The Mummers. 85 
At Christmas, 1853, a party of Mummers performed at Pains- 
wick in Gloucestershire ; the interlocutors were—Futher Christmas ; 
A Turkish Knight ; A Doctor and his Man; and Beelsebub. 
The following is a specimen of their verses :— 
Enter Oty FatHer CurisrMas. 
“In come I, old Father Christmas, 
Welcome, or welcome not, 
Old Father Christmas must not be forgot.” 
Enter Turxisu Knieur. 
“In comes I a Turkish knight, 
I came from a Turkish land to fight, 
And fight I will till I am slain, 
For my blood is good in ev’ry vein.” 
[Farner Curisrmas and the Turis Kyieur fight; the latter falls.] 
Father Christmas. “ Five pound, ten pound, fifteen pound, 
If there’s a doctor to be found 
To raise this dead man from the ground.” 
[| The Docror is introduced after some laudatory verses from his man, 
and performs the cure. | 
BEELZEBUB then enters and says :— 
“Tn comes I, old Beelzebub, 
On my back I carry a lump, 
In my hand an empty can, 
And don’t you think I’m a jolly old man.” 
This is evidently the same character who is called Little Jack, in 
the Mummings at some other places, and affords a clue to the 
explanation of who Little Jack originally was. 
