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24 always lamenting the loss of her beloved husband.

After his death, Orson governed the Empire with great wisdom and justice for seven years, till at length, seeing the fragile state of human affairs, he gave the charge of his empire, wife and children, to the Green Knight, and then turning hermit, he became once more a solitary resident of the forest and woods, where, after living to great age, this magnanimous and invincible hero surrendered up his body unto never sparing death, and his soul to the immortal Deities, of whose attributes it had a true resemblance.