Le mort
Abbe: venez tost: vous fuyez: Labbe De cecy neusse point envie: |
Le mort
Bailly qui savez quest iustice Le bailly Hee dieu: vecy dure iournee: |
Simon Vostre replaces the bailiff with a provost: le preuost.
This ruins the structure of the dance, which is otherwise characterized by an alternation between ecclesiasticals and lay people. The role change can be explained by remembering that bailiffs as well as provosts would function as judges. The old French magistrate rule had "bailie"-courts and "provost"-courts, where the "provost" was appointed and paid by the "bailie".