180 [70a] thi blysful sone so nere to fynde, All that I haue seyd here I forsake: 185 gour swete feet now lete me kys. 190 195 200 205 Maria: Nay, lett be my fete, not tho ge take, and welcom onto me. Joseph Gramercy, myn owyn swete wyff, A mary, mary, wel thu be! now good wyff, full of pyte, as be not evyl payd with me, to wyte the with any synne. I knowlage I haue don amys, ffor to be thin husbonde; to serve the at foot and hande. 179 presens] psens MS 201 wyght] wythe MS 181] MS has full form this 206] MS has full form thys and thi chylde bothe to vndyrstonde, to wurchep hym with good affecion; Maria: At zoure owyn wyll, as ze bydde me,— Joseph: Now I thank god with spech and spelle Maria: it was the werk of god, as I gow telle, now blyssyd be that lord, so purveyd for me! MS 214] MS has full form ther 222] MS has full form the. 217 shulde] shulde shulde 210 [70b] 215 220 [71a] [PLAY] 13. [THE VISITATION.] Maria: Butt, husbond of oo thynge I pray gow most mekely, I haue knowyng that oure cosyn Elyzabeth with childe is, that it plese gow to go to here hastyly, If owught we my[ght] comforte here it were to me blys. 5 Joseph: A! goddys sake! is she with childe? sche! than wole here husbond, zakarye, be mery. 10 15 20 In Montana they dwelle, fer hens, so mot [I] the, It is hens, I trowe, myles two and ffyfty; we are lyke to be wery or we come at that same. Maria: Go[od] husbond, thow it be to gow peyne, ffor I am schamfast of the pepyl to be seyne, pylgrymages and helpynges wolde be go in hast; say ze zour devocionys and I shal myn i-cast, now in this jurny god mote us spede! Joseph Amen! Amen! and evyrmore! lo, wyff, lo! how starkly I go before. 4 myght] myth MS 19 i-cast] reast H et sic t(ra)nsient c(ir)ca placeam. 6, 7, 12, 14] MS has full forms than, 7 mot I] moty MS 13 good] goth MS after 22 transient] tĥsient MS circa] [Scene 2] Contemplacion: Sovereynes, vndyrstondyth that kynge davyd here ordeyned ffoure and twenty prestys of grett devocion, istracion, and on was prynce of prestys, havynge d(omi)nacyon; amonge whiche was an old prest clepyd zakarye, and he had an old woman to his wyff, of holy conversacion, [71b] 25 whiche hy[ght] Elizabeth, that nevyr had childe, 3o verylye. In hese mynistracion, the howre of incense, the aungel gabryel apperyd hym to; that hese wyff shulde conseyve he gaff hym in- hese juge, hese vnwurthynes and age not belevyd so. here gynnyth the proces. now god be oure begynnynge, and of my tonge I wole ses. 35 40 27 dominacyon] dñacyon MS 30 hyght] hyth MS 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 39] MS has full forms: the, the, the, thei, this, and [Scene 3] 45 Joseph A! A! wyf, in feyth I am wery, therfore I wole sytt downe and rest me ryght here. lo! wyff, here is the hous of zakarye, wole ze I clepe Elyzabeth to zow to apere? [72a] Maria: Nay, husbond, and it plese gow I shal go ner. now the blyssyd trynite be in this hous! 50 55 60 A! cosyn Elizabeth, swete modyr, what cher ? ze grow grett. A my god, how ge be gracyous! Elizabeth: Anon as I herd of gow this holy gretynge, mekest mayden and the modyr of god, mary, be your breth the holy gost us was inspyrynge, that the childe in my body enjoyd gretly, and turnyd down on his knes to oure god rev- whom ge bere in zour body, this veryly I ken. and blyssyd be the frute of thi wombe also, thu wurthyest virgyne and wyff that evyr was wrought, how is it that the modyr of god me shulde come to, that wrecche of all wrecchis, a whyght wers than nought? and thu art blyssyd that belevyd veryly in thi thought that the wurde of god shulde profyte in the; 65 but how this blyssydnes abought was brought I can not thynk nyn say how it myght be. Maria: To the preysynge of god, cosyn, this seyd must be: Whan I sat in my lytyl hous, onto god praynge, 44, 47, 59] MS has full forms therefore, and, and |