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

                                
                                  Swa þatt teȝȝ wærenn baþe þa
                                
                                  Off swiþe mikell elde,
                                
                                  Þatt time þatt hemm Drihhtin ȝaff
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                                  To strenenn þiss Bapptisste.
                                
                                  & forrþi wass he sennd þurrh Godd
                                
                                  & all þurrh Godess mahhte,
                                
                                  Forrþi þatt he wass strenedd her
                                
                                  Off faderr & off moderr,
                                  Line 18900 
                                
                                  Þurrh Gastess ȝife & þurrh hiss mahht,
                                
                                  & nohht þurrh þeȝȝre kinde.
                                
                                  Þuss wass Johan Bapptisste sennd
                                
                                  Biforenn Cristess come,
                                
                                  To wittness off þatt soþe lihht
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                                  Þatt shollde cumenn newenn.
                                
                                  & forr þatt he wass sennd þurrh Godd,
                                
                                  Forrþi mihhte he wel mælenn,
                                
                                  & berenn wittness i þe follc
                                
                                  Off Godess Suness come,
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                                  Þatt shollde wurrþenn mann to þann
                                
                                  Þatt menn himm mihhtenn cnawenn,
                                
                                  & hanndlenn himm & habbenn himm
                                
                                  Bitwenenn hemm onn erþe,
                                
                                  & tatt he mihhte þurrh hiss dæþ
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                                  U¯¯tlesenn menn off helle,
                                
                                  & turrnenn hemm till Crisstenndom
                                
                                  & till þe rihhte læfe,
                                
                                  & lærenn hemm, & hellpenn hemm
                                
                                  To winnenn heffness blisse,
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                                  Forr swa to lihhnenn alle þa
                                
                                  Þatt haffdenn seȝȝd þurrh dwilde,

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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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