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This is the first play of the Ordinalia triliogy, written some time in the late 14th century, probably at Glasney Priory, Penryn. This version is based on the 1859 edition by Edwin Norris, converted to Kemmyn by Keith Syed and edited by Ray Edwards. The three plays were performed to Cornish audiences in the ‘plen an gwari’ across Cornwall in their own native language, probably as a means of conversion to Christianity and a reinforcement of Christian culture and mythology. The three plays together trace Christian salvation history from Creation to Ascension, using not only biblical material, but also drawing extensively from the Apocrypha and legendary sources. The plays of the Ordinalia are some of the most important sources for the revival of the Cornish language, having been written at a time well before English was commonly used in Cornwall.
Cornish[kw]
Henn yw kynsa gwari an trihwedhel Ordinalia, skrifys neb termyn diwedhes y’n 14ves kansblydhen, martesen dhe Prayori Glasney, Penryn. An vershyon ma a veu selys orth an dyllans 1859 gans Edwin Norris, treylys veu dhe Gemmyn gans Keith Syed ha pennskrifys gans Ray Edwards. An tri gwari a veu diskwedhys dhe woslowysi Kernewek y’n plenow an gwari a-dreus Kernow yn aga yeth enesik aga honan, martesen avel fordh a dreylyans dhe Gristyonedh ha krevheans a wonisogeth ha henhwedhlans Kristyon. An tri gwari warbarth a lever istori selwyans Kristyon a-dhiworth Gwrians bys yn Yskynnans, dre dhevnydhya dafar biblek keffrys ha fentenyow a-dhiworth an ‘Apocrypha’ ha fentenyow henhwedhlek. Gwariow an ‘Ordinalia’ yw nebes an moyha poesek dhe dhasserghyans an yeth kernewek, drefenn i dhe vos skrifys dhe dermyn pell kyns Sowsnek dhe vos devnydhys yn kemmyn yn Kernow.