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e laste ? e lorde {and} Iuge of soules was moeued 3056
to misericordes {and} cried[e] we ben ouer comen q{uo}d
he. yif[e] we to orpheus his wijf to bere hym co{m}paignye
he ha? welle I-bou? t hir by his faire songe {and}
his ditee. [[pg 108]]

[Sidenote: But we will lay this injunction upon him. Till he
escape the infernal bounds, he shall not cast a backward look. ']

but we wil putte{n} a lawe in ? is. {and} couenaunt 3060
in ? e ? ifte. ? {a}t is to seyne. ?
at til he be out of
helle yif he loke byhynden hym [? {a}t] hys wijf shal
come{n} a? eine to vs

[Sidenote: But, who shall give a lover any law? Love is a greater
law than may be given to any earthly man. ]

? but what is he ? at may ? eue a
lawe to loueres. loue is a gretter lawe {and} a strengere to 3064
hym self ? an any lawe ? {a}t men may ? euen.

[Sidenote: Alas! having left the realms of night, Orpheus cast a
look behind and lost his too-much-loved Euridice. ]

? Allas
whan Orpheus {and} his wijf were al most at ?