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

                                
                                  Forrþi bitacneþþ he þatt follc
                                
                                  Þatt lefeþþ wel o Criste,
                                
                                  & ledeþþ þohh flæshlike lif
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                                  I þæwwess & i dedess,
                                
                                  & nohht ne darr ȝe¯¯t stiȝhenn upp
                                
                                  To follȝhenn heȝhe mahhtess
                                
                                  I gastliȝ lifess brihhte daȝȝ,
                                
                                  Forr hiss flæshess unnstrenncþe,
                                  Line 16915 
                                
                                  Acc follȝheþþ flæshliȝ lifess nahht
                                
                                  I þæwess & i dedess,
                                
                                  & mæleþþ wiþþ þe Laferrd Crist
                                
                                  & herrcneþþ whatt he mæleþþ,
                                
                                  Þurrh þatt teȝȝ lefenn rihht o Crist
                                  Line 16920 
                                
                                  & herrcnenn Cristess lare.
                                
                                  Acc þatt niss nohht inoh till hemm
                                
                                  To berrȝhenn lif & sawle,
                                
                                  Þatt teȝȝ hemm turrnenn towarrd Crist
                                
                                  Wiþþ all þe rihhte læfe,
                                  Line 16925 
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt teȝȝ ledenn sinnfull lif
                                
                                  Wiþþ all þe flæshess wille.
                                
                                  Forr þohh þu trowwe rihht o Crist,
                                
                                  Ne mahht tu nohht ben borrȝhenn,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt tu nohht ne nimesst gom
                                  Line 16930 
                                
                                  To wirrkenn allmess dedess.
                                
                                  Forr whase lefeþþ rihht o Crist
                                
                                  & follȝheþþ alle sinness,
                                
                                  He follȝheþþ wel þe defless sloþ,
                                
                                  Þatt witt tu wel to soþe;
                                  Line 16935 
                                
                                  Forr defell trowweþþ wel & wa¯¯t
                                
                                  Þatt Crist iss Godd off heffne,

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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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