(2) (_From a sixteenth-century interlude._) _Bale_ [_speaking as Epilogue_]. The matters are such as we have uttered here, As ought not to slide from your memorial; For they have opened such comfortable gear, As is to the health of this kind universal, Graces of the Lord and promises liberal, Which he gives to man for every age, To knit him to Christ, and so clear him of bondage. BALE, _God’s Promises_ (3) (_A historical play._) For non other cawse God hath kyngs constytute And gevyn them the sword, but forto correct all vyce. I have attempted this thing to execute Uppon transgressers accordyng unto justyce; And be cawse I wyll not be parcyall in myn offyce For theft and murder to persones spirytuall, I have ageynst me the pristes and the bysshoppes all A lyke dysplesure in my fathers tyme ded fall, Forty yeres ago, for ponyshment of a clarke. No cun[`s]ell myght them to reformacyon call, In ther openyon they were so stordy and so starke, But ageynst ther prynce to the pope they dyd so barke, That here in Ynglond in every cyte and towne Excommunycacyons as thonder bolts came downe. BALE, _Kynge Johan_ (4) (_From the earliest comedy._) _R. Roister._ Now, nurse, take this same letter here to thy mistress, And as my trust is in thee, ply my business. _M. Mumble._ It shall be done. _Mathew Merygreeke._ Who made it? _R. Roister._ I wrote it each whit. _M. Mery._ Then needs it no mending. _R. Roister._ No, no. _M. Mery._ No, I know your wit, I warrant it well. _M. Mumble._ It shall be delivered. But if ye speed, shall I be considered? _M. Mery._ Whough! Dost thou doubt of that? _M. Mumble._ What shall I have? _M. Mery._ An hundred times more than thou canst devise to crave. _M. Mumble._ Shall I have some new gear? for my old is all spent. _M. Mery._ The worst kitchen-wench shall go in ladies’ raiment.... [_Here they sing, and go out singing._ UDALL, _Ralph Roister Doister_ 5. Trace the influence of the Church upon the early English drama, and account for the decay of the Church influence. 6. Point out some of the effects of the Reformation that are apparent in the literature of the day. 7. In what respects is the period 1450–1550 a period of literary decadence, and in what respects does it show an advance? 8. Account for the sudden appearance of Scottish literature, and for its rapid rise to such a high standard. 9. In what respects was the Scottish literature of the time imitative, and in what respects was it original?