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he hadde maked by hys wepely songes ? e wodes meueable
to rennen. {and} hadde ymaked ? e ryueres to stonden
stille. {and} maked ? e hertys {and} hyndes to ioignen
dredles hir sides to cruel lyou{n}s to herkene his songe. 3028
{and} had[de] maked ? at ? e hare was nat agast of ? e
hounde whiche ? at was plesed by hys songe.

[Sidenote: But the songs that did all things tame, could not allay
their master's ardent love. ]

so ? at
whane ? e most[e] ardaunt loue of hys wijf brende ?
e
entrailes of his brest. ne ? e songes ? 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. ?