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fonde, or youre force fayles you? York, xxxiii, 175, Pilate: 
We! spitte on them, ill mote pai spede! York, xxvi, 193, 
Pilate: We! speke on, and spare not pi spell. 
wemay, wemo. Compare wemmow expressing astonishment, in 
I above; and wema expressing contempt, in VI below. 
Towneley Plays, ii, 148, Caym: Wemay, man, I hold the 
mad! Towneley, ii, 198, Caym: Wemo, wemo, foure, lo, here! 
what. For etymology, see what expressing surprise, in I above. 
York Plays, xvii, 76, Herod: What! false losell, liste pe 
flighte? Towmeley Plays, ii, 31, Caym: What! it semys for 
me ye stand none aw! Towneley, xiii, 201, Mak: What! ich 
be a yoman, I tell you, of the king. Towneley, ii, 39: What, 
boy, shal I both hold and drife? 
why. Discussed under the subject of surprise, I above. 
York Plays, xxix, 298, Cayphas: Why! fie on pe faitoure 
vn-trewe! 
ya, yha, yei, yaa. Expresses angry shame, as well as impatience. 
Cf. also, affirmation, in XIV below. 
Towneley Plays, 11, 323, Caym: We! yei! that shal thou sore 
abite. Coventry Plays, xii, Joseph: ya! ya! alle old men to 
me take tent. York, xiii, 224, Joseph: Yha! Marie, drawe 
thyn hende. York, xxxiii, 162, Annas: Ya, harrowe, of this 
traytour. York, xiii, 218, Joseph: Goddis sande! yha, Marie! 
York, xi, 210, Rex: Yaa! wende pou to pe devell of hell. 
V. Reproach 
Interjections expressing reproach are less numerous than those 
classified in the preceding divisions, and illustrations are more 
rare. Some are listed, with examples, in other meanings. All 
are in modern use, although, in most cases, found infrequently. . 
alas, allas. For discussion, see alas, allas, expressing lamenta- 
tion, III above. 
York Plays, v, 106, Adam: Allas! what haue I done, for 
shame! York, v, 84, Adam: Alas! woman, why toke pou pis? 
York, v, 88, Adam: Allas! thou hast done a mys. 
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