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

                                
                                  & ta bilammp, þatt witt tu wel,
                                
                                  Þatt hise Lerninngcnihhtess
                                
                                  Tokenn to sannenn fasste onnȝæn
                                  Line 17930 
                                
                                  Þe Judewisshe lede
                                
                                  Off Johaness fulluhht, & off
                                
                                  Þatt fulluhht tatt te Laferrd
                                
                                  Bigunnenn haffde amang þe follc
                                
                                  Þurrh hise Lerninngcnihhtess,
                                  Line 17935 
                                
                                  & comenn sone till Johan
                                
                                  Bapptisste þeȝȝre maȝȝstre,
                                
                                  & seȝȝdenn sone þuss till himm,
                                
                                  Swa summ þe Goddspell kiþeþþ;
                                
                                  Maȝȝstre, þatt mann þatt wass wiþþ þe
                                  Line 17940 
                                
                                  Biȝonndenn flumm i wesste,
                                
                                  Whamm þu bar wittness to þe follc,
                                
                                  He fullhtneþþ nu bilife,
                                
                                  & alle turrnenn nu till himm,
                                
                                  Hiss fulluhht tunnderrganngenn.
                                  Line 17945 
                                
                                  & Sannt Johan Bapptisste hemm ȝaff
                                
                                  Annswere onnȝæn & seȝȝde;
                                
                                  Ne maȝȝ nan mann onnfon nan þing,
                                
                                  Þatt segge icc ȝuw to soþe,
                                
                                  Bu¯¯t iff þatt itt himm ȝifenn be
                                  Line 17950 
                                
                                  Þurrh Drihhtin upp off heffne.
                                
                                  & ȝe ȝuw sellfenn berenn me
                                
                                  God wittness þatt I seȝȝde
                                
                                  Till ȝuw, þatt I ne wass nohht Crist,
                                
                                  Acc þatt I wass to manne
                                  Line 17955 
                                
                                  Þurrh Drihhtin sennd biforenn Crist,
                                
                                  To ȝarrkenn hise weȝȝess.

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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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