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We often read and written find	A
as learned men do us remind	A
that lays that now the harpers sing	B
are wrought of many a marvellous thing	B
Some are of weal and some of woe	C
and some do joy and gladness know	C
in some are guile and treachery told	D
in some the deeds that chanced of old	D
some are of jests and ribaldry	E
and some are tales of Fa rie	E
Of all the things that men may heed	F
'tis most of love they sing indeed	F
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In Britain all these lays are writ	G
there issued first in rhyming fit	G
concerning adventures in those days	H
whereof the Britons made their lays	H
for when they heard men anywhere	E
tell of adventures that there were	E
they took their harps in their delight	I
and made a lay and named it right	I
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Of adventures that did once befall	J
some can I tell you but not all	J
Listen now lordings good and true	E
and 'Orfeo' I will sing to you	E
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Sir Orfeo was a king of old	D
in England lordship high did hold	D
valour he had and hardihood	D
a courteous king whose gifts were good	D
His father from King Pluto came	K
his mother from Juno king of fame	K
who once of old as gods were named	D
for mighty deeds they did and claimed	D
Sir Orfeo too all things beyond	D
of harping's sweet delight was fond	D
and sure were all good harpers there	E
of him to earn them honour fair	E
himself he loved to touch the harp	L
and pluck the strings with fingers sharp	L
He played so well beneath the sun	M
a better harper was there none	M
no man hath in this world been born	N
who would not hearing him have sworn	N
that as before him Orfeo played	D
to joy of Paradise he had strayed	D
and sound of harpers heavenly	E
such joy was there and melody	E
This king abode in Tracience	H
a city proud of stout defence	H
for Winchester 'tis certain then	O
as Tracience was known to men	O
There dwelt his queen in fairest bliss	H
whom men called Lady Heurodis	H
of ladies then the one most fair	E
who ever flesh and blood did wear	E
in her did grace and goodness dwell	P
but none her loveliness can tell	P
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It so did chance in early May	Q
when glad and warm doth shine the day	Q
and gone are bitter winter showers	H
and every field is filled with flowers	H
on every branch the blossom blows	H
in glory and in gladness grows	H
the lady Heurodis the queen	R
two maidens fair to garden green	R
with her she took at drowsy tide	D
of noon to stroll by orchard side	D
to see the flowers there spread and spring	B
and hear the birds on branches sing	B
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There down in shade they sat all three	E
beneath a fair young grafted tree	E
and soon it chanced the gentle queen	R
fell there asleep upon the green	R
Her maidens durst her not awake	S
but let her lie her rest to take	S
and so she slept till midday soon	T
was passed and come was afternoon	T
Then suddenly they heard her wake	S
and cry and grievous clamour make	S
she writhed with limb her hands she wrung	U
she tore her face till blood there sprung	U
her raiment rich in pieces rent	D
thus sudden out of mind she went	D
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Her maidens two then by her side	D
no longer durst with her abide	D
but to the palace swiftly ran	V
and told there knight and squire and man	V
their green it seemed was sudden mad	D
'Go and restrain her ' they them bade	D
Both knights and ladies thither sped	D
and more than sixty damsels fled	D
to the orchard to the queen they went	D
with arms to lift her down they bent	D
and brought her to her bed at last	D
and raving there they held her fast	D
but ceaselessly she still would cry	E
and ever strove to rise and fly	E
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When Orfeo heard these tidings sad	D
more grief than ever in life he had	D
and swiftly with ten knights he sped	D
to bower and stood before her bed	D
and looking on her ruefully	E
'Dear life ' he said 'what troubles thee	E
who ever quiet hast been and sweet	D
why dost thou now so shrilly greet	D
Thy body that peerless white was born	N
is now by cruel nails all torn	N
Alas thy cheeks that were so red	D
are now as wan as thou wert dead	D
thy fingers too so small and slim	W
are stained with blood their hue is dim	W
Alas thy lovely eyes in woe	C
now stare on me as on a foe	C
A lady mercy I implore	E
These piteous cries come cry no more	E
but tell me what thee grieves and how	X
and say what may thee comfort now '	-
	-
Then lo at last she lay there still	Y
and many bitter tears did spill	Y
and thus unto the king she spake	S
'Alas my lord my heart will break	S
Since first together came our life	Z
between us ne'er was wrath nor strife	Z
but I have ever so loved thee	E
as very life and so thou me	E
Yet now we must be torn in twain	A2
and go I must for all thy pain '	-
	-
'Alas ' said he 'then dark my doom	B2
Where wilt thou go and go to whom	B2
But where thou goest I come with thee	E
and where I go thou shalt with me '	-
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'Nay nay sir words avail thee naught	D
I will tell thee how this woe was wrought	D
as I lay in the quiet noontide	D
and slept beneath our orchard side	D
there came two noble knights to me	E
arrayed in armour gallantly	E
'We come ' they said 'thee swift to bring	B
to meeting with our lord and king '	-
Then answered I both bold and true	E
that dared I not and would not do	E
They spurred then back on swiftest steed	D
then came their king himself with speed	D
a hundred knights with him and more	E
and damsels too were many a score	E
all riding there on snow white steeds	H
and white as milk were all their weeds	H
I saw not ever anywhere	E
a folk so peerless and so fair	E
The king was crowned with crown of light	D
not of red gold nor silver white	D
but of one single gem 'twas hewn	T
that shone as bright as sun at noon	T
And coming straightway he me sought	D
and would I or no he up me caught	D
and made me by him swiftly ride	D
upon a palfrey at his side	D
and to his palace thus me brought	D
a dwelling fair and wondrous wrought	D
He castles showed me there and towers	H
Water and wild and woods and flowers	H
and pastures rich upon the plain	A2
and then he brought me home again	O
and to our orchard he me led	D
and then at parting this he said	D
'See lady tomorrow thou must be	E
right here beneath this grafted tree	E
and then beside us thou shalt ride	D
and with us evermore abide	D
If let or hindrance thou dost make	S
where'er thou be we shall thee take	S
and all thy limbs shall rend and tear	E
no aid of man shall help thee there	E
and even so all rent and torn	N
thou shalt away with us be borne ''	-
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When all those tidings Orfeo heard	D
then spake he many a bitter word	D
'Alas I had liever lose my life	Z
than those thee thus my queen and wife '	-
He counsel find him help or plan	V
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On the morrow when the noon drew near	E
in arms did Orfeo appear	E
and full ten hundred knights with him	W
all stoutly armed all stern and grim	W
and with their queen now went that band	D
beneath the grafted tree to stand	D
A serried rank on every side	D
they made and vowed there to abide	D
and die there sooner for her sake	S
than let men thence their lady take	S
And yet from midst of that array	Q
the queen was sudden snatched away	Q
by magic was she from them caught	D
and none knew whither she was brought	D
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Then was there wailing tears and woe	C
the king did to his chamber go	C
and oft he swooned on floor of stone	C2
and such lament he made and moan	C2
that nigh his life then came to end	D
and nothing could his grief amend	D
His barons he summoned to his board	D
each mighty earl and famous lord	D
and when they all together came	K
'My lords ' he said 'I here do name	K
my steward high before you all	J
to keep my realm whate'er befall	J
to hold my place instead of me	E
and keep my lands where'er they be	E
For now that I have lost my queen	R
the fairest lady men have seen	R
I wish not woman more to see	E
Into the wilderness I will flee	E
and there will live for evermore	E
with the wild beasts in forests hoar	E
But when ye learn my days are spent	D
then summon ye a parliament	D
and choose ye there a king anew	E
With all I have now deal ye true '	-
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Then weeping was there in the hall	J
and great lament there made they all	J
and hardl	J