6. 6 La présence d'Orphée dans Cymbeline

‘Bot Orpheus has wone Erudices,
When our desire with resoun makis pess,
And sekis up to contemplacioun,
Of sin detestand the abusioun.
Bot ilk man suld be war, and wisly se
That he bakwart cast noht his mindis ee
Gevand consent , and dilectacioun ;
For than gois bakwart to the sin agane
Our apetit, as it befor was slane
In wardly lust and sensualite,
And makis resoun wedow for to be.

(The Tale of Orpheus and Erudices His Quene v. 561-572 ⁵⁹² )’ ‘Poor I am stale, a garment out of fashion,
And for I am richer for to hang by th' walls
I must be ripped. To pieces with me !

(Cymbeline , 3. 4. 50-53).’ ‘To shame the guise o' th' world, I will begin
The fashion — less without, and more within.
(Cymbeline , 5. 1. 32-33)’ ‘MANKIND
Titivillus that goeth invisible, hung his net bfore my eye ;
And, by his fantastical visions, sedulously sought
By New Guise, Now-a-days, Nought, caused me to obey.
MERCY
Mankind ! ye were oblivious of my doctrine monitory ;
I said before : Titivillus would assay you a bront.
Beware from henceforth of his fables delusory !
(nos italiques)’ ‘(Mankind , v. 882-887)’