hounde, which that was plesed by his songe: so, whan the moste
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ardaunt love of his wif brende the entrailes of his brest, ne the
songes that hadden overcomen alle thinges ne mighten nat
asswagen hir lord Orpheus, he pleynede him of the [hevene goddes]
that weren cruel to him; he wente him to the houses of helle.
And there he temprede hise blaundisshinge songes by resowninge
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strenges, and spak and song in wepinge al that ever he hadde
received and [laved out] of the noble welles of his moder [Calliope]