Excerpt from Ancient English Metrical Romances, Vol. 3 This lay, or tale, being rather too concise to be denominated a metrical romance, is a Gothick metamorphosis of the classical episode of Orpheus and Eurydice, so beautifully related by Ovid. It professes, like the tales of Mary of France, to be a'lay of Britain, (whether Great Britain or Armorica, has been already discussed) and, if it have not so much merit as some others of these poetical compositions, the most fastidious reader can scarcely complain of its prolixity. There are two copies of this poem one, from which it was transcribed, among the Harleian manuscripts, number 3810; and another in the Auchinleck manuscript (w. 4. I. Numberlii), in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh: each more or less imperfect. The latter, which omits the prologue, and commences abruptly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.