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A00703	A dialogue agaynst light, lewde, and lasciuious dauncing wherin are refuted all those reasons, which the common people vse to bring in defence thereof. Compiled and made by Christopher Fetherston.	Fetherston, Christopher.	1582 (1582)	STC 10835; ESTC S112556	31,329	94

and finally that shee was that boole from whence did spring all those rotten branches of diuelish detestable and damnable herisies For vnlesse you had been ignorant of Gods eternall trueth you woulde neuer haue sayde thus If you knew who it is that bringeth mariages to passe and knitteth men women together with an vndissoluble knot which is holy wedlocke you would neuer haue sayde that many men doe get their wiues by dauncing It is god alone and none but hee whiche coupleth both man and woman togeather He it is that hath determined before the foundations of the worlde were layde who those be that shall so come together He is able to bring to passe this his determination without any suche secondarie meanes as dauncing Therefore most fonde foolish and fantasticall is the opinion of those men which doe thinke that dauncing was the onely thing whereby they came by their wyues When as God did institute the firste mariage in paradice hee did not sende for a pyper or ●idler for they were at that time vnhatched to play y ● Adam might daunce and so please Euah And is not God as well able to bring marriages to passe without dauncing as he was thē His arme is not shortened neyther is his power weakened but he is able to doe as muche nowe as hee was able to doe then In his handes are the heartes of all men and hee ruleth them as he seemeth best to his godly will and pleasure Iu. I pray you sir where shall young men and may dens meete together if not at the dauncing place and playing oke Min. I count him but a foole which being destitute will goe to the dauncing place and playing oke to chuse his mate and I take her to bee but a noddie which lacking an husband will thither runne to looke for him with whom she wil match For first and formost hee for his part shal chaunce sooner to light vppon a wilde wanton then on a mylde matrone which will become rather a gadding Dina which will bee running abroade to see the Countrey then a sage Sara whiche will keepe her selfe within the doore of the tent whiche will become rather a carelesse grassehopper then a carefull amite hee shall rather chance to chuse one that will bee a pasincoine then a chast penelope he shall chaunce sooner to win an whorish Helena as did paris thē a vertuous Electra as did pylades finally hee shall chaunce rather to catche a faithlesse Clytemnestra then a faithfull philomela Salust in his Catalinario writeth y t Sempronia a certayne laciuious and wanton womā was taught to sing daūce more elegantly thē became an honest matron in which place he calleth these two thinges the instrumentes of lecherie Out of which woordes we may well gather this that they are neuer of the chastest sorte which do vse laciuious daūcing though I doe not altogither denie but that those whiche are nowe modest matrons may sometimes haue been dauncers in their dayes And nowe as for the women if shee chance to chuse her husbande in the place aforesaid it may bee that shee shal sooner catche a spendall then a sparer shee may sooner haue one which shall be amongst all men rather reuyled then reuerenced one which may bee rather an aduiterous Agisthus then a faithfull Vlisses Gicero in his booke of offices writeth thus that an honest and good man will not daunce in the market place though he might by that meanes come to great possessions And in his oration which hee made after his returne into the senate he coulde finde no more reprochefull name to call Aulus Gabinius his mortall enemie by th●n to call him Saltator Calami● stratus the fine dauncer It was obiected to Lucius Aurona for a great fault because he had daūced in Asia which thing was also cast in king deiotarus his teeth Cicero answering for Murena sayeth after this sort No man daunceth being sober vnles peraduenture he be madde neyther in the wildernes neither at a moderate and honest banquet The same Cicero vpbraydeth vnto Anthonie amonge other his vices dauncing Did the heathens thinke thus euil of dauncing and shall not Christians thinke much worse of the same Did the heathens loath it and shall Christians like it did the heathens compt it as a vice and shall Christians embrace it as a vertue Iu. I pray you sir then whether shall wee goe to looke for our wiues will you haue vs loue those on whome we did neuer looke Min. Iuuenis I will tell thee whither thou shalt go when thou art disposed to wedde Resort vnto sermons there marke her wel whō thou shalt see most vsually resort to weekly lectures and to behaue her self most Christianlike or if thou shalt heare of any maide which shall be haue her selfe vertuously towardes all men which shall bee of sounde religion and whiche shall haue the feare of God before her eyes her chuse all other refuse her take the rest forsake For be thou well assured that such shall receiue the blessing from the Lorde shee shall bee blessed at home and in the fielde shee shall be blessed her selfe and her seede after her Iu. I thanke you sir for your good counsell but I pray you howe thinke you of this may not men daunce at bridals and vpon feast dayes Min. I will answere you briefly god willing to both partes of this questiō that answere which I shal make to the first shal not be takē vp at my foot but I wil fet it out of y ● ancient father Chrys who in his 56. homilie vpō Genesis whē hee intreateth of the mariages of Iacob saith thus You haue heard saith hee of mariages but not of daunces which dances he furthermore calleth diuelish in w t homely he speaketh muche against dauncing And amongs al other he saith thus the bridegrome and the bride are corrupted by dauncing and all the whole familie is defiled And againe in his 48. hom he saith thou seest mariages but thou seest no dauncing for at that time they were not so lasciuious as they be now a dayes Furthermore hee proceedeth to speake of the dauncing of the daughter of Herodias and he sayeth At this day Christians doe deliuer to destruction not halfe their kingdome not another mans head but euen their owne soules And hee addeth that whereas is wanton dauncing there the Diuell daunceth also with them Heere maye you see what the opinion of this holy father is concerning dauncing at marriages And as for the second thing whether we may not daunce vpon feast daies I say flatly wee may not For if wee should we should be like to the Israelites who sate downe to eate and drinke againe rose vp to play whereby we should prouoke Gods wrath And indignacion agaynst vs. and for as much as it is the common custome in vbique to daunce and hoigh vpon our Idoll feast dayes let vs beware that the like plagues do not befal vs whiche befell them Iu.