‘Et prouidere debet quod representacio pastorum in nocte Natalis domini et miraculorum in nocte Paschae et die lunae in Pascha congrue et honorifice fiant[844].’ LINCOLN. About 1244 Bishop Grosseteste names ‘miracula’ amongst other ‘ludi’ which the archdeacons, so far as possible, are to exterminate in the diocese[845]. Chapter _computi_ for 1406, 1452, and 1531 include entries of payments, ‘In serothecis emptis pro Maria et Angelo et Prophetis ex consuetudine in Aurora Natalis Dñi hoc anno[846].’ ‘In 1420 tithes to the amount of 8ˢ 8ᵈ were assigned to Thomas Chamberleyn for getting up a spectacle or pageant (“cuiusdam excellentis visus”) called _Rubum quem viderat_ at Christmas.... An anthem sung at Lauds on New Year’s day ... begins thus[847]’ (cf. _Sarum Breviary_, ccxciii). Was this spectacle a Moses play forming part of, or detached from, an _Ordo Prophetarum_? A set of local annals (1361-1515) compiled in the sixteenth century records the following plays:— 1397-8. Ludus de Pater Noster lvi anno. 1410-11. Ludus Pater Noster. 1424-5. Ludus Pater Noster. 1441-2. Ludus Sancti Laurentii. 1447-8. Ludus Sanctae Susannae. 1452-3. Ludus de Kyng Robert of Cesill. 1455-6. Ludus de Sancta Clara. 1456-7. Ludus de Pater Noster. 1471-2. Ludus Corporis Christi. 1473-4. Ludus de Corporis Christi. Canon Rock, apparently quoting the same document, also mentions a ‘Ludus de Sancto Iacobo[848].’ On Dec. 13, 1521, the Corporation ‘agreed that Paternoster Play shall be played this year[849].’ In 1478-80 the Chapter _Curialitates_ include ‘In commun’ canonicorum existent’ ad videndum ludum Corporis Christi in camera Iohannis Sharpe infra clausum, 17ˢ 11ᵈ[850].’