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haec_fw-la demum_fw-la est_fw-la probè_fw-la aulica_fw-la hence_o clemens_n romanus_n constit._n apostol_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o &_o carolus_n bovius_n in_o his_o scholia_fw-la upon_o the_o same_o place_n ib._n p._n 125._o nazianzen_n de_fw-fr recta_fw-la educatione_n ad_fw-la selucum_fw-la pag._n 1063._o basil_n de_fw-fr legendis_fw-la libris_fw-la gentilium_fw-la oratio_fw-la tertullian_n de_fw-fr idololatria_fw-la lib._n cap._n 18._o to_o 20._o ambrose_n in_o evangelium_fw-la lucae_n lib._n 1._o vers_fw-la 1._o hierom._n epist._n 22._o cap_n 13._o &_o epist._n 146._o to_o damasus_n lactantius_n de_fw-fr falsa_fw-la religiove_n cap._n 12.15_o augustine_n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 1.8_o &_o confessionum_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 15.16_o isiodor_n hispalensis_n de_fw-fr summo_fw-la bono_fw-mi lib._n 3._o cap._n 13._o prosper_n aquittanicus_fw-la de_fw-fr vita_fw-la contemplativa_fw-la c._n 6._o theodoret_n in_o cant._n cantic_n tom._n 1._o pag_n 215._o isiodor_n 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unlawful_a unto_o christian_n the_o major_n be_v uncontrollable_a since_o god_n himself_o inhibit_v christian_n 43._o to_o utter_v vain_a knowledge_n to_o reason_n with_o unprofitable_a talk_n or_o with_o speech_n which_o will_v do_v no_o good_a 16.19_o to_o walk_v in_o vanity_n or_o thing_n that_o will_v not_o profit_v and_o 292._o to_o follow_v after_o vain_a thing_n which_o will_v not_o profit_v because_o they_o be_v but_o vain_a christian_n 55.2_o must_v not_o lay_v out_o their_o money_n for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o bread_n and_o their_o labour_n for_o that_o which_o satisfy_v not_o 6.11.12_o â—hey_n must_v not_o delight_v in_o vanity_n or_o in_o thing_n that_o increase_v vanity_n and_o make_v not_o man_n the_o better_a but_o they_o must_v pray_v with_o david_n 119.37_o turn_v away_o my_o eye_n from_o behold_v vanity_n since_o the_o scripture_n be_v express_v 17.15_o that_o the_o speak_n love_a or_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o soul_n to_o vanity_n folly_n and_o unprofitable_a thing_n be_v a_o 1082._o undoubted_a character_n of_o such_o wicked_a man_n who_o shall_v not_o ascend_v into_o god_n holy_a hill_n not_o any_o property_n of_o god_n child_n who_o as_o 4.7_o they_o must_v abandon_v all_o idle_a fabulous_a unprofitable_a discourse_n 43._o because_o that_o for_o every_o idle_a word_n that_o man_n shall_v speak_v they_o shall_v give_v account_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n so_o they_o must_v likewise_o direct_v even_o all_o their_o action_n speech_n recreation_n 33._o to_o god_n glory_n 20._o the_o edification_n of_o other_o and_o 6.18.19_o their_o own_o spiritual_a good_a to_o which_o stageplay_n no_o way_n tend_v therefore_o the_o major_n be_v unquestionable_a for_o the_o minor_a thâ—â—_n the_o stile_n and_o subject_a matter_n of_o stageplay_n be_v in_o its_o very_a best_a acception_n but_o vain_a but_o frivolous_a and_o ridiculous_a bring_v no_o glory_n at_o all_o to_o god_n nor_o good_a to_o man_n be_v most_o apparent_a first_o by_o the_o concur_v testimony_n of_o sundry_a father_n and_o other_o learned_a writer_n hence_o hilary_n ambrose_n chrysostome_n augustine_n bruno_n and_o other_o in_o their_o commentary_n and_o exposition_n on_o the_o 118._o alias_o the_o 119._o psalm_n verse_n 37._o turn_v away_o my_o eye_n from_o behold_v vanity_n together_o with_o john_n salisbury_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la cap._n 8._o master_n gosson_n doctor_n reinolds_n master_n northbrooke_n and_o other_o in_o their_o treatise_n against_o stageplay_n interpret_v this_o hilari_fw-la vanity_n in_o the_o psalmist_n of_o stageplay_n and_o such_o like_a spectacle_n which_o they_o f._n condemn_v as_o vanity_n hence_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n write_v of_o play_n 11._o that_o they_o be_v fraught_v with_o obscene_a and_o vain_a speech_n rash_o utter_v hence_o gregory_n nazianzen_n style_v play_n 10â—3_n the_o vanity_n of_o life_n and_o the_o hydra_n of_o pleasure_n hence_o chrysostome_n write_v of_o play_n aâ—_n that_o they_o be_v fraught_v with_o laughter_n wantonness_n and_o word_n â—ull_a of_o folly_n and_o vanity_n hence_o anastatius_fw-la sianita_fw-la write_v of_o the_o severiani_n â—04_n that_o their_o position_n be_v more_o ridiculous_a absurd_a and_o foolish_a than_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v act_v in_o any_o stageplay_n hence_o bernard_n write_v l_o that_o the_o true_a soldier_n of_o christ_n reject_v and_o abominate_a player_n and_o stageplay_n as_o vanity_n and_o false_a frenzy_n hence_o john_n salisbury_n style_v play_n 7.8_o the_o spectacle_n and_o rudiment_n of_o vanity_n hence_o cyprian_n lactantius_n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n augustine_n basil_n salvian_n macarius_n aegyptius_n and_o other_o â—2_n former_o quote_v have_v utter_o condemn_v stageplay_n as_o the_o very_a pomp_n and_o vanite_n of_o this_o wicked_a world_n which_o christian_n have_v abjure_v in_o their_o baptism_n if_o then_o we_o believe_v these_o several_a father_n together_o with_o prologus_fw-la plautus_n 7._o maecrobius_fw-la 4._o apuleius_n three_o heathen_a author_n or_o master_n gosson_n master_n northbrooke_n master_n stubâ—_n and_o doctor_n reinolds_n in_o their_o book_n against_o stageplay_n or_o the_o three_o blast_v against_o stageplay_n and_o theater_n together_o with_o caesar_n bulingerus_n de_fw-fr theatro_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 11._o de_fw-fr ludio_n p._n 141._o we_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v both_o play_n themselves_o together_o with_o their_o stile_n and_o subject_a matter_n to_o be_v mere_a idle_a useless_a vanity_n since_o all_o these_o repute_n and_o style_v they_o such_o second_o our_o own_o experience_n will_v ready_o subscribe_v unto_o it_o as_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n for_o what_o be_v all_o our_o stageplay_n but_o the_o frothy_a excrement_n of_o superfluous_a idle_a brain_n which_o be_v impregnate_v with_o some_o 300._o swell_a word_n or_o high-towring_a conceit_a plot_n of_o vanity_n which_o they_o secret_o adore_v with_o high_a admiration_n as_o be_v worthy_a the_o most_o suparlative_a stage-applause_n do_v travel_n in_o pain_n until_o they_o have_v bring_v forth_o their_o long-conceived_n issue_v on_o the_o theatre_n which_o prove_v but_o 300._o ridiculous_o
c._n 11._o p._n 999._o etc._n etc._n 12._o pag._n ibid._n 1005._o of_o macrobius_n saturnalium_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 7._o of_o horace_n ibid._n sermonum_fw-la l._n 1._o satyr_n 5._o p._n 180._o &_o de_fw-fr arte_fw-la poetica_fw-la lib._n p._n 303.306_o of_o euripides_n in_o his_o bacchae_n of_o ovid_n de_fw-fr ibidem_fw-la remedio_fw-la amoris_fw-la l._n 2._o p._n 230._o of_o plato_n legum_n dial._n 7._o aristotle_n poetic_a l._n 1._o c._n 1._o suetonij_n caligula_n c._n 54.55_o claudian_n in_o eutropium_fw-la lib._n 2._o clemens_n alexandrinus_n paedagogi_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap_n 4._o fol._n ibid._n 50._o &_o lib._n 3._o c._n 11._o tertullian_n &_o ibidem_fw-la cyprian_n de_fw-fr spectac_n lib._n arnobius_n advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la l._n 2._o p._n 75._o &_o l._n 4._o ibid._n p._n 149.150_o &_o l._n 7._o pag._n 230._o to_o 240._o lactantius_n ibid._n divinorum_fw-la instit._fw-la epit._n c._n 6._o ambrose_n de_fw-fr paenitentia_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 6._o basil_n hexam_n hom._n 4._o pag._n 45._o nazienzen_n ad_fw-la selucum_fw-la de_fw-fr recta_fw-la educatione_n p._n 1063.1064_o chrysostome_n hom._n 6.7_o &_o 38._o in_o matth._n ibid_fw-la augustine_n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la lib._n 7._o c._n 26._o cassiodorus_n variarum_fw-la l._n 1._o epist._n 20._o salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernat_n dei_fw-la l._n 6._o isiodor_n hisp._n originum_n l._n 18._o c._n 48.50_o the_o 6._o council_n of_o constantinople_n canon_n 51._o which_o 1048._o inhibit_v all_o player_n play_n and_o dance_v on_o the_o stage_n under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n &_o eusebius_n apud_fw-la damascenum_n parallelorum_fw-la lib._n 3._o c._n 47._o where_o thus_o he_o write_v ibidem_fw-la but_o what_o do_v he_o behold_v who_o run_v to_o theater_n diabolical_a song_n dance_v girl_n or_o that_o i_o may_v speak_v more_o true_o girl_n stir_v hither_o and_o thither_o with_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o devil_n for_o what_o do_v a_o danceresse_n do_v she_o impudent_o uncover_v her_o head_n which_o paul_n have_v command_v to_o be_v continual_o veil_v she_o invert_v her_o neck_n she_o toss_v about_o her_o hair_n this_o way_n and_o that_o way_n even_o these_o thing_n be_v likewise_o do_v by_o she_o who_o be_v possess_v by_o the_o devil_n such_o likewise_o be_v the_o feast_n of_o herod_n the_o daughter_n of_o herodias_n enter_v in_o dance_v and_o cut_v of_o the_o head_n of_o john_n the_o baptist_n and_o so_o she_o obtain_v the_o subterraneous_a place_n of_o hell_n instead_o of_o a_o inheritance_n wherefore_o those_o who_o love_v round_n and_o dance_n dancer_n have_v certain_o a_o portion_n with_o she_o in_o hell_n a_o terrible_a sentence_n sufficient_a to_o startle_v all_o our_o dance_a dame_n and_o frisque_a effeminate_a gallant_n who_o make_v dance_v their_o only_a excellency_n and_o supreme_a delight_n to_o these_o i_o can_v accumulate_v polydore_n virgil._n de_n inventoribus_fw-la rerum_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 13._o alexander_n sardis_n de_fw-fr inventoribus_fw-la rerum_fw-la l._n 1._o p._n 42._o caelius_n rhodiginus_fw-la antiqu._n lect._n l._n 5._o c._n 4.5_o m._n gualther_n hom._n 52._o in_o marc._n alexander_n ab_fw-la alexandro_n gen._n dierum_fw-la l._n 6._o c._n 19_o agrippa_z de_fw-fr vanit_n scient_a c._n 20._o m._n gosson_n his_o play_n confute_v action_n 2._o d._n reinolds_n his_o overthrow_n of_o stageplay_n pag._n 12._o to_o 19_o &_o 130._o to_o 139._o godwin_n his_o roman_a antiquity_n l._n 2._o sect_n 3._o c._n 11â—_n bulengerus_n de_fw-fr theatro_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 52._o with_o etc._n sundry_a other_o author_n which_o bâ—lenger_n there_o recite_v all_o which_o express_o inform_v we_o according_o that_o dance_v be_v always_o heretofore_o and_o yet_o continue_v a_o unseperable_a concomitant_a if_o not_o a_o necessary_a part_n of_o stageplay_n the_o premise_n therefore_o be_v thus_o confirm_v my_o conclusion_n from_o they_o against_o stageplay_n must_v be_v grant_v scaena_fw-la nona_fw-la the_o second_o unlawful_a concomitant_a of_o stageplay_n be_v amorous_a obscene_a lascivious_a lust-provoking_a song_n and_o poem_n which_o be_v once_o so_o odious_a in_o our_o church_n that_o in_o the_o article_n to_o be_v inquire_v of_o in_o visitation_n set_v forth_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o queen_n elizabeth_n reign_n article_n 54._o churchwarden_n be_v enjoin_v to_o inquire_v whether_o any_o minstrel_n or_o any_o other_o person_n do_v use_v to_o sing_v or_o say_v any_o song_n or_o ditty_n that_o be_v vile_a and_o unclean_a which_o suggest_v this_o 24._o play-oppugning_a argument_n to_o i_o 24._o those_o play_n which_o be_v usual_o accompany_v with_o amorous_a pastoral_n lascivious_a ribaldrous_a song_n and_o ditty_n 10._o must_v needs_o be_v unlawful_a yea_o abominable_a unto_o christian_n but_o stageplay_n be_v usual_o accompany_v with_o such_o pastoral_n song_n and_o ditty_n as_o these_o therefore_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v unlawful_a yea_o abominable_a unto_o christian_n the_o minor_a be_v most_o apparent_a first_o by_o our_o own_o modern_a experience_n there_o be_v nothing_o more_o frequent_a in_o all_o our_o stageplay_n as_o all_o our_o playhaunter_n can_v abundant_o testify_v then_o amorous_a pastoral_n or_o obscene_a lascivious_a lovesong_n most_o melodious_o chant_v out_o upon_o the_o stage_n between_o each_o several_a action_n both_o to_o supply_v that_o chasm_n or_o vacant_a interim_n which_o the_o tiring-house_n take_v up_o in_o change_v the_o actor_n robe_n to_o fit_v they_o for_o some_o other_o part_n in_o the_o ensue_a scene_n a_o thing_n in_o use_n in_o ancient_a time_n as_o 302._o horace_n 3._o livy_n and_o 11._o sundry_a other_o have_v record_v as_o likewise_o to_o please_v the_o itch_a ear_n if_o not_o to_o inflame_v the_o outrageous_a lust_n of_o lewd_a spectator_n who_o be_v ofttimes_o ravish_v with_o these_o ribaldrous_a please_a ditty_n and_o transport_v by_o they_o into_o a_o 5._o mahometan_a paradise_n or_o ecstasy_n of_o uncleanness_n second_o as_o experience_n so_o sundry_a ancient_a and_o modern_a author_n full_o suffragate_v to_o my_o minor_n truth_n 45._o in_o stageplay_n write_v s._n basil_n corrupt_a song_n ingenerate_a too_o much_o lust_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o man_n these_o whorish_a song_n reside_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o hearer_n do_v nought_o else_o but_o persuade_v filthiness_n to_o all_o that_o hear_v they_o oratio_fw-la wherefore_o we_o commend_v not_o those_o contumelious_a poet_n who_o place_n felicity_n in_o obscene_a sâ—ngs_n in_o stageplay_n write_v according_o chrysostomâ—_n be_v break_v effeminate_a lascivious_a word_n meretricious_a song_n and_o voice_n provoke_v vehement_o to_o voluptuousness_n and_o pollute_v man_n ear_n far_o more_o than_o any_o dirt_n or_o filth_n what_o write_v 47._o eusebius_n and_o damascen_n do_v he_o perceive_v who_o run_v to_o theater_n diabolical_a song_n certain_a lascivious_a and_o altogether_o corrupt_a ditty_n which_o ingenerate_a much_o lust_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o â—earers_n etc._n etc._n to_o these_o i_o may_v add_v s._n augustine_n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la l._n 6._o c._n 6.7_o &_o 26._o &_o l._n 12._o c._n 25._o lactanâ—ius_n de_fw-fr vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la c._n 21._o nazienzen_n ad_fw-la selucum_fw-la de_fw-fr recta_fw-la educatione_n p._n 1063._o and_o oratio_fw-la 28._o p._n 471â—_n where_o he_o write_v thus_o of_o his_o father_n nec_fw-la aurem_fw-la &_o linguaâ—â—_n res_fw-la divinas_fw-la partim_fw-la accipientem_fw-la partim_fw-la pronunciantem_fw-la ethnicis_fw-la narrationibus_fw-la theatricisque_fw-la cantilenis_fw-la conspurcari_fw-la siverit_fw-la nihil_fw-la enim_fw-la prophani_fw-la sacrosanctis_fw-la hominibus_fw-la convenire_fw-la putabat_fw-la salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernation_n dei_fw-la l._n 6._o joannis_n salisburiensis_n de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la cuâ—ialium_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 8._o concilium_fw-la parisiense_n l._n 1._o c._n 38._o together_o with_o athenaeus_n dipnosophorum_fw-la l._n 13._o c._n 27_o the_o 3._o blast_v of_o retreat_n from_o play_n and_o theater_n pag._n 100_o caesar_n bulengâ—rus_n de_fw-fr theatro_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 9_o de_fw-fr cantu_n in_o scaena_fw-la where_o there_o be_v sundry_a author_n quote_v to_o this_o purpose_n which_o you_o may_v peruse_v at_o leisure_n juvenal_n satyr_n 6._o p._n 53._o to_o 57_o &_o satyr_n 11._o p._n 109.110_o petronius_n satyricon_n p._n 23.24_o mariana_n &_o brissonius_n in_o their_o book_n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la m._n northbrooke_n d._n reinolds_n m._n gosson_n and_o m._n stub_n in_o their_o forequote_v treatise_n against_o stageplay_n and_o other_o already_o mention_v in_o 71._o act_n 3_o scene_n 1._o who_o all_o unanimous_o testify_v that_o stageplay_n be_v always_o fraught_v with_o adulterous_a obscene_a lascivious_a song_n and_o wanton_a pastoral_n which_o add_v strength_n and_o fuel_n to_o man_n lust_n my_o minor_n therefore_o must_v be_v grant_v the_o major_n be_v unquestionable_a because_o all_o ribaldrous_a amorous_a song_n which_o now_o be_v too_o to_o rise_v not_o only_o in_o stageplay_n but_o ever_o at_o private_a christian_n feast_n and_o other_o taverne-meeting_n from_o which_o 9_o theodosius_n 185._o stilico_n and_o other_o exclude_v all_o song_n and_o singing-woman_n the_o very_a ornament_n and_o delight_n of_o lascivious_a banquet_n as_o 8._o homer_n
not_o to_o 874._o abandon_v they_o in_o their_o practice_n to_o these_o testimony_n of_o the_o father_n i_o may_v accumulate_v not_o only_a 12._o plato_n 230._o seneca_n 240._o ovid_n 99_o horace_n and_o other_o pagan_a author_n who_o condemn_v all_o amorous_a wanton_a pastoral_n as_o fit_v for_o none_o but_o strumpet_n and_o lewd_a lascivious_a effeminate_a person_n but_o likewise_o whole_a volume_n of_o modern_a author_n there_o be_v few_o commentator_n on_o the_o psalm_n upon_o ibid._n ephes._n 4.29_o 30._o etc._n etc._n 5.3.4_o or_o upon_o collâ—s_n 4.6_o few_o expositor_n on_o the_o 7._o other_o commandment_n few_o 12._o common-place_n compiler_n in_o their_o place_n or_o title_n of_o sing_v psalm_n music_n jest_n scurrility_n modesty_n chastity_n and_o the_o like_a few_o writer_n other_o against_o stageplay_n but_o have_v particular_o condemn_v these_o lascivious_a amorous_a ribaldrous_a song_n which_o be_v now_o too_o much_o in_o use_n 16.17_o as_o diabolical_a unchristian_a lust-exciting_a vice-fomenting_a soule-impoysoning_a pleasure_n which_o all_o christian_n shall_v eternal_o abominate_a as_o the_o very_a snare_n of_o hell_n 123.124_o the_o very_a plague_n of_o that_o commonweal_n wherein_o they_o be_v tolerate_v and_o the_o very_a bait_n of_o satan_n to_o draw_v man_n on_o to_o sin_n and_o so_o to_o endless_a destruction_n since_o therefore_o stageplay_n be_v evermore_o accompany_v adorn_v with_o such_o execrable_a unchristian_a pastorals_n song_n and_o poem_n as_o these_o which_o i_o will_v wish_v all_o christian_n especial_o such_o as_o be_v most_o devote_v to_o they_o as_o they_o tender_v the_o everlasting_a welfare_n of_o their_o soul_n even_o now_o for_o to_o abandon_v b._n for_o fear_v these_o momentary_a fade_a pleasure_n plunge_v they_o into_o many_o endless_a torment_n i_o must_v thereupon_o now_o conclude_v as_o all_o the_o foregoing_a father_n and_o author_n in_o the_o major_n do_v that_o they_o must_v needs_o be_v sinful_a and_o 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&_o 8._o book_n de_fw-fr civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la which_o i_o shall_v touch_v upon_o in_o some_o other_o scene_n in_o his_o 17._o sermonâ—_n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apostoli_fw-la tom._n 10._o pag._n 442._o he_o write_v that_o of_o those_o thing_n which_o delight_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o body_n some_o be_v lawful_a other_o unlawful_a ibidem_fw-la for_o these_o great_a spectacle_n of_o nature_n as_o i_o have_v say_v delight_v the_o eye_n and_o the_o spectacle_n of_o playhouse_n delight_v the_o eye_n likewise_o these_o be_v lawful_a those_o unlawful_a a_o holy_a psalm_n sing_v sweet_o delight_v the_o hear_n and_o so_o do_v the_o song_n of_o stage-player_n delight_v the_o hear_n too_o this_o lawful_o the_o other_o unlawful_o so_o that_o if_o this_o father_n may_v be_v judge_n the_o very_a see_v and_o hear_v of_o stageplay_n be_v unlawful_a hear_v he_o but_o once_o more_o for_o all_o de_fw-fr symbolo_fw-la ad_fw-la catechumenos_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 1.2_o tom._n 9_o pars_fw-la 1._o 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&_o historijs_fw-la peregrina_fw-la libidine_fw-la non_fw-la saâ—pe_fw-la ad_fw-la furorem_fw-la usque_fw-la accenâ—atur_fw-la de_fw-fr vanit_fw-la scient_a cap._n 64._o 64._o apud_fw-la bochâ—llum_fw-la decrâ—ta_fw-la eccles._n gal._n lib._n 1._o tâ—t_fw-la 10._o cap._n 3.4.5_o pag._n 95._o 95._o sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la quidem_fw-la poëtae_fw-la petulantes_fw-la obscaeni_fw-la molles_fw-la effaeminati_fw-la lascivis_fw-la &_o impuris_fw-la carminibê°_n animos_fw-la à _fw-la industria_fw-la ad_fw-la libidinem_fw-la &_o ignavian_fw-la turpiter_fw-la avocantes_fw-la qui_fw-la quidem_fw-la quo_fw-la dulciores_fw-la sunt_fw-la eo_fw-la pejê°_n nocent_a &_o tanquam_fw-la syrenes_n quaedam_fw-la omnibê°_n qui_fw-la aures_fw-la illis_fw-la praebent_fw-la perniciem_fw-la &_o interitum_fw-la moliuntur_fw-la in_o rebus_fw-la enim_fw-la turpibus_fw-la ille_fw-la capitalior_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la majus_fw-la ingenium_fw-la adhibet_fw-la quod_fw-la in_o poetis_fw-la valde_fw-la perspicitur_fw-la 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this_o this_o aelij_fw-la lampridij_fw-la alexander_n severus_n pag._n 230._o see_v eutropius_n and_o grimston_n in_o his_o life_n objection_n answer_n answer_n note_v this_o well_o well_o see_v here_o pag._n 455.456_o 455.456_o plutarchi_n apothegmata_fw-la hiero._n tom._n 1._o pag._n 398._o 398._o joan._n sarâ—sberiensis_n de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 8._o 8._o plutarch_n de_fw-fr gloria_fw-la atheniensium_fw-la lib._n volateranus_fw-la comment_fw-fr l._n 29._o fol._n 323._o see_v here_o pag._n 455._o 455._o see_v plutarchi_n laconica_n apothegmata_fw-la &_o laconica_n institut_n according_o according_o plutarchi_n apothegmâ—ta_n laconica_n pag._n 496._o 496._o let_v all_o play-poet_n and_o author_n yea_o printer_n and_o venture_n of_o lascivious_a amorous_a book_n consider_v this_o this_o peccant_a enim_fw-la omnes_fw-la artifices_fw-la
de_fw-la tuis_fw-la charis_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la exitu_fw-la perdidiss_n ingemiscerâ—s_fw-la dolenter_fw-la &_o fleer_v fancy_n inculta_fw-la veste_fw-la mutata_fw-la neglecto_fw-la capillo_fw-la vultu_fw-la nubilo_fw-la ore_fw-la dejecto_fw-la jndicia_fw-la maeroris_fw-la ostenderes_fw-la animam_fw-la tuam_fw-la miserable_fw-la perdidisti_fw-la spiritualiter_fw-la mortua_fw-la supervivere_fw-la hic_fw-la tibi_fw-la &_o ipsa_fw-la ambulans_fw-la funus_fw-la tuum_fw-la portare_fw-la caepisti_fw-la &_o non_fw-la acriter_fw-la plangis_fw-la non_fw-la jugiter_fw-la ingemiscis_fw-la non_fw-fr te_fw-fr vel_fw-la pudore_fw-la criminis_fw-la vel_fw-la continuatione_fw-la lamentationis_fw-la obscondis_fw-la ecce_fw-la pejora_fw-la ad_fw-la huc_fw-la peâ—candi_fw-la vulnera_fw-la ecce_fw-la majora_fw-la delicta_fw-la peccasse_fw-la nec_fw-la satisfacere_fw-la deliquisse_fw-la nec_fw-la delicta_fw-la deâ—lere_fw-la cyprian_a de_fw-fr lapsis_fw-la sermo_n tom._n 2._o pag._n 347._o 347._o isaiah_n 5.11_o 12._o c._n 22.12_o 13._o cap._n 56.12_o amos_n 6.1_o to_o 8._o dan._n 5.1.2_o 3_o 4._o jam._n 5.5_o &_o job_n 21.11_o to_o 16._o 16._o col._n 3.1_o 2_o 3._o phil._n 4.8_o 9_o isaiah_n 43.21_o rom._n 14.7_o 8._o 8._o eccles._n 2.1_o to_o 12.16.11_o 1_o sam._n 12.21_o isaiah_n 55.2_o job_n 15.31_o hosea_n 8.7_o rom._n 6.21_o 6.21_o rom._n 2.24_o isaiah_n 52.5_o ezech._n 36.20_o 23._o 23._o rom._n 6.21_o ezra_n 9.6_o isaiah_n 1.29_o c._n 26.11_o ezech._n 16.61_o 63._o 63._o 1_o pet._n 1.17_o 1.17_o rom._n 6.22_o 6.22_o see_v here_o pag._n 452._o 452._o see_v part_n 1_o act_n 6._o scene_n 2.4_o 5._o &_o p._n 144.145_o 146_o 331_o 332_o 333_o 349_o 270_o 389_o 390_o 391_o 419_o 430_o to_o 442â—_n 452_o 498_o 662._o according_o according_o adulterijsâ—_n impudicitijs_fw-la puerorum_fw-la violationibus_fw-la omne_fw-la fervent_a pernoctationes_fw-la execrandae_fw-la â—iebant_fw-la mulieresque_fw-la ad_fw-la ea_fw-la spectacula_fw-la vocabanturi_fw-la o_o scelestum_fw-la illud_fw-la nocturnum_fw-la funestunque_fw-la spectaculum_fw-la in_o theatro_fw-la fiebat_fw-la ea_fw-la pernoctatio_fw-la &_o virgo_fw-la inter_fw-la adolescentes_fw-la insanos_fw-la atque_fw-la ebriam_fw-la turbam_fw-la sedere_fw-la cogebatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n chrysost._n hom._n 5._o in_o tit._n 1._o tom._n 4._o col._n 1484._o b._n b._n see_v pag._n 333.356_o 439_o 443_o 444._o according_o according_o see_v thomas_n beacon_n his_o catechism_n fol._n 515._o &_o 536._o woman_n ought_v not_o to_o resort_v to_o play_n or_o interlude_n interlude_n tit._n 2.4_o 5._o 5._o see_v here_o pag._n 434.435_o &_o doctor_n taylor_n his_o commentary_n upon_o titus_n 3._o vers_n 5._o pag._n 389.390_o thomas_n beacon_n his_o catechism_n fol._n 515.536_o and_o in_o his_o 3._o book_n of_o matrimony_n fol._n 675._o 675._o prov._n 7.10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o see_v lyra_n cartwright_n dod_n â—nd_n holcot_n on_o this_o place_n place_n nam_fw-la quoniam_fw-la à _fw-la scaena_fw-la &_o ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la illic_fw-la sunt_fw-la turpia_fw-la &_o indâ—cora_fw-la ipsa_fw-la natura_fw-la abduxit_fw-la mulieres_fw-la diabolus_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la theatri_fw-la abduxit_fw-la in_o gynecaeum_fw-la molles_fw-la inquam_fw-la seu_fw-la pathicos_fw-la &_o meretrices_fw-la hom._n 12._o in_o col._n 4_o tom._n 4._o col._n 1210_o bâ—â—id_n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la see_v coverdals_n and_o tindals_n translation_n and_o the_o father_n who_o render_v it_o for_o the_o most_o part_n doâ—us_fw-la curam_fw-la habentes_fw-la habentes_fw-la 1_o tim._n 2.9_o 10._o 1_o pet._n 3.3_o 4_o 5._o 1_o cor._n 11.5_o 6_o 15._o isaiah_n 3.16_o to_o 25._o prov._n 7.10_o 2_o king_n 9.30_o see_v gulielmus_fw-la peraldus_n summae_fw-la virtutum_fw-la ac_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la tom._n 2._o tit._n de_fw-fr superbia_fw-la cap._n 10._o to_o 15._o 15._o cum_fw-la enim_fw-la judicium_fw-la carnis_fw-la ex_fw-la anima_fw-la pendeat_fw-la carni_fw-la nihil_fw-la potest_fw-la utilius_fw-la quam_fw-la salus_fw-la animae_fw-la provideri_fw-la 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quanto_fw-la res_fw-la sacratior_fw-la tanto_fw-la abusus_fw-la ojus_fw-la damnabilior_fw-la council_n coloniense_n 1536._o pars_fw-la 9_o cap_n 16._o surius_n tom._n 4_o pag._n 787._o 787._o nota._n nota._n they_o hâ—ve_v woman_n actor_n in_o spain_n as_o we_o have_v femâ—le_a spectator_n and_o play_v boy_n in_o woman_n attire_n attire_n nâ—ta_fw-la nâ—ta_fw-la let_v playhaunter_n ponder_v this_o this_o nota._n nota._n hom_o 38._o in_o matth._n matth._n nota_fw-la beâ—e_n beâ—e_n nota_fw-la bene_fw-la bene_fw-la no_o stand_a playhouse_n be_v to_o be_v suffer_v by_o this_o jesuit_n sentence_n who_o reason_n i_o wish_v all_o magistrate_n and_o other_o will_v consider_v consider_v no_o stand_a playhouse_n be_v to_o be_v suffer_v by_o this_o jesuit_n sentence_n who_o reason_n i_o wish_v all_o magistrate_n and_o other_o will_v consider_v consider_v o_o that_o all_o christian_a prince_n magistrate_n and_o playhaunter_n will_v well_o weigh_v this_o reason_n reason_n nota_fw-la bene_fw-la bene_fw-la notaâ—_n notaâ—_n note_v this_o ensue_a passage_n and_o the_o accurse_a fruit_n of_o stageplay_n well_o well_o this_o the_o jesuit_n write_v not_o that_o he_o will_v have_v any_o stageplay_n suffer_v for_o he_o profess_v the_o contrary_a before_o but_o only_o by_o way_n of_o prevention_n that_o in_o case_n he_o can_v not_o procure_v all_o play_n to_o be_v suppress_v that_o yet_o those_o that_o be_v tolerate_v may_v be_v thus_o regulate_v regulate_v nota_fw-la bene_fw-la bene_fw-la see_v here_o pag._n 213.445_o 446_o 881._o &_o bb_n ponet_fw-la his_o apology_n or_o answer_n to_o d._n martin_n p._n 61â—_n &_o 78._o baâ—aeus_n centur._n 8._o pag._n 665._o where_o the_o sodomy_n of_o the_o papist_n and_o popish_a clergy_n be_v descry_v descry_v see_v here_o part_v 1_o act_n 8._o scene_n 7._o pag._n 797._o to_o 828._o according_o quod_fw-la autem_fw-la de_fw-la istis_fw-la quaedam_fw-la inhonesta_fw-la &_o maligna_fw-la jactantur_fw-la nolo_fw-la mireris_fw-la cum_fw-la scias_fw-la hoc_fw-la esse_fw-la opus_fw-la sâ—mper_fw-la diaboli_fw-la ut_fw-la seruos_fw-la dei_fw-la mendacio_fw-la lacerate_v &_o opinionibus_fw-la falsis_fw-la gloriosum_fw-la nomen_fw-la infamet_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la conscientiae_fw-la luce_fw-fr suae_fw-la clarescunt_fw-la alienis_fw-la rumoribus_fw-la sordidentur_fw-la cyprian_a epist._n l._n 4._o epist._n 1._o p_o 170.171_o 170.171_o 2_o pet._n 3.17_o 3.17_o heb._n 13.20_o 21._o
reader_n want_n let_v he_o then_o only_o examine_v the_o number_n of_o the_o book_n the_o chapter_n homily_n or_o sermon_n here_o quote_v in_o those_o edition_n which_o he_o have_v omit_v the_o page_n and_o he_o shall_v find_v every_o quotation_n true_a save_v only_o where_o the_o edition_n vary_v and_o if_o any_o shall_v here_o quarrel_v with_o i_o for_o the_o multitude_n of_o author_n and_o quotation_n let_v he_o know_v that_o i_o produce_v they_o 4_o only_o for_o the_o reader_n better_a satisfaction_n to_o evidence_n the_o damnable_a odiousness_n of_o stageplay_n in_o all_o age_n not_o out_o of_o any_o vainglorious_a ostentation_n which_o i_o much_o abhor_v which_o advertisement_n be_v thus_o premise_v i_o shall_v now_o beseech_v thou_o courteous_a reader_n in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n to_o peruse_v this_o histriomastix_n with_o a_o impartial_a eye_n and_o even_o serious_o to_o consider_v with_o a_o unprejudicate_v affection_n what_o all_o the_o primitive_a christian_n what_o all_o the_o counsel_n father_n emperor_n magistrate_n and_o author_n here_o enumer_v have_v constant_o think_v of_o stageplay_n and_o other_o particular_n here_o recite_v and_o then_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o what_o a_o noble_a earl_n of_o this_o kingdom_n in_o his_o late_a dangerous_a sickness_n profess_v public_o even_o with_o detestation_n of_o his_o effeminate_a fantastic_a love-locke_a that_o he_o sensible_o perceive_v it_o to_o be_v but_o a_o cord_n of_o vanity_n by_o which_o he_o have_v give_v the_o devil_n holdfast_v to_o lead_v he_o captive_a at_o his_o pleasure_n who_o will_v never_o let_v go_v his_o holdfast_n of_o he_o as_o long_o as_o he_o nourish_v this_o unlovely_a bush_n whereupon_o he_o command_v his_o barber_n to_o cut_v it_o off_o a_o speech_n a_o precedent_n well_o worthy_a those_o 5._o womanish_a ruffian_n consideration_n who_o yet_o be_v peccant_a in_o this_o kind_n the_o same_o will_v thou_o affirm_v of_o these_o lascivious_a interlude_n according_o that_o they_o be_v the_o very_a devil_n pomp_n and_o g._n snare_n by_o which_o he_o captivate_v and_o enthrall_v man_n soul_n who_o can_v never_o enfranchise_v themselves_o from_o his_o infernal_a vassalage_n till_o they_o have_v cordial_o renounce_v these_o his_o sugared_a gin_n which_o detain_v they_o captive_a in_o his_o service_n and_o bind_v they_o over_o to_o damnation_n as_o the_o here_o recite_v counsel_n father_n and_o other_o author_n witness_v who_o work_n if_o playhaunter_n will_v but_o study_v at_o those_o vacant_a time_n which_o they_o sinful_o waste_v on_o play_n on_o playbook_n and_o such_o like_a unprofitable_a pleasure_n of_o sin_n 14.13_o which_o will_v end_v in_o horror_n at_o the_o last_o they_o will_v speedy_o abandon_v all_o interlude_n all_o playhouse_n as_o the_o most_o execrable_a pernicious_a corruption_n which_o now_o they_o so_o much_o dote_v on_o as_o their_o chief_a delight_n the_o lord_n therefore_o open_a all_o such_o blind_a stage-haunter_n eye_n by_o these_o my_o poor_a endeavour_n who_o be_v yet_o so_o besot_v with_o ignorance_n and_o these_o enchant_a spectacle_n that_o they_o can_v discern_v those_o infinite_a mischief_n that_o attend_v they_o 1._o waste_v their_o precious_a time_n upon_o they_o even_o from_o day_n to_o day_n and_o quarrel_v with_o all_o such_o pious_a christian_n as_o will_v reclaim_v they_o from_o they_o of_o who_o i_o may_v fit_o use_v st._n augustine_n memorable_a passage_n 416._o quem_fw-la itaque_fw-la comprehendam_fw-la istorum_fw-la insanorum_fw-la quis_fw-la i_o audiaâ—_n quem_fw-la eorum_fw-la nos_fw-la non_fw-la miseros_fw-la dicat_fw-la quia_fw-la cum_fw-la eye_n non_fw-la insanimus_fw-la amisisse_fw-la nos_fw-la putant_fw-la varias_fw-la et_fw-la magnas_fw-la voluptales_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la ipsi_fw-la insaniunt_fw-la nec_fw-la vident_fw-la quia_fw-la mendaces_fw-la sunt_fw-la quando_fw-la illis_fw-la ovum_fw-la invito_fw-la vel_fw-la calicem_fw-la salutarem_fw-la porrigo_fw-la saucio_fw-la et_fw-la quomodo_fw-la reficiam_fw-la horror_n ut_fw-la reficiant_fw-la pugnas_fw-la parant_fw-la saevire_fw-la volunt_fw-la in_o medicum_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la percusserint_fw-la diligantur_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la injuriam_fw-la fecerint_fw-la non_fw-la relinquantur_fw-la redituri_fw-la sunt_fw-la ad_fw-la mentem_fw-la gratias_fw-la acturi_fw-la oremus_fw-la itaque_fw-la pro_fw-la ipsis_fw-la fratres_fw-la charissimi_fw-la inde_fw-la crescit_fw-la numerus_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la de_fw-la numero_fw-la qui_fw-la erat_fw-la impiorum_fw-la it_o be_v this_o father_n speech_n of_o those_o playhaunter_n who_o he_o endeavour_v to_o reclaim_v in_o his_o time_n and_o it_o shall_v be_v i_o of_o we_o now_o who_o conversion_n i_o shall_v true_o pray_v for_o how_o evil_a soever_o they_o entreat_v i_o or_o this_o work_n of_o i_o which_o if_o it_o do_v no_o good_a to_o other_o or_o purchase_v nought_o but_o hatred_n but_o contempt_n unto_o myself_o yet_o symmachus_n his_o speech_n shall_v be_v my_o comfort_n 97._o saluti_fw-la publicae_fw-la dicata_fw-la industria_fw-la crescit_fw-la meritò_fw-la cum_fw-la caret_fw-la praemio_fw-la or_o if_o not_o he_o the_o prophet_n isaiah_n 49.4_o then_o i_o say_v i_o have_v labour_v in_o vain_a i_o have_v spend_v my_o strength_n for_o nought_o and_o in_o vain_a yet_o sure_o my_o judgement_n be_v with_o the_o lord_n and_o my_o reward_n with_o my_o god_n to_o who_o only_a blessing_n i_o shall_v now_o commend_v this_o treatise_n and_o thou_o true_a christian_a reader_n who_o spiritual_a good_a be_v the_o primum_fw-la movens_fw-la that_o set_v my_o thought_n upon_o this_o subject_a i_o hope_v it_o shall_v find_v thy_o favourable_a acceptation_n â—_o sciens_fw-la quia_fw-la sicut_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la unde_fw-la placeat_fw-la ex_fw-la venustate_fw-la sic_fw-la ex_fw-la devotione_fw-la scribentis_fw-la non_fw-la potâ—rit_fw-la displicere_fw-la and_o so_o i_o rest_v thou_o in_o the_o lord_n william_n prynne_n author_n ad_fw-la opus_fw-la suum_fw-la 340._o 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