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DOCUMENTS—Continued. 
Date Document 
1546-7. Hist. Mss., XV, 
pt. 10. 
? Owen, p. 64. 
? Salopian, p. 11. 
Sharp, p. 171. 
Owen, p 65. 
? Hist. Mss., XV, pt. 
10, p. 10. 
Content 
“Pro vino et tortis da- 
tis ballivis et associatis 
suis in festo Corporis 
Christi euntibus in pro- 
cessione.” 
“Preceded by their 
Masters and Wardens, 
and graced with col¬ 
ours” the companies “at¬ 
tended the Bailiffs and 
members of the Corpor¬ 
ation, who with the 
Canons of St. Chad and 
St. Mary, the Friars of 
the three convents, and 
the Parochial Clergy, 
followed the holy Sac¬ 
rament” on Corpus 
Christi day. 
The Tailors had at 
one time in the proces¬ 
sion “Adam and Eve, 
before whom a large 
bough was borne, from 
which an apple was oc¬ 
casionally plucked; and 
two knights with drawn 
swords. 
Procession of crafts 
with emblematical de¬ 
vices. 
“ ‘Ordinacio proces- 
cionis artificum ville 
Salopie in festo Corporis 
Christi.’ The companies 
were in the following 
order: Molendinarii, Pis- 
tores, Piscatores, Coci, 
Carnifices, B a r c a r i i, 
(Tanners), Cordewena- 
rii, Fabri, Celarii, Car¬ 
pentaria Flechers, Cow- 
pers and Bowers, Tex- 
tores, (T)onsarii cum 
Barbitonsoribus [Ci]ro- 
tecarii, [Scijssores.” 
Interpretation 
Stage I. 
Stage I. 
If this statement is 
authentic, it refers to 
Stage III. 
Before Reformation, 
tableaux were usually of 
a biblical or ecclesiasti¬ 
cal nature; after of 
mythological or histori- 
Hibbert, p. 117. 
Stage I. 
Conclusion: There is no evidence that the procession ever 
developed beyond stage II or at most stage III. I found no ref¬ 
erence to spoken drama on Corpus Christi day. 
