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

                                
                                  & teȝȝre maȝȝstre nohht att Crist,
                                
                                  & ec forr þatt teȝȝ wisstenn,
                                  Line 18235 
                                
                                  Þatt teȝȝre maȝȝstre borenn wass
                                
                                  Off faderr & off moderr
                                
                                  Þurrh Godess wille & þurrh hiss mahht,
                                
                                  & nohht þurrh þeȝȝre kinde,
                                
                                  & ec forr þatt teȝȝ wisstenn wel,
                                  Line 18240 
                                
                                  Þatt Johan þeȝȝre maȝȝstre
                                
                                  Wass filledd off soþ Godess Gast
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t in hiss moderr wambe,
                                
                                  Forrþi þeȝȝ letenn mare inoh
                                
                                  Off Johan þeȝȝre maȝȝstre,
                                  Line 18245 
                                
                                  Þann off þe Laferrd Crist, whamm þeȝȝ
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t ta rihht nohht ne cnewenn.
                                
                                  Forr nisstenn þeȝȝ nohht witerrliȝ
                                
                                  Ȝe¯¯t ta to fulle soþe
                                
                                  Þatt Crist wass Godess Sune, & Godd
                                  Line 18250 
                                
                                  Þatt cumenn wass to manne.
                                
                                  & forrþi þatt teȝȝ wærenn off
                                
                                  Farisewisshe þede,
                                
                                  Þatt wass wel swiþe niþfull þed
                                
                                  & fulle off modiȝnesse,
                                  Line 18255 
                                
                                  Forrþi þeȝȝ wolldenn niþþrenn Crist
                                
                                  & laȝhenn himm þe mare,
                                
                                  & comenn sone till Johan
                                
                                  Bapptisste þeȝȝre maȝȝstre,
                                
                                  To wreȝenn Crist off þatt he droh
                                  Line 18260 
                                
                                  Onn himm þe follc to fullhtnenn,
                                
                                  Þurrh modiȝnesse & all wiþþ woh
                                
                                  Affterr þatt tatt hemm þuhhte.

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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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