The York Play of the Crucifixion
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Sir knyghtis, take heede hydir in hye,
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This dede on dergh we may noght drawe.
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3ee wootte youreselffe als wele as I
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Howe lordis and leders of owre lawe
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Has geven dome şat şis doote schall dye.
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Sir, alle şare counsaile wele we knawe.
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Sen we are comen to Calvarie
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Latte ilke man helpe nowe as hym awe.
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We are alle redy, loo,
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şat forward to fulfille.
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Late here howe we schall doo
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And go we tyte şertylle.
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It may no"t helpe her for to hone
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If we schall any worsrshippe wynne.
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2 Sold:
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He muste be dede nedelyngis by none.
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şanne is goode tyme şat we begynne.
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Ludus Coventriae: Herod
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Erode:
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Qui statis in Jude et rex Iseraell,
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And the myghttyst conquerowre that eyuer walkyd on grownd.
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For I am evyn he thatt made bothe hevin and hell,
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And of my myghte powar holdith vp this world round.
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Magog and Madroke, bothe the did I confownde,
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And wyth this bryght bronde there bonis I brak onsunder,
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Thatt al the wyde worlde on those rappis did wonder.
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I am the cawse of this grett lyght and thunder;
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Ytt ys throgh my fure that the soche noyse dothe make.
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My feyrefull contenance the clowdis so doth incumbur
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That oftymis for drede the verre yerth doth quake.
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