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at hadde ouer [[pg 107]]
comen alle ? inges ne my? ten nat assuage hir lorde 3033
orpheus.

[Sidenote: He bewailed the cruelty of the gods above, and
descended to Pluto's realm. ]

? He pleyned[e] hym of ? e godes ? at were{n}
cruel to hym. he wente hym to ? e houses of helle

[Sidenote: There he struck his tuneful strings and sang,
exhausting all the harmonious art imparted to him by his mother
Calliope. ]

{and} ? ere he tempred[e] hys blaundissyng songes by resounyng 3036
of hys strenges. ? And spak {and} song in
wepynge alle ? at euer he hadde resceyued {and} laued
oute of ?
e noble welles of hys modir calliope ? e goddesse.

[Sidenote: In songs dictated both by grief and love, he implored
the infernal powers to give him back his Eurydice. ]

{and} he song wi? as mychel as he my? t[e] of 3040
wepynge. {and} wi? as myche as loue ? at doubled[e] his
sorwe my? t[e] ? euen hym {and} teche hy{m} in his seke
h{er}te. ? And he commoeuede ? e helle {and} requered[e]
{and} sou? te by swete p{re}iere ? e lordes of soules in helle 3044
of relesynge.