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Christ is the Son of God and the baby born in Bethlehem to Mary. The three shepherd protagonists—Coll, Gyb, and Daw—visit him and bring him humble gifts. By his birth, the Christ child brings redemption to mankind. As an infant, Christ has no lines in the play, and the only noise he makes is when he “merries” and “laughs” when Coll presents him with cherries.
Christ Quotes in The Second Shepherd’s Play
The The Second Shepherd’s Play quotes below are all either spoken by Christ or refer to Christ. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Scene 6
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Rise, herdsmen, rise, for Christ is born / To rend that fiend that Adam had lorn / The Saviour of all, this night is he born. / His behests / To Bethlehem go see / Where lies this baby / In a crib full poorly / Betwixt two beasts.
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Hie we thither right merry / If we be wet and weary / Still, we’ll find the child and lady, / We cannot lose.
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Scene 7
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Thou hast cowed at last the devil so wild / The false beguiler now goes beguiled.
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And now he is born. / To keep you from woe / I shall pray him so, / Tell it forth, as ye go, / And mind on this morn!
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Christ Quotes in The Second Shepherd’s Play
The The Second Shepherd’s Play quotes below are all either spoken by Christ or refer to Christ. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Scene 6
Quotes
Rise, herdsmen, rise, for Christ is born / To rend that fiend that Adam had lorn / The Saviour of all, this night is he born. / His behests / To Bethlehem go see / Where lies this baby / In a crib full poorly / Betwixt two beasts.
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Hie we thither right merry / If we be wet and weary / Still, we’ll find the child and lady, / We cannot lose.
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Scene 7
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Thou hast cowed at last the devil so wild / The false beguiler now goes beguiled.
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And now he is born. / To keep you from woe / I shall pray him so, / Tell it forth, as ye go, / And mind on this morn!
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