Charles Davidson — English Mystery Plays. 



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Orleans, XII Century. 



Besponsio cujusque : 

 Pax quoque tibi ! 



Tunc ostendant sibi mutuo [stellaTn] : 

 Ecce Stella ! ecce stella ! ecce stella ! 



Procedente autem stella, sequentur IPSI 

 prcecedentem stellam dicentes : 

 Eamus^ ergo et inquiramus eum, offer- 

 entes ei munera, aurum, thus, et myr- 

 rham, quia scriptum didicimns : Ador- 

 abunt euin omnes reges, omnes gentes 

 servient ei. 



Venientes ad ostium chori, interrogent 

 astantes : 



1 Also at Limoges. 



Dicite^ nobis, O lerosolimitani cives, 2 Given in full by Du Meril, p. 154. 



ubi est expectatio gentium, ubi est qui ^ f and O insert Herod episode, R the 



natus est rex Judgeorum, quern signis Procession. At Limoges the magi lay down 

 coelestibus agnitum venimus adorare ? 



their presents and go to the offering. 



Quibus visis, Herodes mittat ad eos 



ARMiGERUM, qui dicat : 

 Quae reram novitas aut quae vos causa 



subegit 

 Ignotas temptare vias ? quo tenditis 



ergo ? 

 Quod genus ? unde domo ? pacemne 



hue f ertis an arma ? 



4 Given by Du Meril, p. 154. 



5 F informs the king by a messenger of 

 the approach of the magi ; O allows Herod 

 to perceive it for himself, 



6 Authors seem to disagree as to position 

 of this. Probably the position in O is the 

 original one. 



7 Lines illegible, partly supplied from O. 



MAGI : 

 Chaldaei sumus ; pacem ferimus ; 

 Regem regum quaerimus, 

 Quern natum esse stella indicat, 

 Quae fulgore caBteris clarior rutilat. 



