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

                                
                                  Forr þatt he seȝȝde soþ þe king
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                                  Off hise depe sinness;
                                
                                  & nass itt nohht þurrh braþþe seȝȝd,
                                
                                  Ne þurrh niþ, ne þurrh wraþþe,
                                
                                  Acc itt wass seȝȝd, forrþi þatt he
                                
                                  Ne wollde nohht forrbuȝhenn
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                                  To seggenn soþ biforr þe king,
                                
                                  Þohh þatt himm shollde shetenn
                                
                                  To þolenn forr hiss soþe word
                                
                                  Full grimme dæþess pine.
                                
                                  & off þiss ilke birrþ uss wel
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                                  Johaness bisne follȝhenn,
                                
                                  Ne birrþ uss nohht forr eȝȝe off dæþ
                                
                                  Flen Godess soþ to seggenn,
                                
                                  Forr ȝiff we Godess bodeword
                                
                                  & Godess dom forrbuȝhenn,
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                                  Forr eȝȝe off dæþ, to kiþenn forþ
                                
                                  Biforenn kafe & kene,
                                
                                  Ne sinndenn we nohht strange inoh
                                
                                  To fihhtenn ȝæn þe defell.
                                
                                  Herode dredde Sannt Johan,
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                                  Þatt seȝȝþ þe Goddspellwrihhte,
                                
                                  Forr þatt he wisste wel þatt he
                                
                                  Wass haliȝ mann & clene,
                                
                                  & rihhtwiss mann biforenn Godd
                                
                                  & wis off Godess lare.
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                                  & forr þatt himm wass offte seȝȝd
                                
                                  Off Sannt Johaness werrkess,
                                
                                  He comm full bliþeliȝ till himm
                                
                                  To lisstenn hise spelless,

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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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