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Excerpt from First Middle English Primer: Extracts From the Ancren Riwle and Ormulum
IN the present edition I have made such alterations and additions as seemed likely to increase the utility of the book. In doing so I have been greatly aided by Mr. C. Stoffel, of Amsterdam, to whom I take this opportunity of ex pressing my thanks. I also have to acknowledge some useful criticisms received from Dr. F. Holthausen. I have, on the other hand, omitted. To give the ms. Readings in cases of correction, as I now consider such details out of place in a primer.
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