Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	day_n	let_v	sabbath_n	1,174	5	9.6962	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10187	Histrio-mastix The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture ... That popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the profession of play-poets, of stage-players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c. of which the table will informe you. By William Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1633 (1633)	STC 20464A; ESTC S115316	1,193,680	1,258

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4_o of_o which_o be_v confess_v to_o be_v 3_o ecumenical_a and_o universal_a to_o which_o all_o the_o christian_a church_n in_o these_o know_a part_n of_o the_o world_n subscribe_v by_o their_o select_a bishop_n and_o proxy_n it_o be_v most_o apparent_a to_o pass_v by_o dice_v card_v dance_a health-drinking_a bonfire_n new-year_n gift_n scurrilous_a song_n and_o other_o recite_v particular_n concern_v clergy_n man_n which_o they_o have_v condemn_v first_o that_o the_o profession_n of_o a_o stage-player_n be_v altogether_o unchristian_a abominable_a and_o unlawful_a and_o that_o all_o common_a actor_n and_o stage-player_n ought_v to_o stand_v excommunicate_v ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la both_o from_o the_o church_n the_o sacrament_n and_o all_o christian_a society_n till_o they_o have_v utter_o renounce_v and_o quite_o give_v over_o their_o infamous_a execrable_a lewd_a profession_n which_o be_v no_o way_n tolerable_a among_o christian_n and_o if_o the_o very_a profession_n of_o a_o 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the_o selfsame_o reason_n argue_v that_o our_o saviour_n passion_n do_v not_o relate_v à_fw-fr parte_fw-la ante_fw-la to_o save_v those_o believer_n who_o die_v before_o but_o only_o à_fw-fr part_n post_fw-la to_o redeem_v such_o only_a who_o depart_v after_o his_o incarnation_n which_o be_v blasphemy_n for_o to_o think_v since_o our_o saviour_n be_v virtual_o and_o in_o destination_n though_o not_o actual_o 13.8_o a_o lamb_n slay_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n now_o that_o the_o christian_a sabbath_n or_o lord_n day_n begin_v at_o even_o and_o so_o ought_v to_o be_v sanctify_v from_o even_o to_o even_o not_o from_o morning_n to_o morning_n or_o from_o midnight_n to_o midnight_n which_o ecclesiastical_a beginning_n of_o day_n we_o never_o find_v in_o scripture_n or_o in_o any_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n it_o be_v most_o apparent_a first_o because_o we_o read_v of_o no_o other_o beginning_n or_o end_n of_o the_o sabbath_n in_o scripture_n but_o this_o and_o to_o make_v it_o begin_v from_o the_o very_a hour_n or_o minute_n of_o our_o saviour_n resurrection_n be_v to_o make_v it_o arbitrary_a and_o altogether_o uncertain_a because_o the_o very_a hour_n and_o minute_n of_o his_o resurrection_n be_v not_o neither_o can_v it_o certain_o be_v know_v second_o because_o the_o sabbath_n be_v nothing_o else_o in_o proper_a speech_n but_o a_o day_n of_o rest_n it_o be_v most_o natural_a and_o proper_a it_o shall_v then_o begin_v when_o as_o god_n and_o man_n begin_v their_o rest_n and_o leave_v off_o their_o labour_n not_o when_o as_o they_o begin_v their_o work_n 13._o but_o god_n begin_v his_o rest_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o six_o day_n not_o on_o the_o morning_n or_o midnight_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n and_o man_n begin_v their_o 10._o rest_n at_o evening_n not_o at_o midnight_n or_o morning_n witness_v psal._n 104.22_o 23._o the_o sun_n arise_v and_o man_n go_v forth_o to_o his_o work_n and_o to_o his_o labour_n unto_o the_o evening_n and_o john_n 9.4_o i_o 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can._n 2._o ib._n p._n 683._o toletanum_n 4._o can._n 8._o ib._n p._n 729._o constantinop_n 6._o can._n 90._o ib._n p._n 1052._o foro-juliense_a can._n 13._o surius_n tom._n 3._o p._n 266._o turonicum_n 3_o sub_fw-la carolo_n magno_fw-la can._n 40._o ib._n p._n 272._o 242._o concilium_fw-la apud_fw-la compendium_n apud_fw-la alexandr_n alesium_n summa_fw-la theolog._n pars_fw-la 3._o quaest_n 32._o artic._n 2._o p._n 245._o 1893._o synodus_fw-la francfordiana_n anno_fw-la dom._n 793._o cap._n 22._o ibid._n concilium_fw-la moguntinum_n anno_fw-la 813._o apud_fw-la juonis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pars_fw-la 4._o c._n 16._o synodus_fw-la galonis_fw-la et_fw-la simonis_n legatoris_fw-la an._n 1212._o &_o synodus_fw-la andegavensis_fw-la an._n 1282._o all_o these_o express_o decree_n ut_fw-la dies_fw-la dominicus_n à_fw-la vespera_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperam_fw-la servetur_fw-la omnesdy_n dominicos_fw-la à_fw-la vespera_fw-la in_o vesperam_fw-la omni_fw-la veneratione_n decernimus_fw-la observari_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la illic●to_fw-la opere_fw-la abstinere_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la à_fw-la vespera_fw-la dici_fw-la sabbathi_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperam_fw-la diei_fw-la dominicae_fw-la ad_fw-la molendina_fw-la aquar●_n nec_fw-la ad_fw-la aliqua_fw-la alia_fw-la molere_fw-la audeat_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o that_o by_o the_o express_a resolution_n of_o all_o these_o several_a counsel_n whereof_o one_o be_v ecumenical_a the_o lord_n day_n ought_v to_o be_v keep_v only_o from_o evening_n to_o evening_n and_o so_o to_o begin_v and_o end_v at_o evening_n if_o we_o peruse_v the_o father_n we_o shall_v find_v 7._o st._n augustine_n enjoin_v christian_n to_o celebrate_v the_o lord_n day_n from_o evening_n to_o evening_n as_o the_o jew_n do_v celebrate_v their_o sabbath_n and_o that_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o our_o christian_a sabbath_n begin_v at_o evening_n not_o at_o morning_n or_o midnight_n it_o be_v the_o direct_a and_o punctual_a verdict_n of_o 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wife_n daughter_n and_o servant_n of_o their_o neighbour_n again_o a_o man_n may_v prove_v how_o great_a a_o evil_a dance_n be_v by_o the_o multitude_n of_o sin_n that_o accompany_v those_o that_o dance●_n for_o they_o dance_v without_o measure_n or_o number_n and_o therefore_o faith_n s._n augustine_n the_o miserable_a dancer_n know_v not_o that_o as_o many_o pace_n as_o he_o make_v in_o dance_v so_o many_o leap_v he_o make_v to_o hell_n they_o sin_n in_o their_o ornament_n after_o a_o fivefold_a manner_n first_o 58._o in_o be_v proud_a thereof_o second_o by_o inflame_v the_o heart_n of_o those_o who_o behold_v they_o three_o when_o they_o make_v those_o ashamed_a tha●_n have_v not_o the_o like_a ornament_n give_v they_o occasion_n to_o cou●●_n the_o like_a four_o by_o make_v woman_n importunate_a in_o demand_v the_o like_a ornament_n of_o their_o husband_n and_o fifthly_o wh●●_n they_o can_v obtain_v they_o of_o their_o husband_n they_o seek_v to_o get_v they_o elsewhere_o by_o sin_n 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vigil_n or_o church-ales_a and_o our_o late_a crouch_v and_o duck_v unto_o new-erected_n altar_n a_o ceremony_n much_o in_o use_n with_o idolatrous_a 15.16_o pagan_n heretofore_o have_v be_v original_o derive_v since_o therefore_o its_o evident_a by_o all_o these_o testimony_n that_o dance_v have_v its_o original_n from_o idolatry_n and_o idolatrous_a drunken_a pagan_n who_o consecrate_a dance_n to_o their_o idol_n and_o go_v dance_v to_o their_o temple_n their_o altar_n when_o they_o sacrifice_v to_o they_o in_o their_o solemn_a festivals●_n and_o day_n of_o mirth_n they_o hence_o conclude_v they_o to_o be_v unlawful_a unto_o christian_n who_o must_v not_o imitate_v they_o in_o their_o idolatrous_a pagan_a custom_n as_o i_o have_v here_o large_o prove_v in_o the_o first_o and_o second_o act_n on_o which_o you_o may_v reflect_v four_o dance_v write_v they_o yea_o even_o in_o matth._n queen_n themselves_o and_o the_o very_o great_a person_n who_o be_v common_o most_v devote_v to_o it_o 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this_o profuse_a theatrical_a laughter_n b._n do_v give_v a_o public_a approbation_n to_o all_o the_o ribaldry_n and_o profaneness_n that_o be_v either_o personate_v ●r_o perpetrate_v on_o the_o stage_n and_o so_o make_v these_o laugher_n deep_o guilty_a of_o it_o six_o it_o produce_v sundry_a sinful_a con●equents_n as_o 209._o cachinnation_n clamour_n impudence_n a._n effeminacy_n incivility_n b._n voluptuousness_n looseness_n and_o lightness_n of_o spirit_n impenitency_n carnal_a security_n indisposition_n to_o every_o holy_a duty_n especial_o to_o godly_a sorrow_n for_o sin_n therefore_o it_o can_v but_o be_v evil_a peruse_v we_o but_o the_o scripture_n we_o shall_v find_v 8._o they_o much_o condemn_v this_o excessive_a carnal_a laughter_n especial_o at_o vain_a at_o sinful_a object_n as_o misbeseem_v christian_n survey_v we_o the_o father_n they_o be_v exceed_o copious_a in_o this_o subject_n witness_v clemens_n alexandrinus_n paedag._n l._n 2._o c._n 5.6_o &_o l_o 3._o c._n 11._o arnobius_n advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la l._n 4_o pag._n 149.150.151_o l._n 7._o pag._n 230._o to_o 242._o basil._n de_fw-fr ebrietate_fw-la &_o luxu_fw-la sermo_n p._n 329.332_o 236._o nazianzen_n ad_fw-la selucum_fw-la p._n 1063.1064_o sententiae_fw-la p._n 1168._o &_o 997._o ambros._n sermo_n 17._o s._n asterij_fw-la homil._n in_o festum_fw-la kalendarum_fw-la bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom_n 4._o p._n 706._o hierom._n epist._n 8._o c._n 7._o august_n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la apostoli_fw-la sermo_n 9_o tom._n 10._o p._n 376._o confessionun_n l._n 2._o cap._n 9_o enar._n in_o psal._n 51._o tom._n 8._o pars_fw-la 1._o pag._n 605.606_o salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernat_n dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o &_o 7._o theoph●lact_fw-mi enar._n in_o luk._n 6._o p._n 135._o joannis_n climachus_n de_fw-fr discretione_fw-la gradus_fw-la c._n 31._o bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 6._o pars_fw-la 2._o p._n 280._o g._n bedae_fw-la scintillae_fw-la tom._n 7._o col._n 335._o risus_fw-la antiochus_n hom._n 95._o quod_fw-la temperandum_fw-la sit_fw-la à_fw-la solutiore_fw-la &_o immoderato_fw-la risu_fw-la bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 7._o p._n 209._o bernard_n in_o caena_n domini_fw-la sermo_n 9_o de_fw-fr gradibus_fw-la humilitatis_fw-la col._n 961._o a._n de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la vitæ_fw-la col._n 1117._o a.b._n olympiodorus_n enar._n in_o ecclesiasten_n cap._n 2._o &_o 7._o and_o above_o all_o s._n chrysostom_n hom._n 6.38_o &_o 69._o in_o matth._n hom._n 17._o in_o ephesios_n &_o 15._o in_o hebraeos_fw-la &_o ibid._n 54.14.15_o &_o 62._o ad_fw-la pop._n antiochiae_fw-la to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v robertus_fw-la holkot_n in_o lib._n sapientiae_fw-la lectio_fw-la 172._o fol._n 133._o revelationes_fw-la sanctae_fw-la brigi●tae_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 29._o nicolaus_n de_fw-fr clemangis_n de_fw-fr novis_fw-la celebritatibus_fw-la non_fw-la instituendis_fw-la p._n 143._o to_o 150._o thomas_n gualesius_n lect._n 77_o in_o proverb_n solomonis_fw-la fol._n 97._o edit_fw-la ascentijs_fw-la 1510._o ah_o notable_a 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repute_v the_o 7._o ecumenical_a or_o universal_a council_n determine_v thus_o of_o stageplay_n 5._o canon_n 22._o deo_fw-la quidem_fw-la universum_fw-la dedicare_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la proprijs_fw-la voluntatibus_fw-la servire_fw-la res_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la 10.31_o sive_fw-la enim_fw-la editis_fw-la sive_fw-la bibitis_fw-la inquit_fw-la divinus_fw-la apostolus_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la gloriam_fw-la facite_fw-la etc._n etc._n cu●vis_fw-la ergo_fw-la homini_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la comedere_fw-la u●_n vivat_fw-la et_fw-la quibus_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la quidem_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la e●_n liberorum_fw-la et_fw-la laici_fw-la constitutionis_fw-la immixtim_fw-la comedere_fw-la viros_fw-la et_fw-la mulieres_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la reprehensione_n alienum_fw-la simodo_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la that_fw-mi nutrimentum_fw-la gratias_fw-la agunt_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la scenicis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la studijs_fw-la sive_fw-la sata●icis_fw-la canticis_fw-la et_fw-la citharaedicis_fw-la ac_fw-la meretricijs_fw-la vocibus_fw-la quos_fw-la prophetica_fw-la execratio_fw-la prosequitur_fw-la sic_fw-la dicens_fw-la 12_o vae_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la cythara_fw-la et_fw-la psalterio_fw-la vinum_fw-la bibunt_fw-la domini_fw-la auten_fw-mi oper●_fw-la non_fw-la respiciunt_fw-la et_fw-la opera_fw-la manui●_fw-la ejus_fw-la non_fw-la consideran●_n et_fw-la sicubi_fw-la tale_n fuerint_fw-la inter_fw-la christianos_n corrigantur_fw-la can_n 22._o very_o to_o dedicate_v all_o

secularibus_fw-la negotijs_fw-la procurandis_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o luxu_fw-la lascivia_fw-la jocis_fw-la et_fw-la ludis_fw-la vetitis_fw-la compotationibus_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la flagitijs_fw-la exercendis_fw-la toti_fw-la transigantur_fw-la which_o abuse_v it_o enjoin_v magistrate_n &_o official_o to_o suppress_v so_o it_o decree_v thus_o 1026._o clerici_fw-la nunquam_fw-la personati_fw-la incedant_fw-la neque_fw-la comaedias_fw-la fabulas_fw-la choreas_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aliud_fw-la ludicrum_fw-la ex_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la histrionibus_fw-la exhibentur_fw-la agant_fw-la vel_fw-la spectent_fw-la ne_fw-la visus_fw-la et_fw-la obtutus_fw-la sacris_fw-la mysterijs_fw-la dicati_fw-la turpium_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la contagione_fw-la polluantur_fw-la ab_fw-la alea_fw-la tesseris_fw-la chartis_fw-la et_fw-la quovis_fw-la alio_fw-la vetito_fw-la et_fw-la indecoro_fw-la ludo_fw-la cum_fw-la privatim_fw-la tum_fw-la publicè_fw-la penitus_fw-la 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decree_v thus_o clergy_n man_n may_v never_o put_v on_o vizard_n or_o go_v disguise_v neither_o may_v they_o act_v or_o behold_v comedy_n fable_n dance_n or_o any_o other_o of_o those_o play_n that_o be_v exhibit_v by_o stage-player_n lest_o the_o sight_n and_o hear_v dedicate_v to_o sacred_a mystery_n shall_v be_v pollute_v with_o the_o contagion_n of_o filthy_a spectacle_n let_v they_o whole_o abstain_v as_o well_o in_o private_a as_o in_o public_a from_o dice_n table_n card_n or_o every_o other_o prohibit_v and_o unseemly_a play_n let_v they_o be_v never_o present_a at_o riotous_a and_o dishonest_a feast_n let_v they_o avoid_v place_n of_o judicature_n market_n and_o place_n of_o resort_n neither_o let_v they_o ever_o enter_v into_o tavern_n and_o inn_n but_o be_v necessitate_v by_o some_o long_a journey_n the_o 50._o be_v concilium_fw-la rhemense_n anno_fw-la 1583._o which_o condemn_v the_o use_n of_o stageplay_n and_o dance_a especial_o on_o lord-daye_n holy-day_n and_o the_o christmas_n season_n when_o they_o be_v most_o in_o use_n under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n 582._o diebus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la et_fw-la festis_fw-la in_o svas_fw-la paraeseas_n populus_fw-la conveniat_fw-la et_fw-la missae_fw-la concioni_fw-la et_fw-la vesperijs_fw-la intersit_fw-la ijsdem_fw-la diebus_fw-la nemo_fw-la lusibus_fw-la aut_fw-la choreis_fw-la det_fw-la operam_fw-la maximè_fw-la dum_fw-la divinum_fw-la celebratur_fw-la officium_fw-la monebiturque_fw-la ab_fw-la ordinario_fw-la vel_fw-la paraeco_fw-la magistratus_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la fieri_fw-la permittat_fw-la ludos_fw-la theatrales_fw-la etiam_fw-la praetextu_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la solitos_fw-la et_fw-la puerilia_fw-la caeteraque_fw-la ludicra_fw-la quibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la inquinatur_fw-la hone●tas_fw-la et_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la in_o interlude_n christi_fw-la et_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la festivitatibus_fw-la omnino_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la contra_fw-la nitentes_fw-la autem_fw-la poenis_fw-la coerceri_fw-la volumus_fw-la à_fw-la superioribus_fw-la let_v the_o people_n meet_v together_o in_o their_o parish_n church_n on_o lord_n day_n and_o holy_a day_n and_o let_v they_o be_v present_a at_o mass_n at_o sermon_n and_o vesper_n let_v no_o man_n give_v himself_o on_o these_o day_n to_o play_n or_o dance_n especial_o while_o divine_a service_n be_v celebrate_v and_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v be_v admonish_v by_o the_o ordinary_a or_o parish_n priest_n that_o he_o by_o no_o mean_n suffer_v these_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v we_o utter_o prohibit_v stageplay_n and_o other_o childish_a pastime_n accustom_v to_o be_v present_v under_o pretext_n of_o custom_n with_o which_o the_o honesty_n and_o sanctity_n of_o the_o church_n be_v defile_v in_o the_o festival_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o the_o saint_n those_o that_o do_v contrary_a we_o will_v shall_v be_v punish_v by_o their_o superior_n the_o 51._o be_v synodus_fw-la turonensis_n anno_fw-la 1583._o which_o be_v somewhat_o 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bono_fw-mi pudicitiae_fw-la bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 5._o pars_fw-la 3._o p._n 477._o c._n d._n arias_n montanus_n in_o lib._n judicum_fw-la c._n 16._o p._n 568._o to_o 573._o joannis_n munster_n de_fw-fr saltationibus_fw-la lib._n gulielmus_fw-la stocking_n antiqu._n convivalium_n l._n 3._o cap●_n 21.22_o zeghedini_fw-la lo●i_fw-la commune_v tit._n chorea_fw-la &_o saltatio_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la peraldus_n summa_fw-la virtutum_fw-la ac_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la tom._n 2._o tit._n de_fw-fr luxuria_fw-la c._n 3._o p._n 68_o m._n deering_n his_o 10._o lecture_n on_o the_o hebrews_n francis_n salis_n his_o introduction_n to_o a_o devout_a life_n part_n 3._o c._n 32.33_o p._n 648.649_o vincentius_n beluacensis_fw-la speculum_fw-la morale_n l._n 3._o pars_fw-la 9_o distinct._n 6._o p._n 251.252_o &_o summula_n raymundi_fw-la fol._n 93._o where_o a_o dance_n be_v thus_o define_v chorea_fw-la est_fw-la circulus_fw-la ca●henatus_fw-la cujus_fw-la centrum_fw-la est_fw-la diabolus_fw-la with_o sundry_a other_o here_o omit_v against_o dance_v david_n his_o royal_a resolution_n p._n 737._o censure_v for_o fein_v himself_o mad_a p._n 894._o 160._o his_o dance_a before_o the_o ark_n no_o justification_n of_o our_o lascivious_a dance_n p._n 552._o to_o 555.729_o 773_o 729._o day_n of_o judgement_n at_o hand_n and_o ever_o to_o be_v meditate_a on●_n p._n 56.59.976_o to_o 979._o diceplay_a and_o dice-house_n censure_v condemn_v by_o counsel_n father_n all_o sort_n of_o writer_n both_o christian_n and_o pagan_n by_o mahomet_n in_o his_o alcoran_n by_o imperial_a edict_n and_o prince_n law_n and_o by_o the_o statute_n of_o ou●_n kingdom_n epistle_n dedicatory_a 1.2_o p._n 471.492_o 494_o 495_o 618_o 626_o 627_o 655_o to_o 666.693_o 700_o 795._o minister_n and_o clergyman_n prohibit_v to_o play_v at_o dice_n or_o table_n to_o stand_v by_o or_o look_v upon_o dicer_n or_o to_o suffer_v any_o dice_a card_v or_o game_n in_o their_o house_n p._n 573._o to_o 668._o sparsim_fw-la dicer_n excommunicate_v and_o keep_v from_o the_o sacrament_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n p._n 618.926_o did●cus_fw-fr de_fw-fr tapia_n his_o censure_n of_o player_n play_n and_o theater_n pag._n 481.482_o 483_o 766._o diodorus_n siculus_n his_o testimony_n of_o the_o original_n of_o play_n &_o censure_n of_o they_o p._n 510.704_o diogenes_n cinnic●s_v his_o censure_n of_o music_n p._n 287._o diogenes_n la●rti●s_v his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n p._n 707._o dion_z cassius_z his_o censure_n of_o dance_a play_n &_o caligula_n his_o act_n of_o they_o p._n 707._o to_o 710._o dionysius_n halicarnasseus_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n their_o original_n and_o use_n p._n 704._o devil_n and_o devill-idol_n the_o inventor_n the_o fomenter_n of_o stageplay_n and_o dance_v which_o be_v appropriate_v to_o their_o solemn_a honour_n and_o worship_n their_o festival_n be_v spend_v in_o play_n and_o dance_a which_o they_o exact_v from_o their_o worshipper_n p._n 9_o to_o 50.96_o 131_o 164_o 165_o 177_o 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domitian_n banish_a player_n and_o suppress_v play_n p._n 461.714_o domna_n censure_v for_o put_v on_o man_n apparel_n p._n 204._o drunkenness_n occasion_v by_o stageplay_n p._n 508._o to_o 512.731_o 732._o a_o great_a and_o scandalous_a sin_n especial_o in_o clergy_n man_n p._n 508.509_o 591._o to_o 636._o sparsim_fw-la 780._o m._n e_o edgar_n his_o excellent_a oration_n to_o his_o prelate_n p._n 762._o edricke_n his_o censure_n p._n 133._o edward_n the_o 6._o his_o statute_n and_o commission_n for_o abolish_n image_n and_o saint_n picture_n out_o of_o church_n p._n 902.903_o m._n for_o sanctify_v the_o lord_n day_n &c_n &c_n p._n 781._o his_o comedy_n de_fw-fr meretrice_fw-la babilonica_fw-la p._n 834._o effeminacy_n a_o great_a sin_n p._n 167.206_o fol._n 546.547_o a_o necessary_a concomitant_a of_o playacting_a and_o a_o fruit_n of_o play_n pag._n 167._o to_o 214.420.422_o 458._o f._n 540_o 547_o 548_o 874._o to_o 895.949_o in_o hair_n apparel_n speech_n or_o gesture_n much_o condemn_v ibidem_fw-la queen_n elizabeth_n and_o her_o counsel_n suppress_v play_n playhouse_n and_o dice-house_n p._n 491.492_o her_o injunction_n against_o image_n &_o picture_n in_o church_n which_o she_o cause_v to_o be_v demolish_v &_o take_v out_o of_o church_n pag._n 902.903_o m._n her_o statute_n against_o play_n and_o player_n p._n 495._o english_a law_n statute_n magistrate_n university_n writer_n against_o dice_v mummer_n player_n dance_a stageplay_n lascivious_a song_n and_o music_n playbook_n etc._n etc._n p._n 109.110_o 227_o 261_o 273_o 279._o to_o 288.358_o to_o 366.434_o to_o 445.485_o to_o 497._o f._n 517_o 518_o 519._o p._n 698.699_o 700_o 715_o 716_o 717_o 793_o 794_o 919._o to_o 924._o against_o image_n in_o church_n p._n 901.902_o 903._o m._n epist._n ded._n 1_o for_o the_o sanctification_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n pag._n 241.242_o 243_o 715_o 716_o 717_o 781._o ephori_fw-la pag._n 288.922_o ephorus_n his_o censure_n of_o music_n p._n 287._o epicarmu_n punish_v 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their_o hair_n and_o put_v on_o man_n apparel_n under_o pretence_n of_o devotion_n p._n 203_o 204_o 184._o example_n of_o god_n fearful_a judgement_n upon_o play-poet_n player_n and_o playhaunter_n f._n 553._o to_o 565._o exhortation_n to_o play-poet_n player_n playhaunter_n p._n 53._o to_o 62._o f._n 567.568_o pag._n 566._o to_o 569_o 686_o 687_o 701_o 711_o 712_o 717_o 718_o 8●9_n 830_o 974._o to_o 995._o f_o fa●e-painting_a condemn_v p._n 159_o 160_o 505_o 394_o 229_o 890_o 799_o 780_o 854_o 893._o see_v gulielmus_fw-la peraldus_n summa_fw-la virtutum_fw-la ac_fw-la vitiorù_n tom._n 2._o de_fw-fr superbia_fw-la c._n 14._o father_n against_o dance_v p._n 22.36_o 221._o to_o 230._o dice_v epistle_n dedicatory_a 1._o heathenish_a custom_n pag._n 20._o to_o 37._o health-drinking_a p._n 26.597_o 598_o 609_o 614_o 615._o man_n long_a hair_n and_o periwig_n p_o 188._o to_o 191.209_o 210._o lascivious_a song_n and_o music_n p._n 261._o to_o 285._o fantastic_a and_o gawdy_a apparel_n and_o fashion_n p._n 217.218_o 890._o to_o 904._o image_n in_o

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