A! rise up, ye Kings three,
And come along after me
Unto the land of Judye
As fast as you may hie;
The child ye seek there shall ye see,
Borne all of a maiden free,
That King of heaven and earth shall be,
And all mankind for-bye.
Then followed an incident which must have given great pleasure to the
sightseers, for the Kings descended into the street[42] and mounted
imitation dromedaries! The Second King says:--
Yea, sirs, I rede us every one
Dromodaryes to ride upon,
For swifter beasts be there none.
One I have, you shall see.
[42] In the Coventry plays Herod “rages in the pagond and in the
streete also.”