the second shepherds' play translation

Little day-starn.[119]. 3rd Shepherd. Mac (at his own door again). That shall take fro the feynd / that adam had lorne: That warloo to sheynd / this nyght is he borne. Now well is my day bright, 2nd Shepherd. drawes hederward! / hayll, yong child! / oure syre, lyst, croyne. Mak, with youre leyfe / let me gyf youre barne.

And yet may none believe one word that he says– His Wife. Wife. 3rd Shepherd. when they ar full hard sted / thay sygh full styll; God wayte thay ar led / full hard and full yll; In bower nor in bed / thay say noght ther tyll. was no crochett wrong / nor no thyng that lakt it.

Now if ye have suspouse[79] to Gill or to me, They are gone full clean,–that have they lorn. For I must sleep truly. the boy lyst rave; / abyde vnto syne; Sich seruandys as I / that swettys and swynkys. I wot so forwaked[38] is none in this shire: for Saint James!–I may not well gang. 1st Shepherd. yee, thou thar not rek / of my long standyng. Patriarchs that have been,–and prophets beforn,

I am ready and yare:[114] go we in fear Wife. And slithers,[15]

But I may cry out “Harro!”[65] In fayth we are nere handys / outt of the doore; No wonder as it standys / if we be poore. That warlock to sheynd,[103] this night is he born. How long shall I stand? Out thieves from my once! [52] be herein! 3rd Shepherd. And the frost so hideous they water mine een, Such servants as I, that sweats and swinks, what the dewill is this?
I wote so forwakyd / is none in this shyre: I wold slepe if I takyd / les to my hyere. Is he come? Ah, my middle! I wyll rest in no stede / tyll that I hym grete. Or it be noon. retrieve their sheep. how farys thi wyff? And a howse full of brude / she drynkys well to; yll spede othere good / that she wyll do! It does me good, as I walk thus by mine own,

Now God give him care!

I can find no flesh, So my brow aches,

Will ye hear what fare she makes–to get her a glose,[62] Then may we be here / the dewill in a bande. And cry outt by the wall / on mary and Iohn. 3rd Shepherd. No letter. For ponder. 2nd Shepherd. As he were holden in the throat. And I shall go stalk privily, Might I kneel on my knee–some word for to say

That lies in this cradle. And that us forethinkýs.[78]. Go we now, let us fare: the place is us near. Yea, the devil in thy maw!–so tariand, [14] Saw thou aught now of Daw? I pray thee be near, when that I have need. That set all on levin,[121] his son has he sent. When the clock struck twelve, / thou lygys right lang. ffor to syng vs emong / right as he knakt it. Let us see how ye croon 2nd Shepherd. I am he that him gat, and yond woman him bare. But a sickness I feel, that holds me full haytt,[34] 2nd Shepherd. I may let thee draw the sneck. Resurrex à mortrius: have hold my hand. I pray you go hence. The devil knock out their harnes! But he lies full cold, that may ye all hear; 2nd Shepherd. Thus it fell to my lott / gyll, I had sich grace. Rise a penny to win: I shrew them on height. Mac. 1st Shepherd. then ylkon / take hede to his thyng. 3rd Shepherd. Mac. Peace, boy!–I bade: no more jangling, The play would have been presented by a local guild and performed / what may this bemeyne? Who brews, who bakes? Now in the east, now in the west, 2nd Shepherd. complaining). [He returns to Mac’s cot. Either Mac or Gill–was at that assent. In store. This was a qwantt gawde / and a far cast. Both in fields and in town, 2nd Shepherd. 3rd Shepherd. To have two on my rock,–more than ever I had. They would look that they had–their sheep all the pack. He will make us both a lie, But if we beware. Sirs, drinkýs! Yet a woman’s advice helps at the last. “At last comes it home broken.”. No, so God me bliss, and give me joy of my child. Ar stollyn as thay yode / oure los is grette. Christ’s curs, my knave, thou art a lazy hyne.[19]. Com thay or he be slayn/ and here the shepe blete! 1st Shepherd. Wife. They bear all down, hayll, full of fauoure / that made all of noght!

/ that may ye all here; was I neuer a shepard / bot now wyll I lere.

Christ’s cross me speed. Mac. It is a meruell to neuyn / thus to be skard. In life. who brewys, who bakys? 3rd Shepherd. Mac, ye do wrong. 2nd Shepherd. My brother 2nd Shepherd. Now in weal, now in woe, Bot a sekenes I feyll / that haldys me full haytt.

She brings forth a lakan,plaything So God them thank, It is ruth to behold, “He learned timely to steal, that could not say nay.”. I shall swaddle him right in my cradle. Yea, sirs, was’t.

2nd Shepherd. not a passive damsel in distress. Our kind from woe; Of our creed thou are crop! Hail, darling dear, full of godheed! 1st Shepherd. She is as great as a whale, So my head quakes Bot who was his gossyppys / so sone rede? 2nd Shepherd.

I shall pray him so; And sich.

Good wife, open the hek. But begin she to croak, But are ye in this town to-day? Three breves to a long.[109]. Full sore am I and ill,

Wake thou! Saw thou aught now of Daw? See ye anything of Mac now? But who was his gossips, tell now to me! For sore. Thay wold looke that thay hade / thare shepe all the pak.

/ how long shall I stand? Mac, know ye not me?

But he needs good counsel Go to another stead; I may not well queasse[73]

Saw I never in a cradle Undo this door! 2nd Shepherd.

Lord! Then know I full weel To my sheep will I stalk and hearken anon For thou may catch in an hour 1st Shepherd. I am cold and naked, and would have a fire. For I trow, pardie! And griefs, Good wyff, open the hek!
I am worthy of my meat, Thay ar gone full clene / that haue thay lorne. That shall serve thee full sour Fast again will I fling, The events of the play, while very much tied to the medieval world, We have markëd amiss: I hold us beguiled. So shall thou. And set in a tord. 2nd Shepherd. Out thieves, from my bairn! 2nd Shepherd. Ye do wrong, I you warn, that thus commys before Sirs, do my red And thereto little bread. I conceived him full even, through might, as God meant; My lesson is learn’d, To Bedlem he bade–that we should gang: Mickle still mourning has wedding home brought, Yes, Mac, Hear ye not how she groans? peasse, man, be still! He might abide the bargain, if it were told will ye here how thay hak? hayll!

1st Shepherd. his family (though he, like the shepherds, is often heard I trow the shrew can paint, the devil might him hang! Now lord, for thy naymes sevyn / that made both moyn & starnes. Lo, he commys[61] with a lot, I haue tow on my rok / more then euer I had. Hark now, a lee![86]. 2nd Shepherd. Bot here my trouth, master / for the fayr that ye make. 1st Shepherd (aside). 1st Shepherd. 2nd Shepherd. 1st Shepherd. Mac. 3rd Shepherd. 1st Shepherd (as the three return to the fold). And that is a wonder. Mac. For such small chares.[44]. I have given my greeting Till I see him in sight Mac. leave, the shepherds realize they have been tricked, and forcefully Go furth, yll myght thou chefe! qwakys. He will make us both a lie, I pray you look my sleeve, that I steal nought: 3rd Shepherd. Mac, with your leave, let me give your bairn, wyll ye here what fare she makys / to gett hir a glose. hayll! That ye lyg stone styll / to that I haue doyne. Ah, Coll!

A drynk fayn wold I haue / and somwhat to dyne. This tide. It were a foul blot to be hanged for the case. So are many happed, now namely within. what that destany dryfys / it shuld so be; Som men wyll have two wyfys / and som men thre. To make a man laugh. This was a quaint stevyn[105] that ever yet I heard. Well know I the token, More than they that swinck[46] and sweat Now Christ, his holy name be us amang, As I am true and lele / to god here I pray. Come and rip our house, and then may ye see Salt nor fresh, Can ye bark at the moon? wyst ye how she had farne / youre hartys wold be sore. All the long day, Winds and rains so rude, and storms so keen, When they are full hard sted,[11] they sigh full still; Then might I pay for all the pack:

I trow I be the same / A! This is a good guise and a far cast; We have it not to slose.[112]. 2nd Shepherd. Thou spill’st thy brain, and mak’st me full woe. A turn. 3rd Shepherd. I kneel and I cower. ffor to mend oure flok / then be I neuer glad. That prophets have spoken. 1st Shepherd. ffyrst fynd, and declare / by his messyngere. Farewell, lady, so fair to behold, Come hap me. announces the birth of Jesus. I trow the shrew can paynt, / the dewyll myght hym hang! Mac. Now God turn all to good, Why! When the I haue skapyd, Ielott / oft as hard a glase. that were a fowll spott. It is not as I would, for I am all lapped Good, speak ye soft!

2nd Shepherd. No, so god me blys / and gyf me Ioy of my chylde!

Christ’s cross me speed, and Saint Nicholas! But hear my truth, master, for the fare that ye make home to his wife, Gill. 3rd Shepherd. As a sheep of seven score, he weighed in my fist. I trow oure shepe be slayn / what finde ye two? Give me leave him to kiss, and lift up the clout.

I were eten outt of howse / and of harbar; Yit is she a fowll dowse / if ye com nar: Ther is none that trowse / nor knowys a war. But seize him tight, 1st Shepherd.

Nay, neither mends our mode, drink nor meat. Nay, nawther mendys oure mode / drynke nor mette. That fain would fare well, We have sorrow then and then, it falls often so, In a crib was he laid; Woe is he who has many, But as far as I ken, or yet as I go, visiting Jesus and Mary in Bethlehem. God is made youre freynd / now at this morne. Thus hold they us under, He must borrow my wain, my plough also, Abide ye me there. 2nd Shepherd. Wife. These floods so they drown Now as ever might I thee, Go we theder, I rede / and ryn on oure feete.

Go away: To that child. Whoso couthe take hede / and lett the warld pas. And has not all his will. Mak, know ye not me? Be well war of wedyng / and thynk in youre thoght. God is made your friend: now at this morn, peasse, woman, for godys payn / and cry not so: Thou spyllys thy brane / and makys me full wo. To a woman that has farn;[82] but I say no more. But neatly. My heart out of slough. The "he" in the next line refers to the Holy Babe again. When we had long napt / me thoght with a gyn. Eats as fast as she can,

I tell you, syrs, hark! And thou hast an ill noise[33] 3rd Shepherd. If the flok be skard / yit shall I nyp nere, how! To sing are we bun:[125] As it had never been I There I do another. And mind on this morn. Out go your eyes, fore to do your sight, Yet is he in state But, Mac, is that sooth? Mac. With thy gawds; patryarkes that has bene / and prophetys beforne.

Farewell all three: all glad were ye gone. But the angel said

I am full feared–that we tarry too lang. Thou red? Appear. Etys oure brede full dry / and that me forthynkys; We ar oft weytt and wery / when master-men wynkys. Thus late as thou goes, Then I am full fain to grant or he go. Mac.

I them left in the corn,

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