Everyman, and Medieval Miracle PlaysArthur C. Cawley Apart from the morality play "Everyman", this volume contains a completely new selection of biblical pageants, some of which ultimately go back to the Latin liturgical drama of the medieval Church. They are no less religious in origin and inspiration than the church architecture, painting and sculpture of the Middle Ages. Most of them are Corpus Christi pageants or guild pageants, i.e. short plays acted by the trade guilds as episodes of the whole Corpus Christi cycle. In Professor A.C. Cawley's completely revised and re-edited text, most of the original words of the plays are preserved, but for the convenience of the general reader many archaic forms and spellings are modernized or normalized both within the line and in rhyme. Original stage directions are given and those in Latin are translated. The Introduction and forewords to the individual plays will serve as guides to further reading. -- From publisher's description |
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Page 56
... heart be nothing dismayed . Abr . Nay , nay , forsooth , I hold me well paid To please my God with the best that I have . For though my heart be heavily set To see the blood of my own dear son , 100 Yet for all this I will not let , But ...
... heart be nothing dismayed . Abr . Nay , nay , forsooth , I hold me well paid To please my God with the best that I have . For though my heart be heavily set To see the blood of my own dear son , 100 Yet for all this I will not let , But ...
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... heart on three . 160 Isaac . Now truly , somewhat , father , ye think , That ye mourn thus more and more . Abr . [ Aside ] Ah , Lord of heaven , thy grace let sink , For my heart was never half so sore . Isaac . I pray you , father , ye ...
... heart on three . 160 Isaac . Now truly , somewhat , father , ye think , That ye mourn thus more and more . Abr . [ Aside ] Ah , Lord of heaven , thy grace let sink , For my heart was never half so sore . Isaac . I pray you , father , ye ...
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... heart riseth thereagain ; I may not find it in my heart to smite ; My heart will not now thereto . Yet fain I would work my Lord's will ; But this young innocent lieth so still , I may not find it in my heart him to kill . Oh , Father ...
... heart riseth thereagain ; I may not find it in my heart to smite ; My heart will not now thereto . Yet fain I would work my Lord's will ; But this young innocent lieth so still , I may not find it in my heart him to kill . Oh , Father ...
Contents
THE CREATION OF ADAM AND EVE York | 11 |
THE FALL OF MAN York | 17 |
CAIN AND ABEL N town | 25 |
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