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 P. 217, l. 9. Indeploydo.] So in MS. for in diploide, a Latinized form from the Greek word [Greek: diplois], a double robe; see Glos.

P. 222, l. 17. Jhesus.] This is erased in the MS., and the word "doctor" substituted in a more recent hand.

P. 235, l. 28. Ther he doth lyve in cave.] For lyve read lyne. The same expression occurs at p. 227, l. ult.

P. 239, l. 16. Berere of lyth.] i.e., Lucifer.

P. 242, l. 7. With syde lokkys.] "Over thin eyn and thin here" is here inserted in the MS.

P. 245, l. 16. Prose.] So in MS., but perhaps it ought to be profe.

P. 262, l. 17. With wyld hors lete hym be drawe.] This mode of punishment was very common in the middle ages. It is again alluded to at p. 290.

P. 275, l. 28. Xad.] So in MS., but probably shad, as I do not find x for sh in any similar case.

P. 289, l. 20. Takyn his scaffalde.] We have an early notice of these vehicles in Chaucer, in the Milleres Tale, where he speaks of the "joly" clerk Absolon—

"Somtime to shew his lightnesse and maistrie He plaieth Herode on a skaffold hie."

The parish-clerks, says Tyrwhit, had always a principal share in the representation of mysteries. See notes to Canterbury Tales, v. 3384, Sharp's Dissertation on the Coventry Mysteries, p. 17, and Reliquiæ Antiquæ, vol. i. p. 322.

P. 297, l. 13. Et cantabit gallus.] This was accomplished by one of the company, and a proficiency in the imitation was probably aimed at and accomplished. Among the accounts published by Mr. Sharp is the following entry:—"Paid to Fawston for coc croyng, iiij. d."—Dissertation, p. 36.

P. 313, l. 4. Whi spekest not me to.] A great deal of this is merely paraphrased from the vulgate. Pilate "seide to Jhesu, of whenis art thou? but Jhesus gaf noon answere to him. Pilat seith to him, spekist thou not to me, wost thou not that I have power to crucifie thee, and I have power to delivere thee."—John, chap. xix, Wickliffe's version.

P. 329. ] The oldest mystery in the English language is founded on this subject, a very popular