And wold vp and owy.

When Orfeo herd þat tiding,

Neuer him nas wers for no þing.

He come wiþ kniȝtes tene

To chaumber riȝt bifor þe quene,100

And biheld, and seyd wiþ grete pité:

'O lef liif, what is te,

Þat euer ȝete hast ben so stille,

And now gredest wonder schille?

Þi bodi, þat was so white ycore, 105