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Charles Davidson — English Mystery Plays. 



Vjy :.z^ 



o vy ^ 



II KJ 



uo 





o o 



U O : 



n u 



— ri>0 





u o 



OUC/: 



r—lt ij 



= 00 





u oo 



U O : 



== •• 



-=-0 c 





ou — 



OOO 



= (1 C 



:r — 00 





t^ *^^-=7Z 



: UU 



— J/ — 



ocy 



— 



o 



oo 



■ — o«' 



t/^ C/O 







= 00 





l; c/u 



■ 



0=r— 



: UO 



-r-rW /• 



oco 









U 



CO C» 









o| (J 



— oc» 



■= 







00 00 



u = 





ababababcdddc. 



Lines 3 and 4 have the same alliterative letter, the letter b ; lines 

 5 and 6 have 1 ; lines 12 and 13 have b. 



Ex. 24. Gawan and Gologras,'^ date about 1500. Stanza 3. 



UU =coo 



u 



U 



=000 



no 







00 — ou 



// 



— uu 



= OU 



O'-O 



^T-OC 



00 — 00 



'/ 



: 00 



000 — 00 



no 



OC 



t=00 



" 



Ou 



= ou 



=00 II 



00 



uoo = u u 



tl • 



00 





00 



r- OU 





OU 



00 







 6(00 



CO 



ababababcdddc.s 



Lines 1 and 2 alliterate on f, lines 5 and 6 on h, lines 1 and 8 on 

 t, line 9, 10, and 11 on w. The introduction of feminine rimes is 

 worthy of remark. 



Ex. 25. The Anturs of Arthur at the Tarn ewath elan,* date about 

 1350.' Stanza 3. 



ababababcdddc. 



1 In the sixth line the two macrons after the caesura should be read as one long 

 macron. 2 Pinkerton, vol. 3, p. 69. 3 Breve at end of seventh line. < Robson. 



6 Given by Hohlfeld, Anglia 11, p. 249, as on the authority of ten Brink. 



