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English[en]
The period from 1200 to 1600 is generally referred to as Middle Cornish, and during this time numerous religious plays were written at Glasney College. These plays were intended to educate the Cornish people about the stories of the Bible and the saints' lives in an accessible and, at times, almost irreverent way. They were performed in open air rounds known as plen-an-gwari, some of which can still be found in locations around Cornwall, the best examples being St Just in Penwith and Perran Round near Perranporth. Of the surviving plays, the largest is a trilogy dating from the mid fourteenth century called the Ordinalia, which comprises Origo Mundi, (the Origin of the World), Passio Christi (the Passion of Christ) and Resurrexio Domini (the Resurrection of Our Lord). Notable also is Bewnans Meriasek, a play about the life of St Meriadoc of Brittany who became the patron saint of Camborne; and more recently Bewnans Ke, the life of St Kea, has been re-discovered and published. Both of these saints plays date from the sixteenth century, and include political satire on contemporary events. For example, the Cornish Rising of 1497 against Henry VII is alluded to in Bewnans Meriasek as the tyrant king is named Tewdar – a Cornish variation of Henry VII's own name, Tudor.
Cornish[kw]
Kernowek Kres yw hanow kebmyn an tavas ‘ter 1200 ha 1600, termyn ‘veu skrifys lies gwari Krystyon yn Kolji Glasneth. Purpos an gwariow o dyski dhe’n Kernowyon keffres storis an Bibel ha bownansow an sens yn form es, - ha heb revrons terweythyow. Gwaries vedhans yn “plenys an gwari”, ha radn anodhans a yll bos gwelys hwath yn deffrans tyllerow yn Kernow, an gwella somplow hwath yw Laneust ha Rond Peran ogas dhe Perranporth. An brassa gwari ha’n hirra eus dhe’ ni hwath yw an Ordinalia,dhort kres an pajardhegves kansbledhen. Yma ow komprehendya teyr radn: - Origo Mundi, (Dallathvos an Bes), Passio Christi (Pacyon Krist) ha Resurrexio Domini (Dasserghyans agan Arludh). Pur dhe les yw Bewnans Meriasek, y’wedh, - gwari a-dro dhe vownans Meriasek a Vreten Vian neb a dheuth ha bos pednsans Kammbron; ha hwath nag yw pell y feu kevys ha dyllys Bewnans Ke arta. An dew wari ma yw devedhys dhyn an hwetegves kansbledhen; Ymons ow kul ges a hwarvosow an termyn terweythyow, - rag sompel, an sordyans a Kernow warbydn Henry VII yn 1497 yw komples yn Bewnans Meriasek, lebma vedh kevys mytern turant henwys Tewdar – varians Kernowek a hanow Henry VII, - Tudor.