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my_o mayor_n can_v but_o be_v grant_v and_o so_o much_o the_o rather_o ib._n because_o unchaste_a obscene_a and_o amorous_a word_n be_v but_o so_o many_o vehiculae_n to_o carry_v mâ—n_z on_o to_o adulterous_a and_o sinful_a deed_n both_o which_o all_o christian_n must_v abominate_a for_o the_o mayor_n that_o the_o style_n and_o subject_a matter_n of_o most_o 20._o comical_a and_o theatrical_a interlude_n be_v amorous_a and_o obscene_a it_o be_v as_o evident_a as_o the_o morning_n sun_n first_o by_o the_o express_a and_o punctual_a testimony_n of_o sundry_a father_n read_v but_o 180.181_o tatianus_n oratio_n aduersus_fw-la graeco_n h._n theophylus_fw-la antiochenus_fw-la contra_fw-la autolicum_fw-la lib._n 3._o clemens_n romanus_n constit._fw-la apostolorum_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 65.66_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n oratio_fw-la exhort_v ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la fol._n 8.9_o paedag._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 6.7_o &_o ib._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 11._o tertullian_n de_fw-fr spectac_n cap._n 10.17_o 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puritan_n yâ—t_o lâ—t_v we_o now_o at_o â—ast_n renounce_v they_o out_o of_o â—hame_n lest_o we_o prove_v far_o worse_o than_o pagan_n lest_o horace_n lest_o juvenal_n and_o these_o forenamed_a heathen_a author_n lest_o wanton_a ovid_n or_o obscene_a porpertius_n who_o thus_o cry_v out_o of_o theater_n 148._o o_o nimis_fw-la exitâ—o_fw-la nata_fw-la theatra_fw-la meo_fw-la shall_v be_v more_o gracious_a holy_a and_o precise_a than_o we_o who_o holiness_n 16._o shall_v exceed_v even_o that_o of_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n 4._o much_o more_o than_o this_o of_o wanton_a pagan_a poet_n 15._o which_o carry_v they_o no_o far_o then_o to_o hell_n what_o ever_o some_o old_a some_o new_a pelagian_n have_v dream_v to_o the_o contrary_n to_o pass_v from_o pagan_a author_n to_o heathen_a magistrate_n state_n and_o emperor_n the_o 709._o ancient_a lacedaemonian_n exclude_v all_o stageplay_n out_o of_o sparta_n permit_v neither_o comidy_n nor_o tragedy_n to_o be_v act_v in_o it_o lest_o their_o 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