Charles Davidson — English Mystery Plays. 



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S & T. And now with chyld sche hath bene 



Sj^x monethis and more asse schalbe sene. 

 Ch. The seixte month is g-one nowe againe 



Seith men called her barene. 

 W. And this is, who wylle late. 



The sext monethe of her conceytate, 

 That geld is cald. 

 Co. This is the sexte monyth of here passage, 

 Of here that clepyd was bareyn. 

 Luke 1, 36. Et hie mensis sextus est illi, quae vocatur sterilis. 



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S & T. For to god onpossibull nothyng mabe. 

 Ch. But nothinge to Godes mighte and mayne 



Impossible ys. 

 W. No word, lady, that I the bryng. 

 Is uumyghtf ullo to hev^en hyng, 

 But alle shalle hald. 

 Co. Nothynge is impossyble to Goddys usage. 

 Luke 1, 37. Quia non erit impossibile apud Deum omne verbum. 



Y, 189-93. Goddis handmayden, lo ! me here. 

 To his will all redy grayd. 

 Be done to me of all manere. 

 Hys hy pleysuris forto full fyll 

 Asse his one hand mayde I submyt me. 



Loe ! Godes cossen meklye here, 



Leve that yt falle in such manere. 



I am his madyn at his hand, 



Be done to me in alle thyng. 



Se here the hand-mayden of our Lords, 



Aftyr thi worde be it don to me. 



Ecce ancilla Domini, flat mihi secundum verbum tuum. 



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 W. 

 Co. 



Luke 1, 38. 



Y. Scene IT. 

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Ch. 

 W. 

 Co. 



Y, 205-208. 



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Luke 1, 42. 

 Y, 209-212. 



Mary visits Elizabeth and salutes her. Luke 1, 40. 



Joseph's trouble about Mary: then the coming of the shepherds-. 



The visit is omitted. 

 Mary visits Elizabeth.— Elizabeth, nice God thee see ! 

 Joseph's trouble about Mary. Next play ' Salutacio Elizabeth.' 

 Play xii. ' Joseph's Return ; ' then, play xiii, ' Visit to Elizabeth.' 



Blissid bej)0u anely 



Of all women in feere, 



And Jje frute of thy body 



Be blissid feere and nere. 



Marye, blessed moste thou be, 



And the frute that comes of thee 



Amonge wemen alle. 



Introductory conversation of thirty lines; then— 



Blyssed be thou of alle women. 



And the fruyte that I welle ken, 



Within the wombe of the. 



A long introduction ; then— 



Blyssd be thou amonge alle women. 



And blyssed be the frute of thi womb also. 



Benedicta tu inter mulicres, et benedictus fructus ventris tui. 



}?is is ioyfuU tydyng 



Jjat I may nowe here see, 



]je modyr of my lord kyng, 



Jjus-gate come to me. 



