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indispose_v to_o repentance_n play_n be_v the_o 209._o birdlime_n the_o enchant_a 2.26_o snare_n of_o satan_n with_o which_o he_o 652._o captivate_v and_o entangle_v soul_n through_o pleasure_n and_o delight_n they_o be_v his_o chief_a instrument_n to_o expel_v all_o godly_a sorrow_n from_o man_n heart_n to_o stupefy_v to_o cauterise_n their_o conscience_n to_o banish_v the_o very_a fear_n and_o thought_n of_o sin_n out_o of_o their_o mind_n to_o remove_v the_o sense_n the_o sting_n of_o conscience_n &_o iniquity_n far_o from_o their_o soul_n to_o lull_v their_o heart_n asleep_a in_o deep_a security_n 9_o to_o chase_v away_o far_o from_o they_o all_o thought_n of_o hell_n of_o death_n of_o damnation_n of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n to_o forestall_v all_o help_n all_o preparative_n all_o mean_n all_o motive_n to_o repentance_n and_o to_o withhold_v man_n from_o it_o alas_o how_o can_v he_o loath_a sin_n in_o the_o street_n 6._o who_o delight_v in_o it_o in_o the_o playhouse_n how_o 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unlawful_a unto_o christian_n the_o major_n be_v uncontrollable_a since_o god_n himself_o inhibit_v christian_n 43._o to_o utter_v vain_a knowledge_n to_o reason_n with_o unprofitable_a talk_n or_o with_o speech_n which_o will_v do_v no_o good_a 16.19_o to_o walk_v in_o vanity_n or_o thing_n that_o will_v not_o profit_v and_o 292._o to_o follow_v after_o vain_a thing_n which_o will_v not_o profit_v because_o they_o be_v but_o vain_a christian_n 55.2_o must_v not_o lay_v out_o their_o money_n for_o that_o which_o be_v not_o bread_n and_o their_o labour_n for_o that_o which_o satisfy_v not_o 6.11.12_o â—hey_n must_v not_o delight_v in_o vanity_n or_o in_o thing_n that_o increase_v vanity_n and_o make_v not_o man_n the_o better_a but_o they_o must_v pray_v with_o david_n 119.37_o turn_v away_o my_o eye_n from_o behold_v vanity_n since_o the_o scripture_n be_v express_v 17.15_o that_o the_o speak_n love_a or_o lift_v up_o of_o the_o soul_n to_o vanity_n folly_n and_o unprofitable_a thing_n be_v a_o 1082._o undoubted_a character_n of_o such_o wicked_a man_n who_o shall_v not_o ascend_v into_o god_n holy_a hill_n not_o any_o property_n of_o god_n child_n who_o as_o 4.7_o they_o must_v abandon_v all_o idle_a fabulous_a unprofitable_a discourse_n 43._o because_o that_o for_o every_o idle_a word_n that_o man_n shall_v speak_v they_o shall_v give_v account_n at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n so_o they_o must_v likewise_o direct_v even_o all_o their_o action_n speech_n recreation_n 33._o to_o god_n glory_n 20._o the_o edification_n of_o other_o and_o 6.18.19_o their_o own_o spiritual_a good_a to_o which_o stageplay_n no_o way_n tend_v therefore_o the_o major_n be_v unquestionable_a for_o the_o minor_a thâ—â—_n the_o stile_n and_o subject_a matter_n of_o stageplay_n be_v in_o its_o very_a best_a acception_n but_o vain_a but_o frivolous_a and_o ridiculous_a bring_v no_o glory_n at_o all_o to_o god_n nor_o good_a to_o man_n be_v most_o apparent_a first_o by_o the_o concur_v testimony_n of_o sundry_a father_n and_o other_o learned_a writer_n hence_o hilary_n ambrose_n chrysostome_n augustine_n bruno_n and_o other_o in_o their_o commentary_n and_o exposition_n on_o the_o 118._o alias_o the_o 119._o psalm_n verse_n 37._o turn_v away_o my_o eye_n from_o behold_v vanity_n together_o with_o john_n salisbury_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la cap._n 8._o master_n gosson_n doctor_n reinolds_n master_n northbrooke_n and_o other_o in_o their_o treatise_n against_o stageplay_n interpret_v this_o hilari_fw-la vanity_n in_o the_o psalmist_n of_o stageplay_n and_o such_o like_a spectacle_n which_o they_o f._n condemn_v as_o vanity_n hence_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n write_v of_o play_n 11._o that_o they_o be_v fraught_v with_o obscene_a and_o vain_a speech_n rash_o utter_v hence_o gregory_n nazianzen_n style_v play_n 10â—3_n the_o vanity_n of_o life_n and_o the_o hydra_n of_o pleasure_n hence_o chrysostome_n write_v of_o play_n aâ—_n that_o they_o be_v fraught_v with_o laughter_n wantonness_n and_o word_n â—ull_a of_o folly_n and_o vanity_n hence_o anastatius_fw-la sianita_fw-la write_v of_o the_o severiani_n â—04_n that_o their_o position_n be_v more_o ridiculous_a absurd_a and_o foolish_a than_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v act_v in_o any_o stageplay_n hence_o bernard_n write_v l_o that_o the_o true_a soldier_n of_o christ_n reject_v and_o abominate_a player_n and_o stageplay_n as_o vanity_n and_o false_a frenzy_n hence_o john_n salisbury_n style_v play_n 7.8_o the_o spectacle_n and_o rudiment_n of_o vanity_n hence_o cyprian_n lactantius_n cyril_n of_o jerusalem_n augustine_n basil_n salvian_n macarius_n aegyptius_n and_o other_o â—2_n former_o quote_v have_v utter_o condemn_v stageplay_n as_o the_o very_a pomp_n and_o vanite_n of_o this_o wicked_a world_n which_o christian_n have_v abjure_v in_o their_o baptism_n if_o then_o we_o believe_v these_o several_a father_n together_o with_o prologus_fw-la plautus_n 7._o maecrobius_fw-la 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husband_n but_o to_o be_v often_o veiw_v by_o other_o as_o a_o public_a whore_n not_o to_o modulate_v or_o sing_v a_o psalm_n of_o confession_n but_o to_o sing_v song_n entice_v unto_o lust_n not_o to_o supplicate_v to_o god_n but_o willing_o to_o hasten_v unto_o hell_n not_o to_o go_v diligent_o to_o the_o church_n of_o god_n but_o to_o withdraw_v other_o with_o herself_o from_o thence_o etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la with_o thou_o there_o lie_v a_o lute_n interlace_v and_o adorn_v with_o gold_n or_o elephant_n tooth_n a_o demoniacall_a statue_n and_o idol_n fasten_v at_o it_o be_v to_o some_o high_a altar_n and_o a_o certain_a miserable_a woman_n who_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o necessity_n of_o her_o servile_a condition_n shall_v apply_v herself_o to_o her_o distaff_n be_v teach_v of_o thou_o perchance_o a_o hireling_n perchance_o of_o one_o who_o shall_v deliver_v she_o over_o to_o some_o bawd_n or_o prostitute_a whore_n afterward_o when_o she_o have_v satisfy_v all_o the_o lust_n in_o 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continual_o or_o else_o against_o those_o who_o in_o the_o day_n of_o mirth_n or_o gladness_n suppose_v of_o marriage_n or_o feast_n do_v more_o diligent_o procure_v wait_n music_n round_n and_o dance_a whâ—n_o as_o none_o of_o these_o be_v require_v of_o we_o who_o have_v learn_v by_o the_o teach_n of_o the_o scripture_n that_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n be_v bend_v against_o all_o such_o study_n and_o conversation_n of_o life_n therefore_o for_o fear_n of_o imminent_a evil_n from_o henceforth_o amend_v this_o wicked_a custom_n of_o your_o life_n thus_o far_o this_o father_n who_o in_o his_o sermon_n de_fw-fr legendis_fw-la libris_fw-la gentilium_fw-la &_o de_fw-fr ebrietate_fw-la &_o luxu_fw-la &_o hexaëmeron_n hom._n 4._o have_v other_o passage_n to_o this_o purpose_n to_o pass_v by_o chrysostome_n who_o write_v a_o that_o cymbal_n pipe_n and_o filthy_a song_n be_v the_o very_a pomp_n and_o hodgpotch_n of_o the_o devil_n together_o with_o our_o ancient_a learned_a countryman_n aâ—chuvinus_n who_o reckon_v up_o b._n shrill_a wanton_a amorous_a music_n which_o do_v ofttimes_o mollify_v and_o effeminate_a the_o vigour_n of_o christian_n among_o those_o pomp_n of_o the_o devil_n which_o christian_n in_o their_o baptism_n do_v renounce_v s._n cyrill_n of_o alexandria_n affirm_v a._n that_o where_o there_o be_v the_o sound_n of_o the_o harp_n the_o beat_n of_o cymbal_n the_o consort_n of_o fiddler_n with_o the_o concinnity_n of_o number_n and_o applause_n there_o also_o be_v all_o kind_n of_o filthiness_n and_o those_o thing_n be_v do_v of_o these_o in_o private_a which_o be_v even_o unseemly_a for_o to_o utter_v ibidem_fw-la gregory_n nazienzen_n record_v that_o the_o christian_n in_o his_o time_n have_v no_o dance_n no_o idle_a song_n or_o wanton_a music_n in_o their_o public_a feast_n and_o solemnity_n but_o only_a psalm_n and_o spiritual_a song_n with_o which_o they_o praise_v god_n and_o epiphanius_n in_o his_o compendiaria_fw-la doctrina_fw-la de_fw-fr 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without_o control_n 1053._o the_o 6._o council_n of_o constantinople_n can._n 100_o the_o syâ—odâ—_n of_o augusta_n anno_fw-la 1548._o cap._n 28._o together_o with_o clemens_n alexandrinus_n oratio_fw-la adhort_a ad_fw-la gentes_fw-la fol._n 8.9_o gregory_n nyssen_n in_o his_o vitæ_fw-la moseos_fw-la eâ—arratio_n p._n 503._o theodoret_n contra_fw-la graeco_n infideles_fw-la lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr angelis_n deque_fw-la dijs_fw-la ac_fw-la daemonibus_fw-la malis_fw-la tom._n 2._o pag._n 362.363_o mapheus_n vegius_n de_fw-fr liberorum_fw-la educatione_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 15._o with_o sundry_a modern_a divine_n in_o their_o exposition_n on_o the_o 7._o commandment_n condemn_v all_o amorous_a wanton_a picture_n of_o courtesan_n and_o other_o which_o now_o be_v too_o to_o common_a as_o incendiary_n to_o man_n unruly_a lust_n which_o draw_v they_o on_o to_o actual_a lewdness_n certain_o if_o these_o liveless_a picture_n 43._o be_v so_o apt_a to_o ingenerate_v unchaste_a affection_n or_o to_o 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same_o to_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o yea_o therefore_o to_o the_o poor_a because_o we_o do_v it_o to_o the_o apostle_n for_o when_o as_o paul_n be_v read_v public_o and_o thou_o do_v not_o regard_v when_o as_o john_n thunder_v and_o thou_o do_v not_o hear_v will_v thou_o hear_v a_o poor_a man_n who_o do_v not_o hear_v a_o apostle_n that_o our_o house_n therefore_o may_v be_v open_a to_o the_o poor_a and_o our_o ear_n to_o the_o apostle_n all_o filthiness_n be_v to_o be_v purge_v out_o of_o the_o ear_n of_o the_o mind_n for_o as_o filth_n and_o dirt_n be_v wont_a to_o stop_v the_o ear_n of_o the_o body_n so_o whorish_a song_n the_o fable_n of_o this_o world_n the_o burden_n of_o debtor_n the_o account_n of_o creditor_n and_o usury_n be_v wont_a to_o stop_v the_o ear_n of_o the_o mind_n more_o than_o any_o filthy_a or_o rather_o they_o do_v not_o only_o stop_v they_o but_o also_o make_v they_o impure_a and_o filthy_a for_o such_o speech_n dâ—e_v as_o it_o be_v cast_v dirt_n into_o 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hippo._n 2._o canonâ—_n 11._o ut_fw-la filii_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la vel_fw-la clericorum_fw-la spectacula_fw-la secularia_fw-la non_fw-la exhibeant_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la spectent_fw-la quando_fw-la quidem_fw-la ab_fw-la spectaculo_fw-la et_fw-la omnes_fw-la laici_fw-la prohihibeantur_fw-la semper_fw-la enim_fw-la christianis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la hoc_fw-la interdictum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la ubi_fw-la blasphemi_fw-la sunt_fw-la non_fw-la accedant_fw-la 1._o canon_n 35._o ut_fw-la scenicis_fw-la atque_fw-la histrionibus_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la personis_fw-la vel_fw-la apostaticis_fw-la conversis_fw-la vel_fw-la reversis_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la gratia_fw-la vel_fw-la reconciliatio_fw-la non_fw-la negetur_fw-la can_n 11._o that_o the_o son_n of_o bishop_n and_o clergy_n man_n shall_v neither_o exhibit_v nor_o yet_o so_o much_o as_o behold_v any_o secular_a interlude_n since_o that_o even_o all_o layman_n be_v prohibit_v from_o stageplays_a for_o this_o have_v always_o be_v strait_o forbid_v all_o christian_n that_o they_o come_v not_o where_o blasphemer_n be_v can_n 35._o that_o grace_n or_o reconciliation_n shall_v not_o be_v deny_v to_o stage-player_n and_o actor_n and_o such_o like_a person_n or_o to_o apostate_n who_o shall_v convert_v and_o return_v again_o to_o the_o lord_n which_o canon_n admit_v stage-player_n into_o the_o church_n upon_o their_o conversion_n and_o renounce_n of_o their_o ungodly_a profession_n but_o not_o before_o the_o seven_o be_v concilium_fw-la carthaginense_n 4._o 873._o anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 4â—1â—_n at_o which_o 214_o bishop_n be_v present_a which_o as_o it_o make_v all_o flatter_a all_o scurrilous_a clergy_n man_n who_o delight_n in_o filthy_a jest_n or_o sing_v or_o dance_v public_o at_o any_o feast_n liable_a to_o a_o final_a degradation_n see_v can_n 56.60_o 62_o so_o it_o provide_v thus_o against_o play_n and_o play-haunting_a 878._o canon_n 86._o neophyti_fw-la à _fw-la â—autioribus_fw-la epulis_fw-la et_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la abstineant_fw-la canon_n 88_o qui_fw-la die_fw-la solenni_fw-la praetermisso_fw-la â—olenni_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la conventu_fw-la ad_fw-la spectacula_fw-la vadit_fw-la excommunicetur_fw-la can_n 86._o those_o who_o be_v new_o baptize_v or_o convert_v to_o the_o faith_n ought_v to_o abstain_v from_o costly_a feast_n and_o stage-play_n can_n 88_o he_o who_o upon_o any_o solemn_a feast-day_n omit_v the_o solemn_a assembly_n of_o the_o church_n resort_v to_o stageplays_a let_v he_o be_v excommunicate_v stageplay_n then_o in_o this_o counsel_n judgement_n be_v no_o meet_a pastime_n for_o any_o solemn_a christian_a festival_n the_o eight_o be_v concilium_fw-la africanum_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 408_o to_o which_o 238_o 588._o bishop_n subscribe_v their_o name_n st._n augustine_n be_v one_o of_o that_o great_a number_n where_o i_o find_v these_o several_a canon_n to_o our_o purpose_n 507._o can_n 12._o ut_fw-la scenicis_fw-la atque_fw-la histrionibus_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la conversis_fw-la vel_fw-la â—eversis_fw-la ad_fw-la dominum_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la personis_fw-la reconciliatio_fw-la non-negetur_a canon_n 27._o â—llud_fw-la etiam_fw-la petendum_fw-la ut_fw-la quae_fw-la contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la divina_fw-la convivia_fw-la multis_fw-la in_o locis_fw-la exercentur_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la errore_fw-la gentili_fw-la attracta_fw-la sunt_fw-la vetari_fw-la talia_fw-la jubeant_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la civitatibus_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la possessionibus_fw-la imposita_fw-la paena_fw-la prohiberi_fw-la maximè_fw-la cum_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o natalibus_fw-la beatissimorum_fw-la martyrum_fw-la per_fw-la nonnullas_fw-la civitates_fw-la et_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la locis_fw-la sacris_fw-la talia_fw-la committere_fw-la non_fw-la reformident_fw-la quibus_fw-la diebus_fw-la etiam_fw-la quod_fw-la pudoris_fw-la est_fw-la dicere_fw-la saltationes_fw-la sceleratissimas_fw-la per_fw-la vicos_fw-la atque_fw-la plateas_fw-la exercent_fw-la ut_fw-la matronalis_fw-la honour_n et_fw-la inâ—â—merabilium_fw-la faeminatum_fw-la pudor_fw-la devotè_fw-la venientium_fw-la ad_fw-la sacratissimum_fw-la diem_fw-la injurijs_fw-la lascivieâ—tibus_fw-la appetatur_fw-la ut_fw-la etià m_fw-la ipsius_fw-la sanctae_fw-la religionis_fw-la penè_fw-la fugiatur_fw-la accessus_fw-la canon_n 28._o necnon_fw-la et_fw-la illud_fw-la petendum_fw-la ut_fw-la spectacula_fw-la theatrorum_fw-la caeterorumque_fw-la ludorum_fw-la die_v dominico_n vel_fw-la pastime_n caeteris_fw-la christianae_n religionis_fw-la diebus_fw-la celeberrimis_fw-la amoveantur_fw-la maximè_fw-la quia_fw-la sancti_fw-la paschae_fw-la octavarum_fw-la die_fw-la nota._n populi_fw-la ad_fw-la circum_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la et_fw-la debere_fw-la transferri_fw-la devotionis_fw-la eorum_fw-la dies_fw-la si_fw-la quandò_fw-la occurrent_a nec_fw-la oportere_fw-la etiam_fw-la quenquam_fw-la christianorum_fw-la cogi_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la spectacula_fw-la maximè_fw-la quia_fw-la in_o his_o exercendis_fw-la qvae_fw-la contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la dei_fw-la sunt_fw-la nulla_fw-la persecutionis_fw-la necessitas_fw-la à _fw-la quoquam_fw-la adhibenda_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la uti_fw-la oportet_fw-la homo_fw-la in_fw-la libera_fw-la voluntate_fw-la subsistat_fw-la sibi_fw-la concessa_fw-la cooperatorum_fw-la enim_fw-la maximè_fw-la periculum_fw-la considerandum_fw-la est_fw-la qvi_fw-fr contra_fw-la praecepta_fw-la dei_fw-la magno_fw-la terror_fw-la coguntur_fw-la ad_fw-la haec_fw-la spectacula_fw-la convenire_fw-la can_n 12._o that_o reconciliatiation_n shall_v not_o be_v deny_v to_o stage-player_n and_o common_a actor_n and_o such_o like_a person_n in_o case_n they_o repent_v and_o abandon_v their_o former_a profession_n can_n 27._o that_o also_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v that_o those_o feast_n which_o be_v use_v in_o many_o place_n contrary_a to_o god_n precept_n which_o be_v draw_v from_o the_o error_n of_o the_o gentile_n shall_v be_v prohihit_v by_o command_n and_o exclude_v out_o of_o city_n and_o village_n especial_o since_o in_o some_o city_n man_n fear_v not_o to_o keep_v they_o even_o on_o the_o birthday_n of_o the_o most_o bless_a martyr_n and_o that_o in_o the_o very_a church_n on_o which_o day_n also_o which_o be_v a_o shame_n to_o speak_v they_o use_v most_o wicked_a dance_n through_o the_o village_n and_o street_n so_o that_o the_o matronall_a honour_n and_o the_o chastity_n the_o modesty_n of_o innumerable_a woman_n devout_o come_v to_o the_o most_o holy_a day_n be_v assault_v with_o lascivious_a injury_n in_o such_o manner_n that_o even_o thâ—_n very_a access_n to_o the_o holy_a exercise_n of_o religion_n be_v almost_o discontinue_v and_o chase_v away_o can_n 28._o and_o this_o also_o be_v to_o be_v request_v that_o stageplay_n and_o such_o other_o play_v and_o spectacle_n shall_v be_v whole_o abandon_v and_o lay_v aside_o on_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o other_o solemn_a christian_a festival_n especial_o because_o on_o the_o easter_n holy-day_n people_n run_v more_o to_o the_o cirque_fw-la or_o theatre_n than_o to_o the_o church_n lay_v aside_o all_o their_o holiday_n devotion_n when_o these_o spectacle_n come_v in_o their_o way_n neither_o ought_v any_o christian_a to_o be_v compel_v to_o these_o interlude_n or_o stageplay_n chief_o because_o in_o practise_v these_o thing_n nota._n which_o be_v against_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n no_o necessity_n of_o persecution_n or_o violence_n ought_v to_o be_v use_v by_o any_o man_n but_o every_o man_n as_o he_o ought_v may_v abide_v in_o that_o freedom_n of_o will_n which_o be_v grant_v to_o he_o for_o the_o danger_n of_o the_o coactour_n ought_v principal_o to_o be_v consider_v who_o against_o the_o precept_n of_o god_n be_v compel_v to_o come_v unto_o these_o stageplay_n stageplay_n therefore_o by_o this_o whole_a counsel_n resolution_n be_v no_o fit_a sport_n for_o lords-daye_n and_o holy-day_n yea_o they_o and_o the_o reâ—ort_n unto_o they_o â—re_n direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n and_o exceed_v dangerous_a to_o those_o man_n soul_n who_o allure_v or_o enforce_v any_o other_o to_o they_o canon_n 30._o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr his_o etiam_fw-la petendum_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la ex_fw-la qualibet_fw-la ludicra_fw-la arte_fw-la ad_fw-la christianitatis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la venire_fw-la voluerit_fw-la ac_fw-la libre_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la profession_n macula_fw-la permanere_fw-la 7._o non_fw-la eum_fw-la liceat_fw-la à _fw-la quoquam_fw-la iterum_fw-la ad_fw-la eadem_fw-la exercenda_fw-la reduci_fw-la vel_fw-la cogi_fw-la canon_n 96._o item_n placuit_fw-la ut_fw-la omnes_fw-la stage-player_n infamiae_fw-la maculis_fw-la adspersi_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la histriones_fw-la ac_fw-la turpitudinibus_fw-la subjecti_fw-la personae_fw-la ad_fw-la accusationem_fw-la non_fw-la admittantur_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o propriis_fw-la causis_fw-la can_n 30._o and_o this_o also_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v that_o if_o any_o man_n of_o any_o ludicrous_a be_v whatsoever_o will_v come_v and_o turn_v a_o christian_n and_o continue_v free_a from_o that_o pollution_n that_o he_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v reduce_v or_o compel_v by_o any_o man_n to_o practice_v the_o same_o art_n again_o can_n 96._o also_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o all_o infamous_a person_n that_o be_v to_o say_v stage-player_n &_o person_n enthral_v to_o filthiness_n or_o lewdness_n shall_v not_o be_v admit_v to_o accuse_v any_o person_n but_o in_o their_o proper_a cause_n the_o nine_o be_v 499._o concilium_fw-la carthaginense_n 7_o of_o 38_o bishop_n about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 419._o canon_n 2._o whereby_o all_o stage-player_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v infamous_a person_n and_o unable_a to_o bear_v any_o testimony_n which_o canon_n be_v verbatim_o the_o same_o with_o the_o
convenit_fw-la aut_fw-la inde_fw-la discedere_fw-la canon_n 100_o 333._o clericis_fw-la igitur_fw-la lege_fw-la patrum_fw-la cavetur_fw-la ut_fw-la à _fw-la vulgari_fw-la vita_fw-la seclusi_fw-la à _fw-la mundanâ—s_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la seize_v abstineant_fw-la non_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la non_fw-la pompis_fw-la intersint_fw-la 357._o canon_n 145._o clerici_fw-la contubernia_fw-la faeminarum_fw-la nullatenus_fw-la appetant_fw-la non_fw-la vanis_fw-la oculis_fw-la aut_fw-la petulanti_fw-la tumidoque_fw-la gestu_fw-la ac_fw-la dissolutis_fw-la renibus_fw-la incedant_fw-la non_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la non_fw-la pomâ—pis_fw-la secularibus_fw-la intersint_fw-la non_fw-la aleae_fw-la non_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la venationibus_fw-la inserviant_fw-la 24._o nequaquam_fw-la praeciosis_n delectentur_fw-la vestibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o yet_o few_o now_o so_o rich_o so_o spruce_o apparel_v as_o these_o who_o shall_v be_v pattern_n of_o humility_n and_o sobriety_n to_o other_o can_n 86._o minister_n and_o clergy_n man_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v present_a at_o any_o spectacle_n or_o stageplay_n either_o in_o playhouse_n or_o at_o marriage_n but_o before_o the_o fiddler_n or_o player_n enter_v they_o ought_v to_o rise_v up_o and_o depart_v thence_o can_n 100_o it_o be_v provide_v for_o clergy_n man_n by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o father_n that_o be_v seclude_v from_o a_o vulgar_a life_n they_o withdraw_v themselves_o from_o worldly_a pleasure_n they_o may_v not_o be_v present_a at_o stageplay_n or_o show_n can_n 145._o clergy_n man_n may_v by_o no_o mean_n desire_v the_o company_n of_o woman_n they_o may_v not_o walk_v with_o vain_a eye_n or_o with_o a_o wanton_a or_o proud_a gesture_n or_o dissolute_a reins_n they_o may_v not_o be_v present_a at_o worldly_a spectacle_n or_o interlude_n they_o may_v not_o give_v themselves_o to_o dice_n or_o any_o kind_n of_o hunt_v they_o ought_v not_o to_o delight_v in_o costly_a apparel_n etc._n etc._n as_o now_o too_o many_o of_o they_o do_v who_o be_v more_o like_a to_o courtier_n or_o knight_n in_o their_o beaver_n satin_n silk_n or_o velvet_n then_o to_o minister_n the_o 24._o be_v concilium_fw-la parisiense_n under_o lewis_n and_o lothorius_fw-la anno_fw-la 829._o to_o the_o like_a effect_n as_o the_o former_a 380._o canon_n 38._o cum_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la christianis_fw-la juxta_fw-la apostoli_fw-la documentum_fw-la 5._o stultiloquium_fw-la et_fw-la scurrilitas_fw-la sit_fw-la cavenda_fw-la multo_fw-la magis_fw-la à _fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la domini_fw-la qui_fw-la alijs_fw-la exemplum_fw-la et_fw-la condimentum_fw-la salutis_fw-la esse_fw-la debent_fw-la caveri_fw-la oportet_fw-la haec_fw-la quip_n à _fw-la sanctis_fw-la viris_fw-la penitus_fw-la sunt_fw-la propellenda_fw-la quibus_fw-la magis_fw-la convenit_fw-la lugere_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la scurrilitates_fw-la et_fw-la stultiloquia_fw-la et_fw-la histrionum_fw-la obscaenas_fw-la jocationes_fw-la et_fw-la caeteras_fw-la vanitates_fw-la quae_fw-la animam_fw-la christianam_fw-la a_o rigore_fw-la suae_fw-la rectitudinis_fw-la emollire_fw-la solent_fw-la in_fw-la cachinnos_fw-la ora_fw-la dissolvere_fw-la neque_fw-la enim_fw-la decet_fw-la aut_fw-la fas_fw-la est_fw-la oculos_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la domini_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la faedari_fw-la aut_fw-la mentem_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la scurrilitatibus_fw-la aut_fw-la turpiloquijs_fw-la ad_fw-la inania_fw-la rapi_fw-la ait_fw-fr quip_n dominus_fw-la in_o evangelio_n omne_fw-la verbum_fw-la ociosum_fw-la quod_fw-la locuti_fw-la fuerint_fw-la homines_fw-la reddent_fw-la de_fw-la eo_fw-la rationem_fw-la in_o die_fw-la judicij_fw-la paulus_n ad_fw-la ephesos_n 4._o omnis_fw-la inquit_fw-la sermo_fw-la malus_fw-la ex_fw-la ore_fw-la vestro_fw-la non_fw-la procedat_fw-la sed_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la bone_fw-la ad_fw-la aedificationem_fw-la fidei_fw-la ut_fw-la det_fw-la gratiam_fw-la audientibus_fw-la et_fw-la nolite_fw-la contristare_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanctum_fw-la in_fw-la quo_fw-la signati_fw-la estis_fw-la in_o die_fw-la redemptionis_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la post_fw-la multa_fw-la 5._o fornicatio_fw-la autem_fw-la inquit_fw-la et_fw-la omnis_fw-la immunditia_fw-la aut_fw-la avaritia_fw-la nec_fw-la nominetur_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la sicut_fw-la decet_fw-la sanctis_fw-la aut_fw-la turpitudo_fw-la aut_fw-la stultiloquium_fw-la aut_fw-la scurrilitas_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la rem_fw-la non_fw-la pertinent_a sed_fw-la magis_fw-la gratiarum_fw-la actio_fw-la et_fw-la esaias_n 5.12_o cyâ—hara_fw-la et_fw-la lyra_n et_fw-la tympanum_fw-la et_fw-la tibia_fw-la et_fw-la vinum_fw-la in_o convivijs_fw-la vestris_fw-la et_fw-la opus_fw-la domini_fw-la non_fw-la respicitis_fw-la nec_fw-la opera_fw-la manuum_fw-la ejus_fw-la consideratis_fw-la sunt_fw-la et_fw-la alia_fw-la hujusce_fw-la rei_fw-la innumera_fw-la exempla_fw-la quae_fw-la prospecta_fw-la et_fw-la diligenter_fw-la animadversa_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la caeteris_fw-la fidelibus_fw-la magno_fw-la terror_fw-la sint_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la dum_fw-la his_fw-la contra_fw-la fas_fw-la se_fw-la subdunt_fw-la animae_fw-la suae_fw-la salutem_fw-la negligant_fw-la proinde_fw-la nobis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la in_o common_a visum_fw-la fuit_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la qui_fw-la sacerdotum_fw-la hactenus_fw-la his_fw-la vanitatibus_fw-la usi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la ab_fw-la his_fw-la deinceps_fw-la domino_fw-la adjuvante_fw-la prorsus_fw-la se_fw-la cavere_fw-la debere_fw-la meminerint_fw-la can._n 38._o since_o that_o foolish_a talk_n and_o scurrility_n according_a to_o the_o apostle_n instruction_n aught_o to_o be_v avoid_v of_o all_o christian_n much_o more_o ought_v it_o to_o be_v eschew_v by_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o lord_n who_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o example_n and_o condiment_n of_o salvation_n unto_o other_o for_o these_o thing_n be_v utter_o to_o be_v abandon_v by_o holy_a man_n who_o it_o better_o become_v to_o mourn_v than_o to_o laugh_v 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circenses_fw-la and_o theatrales_fw-la pompa_fw-la et_fw-la spectacula_fw-la ib._n p._n 197_o 709_o 712_o 714_o 715._o as_o this_o author_n oft_o time_n style_v they_o a_o infallible_a evidence_n that_o stageplay_n be_v the_o very_a 568._o pomp_n of_o the_o devil_n which_o play_n say_v this_o author_n p._n 709_o be_v antiquate_v and_o abolish_v by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n though_o some_o other_o greek_n and_o the_o ancient_a roman_n out_o of_o a_o superstition_n to_o their_o idol_n who_o exact_v they_o at_o their_o hand_n do_v still_o retain_v they_o the_o 15._o 3906._o be_v c._n crisâ—ius_n salustius_n a_o ancient_a roman_a historian_n in_o his_o bellum_n caâ—ilinarium_n opera_fw-la coloniae_fw-la agrip._n 1615._o p._n 22_o 23._o &_o bellum_fw-la jugurthinum_fw-la p._n 159._o the_o 16._o 3990._o be_v valerius_n maximus_n lib._n 2._o cap._n 4._o &_o cap._n 6._o sect_n 7._o raphelengij_fw-la 1612._o p._n 56_o 57_o 58_o 59_o 60._o &_o l._n 6._o c._n 3._o sect_n 12._o p._n 237._o the_o 17._o 4020._o be_v titus_n livius_n patavinus_n that_o excellent_a roman_a historian_n historiae_fw-la l._n 7._o sect_n 2_o 3._o francofurti_n 1600._o p._n 255_o 256._o the_o 18._o 4070._o be_v cornelius_n tacitus_n annalium_fw-la l._n 1._o sect_n 14._o edit_fw-la 1614_o p._n 44_o 45._o l._n 4._o sect_n 3._o p._n 139_o 140._o l._n 14._o sect_n 2_o 3._o p_o 301._o to_o 305._o l._n 15._o sect_n 11._o p._n 360._o l._n 16._o sect_n 1._o p._n 366_o 367._o historiae_fw-la l._n 2._o sect_n 22._o p._n 481_o 482._o de_fw-fr moribus_fw-la germanorum_n l._n sect_n 6._o p._n 615._o &_o de_fw-fr oratoribus_fw-la dialogus_fw-la sect_n 14_o 15_o 16._o pâ—_n 679_o 681_o 682._o which_o dialogue_n though_o father_v upon_o he_o by_o some_o be_v yet_o attribute_v and_o that_o true_o to_o quintilian_n a_o 19_o 4050._o heathen_a author_n by_o most_o where_o as_o he_o complain_v of_o the_o effeminacy_n and_o lasciviousness_n of_o orator_n language_n in_o these_o word_n neque_fw-la â—nim_fw-la oratorius_fw-la 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1._o de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi pudicitiae_fw-la bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 5._o pars_fw-la 3._o p._n 477._o c._n d._n arias_n montanus_n in_o lib._n judicum_fw-la c._n 16._o p._n 568._o to_o 573._o joannis_n munster_n de_fw-fr saltationibus_fw-la lib._n gulielmus_fw-la stocking_n antiqu._n convivalium_n l._n 3._o capâ—_n 21.22_o zeghedini_fw-la loâ—i_fw-la commune_v tit._n chorea_fw-la &_o saltatio_fw-la gulielmus_fw-la peraldus_n summa_fw-la virtutum_fw-la ac_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la tom._n 2._o tit._n de_fw-fr luxuria_fw-la c._n 3._o p._n 68_o m._n deering_n his_o 10._o lecture_n on_o the_o hebrews_n francis_n salis_n his_o introduction_n to_o a_o devout_a life_n part_n 3._o c._n 32.33_o p._n 648.649_o vincentius_n beluacensis_fw-la speculum_fw-la morale_n l._n 3._o pars_fw-la 9_o distinct._n 6._o p._n 251.252_o &_o summula_n raymundi_fw-la fol._n 93._o where_o a_o dance_n be_v thus_o define_v chorea_fw-la est_fw-la circulus_fw-la caâ—henatus_fw-la cujus_fw-la centrum_fw-la est_fw-la 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sparsim_fw-la dicer_n excommunicate_v and_o keep_v from_o the_o sacrament_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n p._n 618.926_o didâ—cus_fw-fr de_fw-fr tapia_n his_o censure_n of_o player_n play_n and_o theater_n pag._n 481.482_o 483_o 766._o diodorus_n siculus_n his_o testimony_n of_o the_o original_n of_o play_n &_o censure_n of_o they_o p._n 510.704_o diogenes_n cinnicâ—s_v his_o censure_n of_o music_n p._n 287._o diogenes_n laâ—rtiâ—s_v his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n p._n 707._o dion_z cassius_z his_o censure_n of_o dance_a play_n &_o caligula_n his_o act_n of_o they_o p._n 707._o to_o 710._o dionysius_n halicarnasseus_n his_o censure_n of_o play_n their_o original_n and_o use_n p._n 704._o devil_n and_o devill-idol_n the_o inventor_n the_o fomenter_n of_o stageplay_n and_o dance_v which_o be_v appropriate_v to_o their_o solemn_a honour_n and_o worship_n their_o festival_n be_v spend_v in_o play_n and_o dance_a which_o they_o exact_v from_o their_o worshipper_n p._n 9_o to_o 50.96_o 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and_o gawdy_a apparel_n and_o fashion_n p._n 217.218_o 890._o to_o 904._o
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ethnici_fw-la execrantur_fw-la puritatem_fw-la nos_fw-la fugimus_fw-la illi_fw-la amant_fw-fr fornicatio_fw-la apud_fw-la illos_fw-la crimen_fw-la atque_fw-la discrimen_fw-la est_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la decus_fw-la et_fw-la putamus_fw-la nos_fw-la ante_fw-la deum_fw-la posse_fw-la consistere_fw-la salvian_n de_fw-fr guber_n dei_fw-la l._n 6._o p._n 237._o 237._o hierom._n ep._n 3._o c._n 4._o 4._o see_v here_o p._n 41._o to_o 61._o &_o 561._o to_o 567._o 567._o scene_z 2_o 3_o 4_o 5_o before_o before_o professio_fw-la enim_fw-la religionis_fw-la non_fw-la aufert_fw-la debitum_fw-la sed_fw-la augeâ—_n quia_fw-la adsumptio_fw-la religiosi_fw-la nominis_fw-la sponsio_fw-la est_fw-la devotionis_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la tanto_fw-la plus_fw-la quispiam_fw-la debet_fw-la opere_fw-la quanto_fw-la plus_fw-la promiserit_fw-la professione_n salâ—ian_n ad_fw-la ecclâ—â—â—am_fw-la catholicam_fw-la l._n 2._o p._n 382._o argum._n 51._o 51._o see_v act._n 6._o scene_n 5._o p._n 455._o 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unlawful_a sport_n or_o pastime_n within_o their_o own_o parish_n parish_n omnia_fw-la debitum_fw-la ordinem_fw-la deserunt_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la luxuriae_fw-la proprium_fw-la gaâ—dere_fw-la perversis_fw-la nec_fw-la tantum_fw-la discedere_fw-la a_o recto_fw-la sed_fw-la quam_fw-la longissime_fw-la abire_fw-la res_fw-la sordida_fw-la est_fw-la trita_fw-la ac_fw-la vulgari_fw-la via_fw-la viver_n talis_fw-la horum_fw-la contraria_fw-la omnibus_fw-la non_fw-la regio_fw-la sed_fw-la vita_fw-la est_fw-la causa_fw-la tamen_fw-la praecipua_fw-la mihi_fw-la videtur_fw-la huius_fw-la morbi_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la communis_fw-la fastidium_fw-la quomodo_fw-la cultu_fw-la se_fw-la a_o caeteris_fw-la distinguunt_fw-la quomodo_fw-la elegantia_fw-la caenarum_fw-la mundiciis_fw-la vehiculorum_fw-la sic_fw-la volunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la seperare_fw-la temporum_fw-la dispositione_n nolunt_fw-la solita_fw-la peâ—care_fw-la quibus_fw-la peccandi_fw-la praemium_fw-la infamia_fw-la est_fw-la seneca_n epist._n 122._o 122._o illud_fw-la melius_fw-la et_fw-la verius_fw-la quod_fw-la antiquus_fw-la tertullian_n de_fw-fr prescript_n adversuâ—_n hareâ—icos_fw-la lib._n et_fw-fr vincentius_n lerinâ—nsis_fw-la adversus_fw-la prophâ—nas_fw-la hâ—reticorum_fw-la noâ—itates_fw-la argum._n 52._o 52._o his_o play_n of_o play_n play_n his_o apology_n for_o actor_n actor_n philippus_n lonicerus_n turcicaeâ—_n historiae_fw-la l._n 1._o f._n 34._o b._n b._n see_v act._n 6._o scene_n 5._o 5._o 1_o thess._n 2.15_o 2.15_o rom._n 1.24_o to_o 29.2_o thess._n 2.11_o 12._o 12._o see_v act._n 6._o scene_n 19_o 20._o 20._o see_v act._n 6._o scene_n 12._o &_o 20._o 20._o prudentius_n contra_fw-la symmachum_fw-la l._n 1._o bib._n pat._n tom._n 4._o p._n 612._o b._n &_o lipsius_n de_fw-fr amphitheatro_fw-la lib._n c._n 20._o 20._o ad_fw-la excusandas_fw-la excusationes_fw-la in_o peccatis_fw-la ista_fw-la praetendunt_fw-la christus_fw-la autem_fw-la non_fw-la arte_fw-la illuditur_fw-la hierom._n epist._n 4._o c._n 9_o 9_o tanta_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la vis_fw-la voluptatum_fw-la ut_fw-la et_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la protelet_fw-la in_o occasionem_fw-la et_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la corrumpat_fw-la in_o diffimulationem_fw-la aut_fw-la utrumque_fw-la tertull._n de_fw-fr spectac_n c._n 1._o 1._o quam_fw-la sapiens_fw-la argumentatrix_fw-la sibi_fw-la vidâ—tur_fw-la ignorantia_fw-la humana_fw-la praesertim_fw-la cum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la eiusmodi_fw-la de_fw-la gaudiis_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la fructibus_fw-la saeculi_fw-la metuet_fw-la amittere_fw-la tertul._n ibid._n ibid._n nam_fw-la et_fw-la eousque_fw-la enervatus_fw-la est_fw-la ecclesiasticae_fw-la disciplinae_fw-la vigour_n et_fw-la ita_fw-la omni_fw-la languore_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la praecipitatur_fw-la in_o peius_fw-la ut_fw-la iam_fw-la non_fw-la vitiis_fw-la excusatio_fw-la sed_fw-la authoritas_fw-la detur_fw-la quoniam_fw-la non_fw-la desunt_fw-la vitiorum_fw-la assertores_fw-la blandi_fw-la et_fw-la indulgentes_fw-la patroni_fw-la qui_fw-la praestant_fw-la vitiis_fw-la authoritatem_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la deterius_fw-la censuram_fw-la scripturarum_fw-la coelestium_fw-la in_o advocationem_fw-la criminum_fw-la et_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la convertunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n cyprian_n de_fw-fr spectac_n lib._n lib._n advers._fw-la gentes_fw-la l._n 7._o p._n 232._o to_o 240._o 240._o hom._n 38._o in_o matth._n &_o hom._n 3._o de_fw-fr davide_n et_fw-fr saul_n saul_n de_fw-fr consensu_fw-la evangelistarum_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 23._o de_fw-fr civit._fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 29._o &_o l._n 6._o c._n 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr gubernation_n dei_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o act_n 19.24_o to_o 29._o 29._o see_v act_n 7._o scene_n 5._o 5._o nulli_fw-la enim_fw-la peccatori_fw-la de_fw-la est_fw-la impuâ—ens_fw-la praetextus_fw-la etc._n