[Footnote 679: An error, since Old Testament scenes are also included.] [Footnote 680: "Vulgo dicitur hic liber Ludus Coventriæ, sive ludus Corporis Christi."] [Footnote 681: See Chambers, _op. cit._, ii. 416-22; Gayley, _Plays of Our Forefathers_, 135-9, 325-7; Shelling, _Eliz. Drama_, 20-1; Leach in _Furnivall Misc._, 232-3.] [Footnote 682: See _Camb. Lit. Hist._ v. 13 for the York friar, who described himself as a "professor of pageantry."] [Footnote 683: Mr Chambers suggests that, as the crafts admittedly altered and revised their plays, the _Ludus Coventriæ_ may be a discarded version.] [Footnote 684: Leach in _Furnivall Misc._, 232.] [Footnote 685: Craig, xviii.] [Footnote 686: On the _Prophetae_, see Chambers, ii. 52, 70; Craig, xviii.] [Footnote 687: Craig, xvi. This certainly was the subject of a play; see payment to S. Thomas of India above, p. 287.] [Footnote 688: Particularly in the fragment of--probably--an earlier version, see Craig, _op. cit._, 119-122.] [Footnote 689: See Craig, _op. cit._, xxiv.-v.] [Footnote 690: Yche = I. And I were laid low. Jubbard = jeopard.] [Footnote 691: Craig, 47.] [Footnote 692: Craig, 48.] [Footnote 693: See on this point and on Balaam's ass, Chambers, _op. cit._, ii. 57.] [Footnote 694: _i.e._ they.] [Footnote 695: Craig, 18.] [Footnote 696: Sharp, 51.] [Footnote 697: _Ib._, 31.] [Footnote 698: York Plays, 277.] [Footnote 699: Sharp, 47.] [Footnote 700: _Ib._, 66-7.] [Footnote 701: _Ib._, 37.] [Footnote 702: Sharp, 36.] [Footnote 703: Craig, 94, 97.] [Footnote 704: Sharp, 73.] [Footnote 705: _Ibid._] [Footnote 706: _Ib._, 55.] [Footnote 707: _Ib._, 26.] [Footnote 708: _Ib._, 33.] [Footnote 709: Craig, 90.] [Footnote 710: Sharp, 70, 71.] [Footnote 711: _Leet Book_, 589.] [Footnote 712: Sharp, 166. For the riding of the George at Norwich, Leicester, Stratford, and elsewhere, _v._ Chambers, i. 221-3. Plays in honour of S. George were performed at Lydd, New Romney, Bassingbourne (_ib._, ii. 132).] [Footnote 713: Harl. MS. 6388, f. 26 _dorso_.] [Footnote 714: Sharp, _op. cit._, 158.] [Footnote 715: Rous (_Hist. Regum Angliæ_, 105-6) ascribes it to the rejoicings on the death of Hardicanute. On Hock-tide, see Chambers, i. 154-5.] [Footnote 716: The one.] [Footnote 717: The other.] [Footnote 718: The carpenters in 1464 paid 8d. to the minstrels at the feast (Sharp, 213); the dyers paid 2d. (_ib._, 214).] [Footnote 719: _Ib._, 209] [Footnote 720: _Ib._, 207.] [Footnote 721: _Leet Book_, 258.] [Footnote 722: _Leet Book_, 253.] [Footnote 723: _Ib._, 345.] [Footnote 724: _Leet Book_, 357.] [Footnote 725: _Leet Book_, 476-481.] [Footnote 726: 6d. a week was collected from all the citizens of the mayor's rank, and 4d. and 2d. from those of the sheriff's and warden's rank respectively to pay for the soldiers' board.] [Footnote 727: _Leet Book_, 488.] [Footnote 728: _Leet Book_, 57, 68.] [Footnote 729: Green, i. 90-120.] CHAPTER XVI