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

                                
                                  Þatt all þatt fifte time wass
                                
                                  Þurrh witess filledd offe,
                                  Line 14895 
                                
                                  Swa summ þatt fifte fe¯¯tless wass
                                
                                  Brerdfull off waterr filledd.
                                
                                  & her I se summ del off þatt
                                
                                  Stafflike witeȝhunnȝe,
                                
                                  & icc itt wile shæwenn ȝuw
                                  Line 14900 
                                
                                  All forr ure allre nede.
                                
                                  Saúl wass hofenn upp to king
                                
                                  Amang Judisskenn lede,
                                
                                  & he warrþ swiþe modiȝ mann
                                
                                  & ifell mann i dede.
                                  Line 14905 
                                
                                  & Drihhtin Godd himm all forrwarrp
                                
                                  Forr hise depe sinness,
                                
                                  & toc þe kinedom off himm
                                
                                  & off hiss sune baþe,
                                
                                  & ȝaff itt an off hise menn
                                  Line 14910 
                                
                                  Þatt wass Daviþ ȝehatenn.
                                
                                   [col 344] Forr Daviþ wass full haliȝ mann
                                
                                  & soffte, & mec, & milde;
                                
                                  & he wass hofenn upp to king
                                
                                  Off all Judisskenn þede,
                                  Line 14915 
                                
                                  Forr Drihhtin heȝheþþ alle þa
                                
                                  Þatt soþ mecnesse follȝhenn.
                                
                                  & ȝiff þu nimesst mikell gom
                                
                                  Off þise tweȝȝenn kingess,
                                
                                  & takesst bisne att Daviþ king
                                  Line 14920 
                                
                                  To follȝhenn soþ mecnesse,

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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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