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aquitanicus_n his_o censure_n of_o playesâ_n p._n 349.682_o his_o opinion_n for_o plain_a and_o profitable_a preach_n p._n 937.938_o prudentius_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n p._n 680.720_o fol._n 561._o psalm_n ought_v to_o be_v sing_v at_o christian_a feast_n not_o filthy_a song_n pag._n 48.264_o 554_o 555_o 766._o to_o 780.642_o m._n ptolemy_n censure_v for_o dance_v playing_z and_o act_v p._n 710._o puel_fw-fr de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr her_o mannish_a practice_n and_o execution_n p._n 185.284_o 285._o puritan_n condemner_n of_o stageplay_n and_o other_o corruption_n style_v soâ_n p._n 3.4_o 5â567_n 568_o 569_o 797._o to_o 828.1005_o the_o very_o best_a and_o holy_a christian_n call_v so_o even_o for_o their_o grace_n and_o goodness_n ibidem_fw-la &_o fol._n 542._o christ._n his_o prophet_n apostle_n the_o father_n and_o primitive_a christian_n puritan_n as_o man_n now_o judge_v p._n 797._o to_o 828._o hate_a and_o condemn_v only_o for_o their_o grace_n yea_o holiness_n of_o life_n 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attentiores_fw-la facit_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la debeant_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la audiverunt_fw-la uxoribus_fw-la ea_fw-la interrogantibus_fw-la recitare_fw-la ac_fw-la veluti_fw-la apud_fw-la eas_fw-la deponere_fw-la theophylact._n enar._n in_o 1_o cor._n 14._o pag._n 427._o see_v primasius_n in_o 1_o cor._n 14._o and_o most_o modern_a protestant_a commentator_n according_o reprehension_n of_o sin_n and_o vice_n how_o when_o where_o and_o by_o who_o to_o be_v make_v p._n 124._o to_o 127._o not_o to_o be_v do_v by_o player_n ibidem_fw-la republic_n much_o prejudice_v by_o play_n and_o actor_n which_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v tolerate_v in_o it_o p._n 45.445_o to_o 501_o 997._o to_o 1006._o restitution_n to_o be_v make_v by_o player_n and_o gamester_n p._n 46.906_o roman_n ancient_o condemn_v suppressedâ_n play_v and_o theater_n and_o make_v player_n infamous_a p._n 456.714_o 843_o 844_o 737_o 998_o 9â9_n rome_n christian_n the_o same_o with_o pagan_a p._n 757._o to_o 765._o 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553.763_o 764_o 765._o their_o excellency_n and_o all-sufficiency_n p_o 927.928_o sedition_n occasion_v by_o stageplay_n pag._n 136._o fol._n 516.517_o 518._o christ_n his_o prophet_n apostle_n and_o christian_n in_o all_o age_n accuse_v of_o it_o though_o most_o unjust_o p._n 821._o to_o 8â8_n see_v 5._o r._n 2._o c._n 5.2_o h._n 4._o c._n 15.2_o h._n 5._o c._n 7.1_o &_o 2._o phil._n mary_n c._n 6._o haddon_n contr._n osorium_n l._n 2._o f._n 212._o where_o we_o shall_v find_v witcliffe_n luther_n &_o the_o ancient_a english_a protestant_n who_o they_o nickname_v laâlards_n accuse_v of_o sedition_n occasion_v for_o want_n of_o preach_v not_o by_o preach_v f._n 531._o semproniâ_n tax_v for_o her_o dance_a p._n 245._o sempronius_n sophus_n divorce_v his_o wife_n for_o resort_v to_o play_n without_o his_o leave_n p._n 39â_n 662_o seneca_n his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n p._n â68_n 369_o 449_o 4â7_n 484_o 703._o of_o dance_v lascivious_a song_n and_o music_n of_o man_n compâ_n long_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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to_o 25._o &_o l._n 15._o cap._n 2._o 2._o see_v clemens_n constit._n apost_n l._n 2._o c._n 65_o 66._o cyprian_n de_fw-fr spectaâulis_n lib._n chrysost._n hom._n 6_o 7_o 38_o &_o 69._o in_o matth._n &_o hom._n 15_o 17_o 18_o 19_o 21_o 62._o ad_fw-la pop._n antiochiae_fw-la according_o according_o see_v e_o and_o f_z before_o before_o see_v isiodor_n hilpalensis_n originum_n l._n 18._o cap._n 16._o to_o 25._o caelius_n rhodiginus_fw-la antiq._n lectionum_fw-la l._n 13._o c._n 17._o alexander_n ab_fw-la alexandro_n lib._n 3._o c._n 21._o adrianus_n turnebus_n adversariorum_fw-la l._n 7._o c._n 9_o 9_o see_v plutarch_n de_fw-fr gloria_fw-la atheniensium_fw-la cyprian_n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la tatianus_n oratio_fw-la adversus_fw-la graeco_n august_n de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 10_o 11_o 13_o 14._o &_o lib._n 4._o cap._n 28._o 28._o sixtus_n senensis_n bibl._n sanct._n l._n 1._o p._n 22._o to_o 34._o andradius_fw-la de_fw-la libris_fw-la canonicis_fw-la lib._n 3._o 3._o dr._n reinolds_n whitaker_n danaeus_n willet_n and_o other_o de_fw-fr libris_fw-la apochryphis_fw-la et_fw-la canone_o script_n controversiae_fw-la bp._n mortons_n protestant_n appeal_v lib._n 3._o cap._n 2._o dr._n field_n of_o the_o church_n book_n 4._o cap._n 22_o 23_o 24._o 24._o see_v act._n 1._o scene_n 2._o p._n 17._o horace_n de_fw-fr arte_fw-la poetica_fw-la dionysius_n hallicarn_n antiqu._n rom._n l._n 7._o sect_n 9_o &_o 2_o mac._n 6â7_n 8_o 9_o 9_o see_v josephus_n antiqu._n judaeorum_n lib._n 12._o cap._n 6._o 6._o josephus_n antiqu_n judaeorum_n l._n 15._o c._n 11._o see_v cap._n 13._o &_o lib._n 16._o cap._n 9_o 9_o 1_o mac._n 1.11_o 15._o 15._o 2_o mac._n 4.8.10_o to_o 16._o 16._o 1_o mac._n 1.15_o &_o 2_o mac._n 4.11_o 14_o 17._o 17._o 2_o mac._n 4.15_o 16_o 17._o &_o 1_o mac._n 1_o 2_o 20_o to_o 64._o 64._o constit._fw-la apostol_n l._n 2._o c._n 65_o 66_o &_o l._n 8._o c._n 38._o 38._o clemens_n romanus_n constitutionum_fw-la apostolicarum_fw-la lib._n 8._o cap._n 38._o apud_fw-la surium_n council_n tom._n â_o p._n 120._o the_o title_n of_o which_o 38_o chapter_n be_v this_o canon_n varij_fw-la pauli_n apostoli_fw-la see_v scene_n 3._o towards_o the_o end_n end_n deut._n 27.26_o 2_o king_n 17.15_o deutr._fw-la 12.30_o 31_o 32._o româ_n 14â_n 23._o 23._o exod._n 15.26_o gen._n 39.9_o levit._fw-la 18.5_o deutr._fw-la â_o 6.4â_n c._n 5.1_o c._n 6.2_o c._n 7.12_o dan._n 3.12_o to_o 19_o josh._n 24.15_o 24.15_o de_fw-fr quibus_fw-la apertissime_fw-la divina_fw-la scriptura_fw-la sanxit_fw-la non_fw-la differenda_fw-la sententia_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la exequenda_fw-la council_n aquisgraâense_fw-fr sub_fw-la âudo_fw-la vico_fw-la piâ_n can._n 61._o 61._o rom._n 10.8.17_o luke_n 24.25_o 24.25_o psal._n 119.9_o gal._n 6.16_o the_o whole_a primitive_a church_n both_o before_o and_o under_o the_o law_n and_o gospel_n condemn_v stageplay_n stageplay_n deut_n 14.2_o c._n 16.18_o psal_n 147.19_o 20._o rom._n 3â_n 1.2_o 1.2_o antiq._n judaeorum_n l._n 12_o c._n 6_o l._n 15_o c._n 11_o 13_o &_o l._n 16_o c._n 9_o 9_o 1_o mac._n 1._o v._n 12_o 13_o 14._o 2_o mac._n 4._o v._n 7._o to_o 18._o 18._o exod._n 20._o â_o levit._fw-la 26.1_o deut._n 4.15_o to_o 26._o c._n 5.8_o c._n 16.22_o psal._n â7_n 7_o 1_o joh._n 5.21_o see_v the_o homily_n against_o the_o peril_n of_o idolatry_n idolatry_n exod._n 2d_o 13_o see_v act._n 3._o scene_n 3._o p._n 77_o 78._o 78._o see_v tertullian_n and_o cyprian_n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la diodorus_n siculus_n bibl._n hist._n l._n 16._o s._n 93._o josephus_n antiqu._n judaeorum_n l._n 15._o c._n 11._o &_o bulengerus_n de_fw-fr circo_fw-la etc._n etc._n cap._n â8_o â8_o see_v exod._n 23.24_o c._n 34._o â_o levit._fw-la 26.30_o deut._n 7.5_o 2_o king_n 10.26_o 27._o c._n 11.18_o c._n 18.4_o c._n 23.14_o 24._o 2_o chron._n ââ_o 1_o c._n 33.22_o c._n 34.3_o to_o 8._o 8._o josephus_n antiqu._n âudaeorum_fw-la l._n 15._o c_o 11._o 11._o see_v act._n 1._o scene_z 1_o 2._o jer._n 10.1_o 2_o 3._o &_o the_o scripture_n quote_v pag._n 18_o 19_o 19_o see_v act._n 1_o 2._o 2._o antiq._n judaeorum_n l._n 12._o c._n 6._o &_o l._n 15._o c._n 11._o 13._o 13._o de_fw-fr agricultura_fw-la lib._n lib._n 2_o mac._n 4._o v._n 7._o to_o 16._o 16._o see_v 1_o mac._n 1._o &_o 2_o mac._n c._n 4._o &_o 6._o 6._o antiqu._n judaeorum_n l._n 12._o cap._n 6._o 6._o antiqu._n judaeorum_n l._n 15._o c._n â1_n see_v act._n 6._o sââne_n 5._o 5._o antiqu._n judaeoâum_fw-la l._n 15._o c._n 13._o &_o l._n 16._o cap._n 9_o 9_o see_v antiqu._n judaeorum_n l._n 15._o c._n 11._o 11._o antiq._n judae_fw-la orum_fw-la lib._n 18._o cap._n 18._o 18._o ecclesiasticae_fw-la hist._n l._n 2._o c._n 4_o 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr scriptoribus_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la lib._n philo._n philo._n contra_fw-la faustum_n manichaeum_fw-la l._n 12._o c._n 2._o 2._o trithemius_n possevine_n &_o other_o other_o de_fw-fr agricultura_fw-la lib._n opera_fw-la basileae_n 1558._o tom._n 1._o p._n 271_o 272._o &_o de_fw-la judice_fw-la lib._n tom._n 2_o p._n 976._o see_v act._n 6._o scene_n 1._o &_o 3_o 3_o hanc_fw-la ob_fw-la rem_fw-la ille_fw-la maximus_fw-la moses_n equum_fw-la censuit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la ascripti_fw-la eius_fw-la civitati_fw-la ius_fw-la naturae_fw-la sequentes_fw-la celebrarent_fw-la hunc_fw-la diem_fw-la mundi_fw-la natalem_fw-la otio_fw-la festisque_fw-la hilarita_fw-la tibus_fw-la intermissis_fw-la laboribus_fw-la et_fw-la opificiis_fw-la quaestuariis_fw-la negotiisque_fw-la victum_fw-la comparantibus_fw-la ablegata_fw-la etiam_fw-la tantisper_fw-la seu_fw-la per_fw-la inducias_fw-la solitudine_fw-la anxia_fw-la ut_fw-la vacarent_fw-la non_fw-la ludicris_fw-la sicut_fw-la quidam_fw-la ridendisque_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la mimorum_fw-la saltatorumque_fw-la quae_fw-la insanus_fw-la vulgus_fw-la amat_fw-la perdite_fw-la et_fw-la per_fw-la praecipuos_fw-la sensus_fw-la visum_fw-la auditumque_fw-la captivat_fw-la animam_fw-la suapte_v ingenio_fw-la liberam_fw-la ac_fw-la dominamise_v soli_fw-la verae_fw-la philosophiae_fw-la quae_fw-la constat_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la tribus_fw-la consiliis_fw-la dictis_fw-la factisque_fw-la in_o unam_fw-la speciem_fw-la coaptatis_fw-la ut_fw-la quaesita_fw-la fruantur_fw-la faelicitate_fw-la de_fw-fr vitæ_fw-la mosis_fw-la enarratio_fw-la lib._n 3._o tom._n 2d_o p._n 932._o 932._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la contemplativa_fw-la lib._n tom._n 2._o pag._n 1208._o to_o 1226._o 1226._o vidisti_fw-la cum_fw-la quanta_fw-la olim_fw-la honestate_fw-la nuptias_fw-la egerint_fw-la audite_fw-la qui_fw-la satanicas_fw-la pompas_fw-la admiramini_fw-la et_fw-la statim_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la nuptiarum_fw-la honestatem_fw-la dedecore_fw-la afficitis_fw-la num_fw-la tunc_fw-la tibiae_fw-la num_fw-la tunc_fw-la cymbala_fw-la num_fw-la tunc_fw-la choreae_fw-la diabolicae_fw-la quare_fw-la enim_fw-la dic_fw-la mihi_fw-la tantum_fw-la statim_fw-la ab_fw-la initio_fw-la damnum_fw-la inducis_fw-la in_o domum_fw-la tuam_fw-la et_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o scenis_fw-la et_fw-la orchestris_fw-la operam_fw-la locant_fw-la vocas_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la intempestivo_fw-la sumptu_fw-la virgin_n laedas_fw-la continentiam_fw-la et_fw-la iuvenem_fw-la impudentiorem_fw-la facias_fw-la etc._n etc._n tom._n 1._o col._n 367._o b._n vid._n ibid._n ibid._n homil._n 11._o in_o levit._n hom._n 8._o in_o isaiam_n &_o hom._n 2._o in_o hieremiam_fw-la see_v act._n 6._o see_v 3._o siquidem_fw-la moses_n illa_fw-la universa_fw-la sustulerit_fw-la quae_fw-la hominum_fw-la generi_fw-la nihil_fw-la conducerent_fw-la susceperit_fw-la vero_fw-la duntaxat_fw-la et_fw-la foverit_fw-la quae_fw-la utilia_fw-la sorent_fw-la et_fw-la omnibus_fw-la profitura_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la nec_fw-la certamina_fw-la essent_fw-la apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la hos_fw-la instituta_fw-la qualia_fw-la apud_fw-la gentiles_n in_o quibus_fw-la nudi_fw-la homines_fw-la decertarent_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la equis_fw-la contenderent_fw-la prostituerenturque_fw-la omnium_fw-la libidinibus_fw-la faeminae_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la impudicitiam_fw-la naturae_fw-la illuderetur_fw-la sed_fw-la illud_fw-la profecto_fw-la erat_fw-la apud_fw-la judaeos_fw-la praecipuum_fw-la ut_fw-la vel_fw-la a_o teneris_fw-la unguibus_fw-la excedere_fw-la naturam_fw-la omnem_fw-la et_fw-la superare_fw-la sensibilem_fw-la discertat_fw-la et_fw-la nulla_fw-la eius_fw-la in_o parte_fw-la residere_fw-la deum_fw-la existimare_fw-la ut_fw-la quem_fw-la in_o supernis_fw-la et_fw-la extra_fw-la corpora_fw-la conquirebant_fw-la etc._n etc._n origin_n cântra_fw-la celsum_fw-la â_o 5._o tom._n 1._o sol_fw-la 67._o c._n vid._n ibid._n ibid._n porro_fw-la beatus_fw-la ille_fw-la job_n plenissime_fw-la nomen_fw-la et_fw-la officium_fw-la liberalitatis_fw-la implebat_fw-la qui_fw-la nihil_fw-la indulgens_fw-la ebrietati_fw-la et_fw-la crapulae_fw-la nec_fw-la sequens_fw-la huius_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la vanitates_fw-la et_fw-la insanias_fw-la falsas_fw-la se_fw-la totum_fw-la pauperum_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la impendebât_fw-la non_fw-la alebat_fw-la leones_fw-la ursos_fw-la aut_fw-la simias_fw-la non_fw-la confluebant_fw-la ad_fw-la eâm_fw-la histriones_fw-la dulcorarii_fw-la fabularum_fw-la aut_fw-la nugarum_fw-la inanium_fw-la concentores_fw-la sed_fw-la ex_fw-la pura_fw-la liberalitatis_fw-la consâientia_fw-la dicebat_fw-la humerus_fw-la meus_fw-la a_o iunctura_fw-la sua_fw-la cadat_fw-la et_fw-la brachium_fw-la meum_fw-la cum_fw-la ossibus_fw-la avellatur_fw-la si_fw-la negavi_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la quod_fw-la volebant_fw-la si_fw-la oculos_fw-la viduae_fw-la expectare_fw-la feci_fw-la etc._n etc._n o_o quam_fw-la melioret_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la commendabiliorest_n maesta_fw-la honesta_fw-la et_fw-la sobria_fw-la haec_fw-la liberalitas_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la vitam_fw-la aeternam_fw-la fructificat_fw-la quam_fw-la
de_fw-la tuis_fw-la charis_fw-la mortalibus_fw-la exitu_fw-la perdidiss_n ingemiscerâs_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 peâcandi_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 deâlere_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 âiebant_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 ând_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 indâcora_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 bââid_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 doâus_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 bernardi_n declamationes_fw-la fol._n 170._o b._n b._n see_v part_n 1_o act_n 6._o scenâ_n 3.4_o 5_o 20._o &_o pag._n 333.356_o 439_o 443_o 444._o 444._o hierom._n epist._n 34._o cap._n 3._o pag._n 90._o 90._o in_o hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la tractatu_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la pium_fw-la lectorem_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la liberum_fw-la correctorem_fw-la desidero_fw-la veruntamen_fw-la sicut_fw-la lectorem_fw-la meum_fw-la nolo_fw-la mihi_fw-la esse_fw-la deditum_fw-la ita_fw-la correctoreâ_n nolo_fw-la sibi_fw-la ille_fw-la i_o non_fw-la amet_fw-la amplius_fw-la quam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la âidem_fw-la iste_fw-la se_fw-la non_fw-la amât_fw-la amplius_fw-la quam_fw-la catholicam_fw-la veritatem_fw-la augustinus_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr trinitate_fw-la proâmio_n &_o petrus_n lombardus_fw-la in_o lib._n 4._o seâtentiarum_fw-la prâlogus_fw-la prâlogus_fw-la rom._n 10.1_o 10.1_o ezech._n 34._o â_o act_n 20.26_o 20.26_o vbi_fw-la deus_fw-la magister_fw-la estâ_n quam_fw-la citò_fw-la discitur_fw-la quod_fw-la docetur_fw-la leâ_n 1._o de_fw-fr pentecoste_n serm._n 1._o cap._n 1._o 1._o 1_o thes._n 5.23_o 5.23_o 2_o cor._n 5.10_o rom._n 14.10_o 11._o 11._o nunquam_fw-la n._n sine_fw-la querela_fw-la aegra_fw-la tanguntur_fw-la seneca_n de_fw-fr ira._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 10._o 10._o against_o which_o see_v robertus_fw-la massonius_n his_o treatise_n of_o dancing_n &_o part_n 1_o act_n 5._o scene_n 8.9_o with_o the_o â_z there_o quote_v and_o those_o other_o writer_n in_o the_o table_n table_n quando_fw-la populus_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la venerit_fw-la tà m_fw-la per_fw-la dies_fw-la dominicos_fw-la quam_fw-la &_o per_fw-la solemnitates_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la aliud_fw-la ibi_fw-la non_fw-la agate_n nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la pertinet_fw-la servitium_fw-la illas_fw-la vero_fw-la balationes_fw-la &_o saltationes_fw-la canticaque_fw-la turpia_fw-la &_o luxuriosa_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la lusa_fw-la diabolica_fw-la non_fw-la faciat_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o plateis_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o domibus_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o ullo_fw-la loco_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la de_fw-la paganorum_fw-la consuetudine_fw-la remanserunt_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la ipsa_fw-la fecerit_fw-la canonicam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la accipiat_fw-la boâhellus_n decret_a ecclesiae_fw-la gallicanae_n lib._n 4._o tit._n 1._o cap._n 39_o pag._n 549_o etc._n etc._n see_v tit._n 10._o cap._n 2._o to_o 19_o where_o there_o be_v divers_a constitution_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n purpose_n de_fw-fr rege_fw-la &_o regum_fw-la instit._fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 16._o p._n 341._o to_o 352._o edit_fw-la weâbelij_fw-la 1611._o 1611._o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr spectaculis_fw-la coloniae_fw-la agrip._n 1609._o see_v here_o pag._n 695._o 695._o nota._n nota._n nota_fw-la bene_fw-la bene_fw-la hence_o saint_n hierom_n write_v thus_o repertum_fw-la est_fw-la facinus_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la mimus_fw-la fingere_fw-la nec_fw-la scurra_fw-la ludere_fw-la nec_fw-la atellaâus_fw-la possit_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 hâve_v woman_n actor_n in_o spain_n as_o we_o have_v femâle_a spectator_n and_o play_v boy_n in_o woman_n attire_n attire_n nâta_fw-la nâta_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 beâe_n beâe_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 baâaeus_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 sâmper_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