[ 17.] Text from Chambers and Sidgwick, “Early English Lyrics,” 124 f.
[ 18.] Text in T. Sharp, “A Dissertation on the Pageants or Dramatic Mysteries anciently performed at Coventry” (Coventry, 1825).
[ 19.] Petit de Julleville, ii. 36 f and 431 f.
[ 20.] Ibid. ii. 620 f.; “Les marguerites de la Marguerite des princesses,” ed. from the edition of 1547 by F. Frank (Paris, 1873), ii. 1 f.
[ 21.] Petit de Julleville, i. 441.
[ 22.] Ibid. i. 455. Text in Lemeignen, ii. 1 f.
[ 23.] Petit de Julleville, i. 79 f.
[ 24.] P. Sébillot, “Coutumes populaires de la Haute-Bretagne” (Paris, 1886), 177.
[ 25.] Martinengo, “Folk-Songs,” xxxiii. f. In her essay, “Puer Parvulus,” in “The Outdoor Life,” 260 f., the Countess gives a charming description of a somewhat similar Piedmontese play.