Jhu [Jesu] Crist that syttys on hee
And his blessed mother Marie [erased]
Save all this goodely company
And kepe you nyght and day.
[33] Played in 1488.
With regard to the Banes we must notice first that it is in the same metre and rhyming stanza as the Plays themselves, and may have been written with them. Secondly, it sheds light on some very important points. Here is one:—
“The worshipfull wyves of this towne
Ffyne of our lady thassumpcon
It to bryng forth they be bowne
And meyntene with all theyre might.”[34]