Charles Davidson — English Mystery Plays. 15] 



Marice simul cantant Angelis : 



lesum Nazarenum cmcifixTim quaerimus. 



Tertia Maria dicit B : 



Wir suchen Jesuin unsern trdst, 

 Der Tins von siinden hat erlost. 



Angeli simul cantant : 

 Non est hie quern quaeritis, sed cito euntes nunciate discipulis eius et Petro 

 quia surrexit lesus. 



Secundus Angelus dicit R: 



Er enist niht hie, er ist uferstanden 

 Und is zu Galilea gegangen: 

 Daz saget slnen jungern unde Petro, 

 Darumbe diu ganze werlde sol wesen vro. 



Et tunc Angeli simul cantant : 

 Venite' et videte locum ubi positus erat dominus, alleluia alleluia! 

 Sehet in daz grap 

 Da got selber in lac. 

 Er ist uferstanden 

 Und ist.zu Galilea gegangen. 



Tunc Marice recedendo sitnul cantant :^ 



Ad monumentum venimus gementes, 



angelos domini sedentes 



vidimus et dicentes 



quia surrexit lesus. 



Wir waren gegangen zu dem grabe, 



D§, was der stein gehaben herabe. 



Do sprachen zwene engel kMr 



Genzllchen vtirwar: 



lesus ist erstanden 



Von des todes banden, 



Und sprachen: saget Petro und den jungern sin, 



Daz er von dem tode erstanden si. 



This drama continues with the incident of the Savior's appearing 

 as the gardener' to Mary, and closes with the Victimae Paschali/ 



A most notable fusion of the Latin with the vernacular, in this 

 case Proven9al, is given by Wright,^ the ^Mysterium Fatuarum 

 Virginum.' It is of the twelfth century probably, though judged 

 by Raynouard to be of the eleventh. A comparison of the German 

 and Proven9al plays will be profitable. Both begin in Latin. The 

 important and stereotyped expressions in each are in Latin, and in 



1 See p. 161. J See p. 158. 3 See p. 100. * See p. 160. 



6 Wright, p. xiii and p. 57. 



