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The play is composed of thirteeners, octaves, and one sestet.ġ, s.d. Clearly, the compiler made several changes as he chose to include the Purification. 252.) It is interesting to note that the N-Town Banns describes two separate plays-the Slaughter and the Death of Herod. (Evidently, the historical Herod of Ascalon and his grandson, Herod Agrippa, have been conflated in these versions see Hussey, "How Many Herods in the Middle English Drama?" p. N-Town, Chester, and Digby all conclude with Herod’s death (Acts 12:20–23). Anne’s Day play that includes a Purification scene as well as a comic messenger named Watkyn.
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In York Play 19, Herod concludes that the soldiers have missed the Christ-child in Chester Play 10, Herod realizes that his own son has been killed with the other male children Towneley Play 16 ends with Herod’s triumph and the Digby version is presented as a St. Each version possesses its own characteristics, however. All of the extant plays are based upon Matthew 2:16–20, but the Chester (Play 10), Digby Candlemass, and N-Town versions include the holy family’s flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13–15), a subject which is a separate and preceding play for Towneley (Play 15) and York (Play 18). Besides the six existing plays, there are records of performances in Beverley, and possibly in Cambridge and in Edinburgh (Lancashire, Dramatic Texts and Records of Britain). Plays or pageants depicting the slaughter of the innocents seem to have been spread throughout the British Isles. Play 20, SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS DEATH OF HEROD: EXPLANATORY NOTES Abbreviations: S: N-Town Play, ed. And the Devil captures themġ3 Lines 276–77: All of you in this crowd shall end up just like I am - I swear to you!
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Play 20, SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS DEATH OF HEROD: FOOTNOTES 1 Then looking back, the Steward goes to Herod, sayingĢ Those men with gold crowns will never beat me againģ Lines 15–16: Make screech owls hoot, knave and rascal, / When their children bleed under swaddling clothesĤ Then the knights go to kill the male children, and let the first woman sayĥ Lines 135–36: If any scoundrel blusters or complains against my decree / I will seize those rascals and kill them altogetherĦ Now, my gentle and courteous knights, listen to me right nowħ Food for the loveliest lord that is living on earthĨ Though a little pint might cost a thousand poundsĩ He thinks he surpasses all princes in power!ġ0 Herbs, grass, and strong trees - take them all the sameġ1 I give him such a tripping up he will lie still foreverġ2 Here while they blow trumpets Death suddenly kills Herod and the two knights.