Charles Davidson — English Mystery Plays. 



Ml 



Orleans, XII Century. 



1 The image of Mary, a special develop- 



MULIERES : ment of R. 



Adest parvulus, cum Maria matre ejus, 

 de quo dudum vaticinando Ysaias pro- 

 pheta dixerat : Ecce virgo concipiet et 

 pariet filium. 



Tunc PASTORES procedentes adorent in- 

 fantem dicentes : 

 Salve rex saeculorum ! 



Postea surgentes invitent populutn, cir- 

 cumstantes, ad adoranduin infantem, 

 dicentes turbis vicinis :^ 

 Venite, venite, adoremus Dominum, 

 quia ipse est Salvator noster. 



2 Note the greater prominence given to 

 the Virgin in R. 



3 The two stanzas are given by Du MeriU 

 p. 150. 



4 Note that the closing of R at this point 

 leads to an important variation. 



s These words prove that the Office of 

 the Shepherds immediately preceded the 

 Mass of the Day, for which the Introit was 

 Isaiah 9. 6.— Du Meril, p. 150. 



Interim magi, prodeuntes^ quisqtie de 

 angulo suo, quasi de regione sua, con- 

 veniant ante altare, vel ad ortu^n stellce, 

 et dum appropinquant primus dicat : 

 Stella fulgore nimis rutilat. 



SECUNDUS : 



Quern venturum dim propheta signa- 



verat. 



Tunc stantes collaterales, dicat dexter 



ad medium : Pax tibi f rater ; et ille 



respondeat : Pax quoque tibi ; et oscu- 



lentur sese : sic medius ad sinistrum, sic 



sinister ad dextrum. Salutatio caique. 



dexter ad medium : 

 Pax tibi. f rater ! 



^ In O, the people are watching the cra- 

 dle when the Magi enter unobserved. The 

 Limoges ritual introduces them with pomp.. 



