
                                
                                  Inntill þe defless walde.
                                  Line 16075 
                                
                                  & forrþi warrp Crist i þe flor
                                
                                  Þe sillferr & te bordess
                                
                                  Off þa chappmenn, þatt he forrwarrp
                                
                                   [col 363] Forr þeȝȝre depe sinness.

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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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