Sir William Dugdale, his antiquities Warwickshire, 116, speaking the Gray-friars, Franciscans, Coventry, says, Before the suppression
the monasteries, this city was very famous for the pageants that were play'd upon Corpus-christi
day; which pageants being acted with mighty state and
reverence the friers this house, had theatres for the several scenes very large and high, placed upon
wheels, and drawn the eminent parts the city, for the better advantage the spectators; and con tained the story the New Testament, composed old
English rhime.
the monasteries, this city was very famous for the pageants that were play'd upon Corpus-christi
day; which pageants being acted with mighty state and
reverence the friers this house, had theatres for the several scenes very large and high, placed upon
wheels, and drawn the eminent parts the city, for the better advantage the spectators; and con tained the story the New Testament, composed old
English rhime.
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