Charles Davidson — English Mystery Plays. 289 



Jesus's salutation. — 



Y. Lording'is, lowe be«with you lentte. 

 And mirthis be vn-to this mene. 

 W of Co. Lordis moche lowe with you be lent, 

 And pes be amonge this company, 

 W. Masters, luf be with you lent. 

 And mensk be unto this meneye. 



The salutation and the attempt of the Doctors to send the child 

 away are not found in Ch. A different salutation is found in Co, 

 and also an attempt to send Jesus away. 



Primus Magister and Secundus Magister address Jesus. — The 

 speeches agree in Y, W, and W of Co. 



Tertius Magister addresses Jesus. — In Y, W, and Ch he invites 

 Jesus to come and learn ; in W of Co he asserts that the child is 

 too young, but his speech is evidently modeled on Y in phraseology, 

 and follows a cue given in the next speech of Primus Magister in Y. 



Jesus's reply. — This agrees in Y, W, and W of Co, is expanded in 

 Ch, with some slight likeness to Co. 



The Doctors answer. — Y gives this in four verses, W agrees, W of 

 Co gives two verses to Primus Magister and two to Secundus Mag- 

 ister. Ch gives the four to one speaker, and adds four as an expan- 

 sion of the statement that Jesus is too young. 



Jesus's reply. — This agrees in Y and W, is slightly expanded in 

 W of Co, omitted in Ch. 



Secundus Magister answers. — Agreement in Y and W of Co ; in 

 W he speaks the first two verses and Tertius Magister the remaining 

 four. (This was probably the original plan.) Ch gives Secundus 

 Magister four lines of different content. 



Jesus declares his power — 



The holy g'host has on me light, 



in four verses. Agreement of Y, W, W of Co, Ch. 



Primus Magister answers. — This agrees in Y and W, is paraphrased 

 in W of Co, is expanded from two to four verses in Ch. 



Jesus declares — 



Certis, I was or ye. 

 And schall be aftir you. 



In Y, W, and W of Co, Primus Magister replies in a long speech. 

 Jesus states that he will declare the truth. Primus Magister won- 

 ders where the child could have learned such wisdom. In tlie above, 

 Y, W of Co, and W agree, W furnishing in some points the better 

 text. Ch departs from the model, transferring from a later position 



