and his ditee; [but we wol] putte a lawe in this, and covenaunt in
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the yifte: that is to seyn, that, til he be out of helle, yif he loke
behinde him, that his wyf shal comen ayein unto us."
[But what] is he that may yive a lawe to loveres? Love is
a gretter lawe and a strenger to him-self than any lawe that men
may yeven. Allas! whan Orpheus and his wyf weren almest at the
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termes of the night, that is to seyn, at the laste boundes of helle,
Orpheus lokede abakward on Eurydice his wyf, and loste hir, and