Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	day_n	lord_n	week_n	9,333	5	9.8928	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09809	The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight	Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. English. Selections.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?	1602 (1602)	STC 20071; ESTC S111836	1,193,680	142

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the_o harp_n on_o the_o lord_n day_n or_o do_v any_o servile_a work_n this_o day_n be_v allot_v for_o the_o rest_n of_o servant_n and_o hireling_n for_o this_o say_v he_o be_v the_o day_n of_o the_o lord_n let_v we_o rejoice_v and_o be_v glad_a therein_o etc._n etc._n salvian_n be_v yet_o more_o punctual_a to_o our_o purpose_n hear_v but_o his_o word_n for_o all_o the_o other_o father_n 195.196_o we_o prefer_v say_v he_o pastime_n before_o the_o curch_n of_o god_n we_o despise_v the_o lord_n table_n and_o honour_n theater_n final_o beside_o other_o thing_n which_o prove_v the_o same_o this_o which_o i_o now_o say_v manifest_v it_o to_o be_v true_a for_o if_o it_o fall_v out_o as_o often_o it_o do_v that_o at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n a_o holiday_n be_v keep_v and_o common_a play_n proclaim_v i_o demand_v of_o every_o man_n conscience_n which_o

hippo._n 2._o canon●_n 11._o ut_fw-la filii_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la vel_fw-la clericorum_fw-la spectacula_fw-la secularia_fw-la non_fw-la exhibeant_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la spectent_fw-la quando_fw-la quidem_fw-la ab_fw-la spectaculo_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la laici_fw-la prohihibeantur_fw-la semper_fw-la enim_fw-la christianis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la interdictum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ubi_fw-la blasphemi_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la accedant_fw-la 1._o canon_n 35._o ut_fw-la scenicis_fw-la atque_fw-la histrionibus_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la personis_fw-la vel_fw-la apostaticis_fw-la conversis_fw-la vel_fw-la reversis_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la gratia_fw-la vel_fw-la reconciliatio_fw-la non_fw-la negetur_fw-la can_n 11._o that_o the_o son_n of_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n man_n shall_v neither_o exhibit_v nor_o yet_o so_o much_o as_o behold_v any_o secular_a interlude_n since_o that_o even_o all_o layman_n be_v prohibit_v from_o stageplays_a for_o this_o have_v always_o be_v strait_o forbid_v all_o christian_n that_o they_o come_v not_o where_o blasphemer_n be_v can_n 35._o that_o grace_n or_o reconciliation_n shall_v not_o be_v deny_v to_o stage-player_n and_o actor_n and_o such_o like_a person_n or_o to_o apostate_n who_o shall_v convert_v and_o return_v again_o to_o the_o lord_n which_o canon_n admit_v stage-player_n into_o the_o church_n upon_o their_o conversion_n and_o renounce_n of_o their_o ungodly_a profession_n but_o not_o before_o the_o seven_o be_v concilium_fw-la carthaginense_n 4._o 873._o anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 4●1●_n at_o which_o 214_o bishop_n be_v present_a which_o as_o it_o make_v all_o flatter_a all_o scurrilous_a clergy_n man_n who_o delight_n in_o filthy_a jest_n or_o sing_v or_o dance_v public_o at_o any_o feast_n liable_a to_o a_o final_a degradation_n see_v can_n 56.60_o 62_o so_o it_o provide_v thus_o against_o play_n and_o play-haunting_a 878._o canon_n 86._o neophyti_fw-la à_fw-la ●autioribus_fw-la epulis_fw-la et_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la abstineant_fw-la canon_n 88_o qui_fw-la die_fw-la solenni_fw-la praetermisso_fw-la ●olenni_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la conventu_fw-la ad_fw-la spectacula_fw-la vadit_fw-la excommunicetur_fw-la can_n 86._o those_o who_o be_v new_o baptize_v or_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n ought_v to_o abstain_v from_o costly_a feast_n and_o stage-play_n can_n 88_o he_o who_o upon_o any_o solemn_a feast-day_n omit_v the_o solemn_a assembly_n of_o the_o church_n resort_v to_o stageplays_a let_v he_o be_v excommunicate_v stageplay_n then_o in_o this_o counsel_n judgement_n be_v no_o meet_a pastime_n for_o any_o solemn_a christian_a festival_n the_o eight_o be_v concilium_fw-la africanum_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 408_o to_o which_o 238_o 588._o bishop_n subscribe_v their_o name_n st._n augustine_n be_v one_o of_o that_o great_a number_n where_o i_o find_v these_o several_a canon_n to_o our_o purpose_n 507._o can_n 12._o ut_fw-la scenicis_fw-la atque_fw-la histrionibus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la conversis_fw-la vel_fw-la ●eversis_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la personis_fw-la reconciliatio_fw-la non-negetur_a canon_n 27._o ●llud_fw-la etiam_fw-la petendum_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la divina_fw-la convivia_fw-la multis_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la exercentur_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la errore_fw-la gentili_fw-la attracta_fw-la sunt_fw-la vetari_fw-la talia_fw-la jubeant_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la possessionibus_fw-la imposita_fw-la paena_fw-la prohiberi_fw-la maximè_fw-la cum_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o natalibus_fw-la beatissimorum_fw-la martyrum_fw-la per_fw-la nonnullas_fw-la civitates_fw-la et_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la locis_fw-la sacris_fw-la talia_fw-la committere_fw-la non_fw-la reformident_fw-la quibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la pudoris_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la saltationes_fw-la sceleratissimas_fw-la per_fw-la vicos_fw-la atque_fw-la plateas_fw-la exercent_fw-la ut_fw-la matronalis_fw-la honour_n et_fw-la in●●merabilium_fw-la faeminatum_fw-la pudor_fw-la devotè_fw-la venientium_fw-la ad_fw-la sacratissimum_fw-la diem_fw-la injurijs_fw-la lascivie●tibus_fw-la appetatur_fw-la ut_fw-la etiàm_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sanctae_fw-la religionis_fw-la penè_fw-la fugiatur_fw-la accessus_fw-la canon_n 28._o necnon_fw-la et_fw-la illud_fw-la petendum_fw-la ut_fw-la spectacula_fw-la theatrorum_fw-la caeterorumque_fw-la ludorum_fw-la die_v dominico_n vel_fw-la pastime_n caeteris_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la diebus_fw-la celeberrimis_fw-la amoveantur_fw-la maximè_fw-la quia_fw-la sancti_fw-la paschae_fw-la octavarum_fw-la die_fw-la nota._n populi_fw-la ad_fw-la circum_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la et_fw-la debere_fw-la transferri_fw-la devotionis_fw-la eorum_fw-la dies_fw-la si_fw-la quandò_fw-la occurrent_a nec_fw-la oportere_fw-la etiam_fw-la quenquam_fw-la christianorum_fw-la cogi_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la spectacula_fw-la maximè_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o his_o exercendis_fw-la qvae_fw-la contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la nulla_fw-la persecutionis_fw-la necessitas_fw-la à_fw-la quoquam_fw-la adhibenda_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la uti_fw-la oportet_fw-la homo_fw-la in_fw-la libera_fw-la voluntate_fw-la subsistat_fw-la sibi_fw-la concessa_fw-la cooperatorum_fw-la enim_fw-la maximè_fw-la periculum_fw-la considerandum_fw-la est_fw-la qvi_fw-fr contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la dei_fw-la magno_fw-la terror_fw-la coguntur_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la spectacula_fw-la convenire_fw-la can_n 12._o that_o reconciliatiation_n shall_v not_o be_v deny_v to_o stage-player_n and_o common_a actor_n and_o such_o like_a person_n in_o case_n they_o repent_v and_o abandon_v their_o former_a profession_n can_n 27._o that_o also_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v that_o those_o feast_n which_o be_v use_v in_o many_o place_n contrary_a to_o god_n precept_n which_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o error_n of_o the_o gentile_n shall_v be_v prohihit_v by_o command_n and_o exclude_v out_o of_o city_n and_o village_n especial_o since_o in_o some_o city_n man_n fear_v not_o to_o keep_v they_o even_o on_o the_o birthday_n of_o the_o most_o bless_a martyr_n and_o that_o in_o the_o very_a church_n on_o which_o day_n also_o which_o be_v a_o shame_n to_o speak_v they_o use_v most_o wicked_a dance_n through_o the_o village_n and_o street_n so_o that_o the_o matronall_a honour_n and_o the_o chastity_n the_o modesty_n of_o innumerable_a woman_n devout_o come_v to_o the_o most_o holy_a day_n be_v assault_v with_o lascivious_a injury_n in_o such_o manner_n that_o even_o th●_n very_a access_n to_o the_o holy_a exercise_n of_o religion_n be_v almost_o discontinue_v and_o chase_v away_o can_n 28._o and_o this_o also_o be_v to_o be_v request_v that_o stageplay_n and_o such_o other_o play_v and_o spectacle_n shall_v be_v whole_o abandon_v and_o lay_v aside_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o other_o solemn_a christian_a festival_n especial_o because_o on_o the_o easter_n holy-day_n people_n run_v more_o to_o the_o cirque_fw-la or_o theatre_n than_o to_o the_o church_n lay_v aside_o all_o their_o holiday_n devotion_n when_o these_o spectacle_n come_v in_o their_o way_n neither_o ought_v any_o christian_a to_o be_v compel_v to_o these_o interlude_n or_o stageplay_n chief_o because_o in_o practise_v these_o thing_n nota._n which_o be_v against_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n no_o necessity_n of_o persecution_n or_o violence_n ought_v to_o be_v use_v by_o any_o man_n but_o every_o man_n as_o he_o ought_v may_v abide_v in_o that_o freedom_n of_o will_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o he_o for_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o coactour_n ought_v principal_o to_o be_v consider_v who_o against_o the_o precept_n of_o god_n be_v compel_v to_o come_v unto_o these_o stageplay_n stageplay_n therefore_o by_o this_o whole_a counsel_n resolution_n be_v no_o fit_a sport_n for_o lords-daye_n and_o holy-day_n yea_o they_o and_o the_o re●ort_n unto_o they_o ●re_n direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o exceed_v dangerous_a to_o those_o man_n soul_n who_o allure_v or_o enforce_v any_o other_o to_o they_o canon_n 30._o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr his_o etiam_fw-la petendum_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ex_fw-la qualibet_fw-la ludicra_fw-la arte_fw-la ad_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la venire_fw-la voluerit_fw-la ac_fw-la libre_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la profession_n macula_fw-la permanere_fw-la 7._o non_fw-la eum_fw-la liceat_fw-la à_fw-la quoquam_fw-la iterum_fw-la ad_fw-la eadem_fw-la exercenda_fw-la reduci_fw-la vel_fw-la cogi_fw-la canon_n 96._o item_n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la stage-player_n infamiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la adspersi_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la histriones_fw-la ac_fw-la turpitudinibus_fw-la subjecti_fw-la personae_fw-la ad_fw-la accusationem_fw-la non_fw-la admittantur_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o propriis_fw-la causis_fw-la can_n 30._o and_o this_o also_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v that_o if_o any_o man_n of_o any_o ludicrous_a be_v whatsoever_o will_v come_v and_o turn_v a_o christian_n and_o continue_v free_a from_o that_o pollution_n that_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v reduce_v or_o compel_v by_o any_o man_n to_o practice_v the_o same_o art_n again_o can_n 96._o also_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o all_o infamous_a person_n that_o be_v to_o say_v stage-player_n &_o person_n enthral_v to_o filthiness_n or_o lewdness_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o accuse_v any_o person_n but_o in_o their_o proper_a cause_n the_o nine_o be_v 499._o concilium_fw-la carthaginense_n 7_o of_o 38_o bishop_n about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 419._o canon_n 2._o whereby_o all_o stage-player_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v infamous_a person_n and_o unable_a to_o bear_v any_o testimony_n which_o canon_n be_v verbatim_o the_o same_o with_o the_o

quod_fw-la divinum_fw-la officium_fw-la impediunt_fw-la et_fw-la populum_fw-la reddunt_fw-la indevotus_fw-la nos_fw-la hanc_fw-la corruptelam_fw-la sacro_fw-la approbante_fw-la concilio_n revocantes_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la larvas_fw-la ludos_fw-la monstra_fw-la spectacula_fw-la figmenta_fw-la et_fw-la tumultuationes_fw-la fieri_fw-la carmina_fw-la quoque_fw-la turpia_fw-la et_fw-la sermon_n illicitos_fw-la dici_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o metropolitanis_n quam_fw-la in_fw-la cathedralibus_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la nostrae_fw-la provinciae_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la dum_fw-la divina_fw-la celebrantur_fw-la praesentium_fw-la serie_fw-la omnino_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la ●tatuentes_n nihilominus_fw-la ut_fw-la clerici_fw-la qui_fw-la praemissa_fw-la ludibria_fw-la et_fw-la inhonesta_fw-la figmenta_fw-la officijs_fw-la divinis_fw-la immiscuerint_fw-la aut_fw-la immisceri_fw-la permiserint_fw-la si_fw-la in_o praefatis_fw-la metropolitanis_n seu_fw-la cathedralibus_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la beneficiati_fw-la 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and_o if_o any_o whether_o a_o clerk_n or_o lay_v man_n in_o the_o forename_a eminent_a festival_n shall_v rash_o or_o contemptuous_o give_v himself_o to_o drunkenness_n dance_n play_n or_o such_o like_a lasciviousness_n and_o lightness_n or_o shall_v intermix_v himself_o with_o they_o we_o command_v that_o he_o be_v punish_v by_o our_o official_o as_o they_o shall_v think_v fit_a according_a to_o the_o measure_n of_o his_o offence_n call_v in_o likewise_o if_o need_v be_v the_o assistance_n of_o the_o secular_a power_n which_o show_v how_o unseasonable_a dance_a stageplay_n and_o such_o other_o sport_n and_o pastime_n be_v on_o lords-daye_n holy-day_n and_o other_o christian_a festival_n set_v apart_o only_o and_o whole_o for_o god_n worship_n and_o service_n not_o for_o such_o vanity_n and_o play_n as_o these_o as_o our_o own_o 243._o statute_n as_o well_o as_o these_o recite_v counsel_n teach_v we_o the_o 41._o be_v synodus_fw-la augustensis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1549._o which_o 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non_fw-la est_fw-la porrigendum_fw-la venerabile_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la donec_fw-la inde_fw-la abstineant_fw-la which_o accord_v well_o with_o 39_o concilium_fw-la eliberinum_n canon_n 79._o si_fw-mi quis_fw-la fidelis_fw-la alea_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la tabula_fw-la luserit_fw-la placuit_fw-la eum_fw-la abstinere_fw-la et_fw-la si_fw-la emendatus_fw-la cessaverit_fw-la post_fw-la annum_fw-la poterit_fw-la communione_fw-la reconciliari_fw-la and_o with_o the_o 6._o general_n council_n of_o constantinople_n 1_o can._n 50._o 194._o nullum_fw-la

by_o 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 must_v work_v the_o work_n of_o he_o that_o send_v i_o while_o it_o be_v call_v to_o day_n the_o night_n come_v when_o no_o man_n can_v work_v therefore_o it_o be_v most_o consonant_a to_o reason_n and_o nature_n that_o it_o shall_v begin_v at_o evening_n three_o this_o beginning_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n on_o saturday_n at_o even_o do_v best_a prepare_n christian_n for_o the_o sanctification_n and_o duty_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n for_o it_o make_v they_o put_v a_o period_n to_o their_o labour_n in_o due_a time_n it_o disburden_v they_o the_o soon_o of_o their_o weekday_n employment_n it_o cause_v they_o to_o go_v to_o bed_n soon_o to_o rise_v early_o and_o to_o prepare_v themselves_o the_o better_a for_o the_o duty_n of_o the_o ensue_a morning_n and_o upon_o this_o ground_n do_v the_o church_n appoint_v 11.14_o vigil_n and_o evening_n saturday_n service_n in_o ancient_a time_n that_o christian_n lay_v aside_o all_o secular_a employment_n and_o resort_v then_o unto_o god_n public_a worship_n may_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o 19.42_o have_v their_o preparation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n the_o better_a prepare_v themselves_o for_o the_o sacred_a duty_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o hence_o perchance_o it_o be_v that_o we_o have_v seldom_o any_o play_n or_o masque_n at_o court_n upon_o saturday_n night_n last_o it_o be_v infallible_o evident_a by_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n who_o keep_v the_o lord_n day_n only_o from_o evening_n to_o evening_n not_o from_o morning_n to_o morning_n as_o be_v evidence_v not_o only_o by_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n who_o meet_v together_o ca●u●_n before_o daybreak_a upon_o the_o lord_n day_n to_o praise_v their_o lord_n and_o saviour_n christ_n but_o by_o sundry_a counsel_n father_n and_o imperial_a constitution_n to_o begin_v with_o counsel_n survey_v we_o concilium_fw-la tarraconense_n can._n 7._o surius_n council_n tom._n 2._o p._n 292._o matisconense_n 2._o 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 dionysius_n alexandrinus_n epist._n 1._o bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 3._o p._n 81._o a._n to_o h._n of_o theophilus_n antiochenus_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o evangelia_n l._n 1._o bib._n patr._n tom._n 2._o p._n 153._o c_o d._n of_o gregory_n nyssen_n oratio_n 1._o &_o 2._o de_fw-fr resurrect_v christi_fw-la p._n 145_o 146_o 151●_n 152._o of_o hieron_n com._n in_o jonan_n c._n 2._o tun_n 5._o p._n 137._o e._n &_o con_n in_o mat._n 12._o v._n 40._o tun_n 6._o p._n 22_o 23._o of_o leo_n epist._n decret_a epist._n 81._o c._n 1._o hrabanus_n maurus_n homil._n de_fw-fr dominicis_fw-la diebus_fw-la operum_fw-la tom._n 5._o p._n 605._o chrysost._n hom._n 5._o in_o genes_n tom._n 1._o col_fw-fr 26_o b._n &_o hom_o 82._o in_o matth_n tom_n 2._o col_fw-fr 559._o b._n theophylus_fw-la alexandrinus_n epist_n paschalis_n 3_o bibl_n patrum_fw-la tom_n 4._o p_o 723._o g._n cassianus_n de_fw-fr incarnatione_fw-la domini_fw-la lib_n 5_o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 5._o pars_fw-la 2._o p_o 81._o f_o g._n anastatius_fw-la sianita_fw-la ibid._n anagogicarum_fw-la contemplationum_fw-la hexaëm_n l._n 2._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 6●_n pars_fw-la 1_o p._n 634._o e._n ibid._n quaestionum_fw-la lib_n quaest_n 87._o ibid_fw-la p_o 778._o quaest_n testimony_n 152_o 153._o ibid_fw-la p_o 794_o 795._o theophylact._n in_o matth_n 12._o five_o 40._o &_o 28._o v_o 1._o anselmus_n in_o matth_n 12._o tom._n 1._o p_o 60_o 61._o &_o in_o cap_n 28.1_o p_o 116._o eusebius_n gallicanus_n de_fw-fr symbolo_fw-la hom_o 2._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 5._o pars●_n 1._o p_o 554._o g_o h._n paschatius_n rhadbertus_fw-la in_o matth_n l_o 12._o bib._n pat_n tom_n 9_o pars_fw-la 2._o p_o 1230._o haymo_n halberstattensis_fw-la homil._n in_o die_n paschatis_fw-la p._n 7_o 8._o radulphus_fw-la tungrensis_fw-la de_fw-fr canonum_fw-la observantia_fw-la lib_n propositio_fw-la 23._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 11._o p_o 455._o f_o g._n &_o propositio_fw-la 15._o ibid_fw-la p_o 445._o f_o g._n &_o tom_n 14._o p_o 242._o b._n c._n amalarius_n fortunatus_n de_fw-fr ecclesiasticis_fw-la officijs_fw-la l_o 1._o c_o 11._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 9_o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 311._o f._n honorius_n augustodunensis_n de_fw-fr imagine_v mundi_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap_n 27._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 12._o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 947._o h._n &_o de_fw-fr antiquo_fw-la ritu_fw-la miss_z lib_n 1._o c_o 191._o p_o 1047._o f._n christianus_n grammaticus_fw-la expositio_fw-la in_o matth_n bibl_n patr_n tom_n 9_o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 941._o d_o e._n zacharias_n chrysopolitanus_n in_o unum_fw-la ex_fw-la quatuor_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 173._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 12._o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 203_o 204._o to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v gregorius_n 9_o decretal_a l._n 2._o tit._n 9_o de_fw-fr ferijs_fw-la cap._n 2._o p._n 595._o summa_fw-la angelica_n tit._n die_v sect_n 1._o &_o constitutiones_fw-la symonis_fw-la islepe_o archiepisc._n cantuariensis_n apud_fw-la gulielmum_fw-la lindwood_n constit._fw-la provinciales_fw-la l._n 2._o tit._n de_fw-fr ferijs_fw-la fol._n 74._o b._n &_o joan._n aton_n fol_n 148._o a._n where_o he_o decree_v thus_o in_o primis_fw-la sacrum_fw-la diem_fw-la dominicum_fw-la ab_fw-la hora_fw-la diei_fw-la sabbati_fw-la vespertina_fw-la

and_o i_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o these_o 55_o recite_v counsel_n have_v censure_v and_o condemn_v all_o kind_n of_o stage-play_n together_o with_o their_o actor_n and_o spectator_n and_o dare_v then_o any_o clergy_n man_n any_o lay_v man_n or_o christian_a whatsoever_o after_o all_o these_o pious_a constitution_n these_o deliberate_a resolution_n of_o above_o a_o double_a grand-iurie_n of_o ecumenical_a national_a provincial_a synod_n and_o counsel_n of_o all_o time_n all_o age_n of_o the_o church_n after_o the_o solemn_a verdict_n of_o above_o 5000_o reverend_a bishop_n and_o prelate_n who_o be_v present_a at_o these_o counsel_n and_o subscribe_v they_o with_o their_o hand_n once_o open_v his_o eye_n to_o see_v his_o ear_n to_o hear_v his_o purse_n to_o cherish_v his_o mouth_n to_o justify_v play_n or_o player_n i_o hope_v there_o be_v none_o will_v be_v so_o desperate_o shameless_a so_o graceless_a as_o to_o do_v it_o now_o though_o they_o do_v it_o out_o of_o ignorance_n heretofore_o to_o these_o forename_a counsel_n i_o shall_v accumulate_v some_o canonical_a play-condemning_a constitution_n to_o the_o same_o effect_n according_a to_o their_o several_a antiquity_n the_o first_o of_o they_o if_o we_o believe_v clemens_n romanus_n be_v the_o very_a canon_n and_o constitution_n of_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o who_o decree_n thus_o 17._o can._n 17._o qui_fw-la accepit_fw-la meretricem_fw-la vel_fw-la mimam_fw-la seu_fw-la scenicam_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la presbyter_n vel_fw-la episcopus_fw-la vel_fw-la diaconus_fw-la vel_fw-la omnino_fw-la in_o numero_fw-la sacerdotali_fw-la he_o who_o have_v marry_v a_o strumpet_n or_o a_o woman-actor_n or_o stageresse_n can_v be_v a_o elder_a a_o bishop_n or_o deacon_n nor_o yet_o in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o clergy_n if_o then_o the_o marry_n with_o a_o woman-actor_n or_o stage-hauntresse_a who_o be_v common_o d._n notorious_a prostitute_a strumpet_n in_o ancient_a time_n disable_v man_n from_o bear_v any_o ecclesiastical_a function_n by_o the_o apostle_n own_o verdict_n how_o execrable_a must_n stage-play_n themselves_o and_o player_n be_v the_o same_o apostle_n in_o their_o constitution_n record_v by_o the_o selfsame_o clemens_n will_v inform_v we_o where_o thus_o they_o write_v 69._o david_n dixit_fw-la 26.5_o odi_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la malignantium_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la iniqua_fw-la gerentibus_fw-la non_fw-la ingrediare_fw-la et_fw-la rursus_fw-la 2._o beatus_fw-la vir_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la ambulavit_fw-la in_o consilio_fw-la impiorum_fw-la et_fw-la in_o via_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la non_fw-la sterit_fw-la et_fw-la in_o cathedra_fw-la pestilentium_fw-la non_fw-la sedit_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la domini_fw-la voluntas_fw-la ejus_fw-la et_fw-la in_o lege_fw-la ejus_fw-la meditatibur_fw-la die_fw-la ac_fw-la nocte_fw-la tu_fw-la vero_fw-la relicto_fw-la fidelium_fw-la caetu_fw-la dei_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la ac_fw-la legibus_fw-la respicis_fw-la speluncas_fw-la latronum_fw-la sancta_fw-la ducens_fw-la quae_fw-la nefaria_fw-la esse_fw-la voluit_fw-la non_fw-la solumque_fw-la id_fw-la facis_fw-la sed_fw-la e●iam_fw-la ad_fw-la graecorum_n ludos_fw-la curris_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la theatra_fw-la properas_fw-la expetens_fw-la unus_fw-la ex_fw-la venientibus_fw-la eo_fw-la numerari_fw-la et_fw-la particeps_fw-la fieri_fw-la auditionum_fw-la turpium_fw-la ne_fw-la dicam_fw-la abominabilium_fw-la nec_fw-la audisti_fw-la hieremiam_fw-la dicentem_fw-la 15.17_o domine_fw-la non_fw-la sedi_fw-la in_o consilio_fw-la ludentium_fw-la sed_fw-la timui_fw-la à_fw-la conspectu_fw-la manûs_fw-la tuus_fw-la neque_fw-la job_n dicentem_fw-la similia_fw-la 31._o si_fw-la verò_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la risoribus_fw-la ambulavi_fw-la aliquando_fw-la appendor_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o statera_fw-la justa_fw-la quid_fw-la verò_fw-la cupis_fw-la graeco_n sermon_n percipere_fw-la hominum_fw-la mortuorum_fw-la aff●atu_fw-la diaboli_fw-la tradentium_fw-la ●a_n quae_fw-la mortem_fw-la afferunt_fw-la fidem_fw-la evertunt_fw-la ad_fw-la deorum_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la credendam_fw-la inducunt_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la illos_fw-la attentionem_fw-la adhibent_fw-la vos_fw-fr ergo_fw-la divinis_fw-la legibus_fw-la invigilantes_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la huius_fw-la necessitatibus_fw-la putate_v eas_fw-la praestantiores_fw-la majoremque_fw-la ijs_fw-la honorem_fw-la deferentes_fw-la convenite_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la domini_fw-la 24._o quam_fw-la acquisivit_fw-la sang●ine_fw-la christi_fw-la dilecti_fw-la 1._o primogeniti_fw-la omnis_fw-la creaturae_fw-la ea_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la altissimi_fw-la filia_fw-la quae_fw-la parturit_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la verbum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la et_fw-la 1._o formavit_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la christum_fw-la cujus_fw-la participes_fw-la facti_fw-la 5._o sacra_fw-la membra_fw-la existitis_fw-la et_fw-la dilecta_fw-la non_fw-la ●abentia_fw-la maculam_fw-la neque_fw-la rugam_fw-la neque_fw-la aliquid_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la sed_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sancti_fw-la et_fw-la irrepraebensibiles_fw-la in_o fide_fw-la perfecti_fw-la estis_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la secundum_fw-la imaginem_fw-la ejus_fw-la qui_fw-la creavit_fw-la vos_fw-la cavete_fw-la igitur_fw-la ne_fw-la conventus_fw-la celebretis_fw-la cum_fw-la ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la pereunt_fw-la quae_fw-la est_fw-la synagoga_fw-la gentium_fw-la ad_fw-la deceptionem_fw-la et_fw-la interitum_fw-la 6._o nulla_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la dei_fw-la ●ocieta●_n cum_fw-la diabolo_fw-it nam_fw-la qui_fw-la congregatur_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la ijs_fw-la qui_fw-la cum_fw-la diabolo_fw-it idem_fw-la sentiunt_fw-la unus_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la conn_fw-mi merabitur_fw-la e●vae_fw-la habebi●_n fugite_fw-la quoque_fw-la indecora_fw-la spectacula_fw-la theatra_fw-la inquam_fw-la et_fw-la graecorum_n ludos_fw-la etc._n etc._n propterea_fw-la enim_fw-la oportet_fw-la fidelem_fw-la fugere_fw-la impiorum_fw-la caetus_fw-la graecorum_n et_fw-la ludaeorum_fw-la ne_fw-la 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sword-playes_a stageplay_n which_o he_o style_v the_o devil_n pomp_n p._n 469.562_o 563_o 656._o to_o 663._o his_o law_n for_o divorce_v of_o play-haunting_a wife_n p._n 391.661_o 662._o justin_n martyr_v his_o censure_n of_o image_n pag._n 896._o of_o lascivious_a music_n p._n 275._o justin_n the_o historian_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n and_o dance_a p._n 709.710_o juvenal_n his_o censure_n of_o player_n play_n playhaunter_n and_o dancer_n pag._n 249._o 250_o 319_o 370_o 452_o 843_o 852._o m._n 859._o 860._o k_o kalend_n their_o observation_n especial_o of_o the_o first_o of_o january_n prohibit_v p._n 19_o to_o 23.197_o 198_o 429_o 430_o 580_o 581_o 583_o 755_o 756_o 780_o 752._o king_n most_o honour_v when_o god_n be_v best_a serve_v by_o their_o subject_n p._n 644._o have_v suppress_v play_n and_o dice_a and_o exile_v player_n p_o 455._o to_o 472.656_o to_o 665.703_o to_o 713.725_o 870._o infamous_a for_o they_o to_o act_v or_o frequent_a play_n or_o favour_n player_n pag._n 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in_o woman_n apparell●_n p._n 596.597_o m._n 695._o 864_o 865_o 866._o lasciviousness_n condemn_v a_o necessary_a concomitant_a and_o effect_n of_o play_n and_o playacting_a p._n 161_o to_o 178.332_o to_o 446._o bishop_n latymer_n his_o censure_n of_o diceplay_a epist._n dedic_n 1._o of_o dance_v and_o profane_v lords-daye_n f._n 535._o of_o image_n p._n 902._o accuse_v of_o sedition_n pag._n 8●5_n laughter_n profane_a profuse_a excessive_a censure_v p._n 290._o to_o 298.123_o 403_o 404._o christ_n never_o laugh_v 294.403_o 404._o this_o life_n no_o time_n of_o laughter_n but_o of_o ●eares_n p._n 293.294_o 404._o see_v chrysost._n hom._n 12._o in_o collos._n 4._o a_o excellent_a discourse_n to_o this_o purpose_n occasion_v by_o play_n p._n 175.290_o to_o 304.403_o 404._o laurel_n christian_n prohibit_v to_o dress_v their_o house_n with_o it_o p._n 21.581_o 756_o m._n 770.771_o 772._o see_v tertul._n de_fw-fr corona_n militis_fw-la lib._n c._n 11.12_o layman_n enjoin_v by_o counsel_n father_n and_o god_n himself_o to_o read_v the_o scripture_n diligent_o epist._n dedicat._n ●_o pag._n 585.924_o to_o 932._o be_v spiritual_a priests●_n and_o aught_o to_o be_v as_o holy_a as_o the_o clergy_n p._n 410.647_o 648._o leo_fw-la the_o emperor_n his_o edict_n for_o the_o sanctify_a of_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o suppression_n of_o stageplay_n p._n 469.470_o lewis_n the_o 9_o of_o france_n his_o edict_n against_o player_n playhouse_n and_o dice-house_n p._n 870._o leucippus_n his_o effeminacy_n in_o hair_n and_o apparel_n censure_v p._n 883.885_o livy_n his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n p._n 449.450_o f._n 560._o p._n 705._o lodovicus_n the_o emperor_n his_o edict_n against_o clergyman_n resort_n to_o play_n etc._n etc._n p._n 715._o lodovicus_n archbishop_n of_o magdeburge_n his_o death_n f._n 557._o lodovicus_n vives_n his_o censure_n of_o player_n play_n playbook_n dance_a and_o popish_a interlude_n pag._n 114.115_o 134_o 226._o fol._n 554._o pag._n 691.916_o london_n magistrate_n suppress_v play_n playhouse_n

aquitanicus_n his_o censure_n of_o playes●_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 so●_n p._n 3.4_o 5●567_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 ibidem_fw-la accuse_v of_o hypocrisy_n and_o sedition_n and_o why_o so_o pag._n 816._o to_o 828._o puritan_n a_o honourable_a nickname_n of_o christianity_n and_o grace_n p._n 827._o q_o quarrel_n &_o tumult_n occasion_v by_o stageplay_n p._n 516.517_o 518._o quiroga_n his_o index_n expurgatorius_fw-la expunge_v a_o passage_n of_o lodovicus_n vives_n against_o popish_a interlude_n p._n 115._o quintilian_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n etc._n etc._n pag._n 705_o 706_o 966_o m._n of_o the_o ill_a education_n of_o youth_n ibidem_fw-la of_o seneca_n p._n 842._o against_o child_n or_o man_n act_v of_o play_n to_o make_v they_o orator_n p._n 933._o r_o hrabanus_n maurus_n his_o censure_n of_o player_n play_n dance_a newyear_n gift_n health-drinking_a and_o act_v in_o woman_n apparel_n p._n 198._o fol._n 524._o p._n 562._o 683_o 756_o 780._o m._n his_o judgement_n of_o the_o beginning_n and_o sanctify_v of_o the_o lord_n day_n p._n 645._o m._n d._n rainolds_n his_o overthrow_n and_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n both_o popular_a and_o academical_a of_o dance_a and_o man_n act_v in_o woman_n apparel_n p._n 198.199_o 227_o 309_o 320_o 358_o 487_o 698_o 887._o of_o image_n in_o church_n pag._n 900.903_o vindicated_n against_o a_o late_a opposer_n p._n 671._o to_o 680._o rare_a thing_n most_o admire_v p._n 742.743_o rail_a and_o satyr_n especial_o against_o goodness_n and_o good_a man_n frequent_a in_o stageplay_n p._n 120._o to_o 127.814_o 815._o condemn_v ibidem_fw-la raymundi_fw-la summula_n its_o praise_n of_o the_o scripture_n pag._n 927._o against_o give_v to_o player_n p._n 873._o read_v see_v book_n and_o scripture_n some_o thing_n lawful_a to_o be_v read_v and_o yet_o unlawful_a to_o be_v pen_v or_o act_v p_o 928._o to_o 931._o recreation_n when_o why_o and_o how_o to_o be_v use_v what_o circumstance_n requisite_a to_o make_v they_o lawful_a p._n 945._o to_o 948._o see_v master_n bolton_n his_o general_a direction_n for_o our_o walk_n with_o god_n p._n 154_o to_o 181._o great_a variety_n of_o honest_a recreation_n beside_o stageplay_n p._n 40.417.965_o to_o 970._o repetition_n of_o sermon_n commend_v command_v by_o scripture_n and_o father_n p._n 432.800_o 801._o see_v chrysost._n hom._n 20●_n in_o ep●es_n 5._o tom._n 4_o col._n 1010._o c._n sint_fw-la praeces_fw-la vobis_fw-la commune_v unusquisque_fw-la ea●_n ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la &_o eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la illic_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la &_o leguntur_fw-la &_o maritus_fw-la ab_fw-la uxore_fw-la partem_fw-la domi_fw-la exigat_fw-la &_o illa_fw-la à_fw-la marito_fw-la si_fw-mi sanctum_fw-la quemquam_fw-la inveneris_fw-la qui_fw-la possit_fw-la domu●_n vestrae_fw-la benedicere_fw-la &_o pedum_fw-la ingressu_fw-la valeat_fw-la universam_fw-la infer_v dei_fw-la benedictionem_fw-la ●um_fw-la voca_fw-la thus_o he_o see_v 1_o cor._n 14.35_o domi_fw-la inquit_fw-la à_fw-la suis_fw-la maritis_fw-la discant_fw-la hoc_fw-la autem_fw-la &_o illas_fw-la ornatas_fw-la reddit_fw-la &_o viros_fw-la 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 suppressed●_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 9●9_n rome_n christian_n the_o same_o with_o pagan_a p._n 757._o to_o 765._o it_o be_v beastines_n p._n 215.767_o roscius_n the_o actor_n his_o skill_n p._n 932._o tull●_n his_o censure_n of_o his_o act_n p._n 848._o f._n 525._o ruscian_o much_o give_v to_o dance_a p._n 602●_n 603._o s_o sabb●th_n see_v lord_n day_n example_n of_o god_n vengeance_n upon_o the_o prophaner_n of_o it_o f._n 556.557_o sabine_n virgi●s_v ravish_v at_o a_o play_n pag._n 30.452_o 453._o sallust_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n and_o dancing_n p._n 245_o 704●_n salvian_n his_o censure_n of_o stage_n play_v epistle_n to_o the_o reader_n p._n 51.52_o 105_o 313_o 314_o 351_o 352_o 477._o f._n 525.526_o 527._o p._n 682._o samian_o tax_v for_o their_o effeminacy_n and_o long_a count_n hair_n p._n 883._o john_n saresberi●_n against_o lascivious_a music_n play_n player_n and_o diceplay_a p_o 281.282_o 318_o 350_o 351_o 684._o saturnalia_fw-la when_o and_o how_o celebrate_v p._n 751._o to_o 766._o the_o ground_n and_o pattern_n of_o disorderly_a christmass_n ibidem_fw-la scipio_n africanus_n his_o censure_n of_o dance_a p._n 245.246_o scipio_n nassica_n his_o censure_n his_o suppression_n of_o play_n and_o theater_n p._n 458.475_o 561_o 714._o scripture_n against_o dance_v p._n 228._o pagan_a custom_n and_o name_n of_o pagan-idol_n p._n 18.19_o 77._o stageplay_n p._n 545._o to_o 551.723_o 724._o against_o effeminacy_n adultery_n fornication_n idleness_n prodigality_n drunkenness_n man_n long_a hair_n woman_n curl_v and_o cut_v their_o hair_n man_n act_v in_o woman_n apparel_n lascivious_a attire_n fashion_n apparel_n lie_v hypocrisy_n vanity_n etc._n etc._n see_v ●hese_fw-mi title_n ought_v diligent_o to_o be_v read_v as_o well_o of_o layman_n as_o clergyman_n epist._n ded._n 2._o f._n 521._o pag._n 585.586_o 913._o to_o 940.591.760_o 772._o to_o be_v read_v at_o meal_n at_o bishop_n and_o minister_n table_n p._n 591.653_o 769_o 772_o 773._o not_o to_o be_v abuse_v or_o use_v in_o stageplay_n jest_n libel_n etc._n etc._n f._n 405._o p._n 110._o to_o 116.929_o f._n 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 8●8_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 la●lards_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 semproni●_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 39●_n 662_o seneca_n his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n p._n ●68_n 369_o 449_o 4●7_n 484_o 703._o of_o dance_v lascivious_a song_n and_o music_n of_o man_n comp●_n long_o frizzle_a hair_n p._n 24●_n 249_o of_o man_n put_v on_o woman_n apparel_n p._n 199._o of_o night_n disorder_n p._n 746.747_o m._n of_o the_o ancient_a saturnalian_a p._n 752_o 7●3_n of_o make_v god_n image_n p._n 895._o m._n sermon_n twice_o every_o lordsday_n and_o solemn_a holiday_n enjoin_v by_o bb._n hooper_n martin_n ●ucer_n a_o popish_a council_n f._n 531._o p._n 629._o &_o by_o 5●_n &_o 6._o e._n 6._o c._n ●_o 3_o ●_o eliz._n c._n 2.25_o ●liz_fw-fr cap._n 3.1_o ja●_n c._n 4._o which_o join_v divine_a service_n and_o sermon_n together_o on_o sunday_n &_o holiday_n because_o on_o such_o day_n one_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v as_o frequent_a as_o the_o other_o &_o man_n ought_v to_o hear_v they_o both_o alike_o see_v 5._o ●_o 2._o c._n 5._o ought_v to_o be_v plain_a edify_a not_o fraughtwith_o poet_n history_n flash_n of_o wit_n etc._n etc._n but_o with_o scripture_n proof_n and_o phrase_n p._n 935._o to_o 939._o godfather_n enjoin_v by_o our_o church_n to_o call_v upon_o their_o god●children_n to_o hear_v sermon_n fol._n 530._o shave_v of_o priest_n crown_n and_o beard_n in_o use_n with_o papist_n a_o heathenish_a custom_n

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and_o sacrament_n and_o as_o the_o very_a pomp_n of_o satan_n which_o we_o renounce_v in_o baptism_n which_o i_o think_v shall_v now_o at_o last_o rectify_v our_o deprave_a judgement_n in_o this_o point_n of_o dance_a and_o reform_v our_o life_n for_o the_o minor_a that_o stageplay_n be_v common_o attend_v with_o mix_v effeminate_a amorous_a dance_n it_o be_v most_o apparent_a not_o only_o by_o our_o own_o modern_a experience_n but_o likewise_o by_o the_o copious_a testimony_n of_o sundry_a pagan_a and_o christian_a writer_n of_o all_o sort_n as_o namely_o of_o ibid._n polybius_n historiae_fw-la lib._n 4._o pag._n 340._o ibid._n of_o livy_n rom._n hist._n lib._n 7._o sect_n 3._o of_o dionysius_n hallicarnasseus_n antiqu._n lect._n l._n 7._o sect_n 9_o of_o plutarch_n symposiacon_n lib_n 9_o quaest._n 15._o pag._n 315.316_o 317._o of_o athenaeus_n dipnosophorum_fw-la lib._n 8._o c._n 12._o p._n 695._o lib._n 14._o c._n 3●_n p._n 980.981_o c._n 7._o p._n 990._o ibid._n

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to_o their_o peculiar_a service_n as_o we_o see_v by_o daily_a experience_n here_o in_o etc._n london_n where_o thousand_o spend_v the_o moiety_n of_o the_o day_n the_o week_n the_o year_n in_o playhouse_n at_o leastwise_o far_o more_o hour_n than_o they_o employ_v in_o holy_a duty_n or_o in_o their_o lawful_a calling_n if_o we_o annex_v to_o this_o the_o time_n that_o divers_a waste_n in_o read_v playbook_n which_o some_o make_v their_o chief_a study_n prefer_v they_o before_o the_o bible_n or_o all_o pious_a book_n on_o which_o they_o seldom_o serious_o cast_v their_o eye_n together_o with_o the_o misspend_v time_n which_o the_o discourse_n of_o play_n either_o see_v or_o read_v occasion_n and_o then_o sum_n up_o all_o this_o lose_v this_o misspend_v time_n together_o we_o shall_v soon_o discern_v we_o must_v needs_o acknowledge_v 3._o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o helluoe_n such_o cankerworm_n such_o thievish_a devourer_n of_o man_n most_o sacred_a yet_o l.m._n undervalue_v time_n as_o stageplay_n hence_o concilium_fw-la carthagiense_n 4_o can._n 88_o council_n aphricanum_n can._n 28._o council_n constantinopolitanum_n can._n 66._o clemens_n alexandrinus_n paedagogi_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 11._o tertullian_n &_o cyprian_n de_fw-fr spectac_n lib._n arnobius_n l._n 4._o &_o 7._o advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la with_o sundry_a other_o counsel_n father_n author_n recite_v hereafter_o quote_v complain_v that_o many_o lords-daye_n holiday_n and_o sacred_a festival_n which_o ought_v to_o have_v be_v spend_v in_o holy_a exercise_n of_o religion_n and_o god_n more_o special_a service_n together_o with_o much_o other_o precious_a time_n which_o man_n particular_a calling_n do_v require_v be_v spend_v in_o act_v and_o behold_v stageplay_n hence_o philo_n judaeus_fw-la de_fw-fr agricultura_fw-la lib._n pag._n 271.272_o with_o much_o grief_n lament_v ibidem_fw-la that_o many_o thousand_o of_o people_n throughout_o the_o world_n be_v sot_v with_o the_o delight_n of_o stageplay_n 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the_o time_n of_o life_n allot_v to_o they_o with_o exceed_a idleness_n and_o pleasure_n hence_o nazienzen_n de_fw-fr recta_fw-la educatione_n ad_fw-la selucum_fw-la pag._n 1063.1064_o &_o chrysostome_n hom._n 15.21.23_o &_o 62._o ad_fw-la populum_fw-la antioch_n hom._n 6.7.38_o &_o 69._o in_o matth._n &_o hom._n 42._o in_o acta_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la relate_fw-la a._n ●hat_n in_o the_o playhouse_n there_o be_v a_o loss_n of_o time_n a_o superfluous_a consumption_n of_o day_n a._n where_o man_n waste_v whole_a day_n in_o ridiculous_a and_o pernicious_a pleasure_n and_o withal_o 12._o they_o much_o complain_v that_o many_o people_n leave_v the_o church_n do_v flock_n by_o troop_n to_o playhouse_n bestow_v that_o time_n upon_o the_o devil_n which_o they_o shall_v have_v dedicate_v unto_o god_n hence_o augustine_n ibid._n de_fw-fr decem_fw-la chordis_fw-la lib._n c._n 3._o &_o de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la lib._n 2._o c._n 4._o to_o 23._o salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernation_n dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o cyrillus_n alexandrinus_n in_o joannis_n evangelium_fw-la li●_n 8._o c._n 5._o leo._n 1._o sermo_n in_o octava_fw-la pauli_n &_o petri._n cap._n 1._o fol._n 165._o s._n asterius_n homilia_fw-la in_o festum_fw-la kalendarum_fw-la bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 4._o pag._n 705.706_o damascen_n parallelorum_fw-la lib._n 3._o cap._n 47._o joannis_n saresburiensis_n de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 7.8_o with_o other_o father_n pass_v sentence_n against_o stageplay_n as_o chief_a consumer_n of_o 45._o much_o precious_a time_n which_o shall_v be_v expend_v upon_o better_a thing_n as_o their_o word_n hereafter_o quote_v scene_n 3.4.5_o &_o 12._o more_o full_o evidence_n hence_o divers_a pagan_a author_n as_o cicero_n ●ro_fw-la l._n muraena_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la sexto_fw-la oratio_fw-la epist._n lib._n 7._o ad_fw-la marium_n epist._n 10._o &_o de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la l._n 1._o &_o 2._o seneca_n de_fw-fr breu._n vitæ_fw-la cap._n 12.13_o epist._n 7._o &_o 75._o &_o ibid._n naturalium_fw-la quaest._n lib._n 7._o c._n 32._o cornelius_n tacitus_n ibid_fw-la annalium_fw-la lib._n 14._o sect_n 3._o suetonij_n nero._n sect_n 23._o &_o caligula_n sect_n 18._o marcus_n aurelius_n epist._n 12._o to_o lambert_n ammianus_n marcellinus_n lib._n 28._o cap._n 10._o horace_n de_fw-fr arte_fw-la poetica_fw-la lib._n together_o with_o 43●_n scipio_n nasica_n that_o famous_a roman_a have_v much_o condemn_a stageplay_n because_o they_o waste_v many_o precious_a hour_n which_o shall_v be_v improve_v to_o more_o weighty_a use_n ibidem_fw-la and_o for_o this_o very_a reason_n among_o sundry_a other_o petrarcha_n de_fw-fr remedio_fw-la vtr._n fortunae_fw-la lib._n 1._o dialog_n 30._o polydore_n virgil._n de_n invent._n rerum_fw-la lib._n 5._o c._n 2._o agrippa_z de_fw-fr vanitate_fw-la scientiarum_fw-la cap._n 59_o m._n gualther_n hom._n 11._o in_o nahum_n carolus_n sigonius_n de_fw-fr occidentali_fw-la imperio_fw-la lib._n 1._o p._n 32._o joannis_n langhecrucius_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o honestate_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 11.12.21_o m._n north●rooke_n m._n gosson_n m._n stub_n d._n reinolds_n mariana_n &_o brissonius_n in_o their_o book_n and_o treatise_n against_o stageplay_n the_o 3._o blast_v of_o retreat_n from_o play_n and_o theater_n pag._n 66.67_o john_n field_n in_o his_o declaration_n of_o god_n judgement_n at_o paris_n garden_n george_n whetston_n in_o his_o mirror_n for_o magistrate_n of_o city_n pag._n 24._o bulengerus_n de_fw-fr circo_fw-la etc._n etc._n pag._n 81._o to_o 88_o &_o 167.168_o i._o g._n in_o his_o refutation_n of_o the_o a●ologie_n for_o actor_n a_o short_a treatise_n against_o stageplay_n anno●_n 1625._o m._n bolton_n in_o his_o discourse_n of_o true_a happiness_n pag._n 74.75_o to_o omit_v all_o other_o which_o i_o shall_v name_v 6._o hereafter_o have_v censure_v and_o reject_v stageplay_n in_o the_o hear_n read_v and_o behold_v of_o which_o many_o spend_v whole_a day_n whole_a week_n whole_a year_n as_o 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verbatim_o recite_v and_o ratify_v as_o the_o 11._o canon_n of_o this_o council_n the_o thirteen_o be_v concilium_fw-la toletanum_n 3._o in_o spain_n anno_fw-la 617._o subscribe_v by_o 72_o bishop_n where_o i_o find_v this_o canon_n register_v which_o though_o it_o principal_o aim_v at_o dance_v and_o filthy_a ribaldry_n song_n yet_o it_o necessary_o condemn_v stageplay_n too_o which_o consist_v of_o scurrilous_a song_n and_o dance_a as_o i_o have_v 9_o large_o prove_v in_o the_o premise_n 604._o canon_n 23._o exterminanda_fw-la omninò_fw-la est_fw-la irreligiosa_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la quam_fw-la vulgus_fw-la per_fw-la sa●ctorum_fw-la solennitates_fw-la agere_fw-la consuevit_fw-la populi_n qui_fw-la debent_fw-la officia_fw-la divina_fw-la attendere_fw-la saltationibus_fw-la et_fw-la turpious_a invigilant_fw-la can●icis_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la sibi_fw-la nocentes_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la ossicijs_fw-la hoc_fw-la etenim_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la hispania_n depellatur_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la et_fw-la judicum_fw-la à_fw-la concilio_fw-la sancto_fw-la curae_fw-la committitur_fw-la can_n 23._o that_o irreligious_a custom_n be_v altogether_o to_o be_v abandon_v which_o the_o common_a people_n have_v use_v upon_o the_o festival_n of_o the_o saint_n the_o people_n who_o ought_v to_o attend_v divine_a office_n addict_v themselves_o whole_o to_o dance_v and_o filthy_a song_n not_o only_o do_v hurt_n to_o themselves_o but_o to_o the_o office_n of_o religious_a person_n that_o this_o custom_n may_v be_v drive_v out_o of_o all_o spain_n it_o be_v commit_v to_o the_o care_n of_o the_o minister_n and_o judge_n by_o this_o sacred_a council_n which_o 605._o canon_n be_v ratify_v by_o the_o public_a edict_n of_o king_n reccaredus_n who_o punish_v the_o breach_n of_o it_o in_o rich_a man_n with_o the_o l●sse_n of_o the_o moiety_n of_o their_o estate_n and_o the_o violation_n of_o it_o in_o the_o paor_a sort_n with_o perpetual_a exile_n the_o fourteen_o be_v concilium_fw-la antisiodorense_n in_o france_n anno_fw-la 614._o subscribe_v by_o 45_o bishop_n abbot_n and_o presbyter_n wherein_o there_o be_v these_o several_a canon_n applicable_a to_o our_o present_a theme_n the_o first_o of_o which_o express_o condemn_v the_o pagan_a original_n of_o play_n the_o second_o the_o act_n of_o they_o in_o church_n 45._o which_o the_o papist_n use_v the_o three_o the_o act_n or_o behold_v of_o they_o by_o clergy_n man_n 152._o canon_n 1._o non_fw-la licet_fw-la kalendis_fw-la januarij_fw-la vecola_n aut_fw-la 8._o cervolo_fw-it facere_fw-la vel_fw-la 198._o strenas_fw-la diabolicas_fw-la observare_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o ipsa_fw-la die_fw-la sic_fw-la omne_fw-la officia_fw-la tribuantur_fw-la sicut_fw-la et_fw-la reliquis_fw-la diebus_fw-la canon_n 9_o non_fw-la licet_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la choros_fw-la secularium_fw-la vel_fw-la puellarum_fw-la cantica_fw-la exercere_fw-la nec_fw-la convivia_fw-la praeparare_fw-la quia_fw-la scriptum_fw-la 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those_o musical_a instrument_n stir_v up_o the_o auditor_n rather_o to_o carantoe_n and_o dance_v than_o to_o devotion_n ought_v not_o to_o precede_v their_o image_n fasten_v in_o the_o staff_n of_o the_o fraternity_n therefore_o we_o strict_o prohibit_v that_o after_o this_o such_o staff_n be_v not_o carry_v about_o public_o through_o village_n after_o a_o histrionical_a manner_n or_o with_o musical_a melody_n fit_v to_o dance_n etc._n etc._n because_o in_o fraternity_n right_o ordain_v at_o the_o first_o and_o afterward_o decline_v unto_o worse_a many_o thing_n be_v see_v to_o be_v commit_v altogether_o different_a from_o honesty_n and_o the_o religion_n of_o a_o christian_a mind_n that_o we_o may_v apply_v a_o fit_a remedy_n to_o they_o we_o first_o of_o all_o ordain_v that_o in_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o fraternity_n themselves_o no_o dissolute_a feast_n be_v make_v no_o compo●ations_n or_o health_n conduce_v to_o drunkenness_n no_o dance_n galliards●_n and_o other_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n belong_v rather_o to_o the_o feast_n of_o bacch●s_n than_o to_o christian_a religion_n we_o prohibit_v that_o clergy_n man_n use_v no_o dishonest_a nor_o ludicrous_a play_n either_o in_o public_a or_o private_a whence_o scandal_n may_v arise_v and_o the_o ecclesiastical_a ministry_n be_v disgrace_v according_a to_o the_o place_n and_o time_n the_o occasion_n and_o person_n in_o which_o for_o which_o and_o with_o which_o such_o play_n shall_v happen_v to_o be_v use_v let_v they_o so_o abstain_v from_o the_o play_n of_o dice_n of_o table_n and_o the_o like_o which_o depend_v on_o chance_n that_o they_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o present_v among_o the●_n that_o play_n either_o as_o countenancer_n or_o witness_n we_o strict_o forbid_v that_o minister_n intermix_v not_o themselves_o in_o public_a morrice_n dance_n or_o carantoe_n that_o they_o sing_v no_o ribaldry_n amorous_a or_o lascivious_a song_n nor_o yet_o favour_n or_o keep_v company_n with_o those_o that_o sing_v they_o for_o evil_a communication_n corrupt_v good_a manner_n final_o let_v they_o not_o be_v rove_a with_o their_o eye_n no_o talker_n no_o jester_n no_o stage-player_n for_o all_o these_o thing_n

be_v unseemly_a especial_o to_o those_o to_o who_o the_o cure_n of_o soul_n be_v commit_v priest_n who_o in_o the_o day_n of_o the_o first_o mass_n of_o new_a presbyter_n after_o merry_a banquet_n and_o great_a feast_n and_o entertainment_n go_v forth_o in_o public_a to_o exhibit_v most_o gross_a and_o unchaste_a comaedy_n and_o dance_n in_o the_o street_n to_o the_o common_a people_n offend_v without_o doubt_n against_o the_o law_n of_o the_o church_n and_o the_o apostolical_a decree_n wherefore_o those_o who_o have_v be_v such_o if_o they_o shall_v persevere_v let_v they_o know_v that_o they_o shall_v not_o escape_v condign_a punishment_n and_o correction_n also_o we_o inhibit_v minister_n that_o they_o neither_o act_n nor_o suffer_v to_o be_v act_v any_o foolish_a or_o ridiculous_a thing_n either_o on_o the_o feast_n of_o st._n nicholas_n innocent_n or_o on_o any_o other_o day_n neither_o in_o church_n nor_o in_o any_o other_o public_a place_n and_o that_o they_o disguise_v not_o themselves_o at_o any_o time_n in_o any_o public_a or_o private_a place_n the_o 37._o be_v concilium_fw-la sen●nense_n anno_fw-la 1528._o where_o inter_fw-la decreta_fw-la morum_fw-la we_o have_v these_o two_o canon_n 683._o canon_n 16._o cu_z auten_o deceat_fw-la domum_fw-la dei_fw-la sanctitudo_fw-la etc._n etc._n prohibemus_fw-la idcirco_fw-la ne_fw-la histriones_fw-la aut_fw-la mimi_fw-la intrent_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la ad_fw-la pulsandum_fw-la tympana_fw-la cythara_fw-la aut_fw-la alio_fw-la quovis_fw-la instrumento_fw-la musicali_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la aut_fw-la juxta_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la suis_fw-la pul●ent_fw-la instrumentis_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la insuper_fw-la ne_fw-la fiat_fw-la deinceps_fw-la festum_fw-la fatuorum_fw-la aut_fw-la innocentium_fw-la neque_fw-la erigatur_fw-la decanatus_fw-la patellae_fw-la canon_n 25._o clerici_fw-la neque_fw-la in_o publico_fw-la ludant_fw-la pylâ_fw-la aut_fw-la alijs_fw-la ludis_fw-la maximè_fw-la cum_fw-la laicis_fw-la a_o ludo_fw-la alarum_n aliisque_fw-la qui_fw-la à_fw-la sort_n pendent_fw-la abstineant_fw-la neque_fw-la ludentium_fw-la fautores_fw-la spectatores_fw-la aut_fw-la testes_fw-la existant_fw-la non_fw-la se_fw-la admisceant_fw-la choreis_fw-la publicis_fw-la tripudiationibus_fw-la aut_fw-la saltationibus_fw-la non_fw-la turpes_fw-la amatorias_fw-la aut_fw-la lascivas_fw-la deprom●nt_fw-la cantilenas_fw-la seu_fw-la cantantibus_fw-la faveant_fw-la aut_fw-la adsint_fw-la nec_fw-la in_o scenam_fw-la velut_fw-la histriones_fw-la prodeant_fw-la non_fw-la comaedias_fw-la vernaculas_fw-la agant_fw-la non_fw-la spectaculum_fw-la corporis_fw-la svi_fw-la faciant_fw-la in_o publico_fw-la privatove_n loco_fw-la quae_fw-la omne_fw-la cum_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la sunt_fw-la indecora_fw-la et_fw-la ordini_fw-la clericali_fw-la multum_fw-la detrahentia_fw-la tùm_fw-la illis_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la quibus_fw-la animarum_fw-la cura_fw-la est_fw-la commissa_fw-la can_n 16._o and_o since_o holiness_n become_v the_o house_n of_o god_n therefore_o we_o prohibit_v that_o no_o stage-player_n or_o tumbler_n shall_v enter_v into_o the_o church_n to_o strike_v up_o any_o tabret_a harp_n or_o other_o musical_a instrument_n neither_o shall_v they_o play_v upon_o their_o instrument_n in_o or_o near_o the_o church_n moreover_o we_o prohibit_v that_o the_o feast_n of_o fool_n or_o innocent_n be_v not_o from_o henceforth_o observe_v neither_o may_v the_o deanery_n of_o the_o platter_n be_v erect_v can._n 25._o clergy_n man_n may_v not_o play_v public_o at_o ball_n or_o other_o play_v especial_o with_o lay_v man_n they_o shall_v abstain_v from_o diceplay_a and_o all_o other_o game_n that_o depend_v on_o chance_n neither_o may_v they_o be_v cherisher_n witness_n or_o spectator_n of_o such_o as_o play_v they_o shall_v not_o intermix_v themselves_o in_o public_a morrice_n galliard_n and_o dance_n they_o shall_v not_o sing_v any_o filthy_a amorous_a or_o lascivious_a song_n nor_o yet_o favour_n or_o b●_n present_a with_o those_o that_o sing_v they_o they_o may_v not_o college_n come_v forth_o upon_o th●_n stage_n as_o actor_n nor_o act_v comaedy_n in_o their_o mother_n tongue_n they_o shall_v make_v no_o spectacle_n of_o their_o body_n in_o any_o public_a or_o private_a place_n all_o which_o as_o they_o be_v unseemly_a to_o all_o minister_n and_o much_o derogatory_n from_o the_o clericall_a order_n so_o especial_o to_o those_o to_o who_o the_o cure_n of_o soul_n be_v commit_v the_o 38._o be_v concilium_fw-la coloniense_n anno_fw-la 1536._o where_o we_o have_v these_o canonical_a injunction_n follow_v 780._o pars_fw-la 2._o cap._n 25_o 26._o vivere_fw-la quidem_fw-la de_fw-la altario_fw-la sacerdoti_fw-la licet_fw-la luxuriari_fw-la non_fw-la permittitur_fw-la a_o crapula_fw-la itaque_fw-la et_fw-la ebrietate_fw-la à_fw-la before_o compotationibus_fw-la illis_fw-la ad_fw-la haustus_fw-la aequales_fw-la à_fw-la luxu_fw-la ab_fw-la alea_fw-la ab_fw-la immoderatis_fw-la sumptibus_fw-la et_fw-la commessationibus_fw-la concilium_fw-la generale_fw-mi clericos_fw-la revocat_fw-la universos_fw-la secutum_fw-la veteris_fw-la testamenti_fw-la institutum_fw-la quo_fw-la 10.9_o ministri_fw-la templi_fw-la vino_fw-la et_fw-la cicera_fw-la prohibebantur_fw-la ne_fw-la ebrietate_fw-la gravarentur_fw-la corda_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la sensus_fw-la eorum_fw-la semper_fw-la vigeret_fw-la et_fw-la esset_fw-la tenuis_fw-la et_fw-la apostolus_fw-la ait_fw-la 1●_n nolite_fw-la inebriari_fw-la vino_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la est_fw-la luxuria_fw-la sed_fw-la impleamini_fw-la spiritu_fw-la sancto_fw-la et_fw-la iterum_fw-la 13.13_o non_fw-la in_o commes●ationibus_fw-la et_fw-la ebrietatibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n o●im_fw-la tanta_fw-la honestas_fw-la desiderabatur_fw-la in_o clerico_n ut_fw-la ne_fw-la according_o nuptialibus_fw-la quidem_fw-la convivijs_fw-la ipsis_fw-la interest_n liceret_fw-la non_fw-la immisceri_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la ac_fw-la caetibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la amatoria_fw-la cantantur_fw-la aut_fw-la obscaeni_fw-la motus_fw-la corporis_fw-la choreis_fw-la aut_fw-la saltationibus_fw-la efferuntur_fw-la ne_fw-la auditus_fw-la et_fw-la intuitus_fw-la sacris_fw-la mysterijs_fw-la deputatus_fw-la turpium_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la atque_fw-la verborum_fw-la contagione_fw-la pollueretur_fw-la quid_fw-la si_fw-la videret_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la illa_fw-la prisca_fw-la clericos_fw-la nostri_fw-la temporis_fw-la tabernarios●_n 742._o tabernisque_fw-la quasi_fw-la domos_fw-la non_fw-la haberent_fw-la noctu_fw-la diuque_fw-la alligatos_fw-la quam_fw-la execraretur_fw-la hoc_fw-la facinus_fw-la posthac_fw-la ergo_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la nullus_fw-la ex_fw-la clero_fw-la sordidissimum_fw-la cauponem_fw-la aut_fw-la tabernarium_fw-la agate_n sed_fw-la 20._o ne_fw-la in_o tabernas_fw-la quidem_fw-la nisi_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la causâ_fw-la divertat_fw-la alioquin_fw-la poenae_fw-la canonicae_fw-la imminent_a illi_fw-la qui_fw-la ordini_fw-la svo_fw-la hanc_fw-la ignominiosam_fw-la notam_fw-la inurere_fw-la tentaverit_fw-la 786._o pars_fw-la 3._o c._n 26._o which_o have_v this_o title_n theatrales_fw-la ludos_fw-la non_fw-la inferendos_fw-la templis_fw-la olim_fw-la theatrales_fw-la quoque_fw-la ludi_fw-la et_fw-la larvarum_fw-la ludibria_fw-la inferebantur_fw-la before_o templis_fw-la pessimo_fw-la quidem_fw-la exemplo_fw-la adeo_fw-la ut_fw-la provisione_n canonica_fw-la qua_fw-la hic_fw-la deterrimus_fw-la abusus_fw-la aboleretur_fw-la opus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la quem_fw-la ex_fw-la nostris_fw-la diaecesibus_fw-la jam_fw-la ut_fw-la speramus_fw-la ejectum_fw-la gaudemus_fw-la 771._o pars_fw-la 5._o cap._n 6._o denique_fw-la procul_fw-la absint_fw-la parochi_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la luxu_fw-la 3_o sobrium_fw-la enim_fw-la vult_fw-la parochum_fw-la paulus_n nec_fw-la multo_fw-la vino_fw-la deditum_fw-la ac_fw-la vino_fw-la potius_fw-la ad_fw-la necessitatem_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la utentem_fw-la nesciat_fw-la ergo_fw-la parochi_fw-la domus_fw-la commessationes_fw-la crapulosas_fw-la execretur_fw-la before_o compotationes_fw-la illas_fw-la ad_fw-la aequales_fw-la haustus_fw-la obligatorias_fw-la which_o our_o own_o h._n english_a council_n at_o oxford_n anno_fw-la 1222._o do_v solemn_o censure_v and_o condemn_v under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n turpissimum_fw-la putet_fw-la nisi_fw-la causa_fw-la necessitatis_fw-la intrare_fw-la tabernam_fw-la quasi_fw-la domum_fw-la non_fw-la habeat_fw-la ad_fw-la ede●dum_fw-la et_fw-la bibendum_fw-la breviter_fw-la vitet_fw-la omne_fw-la quae_fw-la pastoralem_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la aut_fw-la dedecorant_fw-la aut_fw-la imminuunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n 786._o pars_fw-la 9_o c._n 9_o 10._o diligenter_fw-la quoque_fw-la populus_fw-la admonendus_fw-la est_fw-la cur_n feriae_fw-la et_fw-la potissimum_fw-la dies_fw-la dominicus_n qui_fw-la à_fw-la temporibus_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la semper_fw-la celebris_fw-la fuit_fw-la instituta_fw-la sint_fw-la nempe_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la omnes_fw-la pariter_fw-la convenirent_fw-la ad_fw-la audiendum_fw-la verbum_fw-la domini_fw-la ad_fw-la audiendum_fw-la quoque_fw-la sacrum_fw-la et_fw-la communicandum_fw-la breviter_fw-la ad_fw-la vacandum_fw-la deo_fw-la soli_fw-la ut_fw-la dies_fw-la illa_fw-la tantùm_fw-la orationibus_fw-la hymnis_fw-la psalmis_fw-la et_fw-la canticis_fw-la spiritualibus_fw-la transigatur_fw-la hoccine_fw-la est_fw-la sanctificare_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la quamobrem_fw-la cupimus_fw-la hisce_fw-la diebus_fw-la prohiberi_fw-la nundinas_fw-la claudi_fw-la cauponas_fw-la vitari_fw-la commessationes_fw-la ebrietates_fw-la lusus_fw-la improbos_fw-la choreas_fw-la plenas_fw-la insanijs_fw-la colloquia_fw-la prava_fw-la cantilenas_fw-la turpes_fw-la breviter_fw-la omnem_fw-la luxum_fw-la nam_fw-la hisce_fw-la et_fw-la quae_fw-la haec_fw-la ferè_fw-la semper_fw-la consequuntur_fw-la blasphemijs_fw-la et_fw-la perjurijs_fw-la nomen_fw-la domini_fw-la profanatur_fw-la et_fw-la sabbatum_fw-la quod_fw-la nos_fw-la admonet_fw-la ut_fw-la quiescamus_fw-la perversè_fw-la agere_fw-la et_fw-la benefacere_fw-la discamus_fw-la contaminatur_fw-la part._n 2._o cap._n 25_o 26._o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o priest_n to_o live_v of_o the_o altar_n but_o to_o be_v riotous_a be_v not_o permit_v therefore_o a_o general_a council_n recall_v all_o clergy_n man_n from_o

ebrietates_fw-la vaniloquia_fw-la et_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la divinam_fw-la possunt_fw-la offendere_fw-la majestatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n before_o fraternitates_fw-la eas_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la commessationes_fw-la et_fw-la ebrietates_fw-la ut_fw-la plu●imum_fw-la fiunt_fw-la reprobamus_fw-la insuper_fw-la baculorum_fw-la cum_fw-la imaginibus_fw-la conductum_fw-la ad_fw-la domos_fw-la la●corum_fw-la cum_fw-la turba_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la mulierum_fw-la et_fw-la mimorum_fw-la districtè_fw-la sub_fw-la poena_fw-la excommunicationis_fw-la et_fw-la emendae_fw-la arbitrariae_fw-la inhibemus_fw-la et_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la clericis_fw-la ne_fw-la talibus_fw-la seize_v immisceant_fw-la aut_fw-la asiensum_fw-la quovis_fw-la modo_fw-la praestent_fw-la the_o church_n have_v add_v other_o holy-day_n to_o lords-daye_n that_o we_o may_v be_v mindful_a of_o the_o benefit_n bestow_v upon_o we_o by_o god_n and_o his_o saint_n that_o we_o may_v follow_v the_o example_n of_o the_o saint_n that_o we_o may_v devote_v ourselves_o to_o prayer_n not_o to_o idleness_n and_o play_n therefore_o let_v rector_n of_o church_n admonish_v their_o parishioner_n that_o on_o the_o foresay_a feast_n day_n they_o come_v together_o into_o the_o church_n and_o that_o they_o frequent_v it_o pious_o and_o religious_o to_o hear_v those_o holy_a thing_n that_o be_v do_v in_o they_o let_v they_o attentive_o hear_v sermon_n let_v they_o reverence_n and_o worship_n god_n with_o a_o pious_a mind_n and_o religious_a affection_n and_o on_o these_o day_n as_o it_o be_v say_v let_v play_n dance_n drunkenness_n vain_a discourse_n and_o what_o ever_o may_v offend_v god_n majesty_n cease_v etc._n etc._n we_o reject_v those_o fraternity_n which_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n make_v for_o riot_v and_o drunkenness_n moreover_o we_o strict_o inhibit_v under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n and_o a_o arbitrary_a mulct_n the_o carry_v about_o of_o staff_n with_o image_n to_o the_o house_n of_o lay_v man_n with_o a_o company_n of_o priest_n of_o woman_n and_o stage-player_n and_o special_o we_o prohibtt_v clergy_n man_n that_o they_o join_v not_o themselves_o with_o such_o assembly_n nor_o yet_o assent_v unto_o they_o by_o any_o mean_n the_o 45._o be_v concilium_fw-la tridentinum_n which_o the_o concil●is_n papist_n boast_v to_o be_v ecumenical_a though_o 40._o protestant_n gainsay_v it_o which_o council_n sessio_fw-la 24._o anno_fw-la dom_fw-la 1563._o decretum_fw-la de_fw-la reformatione_fw-la can._n 12._o decree_v as_o follow_v 979._o omnes_fw-la vero_fw-la clerici_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la per_fw-la substitutos_fw-la compellantur_fw-la obire_fw-la o●ficia_fw-la etc._n etc._n ab_fw-la illicitisque_fw-la venationibus_fw-la aucupijs_fw-la choreis_fw-la tabernis_fw-la lusibusque_fw-la abstineant_fw-la atque_fw-la ea_fw-la morum_fw-la integritate_fw-la polleant_fw-la ut_fw-la merito_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la senatus_n dici_fw-la possint_fw-la let_v all_o clergy_n man_n be_v compel_v 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suis_fw-la permittere_fw-la 907._o cap_n de_fw-fr histrionibus_fw-la et_fw-la aleatoribus_fw-la de_fw-fr his_fw-la etiam_fw-la principes_fw-la et_fw-la magistratus_fw-la commonendos_fw-la esse_fw-la duximus_fw-la ut_fw-la histriones_fw-la et_fw-la mimos_fw-la caeterosque_fw-la circulatores_fw-la et_fw-la ejus_fw-la generis_fw-la perditos_fw-la homines_fw-la è_fw-la suis_fw-la finibus_fw-la ejiciant_fw-la et_fw-la in_o caupones_fw-la et_fw-la alios_fw-la quicunque_fw-la eos_fw-la receperint_fw-la acriter_fw-la animadvertant_fw-la et_fw-la quoniam_fw-la usu_fw-la compertum_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la aleae_fw-la ludo_fw-la saepe_fw-la furta_fw-la rapinae_fw-la fraud_n blasphemias_fw-la aliaque_fw-la id_fw-la generis_fw-la flagitia_fw-la proficisci_fw-la prohibeant_fw-la taxilis_fw-la aut_fw-la alea_fw-la ludi_fw-la et_fw-la graviter_fw-la in_o publicos_fw-la aleatores_fw-la et_fw-la in_o eos_fw-la qui_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la ludis_fw-la intersint_fw-la quive_fw-mi domum_fw-la ad_fw-la recipiendos_fw-la ●udentes_fw-la expo●itam_fw-la habent_fw-la animadvertant_fw-la maximè_fw-la vero_fw-la efficiant_fw-la ut_fw-la bonis_fw-la artibus_fw-la instituendis_fw-la vel_fw-la renovandis_fw-la otia_fw-la quantum_fw-la fieri_fw-la poterit_fw-la è_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la tollantur_fw-la and_o because_o the_o pious_o introduce_v custom_n of_o represent_v to_o the_o people_n the_o venerable_a passion_n of_o christ_n the_o lord_n and_o the_o glorious_a combat_n of_o martyr_n and_o act_n of_o other_o saint_n be_v bring_v to_o such_o a_o pass_n by_o the_o perverseness_n of_o man_n that_o it_o be_v a_o offence_n to_o many_o and_o likewise_o a_o matter_n of_o much_o no●_n derision_n and_o contempt_n to_o many_o we_o therefore_o decree_v that_o from_o henceforth_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o saviour_n be_v no_o more_o act_v neither_o in_o any_o sacred_a or_o profane_a place_n but_o that_o it_o be_v learned_o and_o grave_o declare_v by_o the_o preacher_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o that_o they_o may_v stir_v up_o piety_n and_o tear_n in_o the_o auditor_n which_o be_v the_o most_o profitable_a fruit_n of_o sermon_n which_o the_o picture_n of_o our_o crucify_a saviour_n set_v before_o they_o and_o other_o external_a pious_a action_n which_o the_o bishop_n shall_v judge_v to_o be_v approve_v by_o the_o church_n will_v help_v to_o further_a likewise_o let_v not_o the_o martyrdom_n &_o action_n of_o the_o saint_n be_v play_v but_o so_o pious_o relate_v that_o the_o auditor_n may_v be_v excite_v to_o their_o imitation_n veneration_n and_o invocation_n cap._n of_o the_o observation_n of_o holy-day_n on_o these_o day_n the_o bishop_n shall_v endeavour_v that_o no_o man_n go_v disguise_v that_o no_o cirque-playes_a combat_n or_o other_o pastime_n or_o vain_a spectacle_n be_v exhibit_v let_v no_o morrice-dances_a be_v suffer_v in_o city_n suburb_n town_n village_n or_o in_o any_o other_o place_n whatsoever_o cap._n of_o weapon_n play_n spectacle_n and_o such_o like_a to_o be_v shun_v by_o clergy_n man_n clergy_n man_n may_v not_o disguise_v themselves_o or_o put_v on_o

a_o vizard_n they_o may_v not_o lead_v any_o public_a or_o private_a dance_n they_o shall_v abstain_v from_o hunt_v tables_z comaedy_n and_o tilting_n neither_o shall_v they_o be_v present_a at_o other_o profane_a or_o ridiculous_a spectacle_n lest_o the_o eye_n and_o ear_n devote_v to_o sacred_a office_n be_v distract_v shall_v be_v pollute_v with_o impure_a action_n and_o speech_n we_o prohibit_v clergy_n man_n all_o kind_n of_o dance_v and_o of_o play_n but_o especial_o of_o dice_n and_o table_n neither_o do_v we_o only_o forbid_v they_o to_o play_v but_o we_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o have_v they_o spectator_n of_o play_n or_o to_o admit_v any_o one_o to_o play_v in_o their_o house_n and_o be_v not_o these_o rank_n puritan_n think_v you_o chapter_n of_o stage-player_n and_o dicer_n of_o these_o also_o we_o have_v think_v good_a to_o admonish_v prince_n and_o magistrate_n that_o they_o banish_v out_o o●_n their_o territory_n all_o stage-player_n tumbler_n juggler_n jester_n and_o other_o castawaye_n of_o this_o kind_n and_o that_o they_o severe_o punish_v victualler_n and_o all_o other_o whatsoever_o who_o shall_v receive_v they_o and_o because_o it_o be_v find_v by_o experience_n that_o 97._o robbery_n theft_n fraud_n blasphemy_n and_o other_o wickedness_n of_o this_o kind_n do_v oft_o proceed_v from_o diceplay_a according_o let_v they_o forbid_v all_o play_v at_o table_n and_o dice_n and_o severe_o punish_v all_o common_a dicer_n and_o those_o who_o be_v present_a at_o such_o game_n or_o keep_v house_n to_o receive_v such_o gamester_n but_o let_v they_o chief_o endeavour_v to_o effect_v that_o idleness_n may_v as_o much_o as_o may_v be_v quite_o banish_v out_o of_o city_n by_o institute_v or_o renew_v good_a art_n if_o therefore_o all_o stage-player_n tumbler_n and_o common_a dicer_n be_v thus_o to_o be_v banish_v and_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o common_a wealth_n and_o all_o those_o to_o be_v severe_o punish_v who_o entertain_v or_o harbour_v they_o their_o play_n must_v certain_o be_v execrable_a intolerable_a which_o make_v their_o person_n such_o the_o 47._o be_v synodus_fw-la ebroicensis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1576._o where_o i_o find_v these_o follow_a canon_n 588._o dies_fw-la festos_fw-la secundum_fw-la scripturas_fw-la instituit_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o monumentum_fw-la ac_fw-la memoriam_fw-la svorum_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la homo_fw-la agnosceret_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la ipsis_fw-la gratias_fw-la ageret_fw-la etc._n etc._n quoni●m_fw-la festa_fw-la à_fw-la creatione_fw-la mundi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la introducta_fw-la ut_fw-la animus_n cum_fw-la corpore_fw-la cessaret_fw-la à_fw-la saeculo_fw-la et_fw-la avocaretur_fw-la à_fw-la solicitudinibus_fw-la et_fw-la laboribus_fw-la huius_fw-la mundi_fw-la occuparetur_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la obsequio_fw-la recognoscendis_fw-la ejus_fw-la beneficijs_fw-la et_fw-la gratijs_fw-la referendis_fw-la arbi●ramur_fw-la vero_fw-la nullo_n secu●o_fw-la gravius_fw-la nec_fw-la frequentius_fw-la peccari_fw-la contra_fw-la festorum_fw-la sanctam_fw-la et_fw-la legitimam_fw-la observationem_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la quandoquiden_fw-mi plures_fw-la ipsa_fw-la insumunt_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la huju●_n seculi_fw-la sectandis_fw-la in_fw-la tabernis_fw-la ganeis_fw-la lusibus_fw-la illiciris_n ac_fw-la alijs_fw-la vanis_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la viciosis_n actionibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n 545._o ecclesiae_fw-la hostiarij_fw-la ergo_fw-la diebus_fw-la festis_fw-la observent_fw-la et_fw-la notent_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la et_fw-la parochia●is_fw-la abfuerint_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la et_fw-la inquirant_fw-la qua_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la defecerint_fw-la a_o interea_fw-la cauponis_fw-la et_fw-la ●●sibus_fw-la tempus_fw-la insumant_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n according_a to_o the_o scripture_n have_v appoint_v holy-day_n for_o a_o monument_n and_o remembrance_n of_o his_o benefit_n that_o man_n may_v acknowledge_v they_o and_o give_v thanks_n for_o they_o etc._n etc._n because_o feast_n be_v introduce_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n that_o the_o mind_n with_o the_o body_n may_v cease_v from_o the_o world_n and_o may_v be_v avocate_v from_o the_o care_n and_o labour_n of_o this_o world_n but_o yet_o occupy_v in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n in_o recognise_v his_o benefit_n and_o render_v thanks_n but_o we_o think_v very_o that_o in_o no_o age_n man_n offend_v more_o grievous_o and_o frequent_o against_o the_o holy_a and_o lawful_a observation_n of_o festival_n than_o in_o we_o since_o many_o consume_v they_o in_o follow_v the_o pleasure_n of_o this_o world_n in_o tavern_n in_o brothel_n in_o unlawful_a play_n and_o in_o other_o vain_a yea_o and_o vicious_a action_n etc._n etc._n let_v therefore_o the_o doorkeeper_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o holy-day_n observe_v and_o note_v which_o of_o the_o presbyter_n and_o parishioner_n shall_v be_v absent_a from_o the_o church_n office_n and_o inquire_v for_o what_o cause_n they_o be_v absent_a whether_o they_o spend_v the_o time_n in_o alehouse_n or_o in_o play_n etc._n etc._n the_o 48._o be_v synodus_fw-la rothomagi_n anno_fw-la 1581._o which_o decree_v thus_o as_o follow_v 544._o curatis_fw-la ecclesia●un_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la ne_fw-la sinant_fw-la in_o caemeterijs_fw-la choreas_fw-la duci_fw-la aut_fw-la alios_fw-la lusus_fw-la et_fw-la infania_n fieri_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la luctus_fw-la et_fw-la mortis_fw-la memoriam_fw-la inducunt_fw-la 582._o novimus_fw-la et_fw-la experimur_fw-la a●tutias_fw-la diaboli_fw-la ad_fw-la derogandum_fw-la cultui_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la suum_fw-la substituendum_fw-la in_o illius_fw-la locum_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la enim_fw-la diaecesibus_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la festa_fw-la solennia_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la et_fw-la aliorum_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la ad_fw-la augendum_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la impudica_fw-la atque_fw-la obscaena_fw-la ludicra_fw-la in_o his_o admiscet_fw-la ut_fw-la totum_fw-la homin●m_fw-la perdat_fw-la in_o sabbatho_fw-la ●ibique_fw-la subjiciat_fw-la dies_fw-la vero_fw-la dominicos_fw-la videbatur_fw-la à_fw-la nundinis_fw-la eximere_fw-la sed_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la dissimili_fw-la ratione_fw-la foedavit_fw-la ac_fw-la prophanavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n eleemosynam_fw-la enim_fw-la vertit_fw-la in_o crapulas_fw-la orationem_fw-la in_o choreas_fw-la et_fw-la concionem_fw-la in_o scurrilitatem_fw-la ad_fw-la have_v festorum_fw-la prophanationes_fw-la mundandas_fw-la etc._n etc._n praecipimus_fw-la curatis_fw-la ut_fw-la paratum_fw-la habeant_fw-la concionatoré_fw-it qui_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la praedicet_fw-la bis_fw-la in_o die_v pray_v mark_v it_o ●i_fw-la fieri_fw-la possit_fw-la ut_fw-la contineatur_fw-la populus_fw-la in_o pistate_n mane_n scilicet_fw-la et_fw-la à_fw-la prandio_fw-la commessationes_fw-la ebrietates_fw-la sumptus_fw-la light_n lusus_fw-la improbos_fw-la et_fw-la inhonestos_fw-la choreas_fw-la plenas_fw-la 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ordinat_fw-la f._n 51._o joan._n langhecrucius_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o honestate_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 11._o p._n 250._o etc._n etc._n 12._o p._n 254.255_o gratian_n distinct._n 44._o polydore_n virgil._n de_fw-la invent._n rerum_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 5._o p._n 215._o d._n john_n white_a his_o sermon_n at_o paul_n crosse._n march_n 24._o 1615._o sect_n 16._o nathaniel_n col●_n his_o preservative_n against_o sin_n p._n 380._o m._n heildersham_n his_o 12._o lecture_n upon_o john_n the_o 4._o vers_fw-la 20._o pag._n 130._o barnaby_n rich_a his_o irish_a hubbub_n london_n 161●_n p._n 24.25_o m._n edward_n raynolds_n his_o sinfulness_n of_o sin_n 1631._o p._n 125._o who_o express_o condemn_v the_o drink_n and_o pledge_v of_o health_n especial_o in_o clergyman_n who_o ought_v by_o the_o canon_n law_n to_o be_v deprive_v for_o it_o heaven_n no_o stageplay_n there_o pag._n 964.965_o hecataeus_n abderita_n his_o testimony_n of_o the_o jew_n want_v image_n p._n 894._o h●lena_n constantine_n the_o great_a his_o mother_n a_o english_a woman_n p._n 467._o heliodorus_n deprive_v of_o his_o bi●hopprick●_n for_o his_o amorous_a book_n p._n 916._o helioga●alus_n censure_v p._n 278.710_o 856._o henry_n the_o 3._o the_o emperor_n reject_v play_n and_o player_n p._n 471._o henry_n the_o 4._o of_o england_n his_o statute_n against_o rhymer_n and_o minstrel_n p._n 493._o henry_n the_o 8._o his_o statute_n against_o mumm●rs_n vizard_n and_o diceplay_a p._n 493.494_o his_o expense_n upon_o play_n and_o masque_n p._n 320._o his_o commission_n for_o abolish_n image_n in_o church_n pag._n 903._o m._n hen●y_o the_o 3._o of_o france_n his_o edict_n against_o stageplay_n and_o dance_v on_o lords-daye_n and_o holiday_n p._n 715._o hercules_n censure_v for_o put_v on_o woman_n apparel_n pag._n 888._o herod_n agrippa_n smite_v in_o the_o theatre_n by_o a_o angel_n and_o so_o die_v fol._n 554.555_o see_v freculphi_n chronicon_fw-la tom._n 2._o l._n 1._o c._n 14._o bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 9_o p._n 408._o herod_n the_o great_a the_o first_o erecter_n of_o a_o theatre_n among_o the_o jew_n who_o thereupon_o conspire_v his_o death_n p._n 486._o f._n 552.553_o p._n 555●_n herodian_a his_o censure_n of_o play_n and_o dance_a p._n 710.851.852_o 853_o 854_o 855._o herodias_n her_o dance_n tax_v the_o devil_n dance_v in_o she_o p._n 228.229_o m._n 232._o m._n 260.773_o f._n 534._o hi●ro_n punish_v epica●mus_n for_o his_o wanton_a verse_n p._n 921._o hierom_n his_o censure_n of_o man_n long_a and_o curl_a hair_n p._n 188.340_o of_o lascivious_a music_n and_o song_n p._n 275.276_o 340._o of_o image_n special_o of_o god_n p._n 898._o m._n of_o player_n and_o stageplay_n pag._n 340._o 680._o of_o dance_a p._n 223._o of_o read_v poet_n and_o profane_a author_n p._n 78.79_o 114_o 115_o 917_o 918_o 925_o 926_o 927._o his_o trance_n p._n 925.926_o for_o laymens_n read_v the_o scripture_n p._n 928._o m._n how_o minister_n ought_v to_o preach_v p._n 936.937_o hilary_n his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n pag._n 339.670_o of_o make_v god_n image_n p._n 900._o m._n history_n sophisticated_a by_o player_n and_o play-poet_n p._n 940.941_o hol●ot_n his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n and_o dance_a p._n 229._o m._n 256.689_o holiday_n how_o to_o be_v spend_v and_o solemnize_v p._n 240._o to_o 244._o f._n 537.538_o etc._n etc._n 575_o 585_o 586_o 605._o to_o 686._o sparsim_fw-la 743._o to_o 783._o exceed_o profane_v with_o dance_v dice_a drunkenness_n and_o profane_a pastime_n p._n 222.232_o to_o 250._o sparsim_fw-la 271.363_o foe_fw-mi 530._o to_o 541.575_o to_o 666.743_o to_o 783.933_o dance_a and_o stageplay_n prohibit_v on_o holiday_n by_o counsel_n father_n and_o all_o writer_n ibidem_fw-la see_v dance_a &_o p._n 913._o augment_v by_o papist_n who_o have_v turn_v pagan_a festival_n into_o christian._n p._n 751._o to_o 761._o see_v haddon_n cont._n osorium_n l._n 3._o f._n 262.263_o 264._o abridge_v by_o trajan_n f._n 539._o holiness_n become_v christian_n pag._n 63._o 64_o 528._o homily_n of_o our_o church_n against_o image_n in_o church_n etc._n etc._n p._n 286.901.902_o 903._o honorius_n augustodunensis_n censure_n of_o stageplay_n pag._n 505._o m._n 684._o of_o playerly_a masspriest_n p._n 113.114_o honorius_n the_o emperor_n suppress_v sword-playes_a p._n 75.468_o bishop_n hooper_n preach_v twice_o every_o day_n of_o the_o week_n will_v have_v bishop_n to_o preach_v once_o every_o day_n will_v have_v two_o sermon_n every_o lord_n day_n his_o censure_n of_o those_o who_o complain_v of_o two_o much_o preach_n f._n 531._o a_o profess_a anti-arminian_n f._n 532._o condemn_v diceplay_a epist._n ded._n 1._o yea_o altar_n too_o of_o which_o he_o write_v thus_o in_o his_o 3._o sermon_n upon_o jonah_n before_o king_n edward_n 6._o an._n 1551._o p._n 81._o if_o question_n now_o be_v ask_v in_o there_o then_o no_o sacrifice_n leave_v to_o b●_n do_v of_o christian_a people_n yea_o true_o ●ut_v none_o other_o then_o such_o as_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v without_o altar_n and_o they_o be_v of_o 3._o sort_n the_o first_o be_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o thanksgiving_a psal._n 51._o 17_o 19_o amos_n 4.5_o heb_n 13.15_o hos._n 14_o 2._o the_o 2._o be_v benevolence_n and_o liberality_n to_o the_o poor_a mich._n 6.8_o 1_o cor._n 16.1_o 2_o 2_o cor._n 8.19_o hebr._n 13.16_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o sacrifice_n be_v the_o mortify_n of_o our_o own_o body_n and_o to_o die_v from_o sin_n rom._n 12.1_o matth._n ●1_n luk._n 14._o if_o we_o study_v not_o daily_o to_o offer_v these_o sacrifice_n to_o god_n we_o be_v no_o christian_a man_n see_v christian_n man_n have_v no_o other_o sacrifice_n than_o these_o which_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v do_v without_o altar_n there_o shall_v among_o christian_n be_v no_o altar_n and_o therefore_o be_v be_v not_o without_o the_o great_a wisdom_n &_o knowledge_n of_o god_n that_o christ_n his_o apostle_n and_o the_o primitive_a church_n lack_v altar_n for_o they_o know_v that_o the_o use_n of_o altar_n than_o be_v take_v away_o it_o be_v well_o then_o that_o it_o may_v please_v the_o magistrate_n to_o turn_v the_o altar_n into_o table_n according_a to_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o christ_n to_o take_v away_o the_o false_a persuasion_n of_o the_o people_n they_o have_v of_o sacrifice_n to_o be_v do_v upon_o the_o altar_n for_o as_o long_o as_o the_o altar_n remain_v both_o the_o ignorant_a people_n and_o the_o ignorant_a and_o evil_a persuade_v priest_n will_v dream_v always_o of_o sacrifice_n therefore_o be_v it_o best_o that_o the_o magistrate_n remove_v all_o the_o monument_n and_o token_n of_o idolatry_n and_o superstition_n then_o shall_v the_o true_a religion_n of_o god_n soon_o take_v place_n etc._n etc._n &_o sermon_n 8._o f._n 150._o a_o great_a shame_n it_o be_v for_o a_o noble_a king_n emperor_n or_o magistrate_n contrary_a to_o god_n word_n to_o detain_v or_o keep_v from_o the_o devil_n or_o his_o minister_n any_o of_o their_o good_n or_o treasure_n as_o the_o candle_n image_n cross_n vestment_n altar_n for_o if_o they_o be_v keep_v in_o the_o church_n as_o thing_n indifferent_a at_o length_n they_o w●ll_n be_v maintain_v as_o thing_n necessary_a and_o do_v not_o we_o see_v his_o word_n prove_v true_a against_o the_o make_n of_o god_n image_n and_o suffering_n or_o erect_v image_n in_o church_n pag_n 902._o m._n of_o which_o he_o write_v thus_o in_o his●_n declaration_n of_o the_o second_o commandment_n london_n 1588._o fol._n 29._o to_o 32._o this_o commandment_n ●ath_v 3._o part_n the_o first_o take_v from_o we_o all_o liberty_n and_o licence_n that_o we_o in_o no_o case_n represent_v or_o manifest_v the_o god_n invisible_a &_o incomprehensible_a with_o any_o figur●_n or_o image_n or_o represent_v he_o unto_o our_o sense_n that_o can_v be_v comprehend_v by_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n nor_o angel_n the_o s●cond_o part_n forbid_v to_o honour_v any_o image_n the_o three_o part_n show_v we_o that_o it_o be_v no_o need_n to_o present_a god_n to_o we_o by_o any_o image_n moses_n give_v ●_o reason_n of_o the_o first_o part_n why_o no_o image_n shall_v be_v make_v deut._n 4.15_o remember_v say_v 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o people_n that_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o thou_o in_o the_o vale_n of_o oreb_n thou_o ●eardest_v a_o voice_n but_o see_v no_o manner_n of_o similitude_n but_o only_o a_o voice_n be●rdest_v thou_o isaiah_n c._n 40.18_o &_o 449_o etc._n etc._n diligent_o show_v what_o a_o absurdity_n and_o undecent_a thing_n it_o be_v to_o proph●re_v the_o majesty_n of_o god_n incomprehensible_a with_o a_o little_a block_n or_o stone_n a_o spirit_n with_o a_o image_n the_o like_a do_v paul_n in_o the_o 17._o o●_n th●_n acts._n the_o text_n therefore_o forbid_v all_o mann●r_n of_o image_n that_o be_v make_v to_o express_v or_o represent_v almighty_a god_n the_o second_o par●_n forbid_v to_o honour_v any_o image_n make_v the_o first_o word_n honour_n signify_v