Wakefield Mystery Plays

Say, felows, how semys now meI trow me seme as well as hym.

— Wakefield Mystery Plays

We, that were angels so fare,What alyd the, lucifer, to fall?

— Wakefield Mystery Plays

Lord, I were at ese and hertely full hoylle,So wold I oure syre were.

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He shall out of preson pas,Madyn for madyn; thus shal it be.

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Ffyrst must us crepe and sythen go.

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Now god gyf you care foles all sam;Sagh I neuer none so fare bot the foles of gotham.

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Bot we sely shepardes that walkys on the moore,For the tylthe of oure landys lyys falow as the floore.

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We ar so hamyd,These men that ar lord fest thay cause the ploghe tary.

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Thus hold, thay us hunder,Wo is hym that hym grefe or onys agane says!

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He can make purveance,Then oones say hym nay.

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Whoso couthe take hede and lett the warld pas,And all thyng wrythys.

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Ryse, hyrd men heynd! for now is he borneBetwyx two bestys.

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For I am he that may make or mar a man;The right.

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Here is a bag full, lokys,This can I.

— Wakefield Mystery Plays