Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	edward_n	french_a	king_n	10,324	5	4.8411	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02072	A refutation of the Apology for actors Diuided into three briefe treatises. Wherein is confuted and opposed all the chiefe groundes and arguments alleaged in defence of playes: and withall in each treatise is deciphered actors, 1. heathenish and diabolicall institution. 2. their ancient and moderne indignitie. 3. the wonderfull abuse of their impious qualitie. By I.G.	I. G., fl. 1615.	1615 (1615)	STC 12214; ESTC S103404	45,377	76

constantine_n the_o great_a who_o suppress_v play_v as_o do_v aurelius_n till_o the_o time_n of_o richard_n 2._o of_o england_n anno_fw-la 1390._o and_o edward_n 4._o anno_fw-la 1490._o and_o francis_n the_o french_a king_n anno_fw-la 1539_o he_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v for_o himself_o but_o he_o must_v now_o needs_o confess_v that_o when_o christianity_n begin_v public_o to_o flourish_v abolish_v as_o christian_n encreise_v so_o p●●y●●_n be_v more_o and_o mor●_n abolish_v than_o paganism_n daily_o more_o and_o more_o be_v abolish_v and_o at_o the_o last_o utter_o extinct_a in_o christendom_n till_o of_o late_a year_n first_o papistical_a friar_n and_o jesuit_n raise_v it_o up_o afresh_o next_o do_v m._n actor_n allege_v authority_n from_o cicero_n to_o prove_v that_o play_n be_v both_o in_o athens_n and_o lacedaemon_n in_o athens_n indeed_o they_o be_v but_o never_o in_o lacedemonia_fw-la happy_o there_o may_v be_v theater_n or_o place_n of_o prospect_n to_o behold_v their_o active_a youth_n show_v their_o martial_a feat_n and_o warlike_a prowess_n at_o certain_a time_n of_o the_o year_n as_o the_o roman_n in_o their_o circensian_a play_n and_o ludis_fw-la secularibus_fw-la secular_a game_n but_o it_o be_v never_o read_v that_o hystriones_n actor_n tragedian_n or_o comedian_n be_v in_o lacedaemon_n for_o plutarch_n in_o his_o apothegm_n say_v that_o the_o lacedaemonian_n never_o permit_v any_o such_o in_o their_o commonwealth_n and_o that_o when_o a_o ambassador_n of_o rhodes_n demand_v a_o lacedaemonian_a what_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o their_o law_n against_o such_o since_o that_o the_o jester_n and_o player_n show_v pleasure_n to_o the_o people_n and_o the_o people_n lose_v nothing_o but_o laugh_v at_o their_o folly_n the_o lacedaemonian_a answer_v lycurgus_n see_v feel_v hear_v or_o read_v some_o great_a damage_n that_o jester_n and_o player_n may_v do_v in_o the_o commonwealth_n since_o against_o they_o he_o establish_v so_o straight_o a_o law_n but_o that_o which_o i_o know_v be_v wee_a greek_n be_v better_a weep_v with_o our_o sage_n then_o be_v the_o roman_n laugh_v at_o their_o fool_n next_o do_v m._n actor_n declare_v that_o cicero_n call_v plautus_n our_o plautus_n as_o it_o be_v note_v thereby_o a_o name_n of_o excellency_n truth_n he_o call_v he_o our_o plautus_n in_o his_o work_n de_fw-fr republica_n by_o the_o mouth_n of_o scipio_n concern_v which_o thus_o say_v lodovicus_n vives_z he_o call_v he_o our_o plautus_n not_o that_o he_o ever_o know_v he_o but_o because_o he_o be_v a_o latin_a poet_n and_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o greek_n before_o last_o m._n actor_n make_v cicero_n to_o commend_v unto_o his_o son_n marcus_n some_o poet_n as_o statius_n naevius_n and_o plautus_n for_o their_o writing_n this_o be_v a_o thing_n hardly_o to_o be_v credit_v for_o in_o the_o three_o of_o his_o tusculane_n question_n speak_v of_o the_o cause_n corrupt_v the_o seed_n of_o virtue_n he_o add_v poet_n hereunto_o say_v he_o also_o may_v poet_n be_v add_v who_o pretend_v what_o be_v not_o in_o they_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o doctrine_n and_o wisdom_n be_v learn_v read_v herd_n and_o bear_v away_o in_o the_o mind_n of_o every_o man_n now_o have_v i_o sufficient_o confute_v the_o particular_n of_o m._n actor_n second_o treatise_n of_o actor_n ancient_a dignity_n therefore_o i_o will_v now_o proceed_v in_o opposition_n thereof_o to_o declare_v their_o ancient_a indignity_n and_o how_o base_a both_o theater_n play-poet_n stage-iester_n and_o actor_n be_v esteem_v of_o the_o cheese_n antiquity_n which_o by_o any_o mean_n can_v never_o well_o endure_v they_o but_o i_o think_v i_o see_v how_o resolute_o past_a reason_n m._n actor_n his_o mate_n and_o all_o adherent_n stand_v yet_o upon_o their_o rerme_n of_o ancient_a dignity_n wherefore_o with_o saint_n augustine_n i_o say_v dei_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la o_o that_o scipto_n nassica_n be_v now_o alive_a he_o who_o face_n perhaps_o you_o dare_v not_o to_o behold_v he_o will_v shame_v you_o for_o this_o gross_a impudence_n of_o you_o for_o what_o cause_n be_v there_o for_o you_o to_o mcclaine_v at_o the_o prosperity_n of_o christian_a faith_n in_o these_o time_n which_o condemn_v the_o use_n of_o play_n but_o only_o that_o you_o will_v follow_v your_o luxury_n uncontrolled_a and_o have_v remove_v the_o impediment_n of_o troublesome_a opposition_n swim_v on_o in_o your_o unhonest_a &_o unhalowed_a dissolution_n in_o seek_v out_o infinite_a variety_n of_o vain_a pleasure_n so_o to_o give_v birth_n unto_o these_o exorbitance_n which_o will_v heap_v thousand_o of_o mischief_n upon_o you_o in_o the_o end_n hence_o it_o be_v &_o out_o of_o his_o most_o circumspect_a zeal_n unto_o his_o country_n that_o the_o say_v scipio_n who_o be_v then_o choose_v by_o the_o senate_n of_o those_o time_n for_o the_o best_a man_n without_o any_o difference_n of_o voice_n a_o thing_n worthy_a often_o repetition_n when_o the_o senate_n have_v give_v order_n for_o a_o theatre_n to_o be_v build_v wherein_o the_o roman_a people_n may_v sit_v and_o see_v play_n rome_n scipio_n will_v have_v no_o theater_n in_o rome_n dissuade_v their_o vain_a resolution_n &_o in_o a_o grave_a oration_n persuade_v they_o not_o to_o suffer_v the_o luxury_n of_o the_o greek_n to_o creep_v into_o their_o old_a condition_n nor_o to_o consent_n unto_o the_o entry_n of_o foreign_a corruption_n to_o the_o subversion_n and_o extirpation_n of_o their_o native_a roman_a perfection_n work_v so_o much_o by_o his_o own_o only_a authority_n that_o the_o whole_a bench_n of_o the_o judicious_a senate_n be_v move_v by_o his_o reason_n express_o prohibit_v the_o use_n of_o those_o seat_n which_o the_o roman_n begin_v then_o to_o have_v in_o the_o behold_n of_o play_n this_o history_n valerius_n maximus_n do_v record_v and_o how_o nassica_n so_o labour_v with_o the_o senate_n that_o theater_n be_v hold_v a_o thing_n unfit_a as_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o people_n so_o that_o by_o a_o decree_n of_o the_o senate_n all_o the_o preparation_n for_o the_o theatre_n be_v lay_v aside_o and_o it_o be_v ordain_v that_o no_o man_n shall_v place_v any_o seat_n or_o sit_v to_o behold_v any_o play_n within_o the_o city_n or_o within_o a_o mile_n of_o the_o wall_n how_o earnest_a will_v scipio_n have_v be_v to_o have_v cleanse_v rome_n of_o the_o play_v themselves_o dare_v you_o have_v oppose_v their_o authority_n who_o he_o hold_v for_o god_n be_v ignorant_a that_o they_o be_v malicious_a devil_n or_o if_o he_o know_v it_o than_o it_o seem_v he_o hold_v oh_o hellish_a ignorance_n that_o they_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v please_v then_o despise_v be_v he_o be_v high_a priest_n unto_o they_o for_o as_o yet_o that_o heavenly_a doctrine_n be_v not_o deliver_v to_o the_o world_n which_o purify_n the_o heart_n by_o say_v change_v the_o affect_v and_o in_o christ_n free_v man_n absolute_o from_o the_o slavery_n of_o these_o proud_a and_o ungracious_a devil_n who_o as_o i_o have_v before_o say_v even_o by_o command_n and_o constraint_n force_v the_o stay_v roman_n which_o know_v nothing_o but_o of_o arm_n before_o to_o present_v they_o with_o such_o thing_n nay_o not_o only_o to_o present_v they_o but_o to_o dedicate_v and_o consecrate_v they_o say_v saint_n augustine_n with_o all_o solemnity_n unto_o their_o honour_n there_o be_v many_o thing_n in_o this_o history_n of_o especial_a note_n first_o that_o it_o be_v the_o choose_v best_a man_n in_o rome_n which_o dissuade_v the_o senate_n from_o their_o enterprise_n and_o that_o the_o wise_a senate_n condescend_v to_o he_o also_o that_o they_o hold_v the_o greekish_a corruption_n a_o enemy_n to_o the_o native_a roman_a perfection_n which_o afterward_o prove_v true_a when_o they_o have_v give_v entrance_n to_o it_o the_o last_o thing_n be_v that_o they_o banish_v theater_n out_o of_o their_o city_n and_o without_o a_o mile_n of_o their_o wall_n which_o be_v ever_o after_o observe_v until_o the_o sack_n of_o corinth_n when_o lucius_n memmius_n set_v up_o a_o theatre_n for_o the_o play_n at_o his_o triumph_n which_o stand_v no_o long_o neither_o then_o the_o triumph_v last_v nor_o any_o after_o it_o till_o pompeius_n time_n for_o as_o long_o as_o mere_o some_o atom_n of_o roman_a perfection_n do_v remain_v stand_v theater_n by_o no_o mean_n may_v be_v erect_v caligula_n that_o famous_a or_o rather_o infamous_a villain_n what_o impudent_a shift_n he_o make_v to_o maintain_v his_o riot_n all_o history_n of_o he_o do_v record_n among_o other_o thing_n he_o shameful_o exact_v toll_n and_o custom_n from_o bawd_n harlot_n and_o strumpet_n which_o use_n may_v seem_v be_v ever_o after_o retain_v till_o alexander_n severus_n be_v emperor_n for_o he_o say_v lampridius_n do_v forbid_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v bring_v into_o the_o common_a treasure_n but_o assign_v it_o to_o the_o reparation_n of_o the_o