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42<br />
MYSTERY PLAYSIN YORKSHIRE.<br />
To which the following rejoinder,made by the person<br />
undertakingthe part ofGod: —<br />
Then says —<br />
Iwill help Adam and his kind,<br />
MightIlove and lewte [loyalty] find;<br />
Would they to me be true, andblin [cease]<br />
Of their pride and of their sin:<br />
My servantIwill found and frast [prove and try],<br />
Abraham, if he be trast [trusty],<br />
On certain wiseIwill him prove<br />
Ifhe to me be true oflove.<br />
Abraham! Abraham !<br />
Abraham:Who is that ? ware,let me see,<br />
Iheard oneneven [name] my name.<br />
God:ItisI, take tent [heed] to me<br />
That formed thy fatherAdam,<br />
And everything init [its] degree.<br />
After which follow God's command to Abraham to<br />
sacrifice Isaac, and the ensuing events.<br />
At Hull theMysteryPlays were accompaniedby various<br />
pageants. They were generallyheld on what was called<br />
" Plough Day," when the numerous guilds of the town<br />
paraded through the streets with great ceremony. The<br />
members of the different trades had each their peculiar<br />
dresses, badges, banners, etc., and as they marched<br />
through the town to the sound of various kinds of music<br />
and the pealingof the church bells they must have presented<br />
an impressive and brilliantappearance. Amongst<br />
the different crafts which joined in the procession were<br />
the " tylers, saddlers, walkers, ropers, crelers, glovers,<br />
shermen, watermen,bowersand archers, mustard makers<br />
andchandlers,husbandmen,vintners, goldsmiths,barbers,<br />
fishers, coopers, shoemakers, scryners,labourers, millers,<br />
skinners, barkers, lusters, tailors, butchers, merchants,<br />
drapers, cutlers and potters, weavers, bakers, cooks,<br />
wrights, and smiths."<br />
After the large numberof guilds connected with these<br />
crafts had marched through the principal streets of the