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CharUs Dazidson — English ^lystery Plays. 



T, 167-5. Of his kyngdome and dignite 



Shall noo man erthly knaw ne con. 



S 5: T 



Ch. That suche renowne and royalltye 

 Hade never non before. 



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Luke 1, 33. Et regnl ejus non erit finis. 



Y, 170, 173. How sulde it be 



I knawe no man . . . . * . 

 5 &^ T. I marvell soore how thatt mabe. 

 Mans cumpany knev I nevur yett. 



Ch. How may e this be? 



In synne knewe I no worldlye wig-hte. 

 TT. Howshuldit be? 



I cam never by man's syde, 

 Co. In what mane re of wyse xal this be ? 

 Ff or knowyng of man I have non now. 

 Luke 1. 34. Quomodo fiet Istud quoniam^ virum^ non cognosco ? 



T, 177-5. Ang. The Halygast in ]?e sail lighte, 

 Hegh vertue sail to he holde, 

 S 6<: T. The wholle gost in the schali lyght 

 And schado thy soil soo with vertuo, 

 Ch. The Holye Ghoste shall in thee lighte 

 From God in magistie. 

 And shadowe thee seemlye in sight ; 

 The Holy Gost shalle light in the. 



And his vertue. 

 He shall umshade, and fulfylle. 

 Co. The Holy Gost xal come fro A)0ve to the. 



And the vertu of hym hyest xal schadu the so. 

 Luke 1, 35. Spiritus sanetus superveniet in te, et virtus altissimi obumbrabit tibL 



Y. 175-S<3. The holy birthe of the so bright, 

 God Sonne he sail be calde. 

 S \- T. This chylde that of the schalbe borne 

 Ys the second persone in trenete. 

 Ch. Theirfore tbat holye, as I have teighte. 



That thou sbalte beare, through Godes raighte. 

 His Sonne shall called be. 

 W. The child that thou shalle bere. madame, 



Shalle Godes son be callid by name. 

 Co. Therefore that Holy Gost of the xal be bore. 

 He xal be clepyd the son of God says. 

 Luke 1. 35. Ideoque et quod nascetur ex te Sanctum, voeabitur Fllius Dei. 



Y. 181-2. Loo Elyzabetb, hi cosyne. ne myght 

 In elde consayue a childe for aide. 

 S 6: T. Be holde Eylesabeth thy cosyn clene 

 \ The wych wasse barren \- past aU asre. 

 Ch. Elizabeth, that barren was. 



As thou male se, conseaveid has 

 In age a sonne through Godes grace. 

 W. Elisabeth, thi cosyn. that is cald geld. 



She has conceyff ed a sou in elde. 

 Co. And so Elyzabeth your coss'n thore. 

 She hath conseyvid a son in hyre age. 

 Luke L 36. Et ecce Elizabeth cognata tua et ipsa cnnccpit filium in senectute sua, 



Y, 183-4. This is the sexte moneth full ryght, 

 Tohir that baran has ben talde. 



