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etc._n for_o white_a and_o
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theatri_fw-la bella_fw-la theatricorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n which_o we_o read_v of_o in_o sundry_a author_n and_o in_o saint_n augustine_n de_fw-fr catechizandis_fw-la rudibus_fw-la lib._n tom._n 4._o pars_fw-la 2._o pag._n 340.341_o &_o hrabanus_n maurus_n de_fw-fr sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la lib._n 1._o tom._n 6._o pag._n 63._o a._n b._n where_o the_o sundry_a tumult_n quarrel_n and_o other_o mischief_n that_o stageplay_n and_o cirque-playes_a occasion_n be_v pithy_o describe_v but_o these_o be_v all_o ancient_a foreign_a testimony_n and_o example_n may_v some_o say_v be_v there_o any_o such_o modern_a domestic_a precedent_n to_o be_v find_v yes_o uâ—rily_o witness_v the_o statute_n of_o 30._o 4._o henry_n 4._o cap._n 27._o which_o recite_v that_o divers_a disease_n and_o mischief_n to_o wit_n commotion_n murder_n and_o rebellion_n have_v happen_v before_o this_o time_n in_o the_o land_n of_o wales_n by_o many_o waster_n country_n rimour_n minstrel_n and_o other_o vacabond_n for_o 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offend_v in_o this_o we_o command_v he_o to_o be_v suspend_v the_o venerable_a ministry_n for_o three_o year_n and_o to_o be_v thrust_v into_o a_o monastery_n but_o if_o in_o the_o middle_n of_o this_o time_n he_o shall_v show_v himself_o penitent_a it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a for_o the_o minister_n under_o who_o he_o be_v place_v to_o shorten_v the_o time_n &_o to_o restore_v he_o to_o his_o former_a ministry_n to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v these_o ensue_a imperial_a constitution_n of_o gratianus_n valentinianus_n and_o theodosius_n 471._o nullus_fw-la solis_fw-la die_fw-la populo_fw-la spectaculum_fw-la praebeat_fw-la nec_fw-la divinam_fw-la venerationem_fw-la confecta_fw-la solennitate_fw-la confundat_fw-la according_o dominico_n quae_fw-la est_fw-la septimanae_fw-la totius_fw-la primus_fw-la dies_fw-la et_fw-la natale_fw-la atque_fw-la epiphaniorum_n christi_fw-la paschae_fw-la etiam_fw-la atque_fw-la quinquagesimae_fw-la diebus_fw-la omni_fw-la theatrorum_fw-la atque_fw-la circensium_fw-la voluptate_fw-la per_fw-la universas_fw-la urbes_fw-la earundem_fw-la populis_fw-la denegata_fw-la totae_fw-la christianorum_fw-la ac_fw-la fidelium_fw-la mentes_fw-la dei_fw-la cultibus_fw-la occupantur_fw-la si_fw-mi qui_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la vel_fw-la ludaei_fw-la impietatis_fw-la amentia_fw-la vel_fw-la stolidae_fw-la paganitatis_fw-la errore_fw-la atque_fw-la insania_fw-la detinentur_fw-la aliud_fw-la esse_fw-la supplicationum_fw-la noverint_fw-la tempus_fw-la aliud_fw-la voluptatis_fw-la acne_n quis_fw-la existimet_fw-la in_o honorem_fw-la numinis_fw-la nostri_fw-la veluti_fw-la majo_fw-es ri_fw-es quadam_fw-la imperialis_fw-la officij_fw-la necessitate_v compelli_fw-la et_fw-la nisi_fw-la divina_fw-la religione_fw-la contempta_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la operam_fw-la daret_fw-la subeundum_fw-la forsitan_fw-la fibi_fw-la nostrae_fw-la serennitatis_fw-la offensam_fw-la si_fw-la minus_fw-la circa_fw-la nos_fw-la devotionis_fw-la ostenderit_fw-la quat_n quam_fw-la 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apostate_n as_o to_o doom_n stageplay_n unfit_a spectacle_n playhouse_n &_o alehouse_n undecent_a place_n for_o pagan_a priest_n how_o much_o more_o than_o for_o christian_a minister_n to_o all_o which_o counsel_n and_o constitution_n of_o this_o nature_n i_o shall_v add_v gratian_n distinctio_fw-la 33_o 48._o &_o causa_fw-la 21._o quaest._n 3_o 4._o iâ—onis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pars_fw-la 5._o cap_n 373._o &_o pars_fw-la 11._o c_o 76.78_o 79._o panormitan_n tit_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la et_fw-la honestate_fw-la clericâ—rum_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr clerici_fw-la officio_fw-la alvarus_n pelagius_n de_fw-fr planctu_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la lib_n 2._o artic_a 28._o fol_n 133._o isiodor_n hispalensis_n de_fw-fr officijs_fw-la ecclesiasticis_fw-la l_o 2._o c_o 2._o hrabanus_n maurus_n de_fw-fr sacris_fw-la ordinibus_fw-la lib_n 1._o operum_fw-la tom_n 6._o p_o 63._o a_o b_o alexander_n fabricius_n destructorium_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la l_o pars_fw-la 4._o c_o 23._o joannis_n de_fw-fr wankel_n glossa_fw-la in_o breviarium_fw-la sexti_fw-la lib_n 3._o tit_n 1._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la et_fw-la honestate_fw-la clericorum_fw-la 717._o innocentius_n 3_o decretalium_fw-la constit_fw-la lib_n 3._o tit_n 1._o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la et_fw-la honestate_fw-la clericorum_fw-la episcopus_fw-la chemnensis_fw-la onus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la cap_n 23._o sect_n 1_o etc._n etc._n joannis_n de_fw-fr athon_n othoboni_n constitutiones_fw-la fol_n 78_o 79_o 80._o &_o constitutiones_fw-la concilij_fw-la oxoniensis_fw-la fol_n 122_o 123_o 124._o lindwood_n provincialium_fw-la constitutionum_fw-la l_o 3._o tit_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la et_fw-la honestate_fw-la clericorum_fw-la fol_n 87_o 88_o summa_fw-la rosella_n tit_n clericus_fw-la sect_n 2._o &_o chorea_fw-la summa_fw-la angelica_n tit_n chorea_fw-la &_o clericus_fw-la sect_n 4_o 9_o 11._o claudius_n espencaeus_fw-la digressionum_fw-la in_o epist_n ad_fw-la timothaeum_fw-la libâ—_n 2._o
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by_o name_n yet_o they_o be_v in_o other_o general_a term_n as_o well_o as_o apostasy_n atheism_n poison_v incest_n and_o such_o other_o sin_n who_o name_n we_o find_v not_o in_o the_o text_n as_o i_o have_v 1._o already_o prove_v so_o that_o both_o the_o major_n and_o minor_n be_v false_a second_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o reason_n why_o stageplay_n be_v not_o by_o name_n condemn_v in_o the_o scripture_n be_v because_o the_o penman_n of_o it_o be_v jew_n be_v unacquainted_a with_o stageplay_n 558._o which_o the_o jew_n will_v not_o admit_v as_o be_v opposite_a to_o their_o religion_n and_o pernicious_a to_o their_o state_n wherefore_o they_o condemn_v they_o only_o under_o those_o general_a term_n 1â—_n of_o idolatry_n sacrifice_n of_o idol_n vanity_n of_o the_o gentile_n rudiment_n and_o custom_n of_o the_o world_n etc._n etc._n under_o which_o they_o be_v full_o comprise_v three_o though_o the_o scripture_n inhibit_v not_o stageplay_n by_o name_n yet_o st._n paul_n himself_o in_o 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