Secretary Anglicana: Sample Transcription Running Title and Lines 1-6

Here is a sample transcription of lines 1-6 of this page from the York Mercers' play of Doomsday.

The merceres

I loue že lorde with all my myght /
žer fore vs / žat has erthely bene
Swilke dingnitees / has dressed and dight /
____________________________________ deus
Comes fourthe / I schalle sitte 3ou be twene
And all fullfille / žat I haue hight /
Hic ad sedem iudicij cum cantu angelorum
____________________________________ primus diabolus
In a modern printed scholarly edition, this might look like:

[Title] The Merceres

[Apostolus]...... I loue že, lorde, with all my myght,
..........................žer fore vs, žat has erthely bene,
..........................Swilke dingnitees has dressed and dight.

Deus................ Comes fourthe! I schalle sitte you betwene,
..........................And all fullfille žat I haue hight.

..........................Hic ad sedem iudicij cum cantu angelorum

Primus Diabolus...... [The First Devil's speech follows.]

Modern-Spelling version :
The Mercers

[Apostolus]...... I lofe [praise] Thee, Lord, with all my might,
[Apostle].......... Ther [who] for us, that has earthly been,
..........................Such dignities has dressed and dight ...... [prepared and arranged].

Deus................ Comes forth! I shall sit you between
[God]................And all fullfill that I have hight ................. [promised].

..........................Hic ad sedem iudicij cum cantu angelorum
..........................['Here to the seat of judgement with song of angels.']

Primus Diabolus......
[First Devil] ...

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