Heu noctis prope terminos . uidit orpheus euridicem suam . perdidit . occidit. Áh ze sêre . sô er sia nâh ze lîehte brâhta . dâr uuárteta er íro . dâr ferlôs er sia . dâr stúrtzta ér sélbo.
Allas! whan Orpheus and his wyf weren almest at the termes of the night, that is to seyn, at the laste boundes of helle, Orpheus lokede abakward on Eurydice his wyf, and loste hir, and was deed.
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Book I: THE SORROWS OF BOETHIUS
