Here is a pottle good and strong,
It will rejoice both heart and tongue;
Though Noah thinks us never so long,
Here we will drink alike.[40]
[40] With revised spelling the whole has a very modern “ring” about it. The first two verses may have been sung as a solo and the last half stanza as a trio.
A similar instance is the Ale-wife’s speech, which has been tacked on to the end of the play The Harrowing of Hell.
In the Resurrection play we have the following. It is one of the finest speeches in the plays:—
Jesus.
Earthly man that I have wrought,
Awake out of thy sleep;