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and_o drink_v in_o brief_o let_v he_o avoid_v all_o thing_n which_o either_o disgrace_n or_o diminish_v his_o pastoral_a authority_n part_n 9_o c._n 9_o 10._o the_o people_n also_o be_v diligent_o to_o be_v admonish_v why_o holy_a day_n and_o especial_o the_o lord_n day_n which_o have_v be_v always_o famous_a in_o the_o church_n from_o the_o apostle_n time_n be_v institute_v to_o wit_n that_o all_o may_v equal_o come_v together_o to_o hear_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o likewise_o to_o hear_v and_o receive_v the_o holy_a sacrament_n brief_o that_o they_o may_v apply_v their_o mind_n to_o god_n alone_o and_o thâ—t_o they_o may_v be_v spend_v only_o in_o prayer_n hymn_n psalm_n and_o spiritual_a song_n for_o this_o be_v to_o sanctify_v the_o sabbath_n wherefore_o we_o desire_v that_o on_o these_o day_n all_o play_n shall_v be_v prohibit_v all_o victual_v house_n shut_v up_o all_o riot_n drunkenness_n dishonest_a play_n dance_v fraught_v with_o frenzy_n wicked_a discourse_n filthy_a song_n brief_o all_o luxury_n to_o be_v avoid_v for_o by_o these_o thing_n and_o that_o which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n follow_v they_o by_o blasphemy_n and_o perjury_n the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v profane_v and_o the_o sabbath_n which_o admonish_v we_o that_o we_o shall_v cease_v to_o do_v ill_a and_o learn_v to_o do_v good_a be_v pollute_v so_o that_o if_o we_o believe_v this_o council_n stageplay_n dance_v feast_v and_o drink_v be_v according_o no_o fit_a holiday_n or_o lordsday_n exercise_n which_o shall_v be_v whole_o consecrate_v to_o god_n service_n the_o 39_o be_v synodus_fw-la heidelsheimensis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1539._o which_o do_v thus_o express_v its_o resolution_n in_o our_o case_n 832._o canon_n 14._o item_n ut_fw-la clericorum_fw-la maximè_fw-la beneficiatorum_fw-la vita_fw-la sit_fw-la exemplaris_fw-la et_fw-la accepta_fw-la universis_fw-la clericis_fw-la beneficiatis_fw-la in_o sacris_fw-la et_fw-la nostra_fw-la diaecesi_fw-la constitutis_fw-la constitutione_n praesenti_fw-la districtius_fw-la inhibemus_fw-la ne_fw-la ludis_fw-la taxillorum_fw-la aut_fw-la alijs_fw-la levitatibus_fw-la ac_fw-la choreis_fw-la hastiludijs_fw-la torneamentis_fw-la et_fw-la alijs_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la publicis_fw-la et_fw-la prohibitis_fw-la intersint_fw-la aut_fw-la talia_fw-la exerceant_fw-la prout_fw-la poenas_fw-la condignas_fw-la in_o contra_fw-la facientes_fw-la facti_fw-la exigente_fw-la qualitate_fw-la authoritate_fw-la nostra_fw-la infligendas_fw-la voluerint_fw-la evitare_fw-la etc._n etc._n vid._n ibidem_fw-la can_n 14._o moreover_o that_o the_o life_n of_o clergy_n man_n especial_o of_o such_o who_o be_v benefice_v may_v be_v exemplary_a and_o acceptable_a we_o strict_o inhibit_v all_o benefice_a clergy_n man_n which_o be_v in_o order_n within_o our_o diocese_n by_o this_o present_a canon_n that_o they_o be_v not_o present_a at_o any_o game_n at_o table_n or_o at_o any_o other_o vanity_n dance_n tilting_n torney_n or_o other_o public_a prohibit_v spectacle_n and_o that_o they_o practise_v not_o any_o of_o these_o themselves_o as_o they_o will_v avoid_v condign_a punishment_n against_o the_o offender_n the_o quality_n of_o the_o fact_n require_v it_o to_o be_v inflict_v by_o our_o authority_n the_o 40._o be_v concilium_fw-la treverense_n anno_fw-la 1549._o which_o in_o cap_n de_fw-fr moderandis_fw-la ferijs_fw-la decree_v as_o follow_v purpose_n et_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la sive_fw-la clericus_fw-la sive_fw-la laicus_fw-la in_o praenominatis_fw-la celebribus_fw-la festis_fw-la compotationibus_fw-la choreis_fw-la ludis_fw-la aut_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la lascivijs_fw-la et_fw-la levitatibus_fw-la temerè_fw-la aut_fw-la contumaciter_fw-la seize_v dederit_fw-la aut_fw-la immiscuerit_fw-la ab_fw-la officialibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la arbitrariò_fw-la pro_fw-la modo_fw-la delicti_fw-la etiam_fw-la brachij_fw-la secularis_fw-la auxilio_fw-la si_fw-la opus_fw-la erit_fw-la invocato_fw-la puniri_fw-la mandamus_fw-la 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 exclude_v all_o stage-player_n and_o dice-player_n from_o the_o sacrament_n 807._o cap._n 19_o item_n ne_fw-la hoc_fw-la praecellens_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la aliqua_fw-la afficiatur_fw-la injuria_fw-la et_fw-la contemptu_fw-la ex_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la patrum_fw-la decreto_fw-la et_fw-la institutione_n etiam_fw-la infame_v omnes_fw-la ab_fw-la ejus_fw-la perceptione_n prohibendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la praestigiatores_fw-la incantatores_fw-la publicè_fw-la rei_fw-la et_fw-la scurrae_fw-la et_fw-la qui_fw-la ludis_fw-la vacant_a jure_fw-la pontificio_fw-la prohibitis_fw-la itidemque_fw-la scortae_fw-la et_fw-la â—enones_fw-la ij_o inquam_fw-la omnes_fw-la ab_fw-la altaris_fw-la sacramento_n removendi_fw-la sunt_fw-la donec_fw-la vita_fw-la sua_fw-la improba_fw-la penitus_fw-la abdicata_fw-la irrogatam_fw-la sibi_fw-la poenitentiae_fw-la mulctam_fw-la persolverint_fw-la item_n ijs_fw-la annumerandi_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la alearum_fw-la lusui_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la vacant_a diceplay_a quibus_fw-la 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
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 oâ—_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 quoniâ—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 arbiâ—ramur_fw-la vero_fw-la nullo_n secuâ—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 hujuâ—_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 parochiaâ—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 â—â—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 ecclesiaâ—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 aâ—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 hominâ—m_fw-la perdat_fw-la in_o sabbatho_fw-la â—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 â—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 insanijs_fw-la cantilenas_fw-la turpes_fw-la breviter_fw-la omnem_fw-la luxum_fw-la et_fw-la lascivian_fw-la atque_fw-la omnem_fw-la festorum_fw-la prophanationem_fw-la damnamus_fw-la et_fw-la reprobamus_fw-la we_o command_v the_o curate_n of_o church_n that_o they_o suffer_v no_o dance_n or_o other_o play_n or_o foolery_n to_o be_v make_v in_o church_n yard_n but_o those_o thing_n rather_o which_o may_v put_v man_n in_o mind_n of_o sorrow_n and_o death_n we_o have_v know_v and_o try_v the_o subtlety_n of_o the_o devil_n to_o derogate_v from_o god_n worship_n and_o to_o substitute_v his_o own_o in_o its_o room_n for_o in_o our_o diocese_n through_o all_o solemn_a feast_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o other_o saint_n to_o augment_v sacrilege_n he_o admix_v unchaste_a and_o obscene_a play_n in_o these_o that_o he_o may_v destroy_v the_o whole_a man_n upon_o the_o sabbath_n and_o subject_v he_o to_o himself_o but_o he_o think_v good_a to_o exempt_a lords-daye_n from_o fair_n yet_o he_o have_v defile_v and_o profane_v they_o with_o a_o like_a sacrilege_n for_o he_o turn_v alm_n into_o riot_n prayer_n into_o dance_n and_o sermon_n into_o scurrility_n to_o cleanse_v these_o profanation_n of_o holy_a day_n etc._n etc._n we_o command_v curate_n that_o they_o provide_v a_o preacher_n which_o may_v preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n 12._o twice_o in_o a_o day_n pray_v mark_v it_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o the_o people_n may_v be_v keep_v exercise_v in_o piety_n both_o morning_n and_o evening_n even_o from_o dinner_n we_o condemn_v and_o reprobate_n riot_v drunkenness_n prodigality_n contention_n wicked_a and_o dishonest_a play_n dance_v fraught_v with_o foolery_n filthy_a song_n brief_o all_o luxury_n lasciviousness_n and_o all_o profanation_n of_o holy-day_n under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n vide_fw-la ibidem_fw-la so_o abominable_a so_o unlawful_a be_v dance_n play_n and_o amorous_a pastoral_n on_o lords-daye_n holy-day_n and_o all_o solemn_a festival_n devote_v to_o god_n service_n the_o 49._o be_v concilium_fw-la burdigense_n anno_fw-la 1582._o which_o as_o it_o complain_v that_o lords-daye_n and_o holy-day_n be_v much_o profane_v with_o play_n pastime_n drunkenness_n and_o other_o villainy_n in_o these_o word_n 581._o tamersi_fw-la dominici_n festique_fw-la dies_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la unum_fw-la instituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la fideles_fw-la christiani_n ab_fw-la 1072._o externis_fw-la operibus_fw-la abstinentes_fw-la liberius_fw-la et_fw-la majori_fw-la cum_fw-la pielate_fw-la divino_fw-la cultui_fw-la vacarent_fw-la etc._n etc._n nihilominus_fw-la nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la praeposterè_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la ut_fw-la tà m_fw-la solennes_n et_fw-la religiosi_fw-la dies_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o illicitis_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 caâ—uâ—_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 illicâ—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 aquarâ—_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 151â—_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 6â—_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 parsâ—_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
by_o and_o consecrate_v unto_o idol_n and_o devil-god_n who_o be_v court_v with_o they_o in_o their_o festival_n see_v devil_n dance_a and_o festival_n pag._n 478.479_o 482._o fol._n 558.559_o p._n 731_o 732_o 735._o idolatry_n a_o grand_a sin_n to_o which_o man_n be_v natural_o prone_a p._n 27.58_o 59_o 80_o 81_o 82_o 83._o the_o mother_n of_o stageplay_n p._n 28._o to_o 40.58_o 59_o f._n 522.558_o 559._o pag._n 546.547_o the_o act_n of_o a_o idol_n part_n or_o make_v his_o representation_n idolatry_n p._n 89.90_o 865_o 866_o 891_o 892._o the_o veâ—y_a relic_n and_o shadow_n of_o it_o â—o_o be_v avoid_v p._n 27.58_o 59_o 80_o 81_o 652_o 891_o 892._o occasion_v by_o stageplay_n and_o play-poet_n p._n 80.81.84_o fol._n 550.551_o 55â—_n p._n 650.651_o 652._o jesuit_n act_n christ_n passion_n etc._n etc._n in_o stead_n of_o preach_v it_o p._n 116.117_o 765_o 766_o 767_o 999._o god_n judgement_n upon_o they_o for_o a_o profane_a play_n f._n 558._o some_o of_o they_o have_v condemn_v stageplay_n pag._n 996.997_o etc._n etc._n jew_n condemn_v and_o reject_v stageplay_n and_o idol_n shape_n and_o vizard_n pag._n 466.552_o to_o 556.714_o 718_o 723_o 894_o 981._o have_v no_o image_n in_o their_o temple_n and_o condemn_v the_o veâ—y_a art_n of_o imagery_n p._n 894._o to_o 902._o keep_v their_o sabbath_n from_o evening_n to_o evening_n p._n 639.642_o ignatius_n the_o martyr_n condemn_v dance_v on_o the_o lord_n day_n p._n 222.231_o m._n ignatius_n loyola_n prohibit_v terence_n to_o be_v read_v in_o school_n p._n 917._o image_n and_o picture_n of_o god_n the_o father_n son_n and_o holy_a ghost_n unlawful_a to_o be_v make_v or_o set_v up_o in_o church_n pag._n 286.894_o to_o 904._o see_v hooper_n image_n in_o church_n condemn_v by_o father_n counsel_n emperor_n protestant_a church_n and_o writer_n and_o by_o our_o own_o english_a statute_n article_n injunction_n homily_n canon_n ancient_a bishop_n and_o writer_n ibidem_fw-la see_v bishop_n jewel_n reply_v to_o m._n harding_n artic_a 14._o p._n 496._o to_o 517._o roderick_n mors_fw-la his_o complaint_n to_o the_o parliament_n in_o king_n henry_n the_o 8._o day_n cap._n 19_o 24â—_n d._n john_n ponet_fw-la bb._n of_o winchester_n his_o apology_n or_o answer_n to_o martin_n 1555._o câ—p_n 6.7_o pag._n 74.84_o 85._o archb_n shop_n usher_v answer_n to_o the_o jesuit_n challenge_n pag._n 495._o to_o 514._o edit_fw-la ult_n &_o a_o short_a description_n of_o antichrist_n 1555._o pag._n 26._o demolish_v at_o zuricke_n and_o basil_n and_o here_o in_o england_n by_o henry_n the_o 8._o edward_n the_o 6._o and_o queen_n elizabeth_n p._n 903._o m._n image_n condemn_v by_o the_o persian_n syrian_n scythian_n and_o lybian_o of_o old_a origen_n cont._n celsum_fw-la lib._n 7._o fol._n 96._o none_o suffer_v in_o the_o temple_n and_o synagogue_n of_o the_o jew_n turk_n saracen_n moor_n moschovite_n or_o barbarous_a heathen_a nation_n of_o asia_n africa_n and_o europe_n now_o haddon_n cont._n osorium_n lib._n 3._o f._n 254._o condemn_v by_o maâ—omet_n in_o his_o alcoran_n edit_fw-la lat._n bibliandri_n 1550._o p._n 19.105_o 126_o 144_o 152._o &_o shall_v christian_n shall_v protestant_n suffer_v applaud_v erect_v they_o when_o as_o these_o condemn_v they_o see_v thomas_n waldensis_n tom._n 3._o tit._n 19_o de_fw-fr religiosorum_fw-la domibus_fw-la cap._n 150._o to_o 162._o imitation_n of_o pagan_n and_o their_o custom_n unlawful_a p._n 18._o to_o 23.730_o to_o 734._o see_v pagan_n impudence_n a_o dangerous_a sin_n occasion_v by_o stageplay_n p._n 441.512_o to_o 516._o infamous_a to_o act_v play_n see_v act_v player_n p._n 412.429_o 841._o to_o 860._o intention_n of_o playhaunter_n p._n 943._o to_o 947._o invention_n of_o pagan_n how_o far_o lawful_a and_o unlawful_a p._n 16._o to_o 42._o josephus_n his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n and_o theater_n p_o 466.467_o 553_o 554_o etc._n etc._n of_o image_n p._n 894.895_o isiodoâ—_n hispaâ—eâ—sis_n his_o censure_n of_o diceplayâ—_a epist._n dedic_n 1._o of_o stageplay_n and_o theater_n p._n 349._o f._n 524.525_o pag._n 562.583_o 757_o 758._o m._n of_o newyear_n gift_n p._n 757.758_o m._n of_o read_v profane_a writer_n p._n 78.79_o 915_o 916._o isiodor_n pelufiota_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n and_o player_n p_o 477.795_o of_o recite_v human_a author_n in_o sermon_n pag._n 937_o 938._o isocrates_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n and_o player_n p._n 121.450_o 703._o irenâ—eus_n his_o censure_n of_o player_n &_o play_n p._n 158._o m._n 669._o judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o play-poet_n player_n play-hauntersâ—_a f._n 550.552_o to_o 565._o julian_n the_o apostate_n his_o edict_n against_o minister_n resort_n to_o play_n or_o alehouse_n p._n 461.665_o julius_n messalla_n his_o expense_n on_o play_n p._n 315.322_o iuo_o carnotensis_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n player_n act_v in_o woman_n apparel_n etc._n etc._n 665.684_o 846_o 886_o 906._o junius_n mauricus_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n p._n 458._o justinian_n his_o edict_n against_o dice_v player_n 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 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and_o act_v in_o woman_n apparellâ—_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 8â—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 â—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 â—_o pag._n 585.924_o to_o 932._o be_v spiritual_a priestsâ—_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 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admittunt_fw-la bene_fw-la dicta_fw-la depravant_fw-la prudenter_fw-la allegata_fw-la pervertunt_fw-la rumpunt_fw-la faedera_fw-mi nutriunt_fw-la dissimulationes_fw-la fornicationes_fw-la dissimulant_fw-la matrimonia_fw-la distrahunt_fw-la adulteria_fw-la fovent_fw-la penetrant_fw-la domus_fw-la &_o mulieres_fw-la oneratas_fw-la peccatis_fw-la captivas_fw-la ducunt_fw-la diffamant_fw-la innoxios_fw-la &_o nocenâ—es_fw-la absoluunt_fw-la et_fw-la ut_fw-la multa_fw-la sub_fw-la verborum_fw-la paucitate_fw-la concludam_fw-la dum_fw-la omne_fw-la venaliter_fw-la agunt_fw-la filii_fw-la avaritiae_fw-la servi_fw-la mammonae_fw-la se_fw-la diabolo_fw-it venales_fw-la exponunt_fw-la si_fw-mi mihi_fw-la credis_fw-la imò_fw-la si_fw-la credis_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la relinque_fw-la maturius_fw-la officialis_fw-la officium_fw-la ministerium_fw-la damnaâ—ionis_fw-la rotam_fw-la malorum_fw-la &_o spiritum_fw-la vertiginis_fw-la qui_fw-la te_fw-la ad_fw-la inania_fw-la circumvoluit_fw-la miserere_fw-la animae_fw-la tuus_fw-la placens_fw-la deo_fw-la cui_fw-la placere_fw-la non_fw-la potes_fw-la cum_fw-la isto_fw-la perditionis_fw-la officioâ—_n petrus_n blesensis_n epist._n 25._o ad_fw-la offiâ—ialem_fw-la episcopi_fw-la caâ—notensis_fw-la bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 12._o pars_fw-la 2._o pag._n 724.725_o vid._n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la enarratio_fw-la in_o psal._n 3â—_n 3â—_n o_o that_o christian_n will_v consider_v this_o especial_o those_o who_o abuse_v the_o feast_n of_o our_o saviour_n nativity_n nativity_n de_fw-fr praeceptis_fw-la decalogi_fw-la c_o 7._o operum_fw-la parisijs_fw-la 1606._o pars_fw-la 2._o col._n 264._o &_o sermo_n domin_n 3._o adventus_n pars_fw-la 4._o col_fw-fr 332.333_o 334._o 334._o speculun_n morale_n lib._n 3._o distinct_a 6._o pars_fw-la 9_o fol._n 251.252_o 251.252_o concio_fw-la 6._o de_fw-fr dominicâ—_n 3._o adventus_n &_o concio_fw-la 19_o de_fw-fr dominica_n 1._o quinquage_n operum_fw-la coloniae_fw-la agrip._n 1617._o tom._n 6._o col._n 60.61_o 204_o 205._o 205._o pag._n 62._o to_o 78._o 78._o exod._n 20.8_o 9_o 10_o 11._o work_n which_o god_n require_v on_o the_o sabbath_n sabbath_n isaiah_n 58.13_o 14._o dominico_n die_v à _fw-fr labour_v terreno_fw-la cessandum_fw-la est_fw-la atque_fw-la omnimodo_fw-la orationibus_fw-la insistendum_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la quid_fw-la negligentiae_fw-la per_fw-la sex_n die_v agiâ—ur_n per_fw-la diem_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la dominicae_fw-la praecibus_fw-la expieâ—â—r_fw-la greg._n magnuâ—_n epist._n lib._n 11._o indict_v 6._o cap._n 3._o fol._n 452â—_n f._n f._n how_o the_o sabbath_n day_n it_o consume_v consume_v see_v here_o pag._n 242._o 242._o at_o playeâ—_n every_o member_n of_o man_n be_v defile_v defile_v john_n 14._o â—5_n â—5_n ephes._n 5.16_o 5.16_o none_o delight_n in_o common_a spectacle_n but_o such_o as_o will_v be_v spectacle_n spectacle_n time_n will_v not_o be_v lose_v lose_v end_v of_o man_n creation_n creation_n 2_o cor._n 5.10_o 5.10_o pag._n 76.77_o 78â—_n 78â—_n why_o the_o emperor_n trajan_n ordain_v but_o 22._o holi_fw-la day_n throughout_o the_o year_n year_n god_n worst_a serve_v on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n day_n in_o his_o school_n of_o abuse_n and_o play_v confute_v confute_v treatise_n against_o vain_a play_n and_o interlude_n interlude_n anatomy_n of_o abuses_n p._n 101._o to_o 107._o 107._o three_o part_n of_o the_o true_a watch._n cap._n 11._o abomination_n 30._o p._n 302._o 302._o populus_fw-la ac_fw-la vulgus_fw-la imperitorum_fw-la ludis_fw-la magnopere_fw-la delectantur_fw-la sunt_fw-la enim_fw-la populi_fw-la ac_fw-la multitudinis_fw-la comitia_fw-la populo_fw-la ludorum_fw-la magnificentia_fw-la voluptati_fw-la est_fw-la ludio_n delectamur_fw-la &_o capimur_fw-la lex_fw-la haec_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la ludos_fw-la pertinet_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la gratissima_fw-la delectant_fw-la homines_fw-la mihi_fw-la crede_fw-la ludi_fw-la id_fw-la autem_fw-la spectaculi_fw-la genus_fw-la erat_fw-la quod_fw-la omni_fw-la frequentia_fw-la atque_fw-la omni_fw-la genere_fw-la hominum_fw-la celebratur_fw-la quo_fw-la multitudo_fw-la maximè_fw-la delectatur_fw-la oratio_fw-la pro_fw-la muraena_fw-la p._n 463._o b.c._n &_o oratio_fw-la pro_fw-la â—_o sextio_fw-la p._n 561._o a._n a._n ut_fw-la primum_fw-la positis_fw-la nugari_fw-la graecia_n bellis_fw-la caepit_fw-la &_o in_o vitium_fw-la fortuna_fw-la labier_fw-fr aequa_fw-la nunc_fw-la athletarum_fw-la studijs_fw-la mire_n arsit_fw-la aequorum_fw-la nunc_fw-la tibicinibus_fw-la nunc_fw-la est_fw-la gavisa_fw-la tragaedis_fw-la sub_fw-la nutrice_fw-it pvella_fw-la velut_fw-la si_fw-la luderet_fw-la infans_fw-la epist._n lib._n 2._o epist._n 1._o pag._n 280._o his_o nam_fw-la plebecula_fw-la gaudet_fw-la verum_fw-la equitis_fw-la quoque_fw-la jam_fw-la migravit_fw-la ab_fw-la aure_fw-la voluptas_fw-la omnis_fw-la ad_fw-la incertos_fw-la oculos_fw-la &_o gaudia_fw-la vana_fw-la etc._n etc._n nam_fw-la quae_fw-la pervincere_fw-la voces_fw-la evaluere_fw-la sonum_fw-la referunt_fw-la quem_fw-la nostra_fw-la theatra_fw-la garganum_fw-la mugire_fw-la pute_fw-la nemus_fw-la aut_fw-la mare_fw-la tuscum_n tanto_fw-la cum_fw-la strepitu_fw-la ludi_fw-la spectantur_fw-la ibidem_fw-la pag._n 283.284_o 283.284_o nam_fw-la qui_fw-la dabat_fw-la olim_fw-la imperium_fw-la fasces_fw-la â—egiones_fw-la omne_fw-la nunc_fw-la se_fw-la continâ—t_fw-la atque_fw-la dvas_fw-la tantum_fw-la res_fw-la anxius_fw-la optaâ—_n panem_fw-la &_o circenses_fw-la juvenal_n satyr_n 10_o p._n 94._o maestitâ—a_fw-la est_fw-la carvisse_fw-la anno_fw-la circensibus_fw-la uno_fw-la satyr_n 11._o pag._n 106._o ac_fw-la mihi_fw-la pace_fw-la immensae_fw-la nimiaeque_fw-la licet_fw-la si_fw-la dicere_fw-la plebis_fw-la totam_fw-la hodie_fw-la româ—m_fw-la circus_n capit_fw-la &_o fragor_fw-la auâ—em_fw-la porcutit_fw-la ibidem_fw-la pagâ—_n 111._o 111._o pâ—pulo_fw-la votum_fw-la est_fw-la talia_fw-la convenire_fw-la cassiodorus_n variarum_fw-la lib._n 1._o epist._n 51._o 51._o de_fw-fr arte_fw-la amandi_fw-la lib._n 1._o 1._o terentij_fw-la eunuchus_fw-la marcus_n aurelius_n epistle_n 12._o to_o lambert_n august_n de_fw-fr ciâ—_n dei_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 31.32_o l._n 2._o c._n 4._o to_o 29._o m._n northbrooke_n and_o m._n stub_n qua_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la 2_o tim._n 3.4_o 3.4_o mat._n 11.29.30_o 11.29.30_o mal._n 1.13_o 1.13_o 1_o joh._n 5.3_o 5.3_o de_fw-fr spectac_n lib._n lib._n de_fw-fr spectac_n lib._n lib._n hom._n 6._o &_o 7._o in_o matth._n matth._n de_fw-fr vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la c._n 20.21_o 20.21_o de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la l._n â—â—_o c._n 32._o l._n 2._o c._n 3._o to_o 19_o de_fw-fr symbolo_fw-la ad_fw-la catechumenos_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr gubernat_n dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o 6._o nulla_fw-la res_fw-la enim_fw-la aequè_fw-la eloquia_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o contemptum_fw-la adducit_fw-la ut_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o theatris_fw-la proponuntur_fw-la admiratio_fw-la hâ—mil_n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la isaiae_n vidi_n dominum_fw-la tom._n 1._o col._n 1283._o c._n vid._n ibidem_fw-la &_o oratio_n 7._o tom._n 5._o col._n 1484._o b._n b._n de_fw-fr vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la c._n 21._o 21._o epist._n 22._o c._n 3._o see_v scene_n 3_o &_o 11._o 11._o oratio_fw-la 39_o p._n 605._o quoniam_fw-la autem_fw-la sermone_fw-la theatrum_fw-la repurgavimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n sicut_fw-la circos_fw-la &_o theatra_fw-la ita_fw-la divina_fw-la quoque_fw-la mysteria_fw-la pro_fw-la ludo_fw-la habent_fw-la oratio_fw-la 31._o iâ—_n laudem_fw-la athanasij_n pag._n 525._o 525._o confessioniâ—_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 1.2_o 1.2_o de_fw-fr gubernation_n dei_fw-la l._n 6._o qua_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la omnem_fw-la religionem_fw-la in_o contemptum_fw-la adducunt_fw-la homilia_fw-la 11._o in_o nâ—hum_n nâ—hum_n d._n john_n white_a in_o his_o sermon_n at_o paul_n cross_n 1615._o sect_n 11._o 11._o see_v act_n 4._o scene_z 1â—2_n 1â—2_n â—am_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la scenan_n usque_fw-la pro_fw-la dijmus_fw-la quod_fw-la propemodunâ—â—chrymis_fw-la refero_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la perditissimis_fw-la obscaenissunisque_fw-la ridemur_fw-la nec_fw-la ullum_fw-la tam_fw-la jâ—cundum_fw-la est_fw-la spectacuâ—un_fw-la quam_fw-la christianus_n comicis_fw-la cavillis_fw-la suggillatus_fw-la nazianzen_n oration_n 21._o p._n 412._o 412._o see_v m._n brinslâ—_n his_o true_a watch._n part_n 3._o chap._n 11._o abomination_n 30._o pag._n 302._o 302._o see_v act_n 3_o scene_z 3_o &_o 5._o according_o according_o ecce_fw-la jejunij_fw-la labour_n &_o jejunij_fw-la fructus_fw-la nusquam_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la theatra_fw-la conscendimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la utilitas_fw-la cum_fw-la illuc_fw-la hinc_fw-la abis_fw-la ego_fw-la corrigo_fw-la ille_fw-la corrumpit_fw-la ego_fw-la medicinas_fw-la morbo_fw-la adhibeo_fw-la ille_fw-la cauâ—am_fw-la morbi_fw-la ministrat_n ego_fw-la naturae_fw-la flamam_fw-la extinguo_fw-la ille_fw-la libidinis_fw-la flammam_fw-la accendit_fw-la quae_fw-la utilitas_fw-la dic_fw-la mihi_fw-la unus_fw-la aedificans_fw-la &_o unus_fw-la destruens_fw-la quid_fw-la sibi_fw-la labour_v proficerâ—nt_fw-la de_fw-fr paenitentia_fw-la hom._n 8._o tom._n 5._o col._n 750.751_o 750.751_o hom._n 3_o de_fw-fr davide_n &_o saul_n hom._n de_n verbis_fw-la isaiae_n vidi_n dominum_fw-la etc._n etc._n &_o hom._n 38._o in_o matth._n matth._n confessionum_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 1.2_o 1.2_o talis_fw-la vita_fw-la mea_fw-la nunquid_fw-la vita_fw-la â—rat_fw-la deus_fw-la meus_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n nam_fw-la quare_fw-la quotidie_fw-la muscipulam_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la insaniam_fw-la stadiorum_fw-la ac_fw-la turpium_fw-la voluptatum_fw-la proponit_fw-la nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la his_fw-la delectationibus_fw-la capiat_fw-la quos_fw-la amiserat_fw-la ac_fw-la laetetur_fw-la denuò_fw-la se_fw-la invenisse_fw-la quod_fw-la perdiderat_fw-la fugite_fw-la dilectissimi_fw-la spectacula_fw-la fugite_fw-la caveas_fw-la turpissimas_fw-la diaboli_fw-la ne_fw-la vos_fw-la vincula_fw-la teneant_fw-la maligni_fw-la august_n de_fw-fr symbolo_fw-la ad_fw-la catechum_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n 1._o tom._n 9_o pars_fw-la 1._o pag._n 1393.1394_o vid._n ibidem_fw-la ibidem_fw-la cohibeat_fw-la se_fw-la à _fw-la spectaculis_fw-la mundi_fw-la qui_fw-la perfectam_fw-la vult_fw-la