The Iron mongers find a caryage good How Jesus dyed on y^e rode And shed for us his precyus blud The find it in fere. Cryst after his passion Brake Hell for our redempcion That find the cookes and hostelers of this towne And that with full good chere. Also the skynners they be boune With great worshipp and renowne They find the Resurection Fayre maye them befall. Sadlers and Foysters [“Fusterers”] have the good grace They find the Castell of Emawse Where Crist appered to Cleophas A faire pagend you shall see. Also the Taylers with trew Intent Have taken on them verament The Assencyon by one assent To bringe it forth full right. Fysshe mongers men of faith As that day will doe their stayth To bringe there caryage furth in trayth Wyt Sonday it hight. The worshipfull wyves of this towne Ffyne of our lady thassumpcon It to bryng forth they be bowne And meyntene with all theyre might.[33] The Shermen will not [be] behynd Butt bryng theire cariage with good mynde The pagent of prophettys they do fynd That prophecied ffull truly Off the coming of Anticrist That goodys ffaith would resist That cariage I warrand shall not myst Butt sett forth full dewly. The hewsters that be men full sage They bryng forth a wurthy cariage That is a thing of grett costage Antycryst hit hight. They weyvers in very dede Ffynd the day of Dame, well may they spede I graunt them holly to theire neede The blysse of heven bright. Sovereigne syrs to you I say And to all this ffayre cuntre That played shalbe this godely play In the whitson weke That is brefely for to sey Uppon Monday Tuysday and Wennysday Whoo lust to see theym he may And non of theym to sek. { Also maister maire of this Citie { Withall his bretheryn accordingly “_Erased_ { A solempne procession ordent hath he { To be done to the best { Appon the day of Corpus Christi _in_ { The blessed sacrament caried shalbe { And a play sett forth by the clergye { In honor of the fest _the_ { Many torches there may you see { Marchaunts and craftys of this citie { By order passing in their degree _Booke.”_ { A goadly sight that day { They come from Saynt Maries on the Hill { The Church of Saynt Johns untill { And there the sacrament leve they will { The sauth [sooth] as I you say. Whoo so comyth these plays to see With good devocon merelye Hertely welcome shall he be And have right good chere. Sir John Arnway was maire of this citie When these playes were begon truly God graunt us merely And see theym many a yere.