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

                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt teȝȝ sæȝhenn ohht onn himm
                                
                                  To friȝȝenn & to tælenn.
                                
                                  & Jesu Crist wel unnderrstod
                                
                                  All þeȝȝre wicke trowwþe,
                                  Line 16515 
                                
                                  & droh himm frawarrd hemm forrþi,
                                
                                  & le¯¯t lihhtliȝ þæroffe,
                                
                                  All swa summ itt wass litell wurrþ
                                
                                  Till þeȝȝre sawle nede.
                                
                                  Forr Godd himm shæweþþ towarrd te
                                  Line 16520 
                                
                                  Aȝȝ o þatt illke wise,
                                
                                  Þatt tu þe shæwesst towarrd himm
                                
                                  I þohht, i word, i dede.
                                
                                  Ȝiff þu wiþþ herrte lufesst Godd,
                                
                                  Godd lufeþþ þe wiþþ herrte;
                                  Line 16525 
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu litell lufesst Godd,
                                
                                  Þa lufeþþ þe Godd litell;
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu litell dost forr Godd,
                                
                                  Godd ah þe litell mede.
                                
                                  & nollde nohht te Laferrd Crist
                                  Line 16530 
                                
                                  Himm don i þeȝȝre walde,
                                
                                   [col 370] Ne lætenn kiþþeliȝ wiþþ hemm
                                
                                  Forr þeȝȝre wake trowwþe,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he cnew hemm alle wel,
                                
                                  & alle þeȝȝre þohhtess,
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                                  & forr þatt himm nass rihht na ned
                                
                                  Þatt aniȝ mann himm shollde
                                
                                  Ohht awwnenn off all þatt, tatt wass
                                
                                  All dærne i manness herrte;

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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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