Originally prepared for textual analysis during his PhD research on the 'Origins and Development of English Folk Plays' by Peter Millington (2002).
Original spelling and typography is retained, except that superscripts, long s and ligatured forms are not encoded.
Line identifiers are those used for line types in the Folk Play Scripts Explorer.
[On Plough Monday] "...The men generally met at some appointed rendezvous, and visited the residences of the tradesmen and farmers. In South Notts., after being admitted into the farmer's kitchen, they would proceed with a novel play, at which frequent rehearsals had made them proficient. We have succeeded in obtaining, from the dictation of one who had frequently taken a part in these performances, a copy of the words used on the occasion..."
"Immediately at the close of the performance contributions are solicited from the spectators, and the band proceed elsewhere to repeat the doggerel and to again go through the same antics. When the last place has been visited the treasurer accounts to his comrades as to the state of the exchequer, and a supper and jollification generally closes the proceedings on 'Plough Bullock Day'..."