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

                                
                                  & wel maȝȝ manness kinde ben
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                                  Þurrh waterrflod bitacnedd;
                                
                                  Forr all all swa se waterrstræm
                                
                                  Aȝȝ fleteþþ forþ & erneþþ
                                
                                  Towarrd te sæ wiþþ mikell sped,
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt itt nohht ne letteþþ,
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                                  All swa rihht erneþþ all mannkinn
                                
                                  Inn hiss dæþshildinesse
                                
                                  Fra ȝer to ȝer, fra daȝȝ to daȝȝ,
                                
                                  Inntill hiss lifess ende.
                                
                                  & ec þurrh þatt, tatt Sannt Johan
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                                  Bapptisste wass to fullhtnenn
                                
                                  Onnfasst tatt illke kasstelltun
                                
                                  Þatt wass Salím ȝehatenn,
                                
                                  Þær an mann haffde biggedd ær,
                                
                                  Mellchisedæc ȝehatenn,
                                  Line 18105 
                                
                                  Þatt haffde ben þær Godess prest
                                
                                  & king þær off þatt chesstre,
                                
                                  Þærþurrh uss dide Sannt Johan
                                
                                  To sen & tunnderrstanndenn,
                                
                                  Þatt ure Laferrd Jesu Crist
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                                  Wass cumenn þa to manne,
                                
                                  To timmbrenn himm þurrh hiss fulluhht
                                
                                  An casstell ȝæn þe defell,
                                
                                  An Crisstnedd follc þatt shollde wel
                                
                                  Þurrh rihht god trowwþess wæpenn,
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                                  Wel stanndenn ȝæn þe laþe gast,
                                
                                  Þurrh himm þatt shollde baþe
                                
                                  Ben þeȝȝre prest & teȝȝre king,
                                
                                  To gengenn hemm wiþþ beness,

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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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