And what þing may þe help now.'

Þo lay sche stille atte last,

And gan to wepe swiþe fast,

And seyd þus þe king to:

'Allas! mi lord, Sir Orfeo, 120

Seþþen we first togider were,

Ones wroþ neuer we nere,

Bot euer ich haue yloued þe

As mi liif, and so þou me.

Ac now we mot delen ato; 125