Roister Doister / Written, probably also represented, before 1553. Carefully edited from the unique copy, now at Eton College

by Nicholas Udall

M. Mery. And shall we hence streight?

R. Royster. Yea.

M. Mery. Placebo dilexi. vt infra. [*]

Maister Doister Doister will streight go home and die.

R. Royster. Heigh how, alas, the pangs of death my hearte do breake.

M. Mery. Holde your peace for shame sir, a dead man may not speake.

Nequando: What mourners and what torches shall we haue?

R. Royster. None.

M. Mery. Dirige. He will go darklyng to his graue,

Neque, lux, neque crux, neque mourners, neque clinke,