31. _Baptista._ A! Lorde, I loue Þe inwardly, That me wolde make Þi messengere Thy comyng in erth for to crye, And teche Þi faith to folke in feere; And sithen before Þe for to dye, 365 And bringe boodworde to þame here, How þai schulde haue Thyne helpe in hye: Nowe se I all Þi poyntis appere. Als Dauid prophete trewe Ofte tymes tolde vntill vs, 370 Of þis comyng he knewe, And saide it schulde be þus. 32. _Dauid._ Als I haue saide, ȝitt saie I soo, _Ne derelinquas, Domine, Animam meam <in> inferno_, 375 Leffe noght my saule, Lorde, aftir Þe, In depe helle where dampned schall goo, Ne suffre neuere †saules fro Þe be† The sorowe of þame þat wonnes in woo Ay full of filthe, †þat may repleye†. 380 _Adame._ We thanke His grete goodnesse He fette vs fro þis place, Makes ioie nowe more and lesse; _Omnis._ We laude God of His grace. 33. _Iesus._ Adame and my frendis in feere, 385 Fro all youre fooes come fourth with me, Ȝe schalle be sette in solas seere, Wher ȝe schall neuere of sorowes see. And Mighill, myn aungell clere, Ressayue þes saules all vnto þe, 390 And lede þame als I schall þe lere To Paradise with playe and plenté. [_They come out of Limbo._ Mi graue I woll go till, Redy to rise vpperight, And so I schall fulfille 395 That I before haue highte. 34. _Michill._ Lorde, wende we schall aftir Þi sawe, To solace sere þai schall be sende, But þat þer deuelis no draught vs drawe, Lorde, blisse vs with Þi holy hende. 400 _Iesus._ Mi blissing haue ȝe all on rawe, I schall be with youe, wher ȝe wende, And all þat lelly luffes my lawe, Þai schall be blissid withowten ende. _Adame._ To Þe, Lorde, be louyng, 405 Þat vs has wonne fro waa, For solas will we syng, _Laus Tibi cum gloria_. [_Exeunt._ [Foot-note: 14 Fro] For _MS._] [Foot-note: 40 in þis stedde] in darknes stad _Towneley_.] [Foot-note: 49 Isaiah] Isaac _MS._] [Foot-note: 170 þe] ȝe _MS._] [Foot-note: 185 what harlot] _from Towneley MS.: om. MS._] [Foot-note: 188 I] of _MS._] [Foot-note: 242 neyd thowe craue] þus þe I telle _first hand_.] [Foot-note: 244 as] _added later MS._] [Foot-note: 244 knaue] braide _first hand_.] [Foot-note: 347 dole] dolee _MS._] [Foot-note: 356 clere] clene _MS._] XVII THE TOWNELEY PLAY OF NOAH Towneley MS. (about 1475), ff. 76 ff.