Files for this item
Download all local files for this item (552.65 KB)
- Name
- towneley1-1397.txt
- Size
- 133.56 KB
- Format
- Text file
- Description
- Version of the work in plain text format
\LDr. Cyc. Tn.1 |TCr:God God
\C George England and Alfred W. Pollard (eds.), \iThe Towneley Plays\i,
\C The Early English Text Society, Extra Series, No. LXXI (London: Oxford
\C University Press, 1897, repr. 1966)
\N1 Ego sum alpha et+1 o,
I am the first+1, the last+1 also,
Oone god in mageste;
Meruelus, of myght+1 most,
f+fader+), & son+), & holy goost,
On+) god in t\ir\rinyte.
I am without begynnyng+1,
My godhede hath none endyng+1,
I am god in trone;
Oone god in p\ier\rsons thre,
Which+- may neu\ier\r twynnyd be,
f+for+) I am+) god alone.
Al+l man\ier\r thyng+1 is in my thoght,
Withoutten+) me ther may be nogh+-t,
f+for+) al+l is in my sigh+-t ;
hit+1 shal+l be done after+) my wil+l,
that I haue thoght I shal+l fulfil+l
And manteyn+) w\ii\rt\ih\r my myght+1.
At the begynnyng+1 of oure dede
make we heuen+) & erth, on brede,
and lyght\iys\r fayre to se,
f+for+) it is good+, to be so ;
darknes from+) light we parte on two,
In tyme to serue and be.
Darknes we cal+l the nyg . . .
- Name
- towneley2-1397.txt
- Size
- 151.78 KB
- Format
- Text file
- Description
- Version of the work in plain text format
\LDr. Cyc. Tn.11 |TAn:Mary Mary
\N1 My lord of heuen, that syttys he,
And al+l thyng seys with+- ee,
The safe, Elezabeth+-.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.11 |TAn:Eliz. Elizabeth
\N4 Welcom, mary, blyssed blome,
Ioyful+l am I of thi com
To me, from nazareth+-.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.11 |TAn:Mary Mary
\N7 how stand\iys\r it w\ii\rt\ih\r you, dame, of qwart+1?
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.11 |TAn:Eliz. Elizabeth
\N8 wel+l, my doght\ier\r and dere hart+1,
As can for myn elde.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.11 |TAn:Mary Mary
\N10 To speke w\ii\rt\ih\r you me thoght+1 ful+l lang,
f+for ye w\ii\rt\ih\r childe in elde gang,
And ye be cald+, geld+,.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.11 |TAn:Eliz. Elizabeth
\N13 f+ful+l lang shal+l I the bett\ier\r be,
That I may speke my fyl+l w\ii\rt\ih\r the,
My dere kyns Woman;
To wytt how thi freynd\iys\r fare,
In thi countre where thay ar,
Therof tel+l me thou can,
And how thou farys, my dere derlyng.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.11 |TAn:Mary Mary
\N20 Wel+l, dame, g . . .
- Name
- towneley3-1397.txt
- Size
- 126.92 KB
- Format
- Text file
- Description
- Version of the work in plain text format
that+1 makys this beleyf,
f+for if he may thus furth gang,
It+1 wil+l ou\ier\r greatly grefe.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.20 |TJ:Annas Annas
\N66 Sir, oure folk ar so afrayd,
thrugh+- lesyns he losys oure lay;
Som remedy must be rayd,
so that he weynd+, not+1 thus away.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.20 |TJ:Pilate Pilate
\N70 Now certan, syrs, this was wel+l sayd,
and I assent, right as ye say,
Som p\ire\ruay poynt+1 to be puruayd
To mar his myght+1 if [that] we may;
And therfor, sirs, in this p\ire\rsent,
What poynt so were to prase,
let al+l be at+1 assent+1,
let se what ilk man says.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.20 |TJ:Cayp. Cayphas
\N78 Sir, I haue sayde you here beforne
his soteltyes and+, gref\iys\r to sare;
he turnes oure folk both euen & morne,
and ay mak\iys\r mastres mare & mare.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.20 |TJ:Annas Annas
\N82 Sir, if he skape it were great skorne;
to spyl+l hym tytt we wil+l not+1 spare,
f+for if oure lawes were thus-gat\iys\r lorne,
men wold say it were lake of lare . . .
- Name
- towneley4-1397.txt
- Size
- 133.93 KB
- Format
- Text file
- Description
- Version of the work in plain text format
\LDr. Cyc. Tn.25 |TH:Jesus Jesus
\N1 My fader me from blys has send
Til+l erth+- for mankynde sake,
Adam mys forto amend,
My deth nede must I take.
I dwellyd ther thryrty yeres and two,
And somdele more, the sothe to say;
In anger, pyne, and mekyl+l wo,
I dyde on cros this day.
Therfor til+l hel+l now Wil+l I go,
To chalange that is myne;
Adam, eue, and othere mo,
Thay shal+l no longer dwel+l in pyne.
The feynde theym wan With+- trayn,
Thrugh+- fraude of earthly fode,
I haue theym boght agan
With shedyng of my blode.
And now I wil+l that stede restore,
which+- the feynde fel+l fro for syn;
Som tokyn wil+l I send before,
with+- myrth+- to gar thare gammes begyn.
A light+1 I wil+l thay haue
To know I wil+l com sone;
My body shal+l abyde in graue
Til+l al+l this dede be done.
\SDr. Cyc. Tn.25 |TH:Adam Adam
\N25 My brether, herkyn vnto me here!
More hope of helth neuer we had;
Fower thowsand and sex hundreth yere
haue we bene here in darknes stad;
Now se I tokyns o . . .
