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In Ch I, p. 29, Out ! alas ! what aylith me ? 

 I am nacked well I see ; 

 Woman, cursed moth thou be. 



In Co, p. 27, Alas ! alas ! ffor this fals dede, 



My flesly frend my fo I fynde, 

 Schameful synne doth us unhede, 

 I se us nakyd before and behynde. 



In W the play is lost. 



The exclamations of devils in torment — 

 In J, p. 24, Belgibuz, — Harou, je suis tout forsonnez. 

 In V. T, vol. 1, p. 18, Lucifer, — Harau, Harau ! je me repens. 

 In Y, p. 5, Lucifer, — Owte, owte ! harrowe ! helples, slyke hote at^ 

 es here. 



In W, p. 4, Demon, — Alas, alas, and wele-wo ! 



In IST,^ Diabolus, — Put off Harro, and well away. 



In Ch, vol. 1, J). 17, Demon, — Out! harrowe ! wher is our mighte. 



The salutation — 



In J, Gabriel — Ave Maria gratia plena. 



Marie, Dieu te sault, Marie. 

 In D,' vol. 1, p. 188, Gabbriello,— 



Salviti Dio, che se' di grazia plena : 



Teco si trova il gran Signore Dio. 

 In Y, p. 98, Angel — Hayle ! Marie ! full of giace and blysse, 



Oure lord god is with J^e. 

 In W, p. 74, Gabriel — 



Hay lie, Mary, and welle.thou be. 



My lord of heven is wyth the. 

 In Ch, vol. 1, p. 94, Gabriell — 



Heale be thou, Marye, mother ffree. 



Full of grace, God is with thee. 

 In Co, p. 112, Gabriel — 



Ave Maria gratia plena, Dominus tecum ! 



Ileyl, fful of grace, God is with the. 

 Mary's consent — 



In J, p. 50, Ainssy soit fait com tu me dis. 



In D, vol. 1 p. 189, Ecco I'Ancilla del Signore Dio : 



Sia fatto a me secondo il tuo dir pio.^ 



1 The use of the pronoun ' at ' shows the expression to be old, otherwise the scribe 

 would have changed it as elsewhere. The evident introduction of 'helples' to alliter- 

 ate with 'harrowe' shows that the favorite expletive was considered necessary. 



2 N stands for Noah's Ark, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Sharp's Diss. p. 234. 

 8 D stands for A. D'Ancoua, Sacre Happreseutazioni. 



4 See the extract of the church service on p. 179 of the same work. 



