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each there is an attempt to translate such sentences for the people. 

 Thus we have in the above, " Quis revolvet nobis ab ostio," etc., 

 followed by " Wer wil uns von diseme grabe," etc. ; " Quern quser- 

 itis," etc., with " Wen suchet ir dri vrouwen ;" while in the second 

 in Christ's speech : 



Amen, dico, vos ignosco, 



Nam caretis lumine, 

 Quod qui perdunt procul pergunt 



Hujus aulae limine. 



Alet, chaitivas! alet, malaureas! 

 A tot jors mais vos so penas livreas, 

 En enf em ora seret meneias. 



In the former there is a feeling that violent lamentation as lack- 

 ing dignity, and speech of common things, can be expressed in the 

 vulgar tongue; in the second the speech of inferior characters, in 

 this case the merchants and Gabriel, is in the vernacular. 



VI. 



THE RISE OF THE RESURRECTION PLAY. 



We will now return to the liturgy and trace the Resurrection 

 Play, but, as an aid toward the better comprehension of its intimate 

 connection at first with the church service, I will cite somewhat in 

 detail the Easter service^ as given in the Alemannic liturgy in the 

 service ' In die sacro Resurrectionis Dominicse,' omitting the first 

 part. 



Ad tertium psalmum induit se Levita, qui primam Evangelicum lectionem. 

 lecturus est, Stola & Dalmatica, & accedens ad analogium, in quo liber matuti- 

 nalis est repositus, praecedantque eum tres Conversi, unus portans incensum, 

 alii duo candelabra, & stent iuxta eum. Deinde Diaconus petat benedictionem. 

 dicens, iuhe Domne, & pronuntians Evangelium secundum Marcum dicens : 

 Lectio S. Evangelii secundum Marcum. In illo tempore Maria Magdalena, 

 cumque dixit, Et reliqua, tunc recedant Conversi ab eo, & incendant omnia 

 lumina. Interim induant illi se, qui debent primum Responsorium cantare, 

 cappis, & incensent principals Altare : venientes autem ad Fratres in superior- 

 ibus locis debent sedere usque in finem lectionis ; Tunc accipiant duo Conversi 

 tburibula ad ipsis, & offerant incensum omnibus, qui sunt in utroque choro. 

 Post lectionem incipiant Angelus Dominicum & Gloria. Similiter faciendum est 

 ad secundam & tertiam lectionem atque Responsoria. Qui secundaria lectionem 



1 Gerbertus, vol. 2, pp. 236, 237. 



