• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 9, LATIN EPIGRAM

9, LATIN EPIGRAM Item 9, LATIN EPIGRAM: FOOTNOTE 1 In happy times, many friends are counted. / When good fortune disappears, there will be none Item 9, LATIN EPIGRAM: EXPLANATORY NOTE 1 Tempore felici. This text begins one-third down the

• Codex Ashmole 61: 11a–b, Latin Epigrams

EPIGRAMS Item 11a, LATIN EPIGRAM: FOOTNOTE 1 O son of Assidus, son of Assidus, I say you will conquer the Romans (I say the Romans will conquer you) Item 11a, LATIN EPIGRAM: EXPLANATORY NOTE 1 O Asside, Asside dico te

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feature that opens Passion 1 is actually a theatrical induction, a dramatic feature that most scholars consider an early modern innovation. The dialogue here between Satan and John the Baptist is a true induction because it: 1) introduces the characters

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Introduction

Revisited”; and Palmer’s conclusion in “Corpus Christi ‘Cycles’ in Yorkshire,” p. 228. 7 British Library MS. Cotton Vespasian D.VIII, fol. 1; N-Town Play, ed. Spector, pp. xiii–xvi, and especially the discussion of N-Town in Fletcher, “N-Town Plays.” See also the

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Commandments (item 6) are repeated in a manner similar to that of the false start that begins Saint Eustace (item 1). For more on this topic see the notes and introduction to The Ten Commandments (item 6). Go To Item

• The N-Town Plays: Play 33, Harrowing of Hell (1)

purgatory; (t-note) Go To Play 34, Burial; Guarding of the Sepulcher The N-Town Plays: Harrowing of Hell (1) PLAY 33, HARROWING OF HELL (1): FOOTNOTE Line 24, s.d.: Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, O eternal

• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 12, An Evening Prayer

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ydlis ylcan. The kyng Alesandre acsede, Hwan sall that be? The menstral zede: Hwan Banockesbourne is y-det myd mannis bonis; 1 Hwan hares kendleth in hertth-stanes; Hwan laddes weuddeth levedes; Hwan me ledeth men to selle wytth rapis; 2 Hwan

• The York Corpus Christi Plays: Play 44a, The Funeral of the Virgin (“Fergus”)

and text missing; not entered in the Register. Play 44a, THE FUNERAL OF THE VIRGIN (“FERGUS”): EXPLANATORY NOTE FOOTNOTES Footnote 1 REED: York, 1:47–48, trans. 2:732. Footnote 2 REED: York, 1:110. Footnote 3 Jacobus de Voragine, Golden Legend, 2:91–92. Footnote

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terram. JUDEUS 1 Now, felawys, take hede! For be my trewthe, Yondyr syttyth a dronkyn felacheppe! JUDEUS 2 To don hem good, it were grett ruthe! JUDEUS 3 Ya, I prey God geve hem all shenscheppe! JUDEUS 1 Muste in

• Chaucer and the Poems of "Ch"

notes in this file -- then link via poem number and line number. Thus, poem 1, line 4 would be #14, but poem 4, line 1 would be #41, and poem 4, line 41 would be #441. Spacing between columns:

• The N-Town Plays: Play 7, Root of Jesse

stage direction; s.n.: stage name. The scriptural background for this play is found in the account of David’s anointing (1 Kings [1 Samuel] 5:1–13) and in the prophecy that describes the branch of the house of David (Isaias 11:1). For

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what kyng. Capitulo 1 Who fond first the playe of the chesse. Capitulo 2 Wherfore the play was founden and maad. Capitulo 3 The second traytye The forme of a kyng of his maners and estate. Capitulo 1 The fourme

• Chaucer and the Poems of "Ch"

notes in this file -- then link via poem number and line number. Thus, poem 1, line 4 would be #14, but poem 4, line 1 would be #41, and poem 4, line 41 would be #441. Spacing between columns:

• Chaucer and the Poems of "Ch"

notes in this file -- then link via poem number and line number. Thus, poem 1, line 4 would be #14, but poem 4, line 1 would be #41, and poem 4, line 41 would be #441. Spacing between columns: