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

                                
                                  Forr all þatt wass inn iwhillc mann
                                  Line 16540 
                                
                                  He sahh, & cnew, & cuþe.
                                
                                  Þiss hallȝhe Goddspellwrihhte seȝȝþ
                                
                                  O þiss Goddspelless lare,
                                
                                  Þatt Jesu Crist ne wollde nohht
                                
                                  Himm don i þeȝȝre walde,
                                  Line 16545 
                                
                                  & nohht forrþi þatt Crist wass ohht
                                
                                  Forrdredd off þeȝȝre strenncþe,
                                
                                  He þatt wass allre shaffte Godd
                                
                                  Þatt all þe werelld weldeþþ,
                                
                                  Acc forr þatt teȝȝre trowwþe wass
                                  Line 16550 
                                
                                  Swa — þatt itt shollde tacnenn
                                
                                  Þatt follkess Crisstenndom, þatt iss
                                
                                  Primmseȝȝdenn & nohht fullhtnedd.
                                
                                  Forr þurrh þatt Crist ne wollde nohht
                                
                                  Himm don i þeȝȝre walde,
                                  Line 16555 
                                
                                  Þærþurrh wass tacnedd hemm & uss
                                
                                  & all Crisstene lede,
                                
                                  Þatt tu ne mahht nohht husledd ben
                                
                                  Wiþþ Godess wille & lefe
                                
                                  Þohh þatt tu be primmseȝȝnedd rihht,
                                  Line 16560 
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt tu narrt nohht fullhtnedd.
                                
                                  & swa summ Crist ne wollde nohht
                                
                                  Himm don i þeȝȝre walde,
                                
                                  All swa ne wile he nohht himm don
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t i þatt manness walde,
                                  Line 16565 
                                
                                  Þatt iss primmseȝȝnedd & nohht ȝe¯¯t
                                
                                  Upponn hiss name fullhtnedd.
                                
                                  Ne doþ himm nohht te Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t i þatt manness walde,

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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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