is also made one of his train, and procures him the acquaintance of Avaritia, by whom he is introduced to the other Deadly Sins:  not long after, he meets with Luxuria, and falls in love with her.  At all this Bad Angel exults, but Good Angel mourns, and sends Confessio to Humanum Genus, who repels him at first, as having come too soon.  However, Confessio at last reclaims him; he asks where he can live in safety, and is told, in the Castle of Perseverance:  so, thither he goes, being at that time “forty Winters old.”  The Seven Cardinal Virtues there wait upon him with their respective counsels.  Belial, after having beaten the Seven Deadly Sins for letting him escape, heads them in laying siege to the Castle; but he appeals to “the Duke that died on rood” to defend him, and the assailants retire discomfited, being beaten “black and blue” by the roses which Charity and Patience hurl against them.  As he is now grown “hoary and cold,” Avaritia worms in under the walls, and induces him to quit the Castle.  No sooner has he got well skilled in the lore of Avaritia, than Garcio, who stands for the rising generation, demands all his wealth, alleging that Mundus has given it to him.  Presently Mors comes in for his turn, and makes a speech extolling his own power; Anima also hastens to the spot, and invokes the aid of Misericordia:  notwithstanding, Bad Angel shoulders the hero, and sets off with him for the infernal regions.  Then follows a discussion in Heaven, Mercy and Peace pleading for the hero, Verity and Justice against him:  God sends for his soul; Peace takes it from Bad Angel, who is driven off to Hell; Mercy presents it to Heaven; and “the Father sitting in judgment” pronounces sentence, which unfolds the moral of the performance.

This analysis shows that the piece partakes somewhat the character of a Miracle-Play.  A list of the persons is given at the end; also a rude sketch of the scene, showing a castle in the centre, with five scaffolds for Deus, Belial, Mundus, Caro, and Avaritia.  Bad Angel is the Devil of the performance:  there is no personage answering to the Vice.

The next piece to be noticed bears the title of Mind, Will, and Understanding.  It is opened by Wisdom, who represents the Second Person of the Trinity; Anima soon joins him, and they converse upon heavenly love, the seven sacraments, the five senses, and reason.  Mind, Will, and Understanding then describe their several qualities; the Five Wits, attired as virgins, go out singing; Lucifer enters “in a Devil’s array without, and within as proud as a gallant,” that is, with a gallant’s dress under his proper garb; relates the creation of Man, describing Mind, Will, and Understanding as the three properties of the soul, which he means to assail and corrupt.  He then goes out, and presently returns, succeeds in the attempt, and makes an exulting speech, at the close of which “he taketh a shrewd boy with him, and goeth his way crying”; probably snatching