[80] See [p. 191] of the present volume.
[81] This singular composition was published with notes by M. de Montaiglon, in a Parisian journal entitled, “L’Amateur de Livres,” in 1849, under the title of “Fragment d’un Dialogue Latin du ix^e siècle entre Terence et un Bouffon.” A few separate copies were printed, of which I possess one.
[82] To judge by the number of copies found in manuscripts, especially of the “Geta,” these dramatic poems must have enjoyed considerable popularity. The “Geta” and the “Querulus” were published in a volume entitled, “Vitalis Blesensis Amphitryon et Aulularia Eclogæ. Edidit Fridericus Osannus, Professor Gisensis,” 8vo., Darmstadt, 1836. The “Geta” and the “Babio” are included in my “Early Mysteries, and other Latin Poems of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries.”
[83] “Hilarii Versus et Ludi,” 8vo., Paris, 1835. Edited by M. Champollion Figeac.
[84] “Interdum ludi fiunt in ecclesiis theatrales,” &c—Decret Gregorii, lib. iii. tit. i.
[85] “Item non permittant sacerdotes ludos theatrales fieri in ecclesia et alios ludos inhonestos.”
[86] “Juniores fratres in Heresburg sacram habuere comœdiam de Josepho vendito et exalto, quod vero reliqui ordinis nostri prælati male interpretati sunt.”—Leibn., Script. Brunsv. tom. ii. p. 311.
[87] The acts of this synod of Worms are printed in Harzheim, tom. iv. p. 258.
[88] The editions of the three principal collections of English mysteries are—1. “The Towneley Mysteries,” 8vo., London, 1836, published by the Surtees Society; 2. “Ludus Coventriæ: a Collection of Mysteries, formerly represented at Coventry on the Feast of Corpus Christi,” edited by James Orchard Halliwell, Esq., 8vo., London, 1841, published by the Shakespeare Society; 3. “The Chester Plays: a Collection of Mysteries founded upon Scriptural Subjects, and formerly represented by the Trades of Chester at Whitsuntide,” edited by Thomas Wright, Esq., 2 vols. 8vo., London, 1843 and 1847, published by the Shakespeare Society.
[89] “Hic transit Noe cum familia sua pro navi, quo exeunte, locum interludii subintret statim Lameth, conductus ab adolescente, et dicens,” &c.