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

                                
                                  & droȝhenn mikell Godess follc
                                  Line 16850 
                                
                                  U¯¯t off þe rihhte weȝȝe,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ settenn i þe follc
                                
                                  Settnessess bi þeȝȝm sellfenn.
                                
                                  & tohh wass all þatt illke follc
                                
                                  Farisewisshe nemmnedd,
                                  Line 16855 
                                
                                  Forr þatt tatt follc aȝȝ drohh himm upp
                                
                                  Abufenn all þe lede,
                                
                                  Forr all þatt follc le¯¯t tatt he wass
                                
                                  Unnlic all oþerr lede,
                                
                                  & skiledd u¯¯t all fra þe follc
                                  Line 16860 
                                
                                  Þurrh haliȝ lif & lare.
                                
                                  Forr Farisew bitacneþþ uss
                                
                                  Shædinng onn Ennglissh spæche,
                                
                                  & forrþi wass þatt name hemm sett,
                                
                                  Forr þatt teȝȝ wærenn shadde,
                                  Line 16865 
                                
                                  Swa summ hemm þuhhte, fra þe follc
                                
                                  Þurrh haliȝ lif & lare.
                                
                                  & off þatt follc wass Nicodem,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ,
                                
                                  Acc he wass cumenn þa till Crist
                                  Line 16870 
                                
                                  To betenn hise sinness,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt he lernenn wollde att Crist
                                
                                  Þe lare off rihhtwisnesse,
                                
                                  & off þe rihhte Crisstenndom,
                                
                                   [col 375] & off þe rihhte læfe.
                                  Line 16875 
                                
                                  & þurrh þatt tatt he wisste wel,
                                
                                  Swa summ himm sellf itt seȝȝde,

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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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