18. Text in #T. Sharp, "A Dissertation on the Pageants or Dramatic Mysteries anciently performed at Coventry"# (Coventry, 1825). 19. Petit de Julleville, ii. 36 f and 431 f. 20. _Ibid._ ii. 620 f.; #"Les marguerites de la Marguerite des princesses,"# ed. from the edition of 1547 by F. Frank (Paris, 1873), ii. 1 f. 21. Petit de Julleville, i. 441. 22. _Ibid._ i. 455. Text in Lemeignen, ii. 1 f. 23. Petit de Julleville, i. 79 f. 24. #P. Sebillot, "Coutumes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne"# (Paris, 1886), 177. 25. Martinengo, "Folk-Songs," xxxiii. f. In her essay, "Puer Parvulus," in "The Outdoor Life," 260 f., the Countess gives a charming description of a somewhat similar Piedmontese play. 26. Barthelemy, iii. 411 f. |370| 27. Rietschel, 88 f.; #O. von Reinsberg-Dueringsfeld, "Das festliche Jahr"# (2nd Edition, Leipsic, 1898), 439 f. 28. Rietschel, 92 f. 29. An interesting book on popular Christmas plays is #F. Vogt, "Die schlesischen Weihnachtspiele"# (Leipsic, 1901). 30. Weinhold, 94. 31. _Ibid._ 95 f. 32. _Ibid._ 100 f. 33. _Ibid._ 96 f. 34. See Chambers, "M. S.," ii. 91 f.; Symonds, "Renaissance," iv. 242, 272 f.; #A. d'Ancona, "Origini del Teatro italiano"# (Florence, 1877), i. 87 f. 35. D'Ancona, "Origini," i. 126 f. 36. #A. d'Ancona, "Sacre Rappresentazioni dei secoli xiv, xv e xvi"# (Florence, 1872), i. 191 f. 37. _Ibid._ i. 192. 38. Latin original quoted by D'Ancona, "Origini," i. 91, and Chambers, "M. S.," ii. 93. 39. Creizenach, i. 347. 40. #J. Fitzmaurice-Kelly, "A History of Spanish Literature"# (London, 1898), 113. 41. #Juan del Encina, "Teatro Completo"# (Madrid, 1893), 3 f., 137 f. 42. See #G. Ticknor, "History of Spanish Literature"# (6th American Edition, Boston, 1888), ii. 283 f. 43. _Ibid._ ii. 208. 44. #"Archivio per lo studio delle tradizioni popolari"# (Palermo and Turin), vol. xxi., 1902, 381. 45. Pitre, 448. 46. Fernan Caballero, "Elia y La Noche de Navidad," 222 f. 47. Lloyd, 213 f. 48. #H. F. Feilberg, "Jul"# (Copenhagen, 1904), ii. 242 f. 49. #E. Cortet, "Essai sur les fetes religieuses"# (Paris, 1867), 38. 50. Sebillot, 215. 51. Feilberg, ii. 250; Reinsberg-Dueringsfeld, 31 f.; #T. Stratilesco, "From Carpathian to Pindus: Pictures of Roumanian Country Life"# (London, 1906), 195 f.; #E. van Norman, "Poland: the Knight among Nations"# (London and New York, 3rd Edition, n.d.), 302; #S. Graham, "A Vagabond in the Caucasus. With some Notes of his Experiences among the Russians"# (London, 1910), 28. 52. Translation in #Karl Hase, "Miracle Plays and Sacred Dramas"# (Eng. Trans., London, 1880), 9; German text in Weinhold, 132. 53. Hoermann, "Tiroler Volksleben," 247 f. 54. Graham, 28. 55. Stratilesco, 195 f. 56. _Ibid._ 355 f. 57. Van Norman, 302. 58. Cortet, 42. 59. Barthelemy, iii. 411 f. 60. #Madame Calderon de la Barca, "Life in Mexico"# (London, 1843), 237 f. POSTSCRIPT