A way! þat ich was ybore!
Þat him was so hard grace yȝarked,
And so vile deþ ymarked!'
Adoun he fel aswon to grounde.
His barouns him tok vp in þat stounde, 550
And telleþ him hou it geþ—
It nis no bot of manes deþ.
King Orfeo knewe wele bi þan
His steward was a trewe man
And loued him as he auȝt to do, 555