The Weffe

he weffezeb

Have welk ye kepe of comfarke

are wele alf pis worldes 'wele
are wele oire hope, and onve hele

are wele nowe both izvaons; and Hoode

FOR THE CLARENDON PRESS.

THE PLAYS PERFORMED

BY THE

CRAFTS OR MYSTERIES OF YORK·

ON THE DAY OF

CORPUS CHRISTI

IN THE 14TH, 15TH, AND 16TH CENTURIES

NOW FIRST PRINTED FROM THE UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT

IN THE LIBRARY OF LORD ASHBURNHAM

EDITED

WITH INTRODUCTION AND GLOSSARY

BY

LUCY TOULMIN SMITH

EDITOR OF 'RICART'S KALENDAR,' 'INGLEBY'S CENTURIE OF PRAYSE,'
'GORBODUC,' ETC.

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1885

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AN

3 0 APR 1957

AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED

TO THE MEMORY OF

MY FATHER

AND TO

MY DEAR MOTHER