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

                                
                                  Þatt Sannt Johan haffde þe king
                                
                                  Bigripenn off hiss sinne.
                                
                                  & ȝho warrþ sone gramm & grill
                                
                                  Ȝæn Sannt Johan Bapptisste,
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                                  Forr þatt he wollde hire & te king
                                
                                  Todælenn & toshædenn.
                                
                                  & ȝho toc wraþþe & hĕte & niþ
                                
                                  Till Sannt Johan þæroffe,
                                
                                  & þohhte þatt ȝho shollde onn himm
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                                  Wel wrekenn hire tene,
                                
                                  & þohhte þatt ȝho wollde himm slan
                                
                                  Ȝiff þatt ȝhot¯¯ mihhte forþenn.
                                
                                  Acc ȝhot¯¯ ne mihhte forrþenn nohht
                                
                                  Swa raþe summ ȝho wollde,
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                                  Forr þatt itt ȝede off Sannt Johan
                                
                                  All affterr Godess wille,
                                
                                  Nohht affterr hire, forr ȝho wass
                                
                                  Godd laþ & all unncweme;
                                
                                  & forrþi wass ȝho wurrþ att Godd,
                                  Line 19875 
                                
                                  Þurrh hire depe sinness,
                                
                                  To don þatt dede o Sannt Johan
                                
                                  Wiþþutenn hise wrihhte,
                                
                                  Þatt shollde draȝhenn hire dun
                                
                                  To dreȝhenn helle pine,
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                                  & ȝifenn himm to stiȝhenn upp
                                
                                  To brukenn heffness blisse,
                                
                                  Þurrh Cristess dom þatt all wass god
                                
                                  & rihht onn eȝȝþerr hallfe.
                                
                                  Forr all iss Cristess dom rihht dom,
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                                  Acc itt iss dep & dærne,

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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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