I was once put out of my way
By a hundred and forty men--

--indignantly denies the theft, and adds that, on the contrary, he has
always sent home money to his old mother. To which the Old Fool
contemptuously responds--

All the relations thou had were few,
Thou had an Old Granny I knew,
She went a red-cabbage selling,
As a many old people do.

In either this, or another, rough version, the hero (presumably St.
George) takes counsel with Man Jack on his love affairs. Man Jack is
played by a small boy in a very tall beaver hat, and with his face
blacked.

"My Man Jack, what can the matter be?
That I should luv this lady, and she will not luv me."

ST. GEORGE and MAN JACK.

No, nor nayther will she walk {with me
{with thee.

No, nor nayther will she talk {with me
{with thee.

But the true "Peace Egg," if _bludgy_, is essentially a heroic play,
and I think the readers of _Aunt Judy's Magazine_ will be content that
I have omitted accretions which are not the less vulgar because they
are old.

In refining and welding the piece together, I have introduced thirty
lines of my own, in various places. The rest is genuine.

J. H. E.

THE PEACE EGG.

A CHRISTMAS MUMMING PLAY.

_Written expressly for all Mummers, to commemorate the Holy Wars, and
the happy Festival of Christmas._

DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

ST. GEORGE OF ENGLAND (_he must wear a rose_).

ST. ANDREW OF SCOTLAND(_he must wear a thistle_).

ST. PATRICK OF IRELAND(_he must wear the shamrock_).

ST. DAVID OF WALES(_he must wear a leek_).

SALADIN, A PAGAN GIANT OF PALESTINE(_a very tall grown-up
actor would be effective_).

THE KING OF EGYPT(_in a turban and crown_).

THE PRINCE OF PARADINE, HIS SON(_face blacked, and it is_
"tradition" _to play this part in weeds, as if he were Hamlet_).

THE TURKISH KNIGHT(_Eastern costume_).

HECTOR.

THE VALIANT SLASHER (_old yeomanry coat, &c., is effective_).

THE DRAGON(_a paste-board head, with horrid jaws, if possible.
A tail, and paws with claws_).

THE FOOL(_Motley: with a bauble long enough to put over his shoulder
and be held by the one behind in the mumming circle_).

OLD FATHER CHRISTMAS(_white beard, &c., and a staff_).

THE DOCTOR(_wig, spectacles, hat and cane_).

THE LITTLE PAGE(_pretty little boy in velvet, &c_.).

LITTLE MAN JACK(_big mask head, if convenient, short cloak
and clu