heȝe vpon a doune, þer al folk hit se may, a mile from þe toune, aboute þe midday, þe rode is vp arered; his frendes aren afered, ant clyngeþ so þe clay; þe rode stond in stone, marie stont hire one, ant seiþ ‘weylaway’! [_Bibliographical Note._—The liturgical drama is fully treated by W. Creizenach, _Geschichte des neueren Dramas_ (vol. i, 1893), Bk. 2; L. Petit de Julleville, _Les Mystères_ (1880), vol. i. ch. 2; A. d’Ancona, _Origini del Teatro Italiano_ (2nd ed. 1891), Bk. 1, chh. 3-6; M. Sepet, _Origines catholiques du Théâtre moderne_ (1901), and by L. Gautier in _Le Monde_ for Aug. and Sept. 1872. The studies of W. Meyer, _Fragmenta Burana_ (1901), and C. Davidson, _English Mystery P…
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