A Collection of English Miracle-plays Or Mysteries: Containing Ten Dramas from the Chester, Coventry, and Towneley Series, with Two of Latter Date. To which is Prefixed, An Historical View of this Description of Plays

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Schweighauser & Company, 1838 - 271 halaman
 

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Halaman li - ... might heare and see them. The places where they played them was in every streete.
Halaman xiv - God, coming to this city, in several sermons recommended the aforesaid play to the people, affirming that it was good in itself, and very commendable so to do.
Halaman 89 - Lully lulla, thow littell tiui child, By by lully lullay, th'ow littell tyne child, By by lully lullay. O sisters too, how may we do For to preserve this day This pore yongling, for whom we do singe, By by lully lullay?
Halaman lii - ... demons. From this yawning cave the devils themselves constantly ascended to delight and to instruct the spectators: — to delight, because they were usually the greatest jesters and buffoons that then appeared ; and to instruct, for that they treated the wretched mortals who were delivered to them with the utmost cruelty, warning thereby all men carefully to avoid the falling into the clutches of such hardened and remorseless spirits.
Halaman 83 - A'nothur wey? owt! owt! owtt! Hath those fawls traytvrs done me this ded ; I stampe! I stare! I loke all abowtt! Myght I them take, I schuld them bren at a glede! I rent! I rawe! and now run I wode! A! thatt these velen trayturs hath mard this my mode! The schalbe hangid yf I ma cum them to!
Halaman viii - About the eighth century trade was principally carried on by means of fairs , which lasted several days. Charlemagne established many great marts of this sort in France; as did William the Conqueror, and his Norman successors, in England.
Halaman xxxv - Father Christmas. Here come I, old Father Christmas, Welcome, or welcome not, I hope old Father Christmas Will never be forgot.
Halaman xlii - I have been told by some old people, who in their younger years were eyewitnesses of these pageants so acted, that the yearly confluence of people to see that shew was extraordinary great, and yielded no small advantage to this city.
Halaman 257 - A Tragedye or enterlude manyfestyng the chefe promyses of God unto man by all ages in the olde lawe, from the fall of Adam to the incarnacyon of the lorde Jesus Christ.
Halaman xxxv - Enter the King of Egypt. Here I, the King of Egypt, boldly do appear, St. George, St. George, walk in, my only son and heir. Walk in, my son St. George, and boldly act thy part, That all the people here may see thy wond'rous art. Enter Saint George.

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