aftir þat 3024 he hadde maked by hys wepely songes þe wodes meueable to rennen. {and} hadde ymaked þe ryueres to stonden stille. {and} maked þe hertys {and} hyndes to ioignen dredles hir sides to cruel lyou{n}s to herkene his songe. 3028 {and} had[de] maked þat þe hare was nat agast of þe hounde whiche þat was plesed by hys songe. [Sidenote: But the songs that did all things tame, could not allay their master’s ardent love.] so þat whane þe most[e] ardaunt loue of hys wijf brende þe entrailes of his brest. ne þe songes þat hadde ouer [[pg 107]] comen alle þinges ne myȝten nat assuage hir lorde 3033 orpheus. [Sidenote: He bewailed the cruelty of the gods above, and descended to Pluto’s realm.] ¶ He pleyned[e] hym of þe godes þat were{n} cruel to hym. he wente hym to þe houses of helle [Sidenote: There he struck his tuneful strings and sang, exhausting all the harmonious art imparted to him by his mother Calliope.] {and} þere he tempred[e] hys blaundissyng songes by resounyng 3036 of hys strenges. ¶ And spak {and} song in wepynge alle þat euer he hadde resceyued {and} laued oute of þe noble welles of hys modir calliope þe goddesse. [Sidenote: In songs dictated both by grief and love, he implored the infernal powers to give him back his Eurydice.] {and} he song wiþ as mychel as he myȝt[e] of 3040 wepynge. {and} wiþ as myche as loue þat doubled[e] his sorwe myȝt[e] ȝeuen hym {and} teche hy{m} in his seke h{er}te. ¶ And he commoeuede þe helle {and} requered[e] {and} souȝte by swete p{re}iere þe lordes of soules in helle 3044 of relesynge. þat is to seyne to ȝelden hym hys wif. [Sidenote: Cerberus, Hell’s three-headed porter, stood amazed;] ¶ Cerberus þe porter of helle wiþ his þre heuedes was cauȝt {and} al abaist for þe new[e] songe. [Sidenote: the Furies, tormentors of guilty souls, did weep;] {and} þe þre goddesses furijs {and} vengerisse of felonies þat to{ur}mente{n} 3048 {and} agaste{n} þe soules by anoye wexen sorweful {and} sory {and} wepen teres for pitee. [Sidenote: Ixion, tormented by the revolving wheel, found rest;] þan was nat þe heued of Ixion{e} yto{ur}mented by þe ou{er}þrowi{n}g whele. [Sidenote: Tantalus, suffering from a long and raging thirst, despised the stream;] ¶ And tantalus þat was destroied by þe woodnesse of longe 3052 þrust dispiseþ þe flodes to drynke. [Sidenote: and the greedy vulture did cease to eat and tear the growing liver of Tityus.] þe fowel þat hyȝt voltor þat etiþ þe stomak or þe giser of ticius is so fulfilled of his songe þat it nil etyn ne tyren no more.