Vulgar words in "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays (Page 1)
This book at a glance
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_1st Prophet._ Neither in halls, nor yet in bowers, Born would he not be, Neither in castles, nor yet in towers, That seemly were to see, But at his Father's will, The prophecy to fulfil, Betwixt an ox and an ass Jesu this king born he was; Heaven he bring us till!
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An ox knoweth its lord, an ass its master's duty, But Israel will not know me, nor my conditions.
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_Tylers._--Mary, Joseph, a midwife, the child born lying in a manger betwixt an ox and an ass, and the angel speaking to the shepherds.
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_Vestment-makers, Skynners._--Jesus upon an ass with its foal; twelve Apostles following Jesus; six rich and six poor men, with eight boys with branches of palm trees, constantly saying blessed, etc., and Zaccheus ascending into a sycamore tree.