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NOTES ON THE PUBLISHED LIST OF PLAYS. 



I. "Aberdeen, 1442-1531. [Candlemas play, Offerand of Our Lady; also Corpus 

 Christ! play, 9, 7, 10 pageants named.] 



1440, May 13. Notice of appointment of one Richard Kintor,i Abbot of Bon-Accord, 

 and notice of play of Halyblude at Wyndmj^lhill.s 



1443. Thir craftes underwritten sal find yearly in ye offerand of onr Lady at Candle- 

 mas thir personnes underwritten, yat is to say : — 



1442. Aberdeen Pageants.^ 



The Littistaris sal fynd, 



The Empriour and twa Doctouris and als- 



mony honeste Squiares as thai may. 



The Smythis and Hamermen sal fynd. 

 The Three Kingis of Culane and alsmony 

 honeste Squiares as thai may. 



The Talsoures sal fynd. 



Our Lady, Sancte Bride, Sancte Helene, 



Joseph and alsmony Squiares as thai may. 



The Skynnares sal fynd 



Twa Bischopes, four Angels, and alsmony 



honeste Squiares as they may. 



The Wobstares and Walkares sal fynd 

 Symion and his disciples and alsmony hon- 

 este Squiares, etc. 

 The Cordonares sal fynd 

 The Messyngear and Moyses and alsmony 

 honeste Squiares, etc. 

 The Fleschowares sal fynd 

 Twa or four Wodmen and alsmony honeste 

 Squiares. 



The Brethren of the Gilde sal fynd 

 The Knyghtes in harnace and Squiares hon- 

 estly arait, etc. 

 The Baxtaris sal fynd 

 The Menstrals and alsmony honeste 

 Squiares, etc. 



1549. Bethune Pageants. ^ 



Lingiers. L'Annonciation, 2 personnes. 

 Viessiers. La Visitation, 2 personnes. 

 Tanneurs, cordouaniers, LaNativite, 5 per- 

 sonnes, Les trois Roix, 6 personnes. 

 Chavettiers. Les Innocents, 13 personnes. 

 Parmentiers. Purification, 7 personnes. 

 Marchands et crocqueteurs de gres. 

 Tentation, 6 personnes. 

 Marchands de ble. Entree a Jerusalem, 16 

 personnes. 



Drapiers. Resurrection du Lazaire, 8 per- 

 sonnes. 



Confreres de Dieu et Mgr. Saint Jacques 

 La Chesne, 13 personnes. 

 Voiaige de Emaiix. 



Barbiers. Jardin d'olivier, 8 personnes. 

 Poi-teurs au sac. Prise de Jesus, 30 per- 

 sonnes. Dieu portant sa croix, 20 personnes. 



Cordiers, cailliers. Comment N-S. f ut mene 

 devant Anne, 5 personnes. 

 Dechargeurs. Les deniers que Judas re^eut, 

 5 personnes. 



Bouchyers. Comment Judas se pendit. 

 Jesus mene devant Caiphe, et Herode, 16 

 personnes. 



Feronniers. candreliers, maricaulx esta- 

 miers, orphevres. Comment Dieu fut 

 battu a I'estacq, 12 personnes. 

 Taverniers, brasseurs. Ecce homo. Pilate 

 lavant ses mains, 13 personnes. 

 Merchiers, julliers. Comment Jesus fut 

 cloie a la croix, 18 personnes. Ysaulde for- 

 geant les cloux Dieu, 3 personnes. 

 Tainturiers, satiniers. Ci'uciflment, a plus- 

 ieurs personnes. 



Ceulx de la poterne. Le Limbe, 7 per- 

 sonnes. 



1 Merchant and Craft Guilds, p. 49. 



2 On Corpus Christi day the procession was under the direction of the Abbot of Bon- 

 Accord, later under that of Robin Hood. A fusion of May-day and Corpus Christi 

 seems probable. VVyndmylhill, later Womanhill, seems to have been a play-field like 

 that at Edinburgh. 



3 Julleville, vol. 3, pp. 212-13, 



4 Records of Aberdeen, p. 432 ; also, Merchant and Craft Guilds, p. 40. 



