Brewer's: Coventry Mysteries

Miracle plays acted at Coventry till 1591. They were published in 1841 for the Shakespeare Society.

Parliaments held at Coventry.
Two parliaments have been held in this city, one in 1404, styled Parliamentum Indoctorum; rand the other in 1459, called Parliamentum Diabolicum.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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