All Quotes by Wakefield Mystery Plays
“Say, felows, how semys now meI trow me seme as well as hym.”
“We, that were angels so fare,What alyd the, lucifer, to fall?”
“Lord, I were at ese and hertely full hoylle,So wold I oure syre were.”
“He shall out of preson pas,Madyn for madyn; thus shal it be.”
“Ffyrst must us crepe and sythen go.”
“Now god gyf you care foles all sam;Sagh I neuer none so fare bot the foles of gotham.”
“Bot we sely shepardes that walkys on the moore,For the tylthe of oure landys lyys falow as the floore.”
“We ar so hamyd,These men that ar lord fest thay cause the ploghe tary.”
“Thus hold, thay us hunder,Wo is hym that hym grefe or onys agane says!”
“He can make purveance,Then oones say hym nay.”
“Whoso couthe take hede and lett the warld pas,And all thyng wrythys.”
“Ryse, hyrd men heynd! for now is he borneBetwyx two bestys.”
“For I am he that may make or mar a man;The right.”
“Here is a bag full, lokys,This can I.”