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Thus in Origo Mundi, 911, we find :—
| Ou banneth theughwky pub prys, | My blessing to you always, |
| Mar tha y wreugh ou nygys | So well you do my business |
| Prest yn pub le. | Quickly everywhere. |
| Gorreugh an fals nygethys | Put the false flier |
| Gans Abel a desempys | With Abel immediately |
| The yssethe. | To sit. |
VIII. Sometimes alternations of stanzas of four and seven-syllabled lines are found. A very remarkable and effective set opens the Drama of The Passion. It is in stanzas of thirteen lines, eight lines of four syllables (written as four of eight syllables), rhyming A B A B A B A B, one line of seven syllables with rhyme C, three lines of seven syllables with rhyme D, and a seven-syllabled line with rhyme C.
| Thyugh lavara Ow dysky-blyon, | To you I say, my disciples, |
| Pyseygh toythda Ol kes-colon | Pray quickly, all of one heart |
| Deu dreys pup tra Eus a huhon | God above everything, who is on high |
| Theygh yn bys-ma Y grath danvon | To you in this world His grace to send |
| Yn dyweth may feugh sylwys. | In the end that ye may be saved. |
| Gans an eleth yu go low, | With the angels there is light, |
| Yn nef agas enefow | In heaven your souls |
| Neffre a tryg hep ponow | Ever shall dwell without pains |
| Ynjoy na vyth dyivythys. | In joy that shall not be ended. |
