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witness_n to_o this_o truth_n be_v not_o our_o playhouse_n ofttimes_o more_o crowd_v more_o coach_v and_o frequent_v then_o many_o of_o our_o church_n and_o be_v they_o not_o full_a ofttimes_o when_o our_o church_n be_v but_o empty_a be_v there_o not_o many_o hundred_o serve_v the_o devil_n daily_o in_o our_o theater_n even_o then_o when_o as_o they_o shall_v be_v serve_v god_n in_o his_o temple_n do_v not_o more_o common_o resort_v to_o play_n than_o lecture_n which_o be_v ill_a yea_o do_v not_o too_o too_o many_o neglect_n to_o come_v to_o sermon_n that_o they_o may_v run_v to_o stageplay_n which_o be_v worse_o 3._o indeed_o our_o parish_n church_n of_o england_n out_o of_o the_o great_a respect_n it_o yield_v to_o preach_v and_o the_o absolute_a necessity_n of_o it_o to_o salvation_n enjoin_v godfather_n and_o godmother_n to_o call_v upon_o their_o god-children_n to_o hear_v sermon_n which_o some_o profane_a one_o now_o begin_v to_o loath_a and_o speak_v against_o as_o if_o we_o 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all_o to_o god_n and_o not_o to_o serve_v our_o own_o will_n be_v a_o great_a matter_n for_o whether_o you_o eat_v or_o drink_v say_v the_o divine_a apostle_n or_o whatsoever_o you_o do_v do_v all_o to_o the_o praise_n and_o glory_n of_o god_n etc._n etc._n it_o be_v necessary_a therefore_o for_o every_o man_n to_o eat_v that_o he_o may_v live_v and_o those_o who_o live_v a_o marry_a life_n and_o have_v child_n and_o be_v of_o a_o lay-condition_n for_o they_o to_o eat_v man_n and_o woman_n together_o be_v far_o from_o all_o reproof_n if_o so_o be_v they_o give_v thanks_n to_o he_o who_o give_v food_n not_o with_o stageplay_n or_o certain_a theatrical_a practice_n or_o with_o satanical_a song_n or_o citheredicall_a and_o meretricious_a tune_n which_o the_o prophetical_a execration_n pursue_v in_o these_o word_n woe_n unto_o they_o who_o drink_v wine_n with_o the_o harp_n and_o viol_n but_o they_o regard_v not_o the_o work_n of_o the_o lord_n &_o the_o operation_n of_o his_o hand_n 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great_a anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 813._o which_o determine_v thus_o of_o stage-player_n and_o their_o interlude_n that_o all_o christian_n shall_v avoid_v they_o as_o the_o ensue_a canon_n testify_v paganism_n canon_n 7._o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la quaecunq_fw-fr ad_fw-la aurium_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la oculoâ—â—_n pertinent_a illicebras_fw-la unde_fw-la vigour_n animi_fw-la emolliri_fw-la posse_fw-la credatur_fw-la quod_fw-la de_fw-fr aliquibus_fw-la generibus_fw-la musicorum_fw-la aliisque_fw-la nonnullis_fw-la rebus_fw-la sentiri_fw-la potesâ—_n dei_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la abstinere_fw-la debent_fw-la quia_fw-la per_fw-la aurium_fw-la oculorumque_fw-la illicebras_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la turba_fw-la ad_fw-la animam_fw-la ingredâ—_n solet_fw-la histrionum_fw-la quoque_fw-la turpium_fw-la et_fw-la obscaenorum_fw-la insolentias_fw-la jocorum_fw-la et_fw-la ipsi_fw-la omnino_fw-la effugere_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la effugienda_fw-la praedicare_fw-la debent_fw-la canon_n 8._o abstineat_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la non_fw-la expedit_fw-la secularibus_fw-la et_fw-la turpibus_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la interest_n jocis_fw-la venationes_fw-la quoque_fw-la ferarum_fw-la vel_fw-la avium_fw-la minime_fw-la sectentur_fw-la can_n 7._o the_o minister_n of_o god_n ought_v to_o abstain_v from_o all_o allurement_n whatsoever_o belong_v either_o to_o the_o ear_n or_o eye_n from_o whence_o the_o vigour_n of_o the_o mind_n may_v be_v think_v to_o be_v effeminate_a which_o may_v be_v conceive_v of_o certain_a kind_n of_o music_n and_o some_o other_o thing_n because_o through_o the_o enticement_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o ear_n the_o troop_n of_o vice_n be_v wont_a to_o enter_v into_o the_o soul_n they_o ought_v likewise_o whole_o to_o eschew_v the_o insolency_n of_o filthy_a stage-player_n and_o of_o obscene_a jest_n and_o also_o to_o preach_v to_o other_o that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v avoid_v can_n 8._o it_o be_v not_o expedient_a that_o minister_n shall_v be_v present_a at_o any_o secular_a and_o dishonest_a play_n or_o sport_n neither_o may_v they_o follow_v the_o hunt_n either_o of_o wild_a beast_n or_o bird_n the_o twenty_o be_v synodus_fw-la cabilonensis_n 2._o under_o charles_n the_o great_a anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 813._o which_o define_v thus_o of_o player_n and_o stageplay_n that_o not_o only_a clergy_n man_n but_o even_o all_o manner_n of_o christian_n ought_v whole_o to_o abandon_v they_o witness_v this_o canon_n which_o be_v almost_o the_o same_o with_o the_o last_o recite_v 279._o can_n 9_o ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la oculorum_fw-la auriumque_fw-la illecebris_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la abstinere_fw-la debent_fw-la et_fw-la according_o canum_fw-la accipitrum_fw-la falconum_fw-la vel_fw-la caeterarum_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la rerum_fw-la curam_fw-la parvi_fw-la pendere_fw-la et_fw-la histrionum_fw-la sive_fw-la scurronum_fw-la et_fw-la turpium_fw-la seu_fw-la obscaenorum_fw-la jocorum_fw-la insolentiam_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la respuant_fw-la verum_fw-la etià m_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la respuenda_fw-la percenseant_fw-la can_n 9_o minister_n ought_v to_o abstain_v from_o all_o wanton_a enticement_n of_o the_o eye_n and_o ear_n and_o to_o neglect_v or_o disregard_n the_o care_n of_o dog_n hawk_n falcon_n and_o such_o other_o thing_n and_o not_o only_o they_o themselves_o ought_v to_o contemn_v the_o insolency_n of_o stage-player_n jester_n and_o of_o filthy_a or_o obscene_a jest_n and_o pastime_n but_o likewise_o to_o believe_v and_o teach_v that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v reject_v of_o all_o faithful_a christian_n the_o 21._o be_v concilium_fw-la moguntiacum_n under_o the_o same_o emperor_n anno_fw-la 813._o where_o i_o find_v this_o canon_n 288._o canon_n 14._o ministri_fw-la autem_fw-la altaris_fw-la domini_fw-la vel_fw-la monachi_fw-la nobis_fw-la placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la negotijs_fw-la secularibus_fw-la omnino_fw-la abstineant_fw-la multa_fw-la sâ—nt_fw-la secularia_fw-la negotia_fw-la etc._n etc._n videlicet_fw-la conductores_fw-la aut_fw-la procuratores_fw-la esse_fw-la secularium_fw-la rerum_fw-la turpis_fw-la verbi_fw-la vel_fw-la facti_fw-la stageplay_n joculatorem_fw-la esse_fw-la vel_fw-la jocum_fw-la seculare_fw-la diligere_fw-la aleas_fw-la amare_fw-la 26._o ornamentum_fw-la inconveniens_fw-la proposito_fw-la svo_fw-la quaerere_fw-la in_fw-la delicijs_fw-la vivere_fw-la velle_fw-la gulam_fw-la et_fw-la ebrietatem_fw-la sequi_fw-la cane_n et_fw-la aves_fw-la sequi_fw-la ad_fw-la venandum_fw-la ecce_fw-la talia_fw-la et_fw-la his_fw-la similia_fw-la under_o which_o all_o stage_n play_n be_v include_v ministris_fw-la altaris_fw-la domini_fw-la et_fw-la monachis_fw-la omnino_fw-la contradicimus_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la dicit_fw-la apostolus_fw-la nemo_fw-la militans_fw-la deo_fw-la implicat_fw-la se_fw-la negotijs_fw-la secularibus_fw-la can_n 14._o we_o decree_v that_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o lord_n altar_n &_o monk_n shall_v altogether_o abstain_v from_o secular_a affair_n now_o there_o be_v many_o 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non_fw-la permittant_fw-la sed_fw-la 20._o pauperes_fw-la et_fw-la indigentes_fw-la ad_fw-la mensam_fw-la secum_fw-la habeantâ—_n which_o many_o of_o they_o now_o 6._o disdain_v to_o speak_v to_o much_o less_o to_o eat_v with_o though_o christ_n 20._o command_v it_o et_fw-la lectio_fw-la divina_fw-la ibi_fw-la personet_fw-la et_fw-la sumant_fw-la cibum_fw-la cum_fw-la benedictione_n et_fw-la laud_fw-la domini_fw-la secundùm_fw-la apostolum_n 10.31_o sive_fw-la manducatis_fw-la sive_fw-la bibitisâ—_n omne_fw-la in_o laudem_fw-la dei_fw-la facitâ—_n can_n 17._o we_o decree_v that_o bishop_n and_o abbot_n permit_v no_o secular_a play_n or_o jest_n to_o be_v make_v before_o they_o but_o let_v they_o have_v the_o poor_a and_o needy_a with_o they_o at_o their_o table_n which_o some_o now_o scorn_v as_o a_o disparagement_n to_o their_o greatness_n let_v the_o read_n of_o the_o scripture_n sound_v forth_o there_o and_o let_v they_o eat_v their_o meat_n blessing_n and_o laud_v the_o lord_n according_a to_o the_o apostle_n rule_v whether_o you_o eat_v or_o drink_v do_v all_o to_o the_o praise_n and_o glory_n of_o god_n the_o 23._o be_v concilium_fw-la aquisgranense_n under_o lewis_n the_o godly_a anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 816._o which_o conclude_v thus_o of_o play_n and_o prohibit_v all_o clergy_n man_n especial_o from_o resort_v to_o they_o 327._o canon_n 83._o quod_fw-la non_fw-la oporteat_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la aut_fw-la clericos_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la in_o scenis_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o nuptijs_fw-la interest_n sed_fw-la antequam_fw-la thylemici_fw-la ingrediantur_fw-la exurgere_fw-la eos_fw-la
omnium_fw-la sive_fw-la clericum_fw-la sive_fw-la laicum_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la deinceps_fw-la tempore_fw-la alea_fw-la ludere_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la deinceps_fw-la facere_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la aggressus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la quidem_fw-la clericus_fw-la deponatur_fw-la si_fw-la laicus_fw-la segregetur_fw-la cap._n 13._o also_o lest_o this_o most_o excellent_a sacrament_n shall_v suffer_v any_o injury_n or_o contempt_n even_o by_o the_o decree_n and_o ordinance_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n all_o infamous_a person_n be_v prohibit_v from_o receive_v it_o juggler_n enchanter_n public_a offender_n jester_n and_o those_o who_o addict_v themselves_o to_o play_n prohibit_v by_o the_o canon_n law_n as_o stageplay_n be_v as_o also_o whore_n and_o pander_n all_o these_o be_v to_o be_v put_v from_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n until_o their_o wicked_a life_n be_v whole_o abandon_v they_o shall_v have_v satisfy_v that_o mulct_n of_o penance_n that_o be_v impose_v on_o they_o to_o these_o also_o be_v those_o to_o be_v add_v who_o perpetual_o give_v themselves_o to_o diceplay_a to_o who_o the_o venerable_a sacrament_n be_v not_o to_o be_v administer_v until_o they_o abstain_v from_o dice_v which_o accord_v well_o with_o the_o council_n of_o eliberis_n canon_n 79._o if_o any_o believer_n or_o christian_n shall_v play_v at_o dice_n or_o table_n we_o ordain_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v excommunicate_v and_o if_o be_v reform_v he_o shall_v give_v it_o over_o after_o a_o year_n space_n he_o may_v be_v reconcile_v and_o admit_v to_o the_o sacrament_n and_o with_o the_o 6._o council_n of_o constantinople_n can._n 50._o we_o decree_v that_o none_o of_o all_o the_o clergy_n or_o laity_n shall_v from_o this_o time_n forward_o play_v at_o dice._n and_o if_o any_o one_o from_o henceforth_o shall_v hereafter_o attempt_v to_o do_v it_o if_o he_o be_v a_o clergy_n man_n let_v he_o be_v depose_v if_o a_o lay_v man_n let_v he_o be_v excommunicate_v which_o counsel_n i_o will_v our_o common_a dice-player_n and_o gamester_n will_v serious_o consider_v the_o 42._o be_v concilium_fw-la coloniense_n anno._n 1549._o where_o i_o find_v this_o notable_a canon_n to_o our_o present_a purpose_n cap._n 17._o percepimus_fw-la comaediarun_n actores_fw-la quosdam_fw-la non_fw-la scaena_fw-la et_fw-la theatris_fw-la contentos_fw-la transire_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la monasteria_fw-la monialium_fw-la ubi_fw-la gestibus_fw-la prophanis_fw-la amatoribus_fw-la et_fw-la secularijs_fw-la commoveant_fw-la virginibus_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la quae_fw-la spectacula_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la sacris_fw-la et_fw-la pijs_fw-la exhiberentur_fw-la parum_fw-la tamen_fw-la boni_fw-la mali_fw-la vero_fw-la plurimum_fw-la relinquere_fw-la in_o sanctimonialium_fw-la mentibus_fw-la possunt_fw-la gestus_fw-la externos_fw-la spectantibus_fw-la et_fw-la mirantibus_fw-la caeterum_fw-la verba_fw-la non_fw-la intelligentibus_fw-la ideo_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la et_fw-la vetamus_fw-la posthac_fw-la vel_fw-la comaedias_fw-la admitti_fw-la in_o virginum_fw-la monasteria_fw-la vel_fw-la virgin_n comaedias_fw-la spectare_fw-la cap._n 17._o 765._o we_o have_v understand_v that_o certain_a actor_n of_o comedy_n not_o content_v with_o the_o stage_n and_o theater_n have_v enter_v into_o nonnery_n where_o they_o make_v the_o nons_n merry_a with_o their_o profane_a amorous_a and_o secular_a gesture_n which_o stageplay_n nota._n although_o they_o consist_v of_o sacred_a and_o pious_a subject_n can_v yet_o notwithstanding_o leave_v little_a good_a but_o much_o hurt_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o holy_a virgin_n who_o behold_v and_o admire_v the_o external_a gesture_n only_o but_o understand_v not_o the_o word_n therefore_o we_o prohibit_v and_o forbid_v that_o from_o henceforth_o no_o comaedy_n shall_v be_v admit_v into_o the_o monastery_n of_o nonnes_n neither_o shall_v virgin_n be_v spectator_n of_o comedy_n a_o unanswerable_a evidence_n of_o the_o desperate_a venomous_a corruption_n of_o stageplaye_n for_o if_o comaedy_n even_o of_o religious_a and_o holy_a subject_n void_a of_o all_o scurrility_n will_v with_o their_o very_a gesture_n and_o action_n contaminate_v the_o mind_n and_o inflame_v the_o lust_n of_o according_o devote_a mortify_a nons_n themselves_o and_o the_o most_o chaste_a virgin_n spectator_n much_o more_o will_v amorous_a wanton_a comedy_n corrupt_v all_o other_o actor_n and_o spectator_n and_o kindle_v a_o very_a flame_n of_o noisome_a lust_n within_o their_o breast_n the_o 43._o be_v synodus_fw-la moguntina_n anno_fw-la 1549._o which_o decree_v thus_o against_o stageplay_n dance_v and_o the_o like_a 874._o cap._n 60_o 61._o dum_fw-la à _fw-la novitijs_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la huius_fw-la sacri_fw-la primitiae_fw-la celebrantur_fw-la serio_fw-la mandamus_fw-la choreas_fw-la et_fw-la seculares_fw-la pompas_fw-la omittendas_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la et_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la celebritates_fw-la in_o diem_fw-la dominicam_fw-la incidentes_fw-la censemus_fw-la submovendas_fw-la et_fw-la in_o feriam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la praecedentem_fw-la vel_fw-la subsequentem_fw-la transferendas_fw-la quô_o sanctorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la domino_fw-la sua_fw-la conservetur_fw-la solennitas_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quo_fw-la dei_fw-la gloria_fw-la in_o observatione_fw-la divini_fw-la cultus_fw-la magis_fw-la illustretur_fw-la et_fw-la fidelium_fw-la devotio_fw-la minus_fw-la impediatur_fw-la diebus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la et_fw-la festivatatibus_fw-la celebrioribus_fw-la mercimonia_fw-la tripudia_fw-la saltationes_fw-la quas_fw-la damnat_fw-la concilium_fw-la here_o toletanum_n et_fw-la prophana_fw-la spectacula_fw-la decernimus_fw-la non_fw-la permittenda_fw-la simul_fw-la etiam_fw-la ludicra_fw-la quaedam_fw-la à _fw-la pielate_fw-la aliena_fw-la et_fw-la theatris_fw-la quam_fw-la templis_fw-la aptiora_fw-la censemus_fw-la in_o ecclesijs_fw-la non_fw-la 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