very few lesse So that they stand a full quarter of a yarde and more from their necks hanging ouer their shoulder poynts insted of a vaile But if Aeolus with his blasts or Neptune with his stormes chaunce to hit vppon the crasie bark of their brused ruffes then they goe flip flap in the winde like rags flying abroad and lye vpon their shoulders like the dishcloute of a â—lutte But wot you what the deuil as in the fulnes of his malice first inuented these great ruffes so hath hée now found out also two great stayes to beare vp and maintaine this his kingdome of great ruffes for the deuil is king and prince ouer all the children of pride the one arch or piller wherby his kingdome of great ruffes is vnderpropped is a certaine kinde of liquide matter which they call Starch wherin the deuill hath willed them to wash and diue his ruffes wel which when they be dry wil then stand stiffe and inflexible about their necks The other piller is a certain deuice made of wyers crested for y e purpose whipped ouer either with gold thred siluer or silk this hée calleth a supportasse or vnderpropper This is to be supplyed round about their necks vnder the ruffe vpon the out side of the band to beare vp the whole frame body of the ruffe from falling and hanging down Spud. This is a deuice passing all the deuices that euer I sawe or heard of Then I perceiue the deuill not onely inuenteth mischeif but also ordaineth instrumentall meanes to continue the same These bands are so chargeable as I suppose that but fewe haue of them if they haue they are better monyed them I am Philo. So few haue them as almost none is without them for euery one how meane or simple soeuer they bee otherwise will haue of them thrée or foure apéece for fayling And as though Camericke Holland Lawne and the finest cloth that maye bee got anie where for money were not good inough they haue them wrought all ouer with silke woorke and peraduenture laced with golde and siluer or other costly lace of no small price And whether they haue Argente to mayntaine this geare withall or not it forceth not muche for they will haue it by one meane or other or els they will eyther sell or morgage their Landes as they haue good store on Suters hill Stangate hole with losse of their lyues at Tiburne in a rope Spud. The state and condition of that Land must néedes be miserable and in tyme growe to greate scarcitie and dearth where is such vayne Prodigalitie and excesse of all thynges vsed Philo. Their Shirtes which all in a manner doe weare for if the Nobilitie or Gentrie onely did weare them it were somedeal more tollerable are eyther of Camericke Holland Lawne or els of the finest cloth that maye bée got And of these kindes of Shirts euerie one now doth weare alike so as it may be thoght our Forefathers haue made their Bandes Ruffes if they had any at all of grosser cloth and baser stuffe than the worst of our shirtes â—re made of now a dayes And these shurts somtimes it happeneth are wrought through out with nedle work of silke and suche like and curiouslie stitched with open seame and many other knackes besydes mo than I can describe Spud. These be goodly shurts indeed such yet as will not chafe their teÌ„der skinnes nor vlcerat their lyllie white bodyes or if they do it wil not be much to their gréeuances I dare be bound Is it anie maruell si Cristas erigant cornua attollant if they stand vppon their pantoffles and hoyse vp their sayles on highe hauinge these dyaâ—â—ond shurts on their delicate bodies but how soeuer it is I gather by your words that this must néeds be a nice and curious People who arethus nusseled vp in such daintie attyre Philo. It is very true for this their curiosity and nicenes in apparell as it were transnatureth them makinge them weake tender and infirme not able to abide such sharp conflicts and blustering stormes as many other people both abraode farre from them and in their confines nie to them do daylie sustaine I haue hard my Father with other wyse Sages affirme that in his tyme within the compasse of foure or fyue score yeres when men went clothed in black or white frize coates in hosen of Huswyues carzie of the same colore that the shéep bore them the want of making and wering of which clothe together with the excessiue wering of silks veluets satens damasks taffeties and such like hath and doth make many a thousand in Ailgna as poore mendicaÌ„ts to begge their bread wherof some weare strait to the thigh othersome litle bigger and when they ware shurts of hempe or flax but now these are to grosse our teÌ„der stomacks cannot easilye disgest such roughe and crude meats men weare stronger than we helthfuller fayrer complectioned longer lyuinge and finallye ten tymes harder than we and able to beare out any sorowe or paynes whatsoeuer For be sure this pampering of our bodies makes them weker tenderer and nesher than otherwyse they would be if they were vsed to hardnesse and more subiect to receiue anye kind of infection or maladie And rather abbreuiat oure dayes by manye yeres than extenuate our liues one minut of an houre Spud. I thinke no lesse For how stronge men were in tymes past how loÌ„g they lyued and how helthfull they weare before suche Nicenes and vayne pamperinge curiositie was inuented we may reade and many that lyue at this daye can testifie But now through our fond toyes and nice inuentions we haue brought our selues into suche pusillanimitie and effeminat condition as we may seeme rather nice dames and yonge gyrles than puissante agâ—nts or manlie men as our Forefathers haue bene Philo. Their dublettes are noe lesse monstrous than the reste For now the fashion is to haue them hang downe to the middest of their theighes or at least to their priuie members beeing so harde-quilted and stuffed bombasted and sewed as they can verie hardly eyther stoupe downe or decline them selues to the grounde soe styffe and sturdy they stand about them Now what handsomnes can be in these dubblettes whiche stand on their bellies like or muche bigger than a mans codpeece so as their bellies are thicker than all their bodyes besyde let wyse men iudge For for my parte handsomnes in them I see none and muche lesse profyte And to be plaine I neuer sawe any weare them but I supposed him to be a man inclined to gourmandice gluttonie and suche like For what may these great bellies signifie els than that either they are suche or els are affected that way This is the truest signification that I could euer presage or diuyne of them And this maye euerye one iudge of them that séeth them for certaine I am there was neuer any kinde of apparell euer
inuented that could more disproportion the body of man then these Dublets w t great bellies haÌ„ging down beneath their Pudenda as I haue said stuffed with foure fiue or six pound of Bombast at the least I say nothing of what their Dublets be made some of Saten Taffatie silk Grogram Chamlet gold siluer what not slashed iagged cut carued pincked and laced with all kinde of costly laâ—â— of diuers and sundry colours for if I shoulde stand vpon these particularities rather time then matter would be wanting Spud. These be the strangest doublets that euer I heard of and the furdest from hansomnes in euery respect vnlesse I be deceiued Philo. Then haue they Hosen which as they be of diuers fashions so are they of sundry names Some be called french-hose some gally-hose and some Uenitians The french-hose are of two diuers makings for the coÌ„mon french-hose as they list to call them contayneth length breadth and sidenes sufficient and is made very round The other contayneth neither length breadth nor sidenes béeing not past a quarter of a yarde side wherof some be paned cut and drawne out with costly ornaments with Canions annexed reaching down beneath their knées The Gally-hosen are made very large and wide reaching downe to their knées onely with thrée or foure guardes a péece laid down along either hose And the Uenetian-hosen they reach beneath the knée to the gartering place of the Leg where they are tyed finely with silk points or some such like and laied on also with rewes of lace or gardes as the other before And yet notwithstanding all this is not sufficient except they be made of silk veluet saten damask and other such precious things beside yea euery one Seruing man and other inferiour to them in euery condition wil not sticke to flaunte it out in these kinde of hosen with all other their apparel sutable therunto In times past Kings as olde Historiographers in their Bookes yet extant doo recorde would not disdaine to weare a paire of hosen of a Noble tenne Shillinges or a Marke price with all the rest of their apparel after the same rate but now it is a small matter to bestowe twentie nobles ten pound twentie pound fortie pound yea a hundred pound of one paire of Bréeches God be mercifull vnto vs. Spud. This is a wunderful excesse as euâ—â— I hearde of woorthy with the Swoorde 〈◊〉 Iustice rather to be punished then with papâ—â— and pen to be so gentlie confuteed Philo. Then haue they nether-stocks to these gay hosen not of cloth though neuer so fine for that is thought to base but of Iarnsey worsted silk thred and such like or els at the least of the finest yarn y t can be and so curiouslye knit with open seam down the leg with quirks and clocks about the ancles and sometime haply interlaced with gold orsiluer threds as is wunderful to behold And to such insolency outrage it is now growen that euery one almost though otherwise verie poor hauing scarce fortie shillings of wages by the yéer wil be sure to haue two or thrée paire of these silk neither-stocks or els of the finest yarne that may be got though y e price of them be a Ryall or twentie shillinges or more as commonly it is for how can they be lesse when as the very knitting of them is worth a noble or a royall and some much more The time hath béene when one might haue clothed all his body well for lesse then a pair of these neither-stocks wil cost Spud. I haue seldome hearde the like I think verely that Sathan pâ—ince of darknes Father of pride is let loose in y â— land els it could neuer so rage as it dooth for y â— like pride I am fully perswaded is not vsed vnder the sonne of any nation or people how barberous so euer wherfore wo be to this age and thrise accursed be these dayes which bring foorth such sowre frutes vnhappie are that people whom Sathan hath so bewitched captiued in sin The Lord holde his haÌ„d of mercy ouer vs. Philo. To these their nether-stocks they haue corked shooes pinsnets and fine pantofles which beare them vp a finger or two froÌ„ the ground wherof some be of white leather someâ— of black and some of red some of black veluet some of white some or red some of gréen raced carued cut and stitched all ouer with silk and laid on with golde siluer and such like yet notwithstanding to what good vses serue these pantofles except it be to wear in a priuate house or in a mans Chamber to kéepe him warme for this is the onely vse wherto they best serue in my iudgement but to go abroad in them as they are now vsed al together is rather a let or hinderaÌ„ce to a man then otherwise for shall he not be faine to knock and spurn at euery stone wall or poste to kéep them on his feet wherfore to disclose euen the bowels of my iudgement vnto you I think they be rather worne abrode for nicenes theÌ„ either for any ease which they bring for the contrary is moste truâ— or any hansoÌ„nes which is in them For how should they be easie when as the héele hangeth an inch or two ouer the slipper on the ground Insomuch â—as I haue knowen diuers mens legs swel with the same And handsome how should they be when as with their flipping flapping vp and down in y e dirte they exaggerate a mountain of mire â— gather a heape of clay baggage together loding the wearer with importable burthen Spud. Those kinde of pantoffles can neither be so handsome nor yet so warme as other vsuall commoÌ„ shoes be I think Therfore the weringe of them abrode rather importeth a Nicenes as you say in them that weare them than bringeth any other commodytie els vnlesse I be deceiued Philo. Their coates and Ierkins as they be diuerse in colors so be they diuerse in fashions for some be made with colors some without some close to the bodie some loose couering the whole body downe to the theighe like baggs or sacks that weare drawen ouer them hidinge the dimensions and proportioÌ„s of the body some are buttened downe the brest some vnder the arme some downe the back some with flappes ouer the brest some without some with great sleeues some with small and some with non at all some pleated and crested behind curiouslye gathered some notso how many dayes I might say houres or minuts of houres in the yeare so many sortes of apparell some one man will haue and thinketh it good prouision in â—aire weather to lay vp against a storme But if they would consider that their clothes except those that they weare vppon their backs be non of theirs but the poores they would not heap vp their presses and wardâ—obes as they do Do they think that it is lawfull for them to haue
vrge it malady enforce it or age require it Sp. Séeing y â— whordome bringeth such soure sauce with it namely death euerlasting after this life and so many discoÌ„modities besides in this life I wunder that men dare coÌ„mit the same so securely as they doo now a dayes Philo. It is so little feared in Ailgna that vntill euery one hath two or thrée Bastardes a péece they estéeme him no man for that they call a mans déede insomuch as euery sâ—uruie boy of twelue sixtéen or twenty yéeres of age wil make no conscience of it to haue two or thrée peraduenture half a dosen seuerall women with childe at once and this exploite béeing doon he showes them a faire pair of héeles and away goeth he Euro volociuâ— as quick as a Bâ—e as they say into some strange place where he is not knowen where how he liueth let the wise iudge for coelum non animum mut 〈◊〉 qui trans mare currunt though they châ—uâ—ge their place of abode yet their naughtie dispositions they retaine stil. Then hauing estraunged them selues thus for a small space they returne againe not to their pristine cursed life I dare say but vnto their cuntrey and then no man may say black is their eye but all is wel they as good christians as those that suffer them vnpunished Spud. The state and condition of that Cuntrey is most miserable if it be true you report it weare much better that euerye one had his lawful wife and euery woman her lawful husband as the Apostle commaundeth then thus to bedrowned in the filthie sin of whordome Philo. That is the only salue and soueraine remedy which the lord ordained against whordome that those who haue not the gift of continencis might mary and so kéep their vessels vndefiled to the Lord. But notwithstaÌ„ding in Ailgna there is ouer great libertye permitted therin for litle infants in swadling clowts are often maried by their ambicious Parents and frends when they know neither good nor â—uill and this is the origene of much wickednesse directlie against the word of God and examples of the primityue age And besydes this you shall haue euery sawcy boy of x. xiiij xvi or xx yeres of age to catch vp a woman marie her without any feare of God at all or respect had either to her religion wisdom integritie of lyfe or any other vertue or which is more without any respecte how they maye lyue together with sufficient maintenance for their callings and estat No no it maketh no matter for these things so he haue his pretie pussie to huggle withall it forceth not for that is the only thing he desireth Than build they vp a cotage though but of elder poals in euery lane end almost wher they lyue as beggers al their life This filleth the land with such store of poore people that in short tyme except some caution be prouided to preuent the same it is like to growe to great pouertie and scarsnes which GOD forbid Sp. I caÌ„not sée how this geare shold be holpeÌ„ Ph. What if a restraint were made y â— none except vppon speciall and vrgente causes should marie before they come to xx or xxiiij yéeres or at y e least before they be .xiiij. or xviij yeeres old would not this make fewer beggers than now there are Sp. But if this were established thaÌ„ should we haue moe Bastards and of the two I had rather we had many legittimats than many illegittimates Philo. The occasion of begetting of manyâ— Bastards were soone cut of if the punishment which either God his lawe doth allowe or els which good pollicy doth constitute were aggrauated and executed vppon the Offenders For the punishment appointed for whordom now is so light that they estéeme not of it thei feare it not they make but a iest of it For what great thing is it to go ij or thrée dayes in a white shéete before the congregation and that somtymes not past an howre or two in a day hauing their vsnall garmeÌ„ts vnderneth as commonly they haue This impunitie iâ— respecte of condigne punishement which that vice requireth doth rather animate and imbolden them to the acte than feare them from it In so much as I haue heard soâ—e miscreants impudently say that he is but a â—east that for such white lyuered punishment would abstaine from suche gallant pastyme but certen it is that they who thinke it suche sweet meate here shall find the sawce sowre and stiptick enough in Hell Spud. What punishment would you haue inflicted vppon such as commit this horrible kinde of sinne Philo. I would wish that the Man or Woman who are certenlye knowen without all scruple or doubte to haue committed the horryble fact of whordome adulterie incest or fornication eyther should drinke a full draught of Moyses cuppe that is â—ast of present death or els if y â— be thought too seuere for in euill men will be more mercifull than the Author of mercie him selfe but in goodnesse fare well mercy than wold GOD they might be cauterized and seared with a hote yron on the chéeke forehead or some other parte of their bodye that might be séene to the end the honest and chast Christians might be discerned from the adulterous Children of Sathan But alas this vice with the rest wanteth such due punishement as GOD his Word doth commaunde to be executed ther vppon The Magistrates wincke at it or els as looking thorowe their fingers they see it and will not sée it And therfore the Lorde is forced too take the sword into his owne hands and to execute punishment him selfe because the Magistrates will not For better proof wherof marke this strange fearful iudgment of god shewed vpon two adulterous persoÌ„s there euen y e last day in effect y â— remeÌ„braÌ„ce wherof is yet gréen in their heds There was a man whose name was W. Ratsurb being certenly knowen to be a notorious vserer and yet pretending alway a singular zeale to religion so that he wold seldom tymes go without a byble about him but sée the iudgements of God vpon them that will take his word in their mouthes and yet lyue cleane contrarie making the word of God a cloke to couer their sinne and naughtynesse withall who vppon occasion of busines visiting Lewedirb a place appointed for the correctioÌ„ of such that be wicked lyuers saw there a famous whore but a very proper Woman whoÌ„ as is said he knew not but whether he did or not certeÌ„ it is that he procured her delyuery from thence bayled her hauing put away his owne wife before kept her in his chamber vsing her at his pleasure Whylest these two meÌ„bers of y e deuil were playing the vile Sodomits together in his chamber hauing a litle pan of coles before them wherin was a very litle fire it pleased GOD euen in his wrath to strike these two persons dead in
dauncing is but rather of restraints inhibitioÌ„s froÌ„ the same which are not there to be found For what clipping what culling what kissing and bussing what smouching sâ—abbering one of another what filthie groping and vncleane handling is not practised euery wher in these dauncings yea the very deed and action it selfe which I will not name for offending chast eares shall be purtrayed and shewed foorth in their bawdye gestures of one to another All which whither they blow vp Venus cole or not who is so blind that séeth not wherfore let them not think that it is any recreation which word is abusiuely vsed to expresse the ioyes or delightes of y â— mind which signifieth a making againe of that which before was made to the mind of a good Christian but rather a corrosiue most sharp and nipping For seing that it is euill in it self it is not a thing wherin a ChristiaÌ„ Mans heart may take any comfort The â—nely summum bonum wherin a true Christians heart is recreated and comforted is the meditatioÌ„ of y â— passion of Iesus Christ the effusion of his blood the remission of sins and the contemplation of the ineffable ioyes and beatituds after this life prepared for the faithfull in the blood of Iesus Christ. This is the only thing wherin a Christian maÌ„ ought to reioyse and take delight in all other pleasures delights of this lyfe set a parte as amarulent and bitter bringing foorth fruit to eternall destruction but the other to eternall lyfe And wheras they conclude it is a holesome exercise for the bodie the contrary is moste true for I haue knowen diuers by the immoderate vse therof haue in short time become decrepit and lame so remaining to their dying day Some haue broke their legs with skipping leaping turning and vawting and some haue come by one hurt some by another but neuer any came from thence without soÌ„e parte of his minde broken and lame such a wholsome exercise it is But say they it induceth looue so I say also but what looue Truely a lustful loue a venereous looue a concupiscencious baudie beastiall looue such as procéedeth from the stinking pump and lothsome sink of carnall affection and fleshly appetite and not such as distilleth from the bowels of the hart ingenerat by the spirit of God Wherfore I exhort them in the bowels of Iesus Christ to eschue not only from euil but also from all apperance of euil as the Apostle willeth them proceeding from one vertue to another vntil they growe to perfect men in Christe Iesus knowing that we must giue accouÌ„ts at y â— day of iudgment of euery minut and iote of time from the day of our birth to the time of our death for there is nothing more precious then time which is giuen vs to glorifie God in good-woorks and not to spend in luxurious exercises after our owne fantasies and delights Spud. But I haue heard then affirme that dauÌ„cing is prouable by the woord of God for say they did not the women come foorth of all the Cities of Israel to méet king Saule and Dauid returning from the slaughter of Goliath with psalteries flutes tabrets Cymbals and other musicall Instruments dauncing leaping before them Did not the Israelites hauing passed ouer the red sea bring foorth their Instruments and danced for ioy of their deliuerance Againeâ— did they not daunce before thâ— golden Calf which they had made in Horeb or Sinai Did not king Dauid daunce before the Ark of the Lord Did not the Daughter of Iephtah daunce with tabret and harp at the return of her Father from the Féeld Did not the women of the Israelits dance comming to visitâ— good Iudith Did not the Damsel dance before King Herod Did not Christ blame y e people for their not dancing when he said wee haue pyped vnto you but you haue not daunced Saith not Salomon there is a tune to wéep and a time to laughe a time to mourne and a time to daunce And dooth not the Prophet Dauid in many places of his Psalmes commend and commaund dauncing and playing vpon Instruments of Musick Wherfore for thus they conclude séeing these holy Fathers wherof some were guided by the instinction of God his Spirit haue not only taught it in doctrine but also expressed it by their Examples of life who may open his mouth once to speake against it Philo. The Fathers as they were men had their errors and erred as men for Hominis est errare decipi et labi it is naturall for man to erre to be deceiued to slide from the trueth Therfore the Apostle saith follow mée in all things as I follow Christ but to y e intent that they who perpend the Examples of the Fathers and Scripture falsly wrested to maintaine theirâ— deuilish dauncings withall may sée their owne impietie grosse ignorance discouered I wil coÌ„pendiously set down the true sence and meaning of euery place as they haue cyted them perticulerly For the first wheras they say that the Women came foorth in daunces with timbrels and Instruments of Ioy to méet Dauid and Saule I aske them for what cause they did so Was it for wantonnes or for very ioye of hart for their Uictorie gotten ouer the Philistines their sworne Enemies Was it in prayse of GOD or to stirre vp filthie lust in them selues or for nicenes onely as our daunces bée Did men and women daunce togither as is now vsed to be doon or rather was it not doon amongst women only for so saith the text the women came foorth c. But admit it were neither so nor so wil they conclude a generall rule of a particuler example it is no good reason to say such and such did so therfore it is good or we may doo so but all things are to be poysed in y e balance of holy scripture and therby to be allowed or disalowed according to the meaning of the holy Ghost who is only to be heard and obeyed in his woord The Israelitish women hearing of the fame of Dauid and how he had killed their deadly enemie Goliath came foorth to méet him playing vpon instrumeÌ„ts dancing singing songs of ioye and thanks-giuing to the Lord who had giuen them victorie and deliuered them from the deadly hostilitie of him who sought their distruction euery way Now what maketh this for our leâ—d wanton nice and vbiquitarie dauncings for so I may call them because they be vsed euery where let the godly iudge who seeth not rather y â— this example let Cerberus the dog of hel alatrate what he list to the coÌ„trary clean ouerthroweth them Theirs was a godly kind of daÌ„cing in praise of God ours a lustful baudie kinde of deameâ—our in praise of our selues theâ—rs to shew their inward ioy of minde for the blessings of God bestowed vpon them ours to show our actiuitie
but most ruefull to behold did y â— Lord send down from Heauen to shew vnto the whole World how gréeuously he is offended with those that spend his Sabaoth in such wicked exercises In y â— meane tyme leauing his temple desolat and emptie God graunt all men may take warning hereby to shun the same for feare of like or worser Iudgement to come A fearfull Iudgement of GOD shewed at the Theaters THE like Iudgement almost did the Lord shew vnto them a litle befor being assembled at their Theaters to sée their bawdie enterluds and other trumperies practised For he caused y e earth mightely to shak and quauer as though all would haue fallen down wherat the People sore amazed some leapt down froÌ„ the top of y e turrets pinacles and towres wher they stood to the ground wherof some had their legs broke some their arms some their backs some hurt one where some another many sore crusht and brused but not any but they weÌ„t away store affraid wounded in coÌ„science And yet caÌ„ neither y e one nor y â— other fray them froÌ„ these diuelish exercyses vntill the Lorde consume them all in his wrath which God forbid The Lord of his mercie opeÌ„ the eyes of the maiestrats to pluck down these places of abuse that god may be honored and their conscieÌ„ces disburtheâ—ed Besids these exercises thei flock thick thrée fold to y â— cockfâ—ights an exercyse nothing inferiour to y â— rest wher nothing is vsed but swering forswering deceit fraude collusion coâ—enage scoulding railing conuitious talking feighting brawling quarreling drinking whooring which is worst of all robbing of one an other of their goods y â— not by direct but indirect means atteÌ„pts yet to blauÌ„ch set out these mischiefs w tall as though they were vertues thei haue their appointed daies set howrs when these dâ—uelries must be exercised They haue houses erected to y â— purpose flags ensignes hanged outâ— to giue notice of it to others and proclamation goes out to proclaim y e same to thâ—end y â— many may come to the dedication of this solemne feast of mischief the Lord supplant them And as for hawking hunting vpoÌ„ the sabaoth day it is an exercyse vpon y â— day no lesse vnlawful thaÌ„ the other For no maÌ„ ought to spend any day of his life much lesse euery day in his life as many do in such vaine ydle pastimes wherfore let Gentlemen take â—eed for be sure accounts must be giuen at the day of iudgemeÌ„t for euery minut of time â—oth how they haue spent it in what exercyses And let them be sure no more libertie is giuen theÌ„ to mispend an howre or one iote of the Lord his goods than is giuen to the poorest and meanest person y â— liueth vpoÌ„ the face of the earth I neuer read of any in y â— volume of y â— sacred scripture that was a good man and a Hunter Esau was a great hunâ—er but a reprobat Ismaell a great hunter but a miscreant Nemrode a great hunter but yet a reprobat and a vessell of wrath Thus I speake not to condemne hawking and hunting altogether being vsed for recreation now and than but against the continuall vse therof daylie hourly wéekly yéerly yea all the time of their life without intermissioÌ„ And such a felicitie haue some in it as they make it all their ioye bestowing more vpoÌ„ hawkes and hounds and a sort of idle lubbers to followe them in one yéer than they will impart to the poore members of Christ Iesus in vij yéers peraduenture in all the dayes of their life So long as maÌ„ in Paradice persisted in innocency all beasts what so euer we are obedieÌ„t to him and came and prostrated themselues before him But euer since his â—all they haue fled from him disobeyed him because of his sin that séeing he disobeyed the Lord they again disobeied him For so long as man obeied God so long they obeied him but so soone as maÌ„ disobeyed God they disobeyed him becam enemies to him as it were seeking to reueÌ„ge y e iniurie which maÌ„ had don vnto GOD in disobeying his lawes Wherfore the cause why all beasts do fly from vs and are become Enemies to vs is our disobedience to the LORD which we are rather to sorow for than to hunt after their deaths by the sheading of their blood â—If necessitie or want of other meats inforceth vs to séek after their liues it is lawfull to vse them in the feare of God w t thanks to his name but for our pastimes and vain pleasures sake wée are not in any wise to spoyle or hurt them Is he a christian man or rather a pseudo-christian that delighteth in blood Is he a Christian that spendeth all his life in wanton pleasures and plesaunt delights Is hée a Christian that buieth vp the corne of y â— poor turning it into bread as many doo to féed dogs for his pleasure Is hée a christian that liueth to the hurt of his Neighbour in treading and breaking down his hedges in casting open his gates in trampling of his corne otherwise in preiudicing him as hunters doo wherfore God giue them grace to see to it and to mend it betimes ere it be to late for they know mora trahit periculum delay bringeth danger Let vs not deferre to leaue the euil and to doo good least the wrath of the Lord be kindled against vs and consume vs from of the vpper face of the Earth Spud What say you to kéeping of Markets of Fayres Courtes and Léetes vpon y â— Sabaoth day Think you it is not lawful to vse the same vpon any day Philo. No truely for can you serue God the deuil togither can wée carrie to God and ferrie to the deuil can we serue two Maisters and neither offend the one nor the other can wée serue God and Mammon can wée please God and the world bothe at one time The Lord wil not be serued by péecemeale for either he wil haue the wholeman or els none For saith he Thou shalt looue the Lord thy God with all thy soule withall thy minde withaâ—l thy power withall thy strength and so foorth orels with none at all Then séeing that we are to giue ouer our selues so wholely and totally to the seruice of God al y e daies of our life but especially vppon the Sabaoth day being consecrate to that end we may not intermedle with these prophane exercised vpon that day For it is more then manifest y â— these faires markets courtes and léetes vpon the Sabaoth day are not only a hinderaÌ„ce vnto vs in the true seruice of God and an abuse of y â— Sabaoth but also lead vs the path way to hel For what cosonage is not there practised what falshod deceit fraude is not there exercised what dissimulation in bargaining