"Soe lett hym die!" Duke RICHARD sayde; "And maye echone oure foes Bende downe theyre neckes to bloudie axe, And feede the carryon crowes." And nowe the horses gentlie drewe 345 Syr CHARLES uppe the hyghe hylle; The axe dydd glysterr ynne the sunne, Hys pretious bloude to spylle. Syrr CHARLES dydd uppe the scaffold goe, As uppe a gilded carre 350 Of victorye, bye val'rous chiefs Gayn'd ynne the bloudie warre: And to the people hee dydd saie, "Beholde you see mee dye, For servynge loyally mye kynge, 355 Mye kynge most rightfullie. "As longe as EDWARDE rules thys lande, Ne quiet you wylle knowe; Youre sonnes and husbandes shalle bee slayne. And brookes wythe bloude shalle flowe. 360 "You leave youre goode and lawfulle kynge. Whenne ynne adversitye; Lyke mee, untoe the true cause stycke, And for the true cause dye." Thenne hee, wyth preestes, uponne hys knees, 365 A pray'r to Godde dydd make, Beseechynge hym unto hymselfe Hys partynge soule to take. Thenne, kneelynge downe, hee layd hys hedde Most seemlie onne the blocke; 370 Whyche fromme hys bodie fayre at once The able heddes-manne stroke: And oute the bloude beganne to flowe, And rounde the scaffolde twyne; And teares, enow to washe't awaie, 375 Dydd flowe fromme each mann's eyne. The bloudie axe hys bodie fayre Ynnto foure parties cutte; And ev'rye parte, and eke hys hedde, Uponne a pole was putte. 380 One parte dydd rotte onne Kynwulph-hylle, One onne the mynster-tower, And one from off the castle-gate The crowen dydd devoure: The other onne Seyncte Powle's goode gate, 385 A dreery spectacle; Hys hedde was plac'd onne the hyghe crosse, Ynne hyghe-streete most nobile. Thus was the ende of BAWDIN'S fate: Godde prosper longe oure kynge, 390 And grante hee maye, wyth BAWDIN'S soule, Ynne heav'n Godd's mercie synge! ÆLLA: A TRAGYCAL ENTERLUDE, OR DISCOORSEYNGE TRAGEDIE, WROTENN BIE THOMAS ROWLEIE; PLAIEDD BEFORE MASTRE CANYNGE, ATTE HYS HOWSE NEMPTE THE RODDE LODGE; [ALSOE BEFORE THE DUKE OF NORFOLCK, JOHAN HOWARD.] PERSONNES REPRESENTEDD. ÆLLA, bie _Thomas Rowleie_, Preeste, the Aucthoure. CELMONDE, _Johan Iscamm_, Preeste. HURRA, Syrr _Thybbotte Gorges_, Knyghte. BIRTHA, Mastre _Edwarde Canynge_. Odherr Partes bie _Knyghtes Mynstrelles_. EPISTLE TO MASTRE CANYNGE ON ÆLLA.