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 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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 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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
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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
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ordinat_fw-la f._n 51._o joan._n langhecrucius_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o honestate_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 11._o p._n 250._o etc._n etc._n 12._o p._n 254.255_o gratian_n distinct._n 44._o polydore_n virgil._n de_fw-la invent._n rerum_fw-la l._n 3._o c._n 5._o p._n 215._o d._n john_n white_a his_o sermon_n at_o paul_n crosse._n march_n 24._o 1615._o sect_n 16._o nathaniel_n colâ—_n his_o preservative_n against_o sin_n p._n 380._o m._n heildersham_n his_o 12._o lecture_n upon_o john_n the_o 4._o vers_fw-la 20._o pag._n 130._o barnaby_n rich_a his_o irish_a hubbub_n london_n 161â—_n p._n 24.25_o m._n edward_n raynolds_n his_o sinfulness_n of_o sin_n 1631._o p._n 125._o who_o express_o condemn_v the_o drink_n and_o pledge_v of_o health_n especial_o in_o clergyman_n who_o ought_v by_o the_o canon_n law_n to_o be_v deprive_v for_o it_o heaven_n no_o stageplay_n there_o pag._n 964.965_o hecataeus_n abderita_n his_o testimony_n of_o the_o jew_n want_v image_n p._n 894._o hâ—lena_n constantine_n the_o great_a his_o mother_n a_o english_a woman_n p._n 467._o heliodorus_n deprive_v of_o his_o biâ—hopprickâ—_n for_o his_o amorous_a book_n p._n 916._o heliogaâ—alus_n censure_v p._n 278.710_o 856._o henry_n the_o 3._o the_o emperor_n reject_v play_n and_o player_n p._n 471._o henry_n the_o 4._o of_o england_n his_o statute_n against_o rhymer_n and_o minstrel_n p._n 493._o henry_n the_o 8._o his_o statute_n against_o mummâ—rs_n vizard_n and_o diceplay_a p._n 493.494_o his_o expense_n upon_o play_n and_o masque_n p._n 320._o his_o commission_n for_o abolish_n image_n in_o church_n pag._n 903._o m._n henâ—y_o the_o 3._o of_o france_n his_o edict_n against_o stageplay_n and_o dance_v on_o lords-daye_n and_o holiday_n p._n 715._o hercules_n censure_v for_o put_v on_o woman_n apparel_n pag._n 888._o herod_n agrippa_n smite_v in_o the_o theatre_n by_o a_o angel_n and_o so_o die_v fol._n 554.555_o see_v freculphi_n chronicon_fw-la tom._n 2._o l._n 1._o c._n 14._o bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 9_o p._n 408._o herod_n the_o great_a the_o first_o erecter_n of_o a_o theatre_n among_o the_o jew_n who_o thereupon_o conspire_v his_o death_n p._n 486._o f._n 552.553_o p._n 555â—_n herodian_a his_o censure_n of_o play_n and_o dance_a p._n 710.851.852_o 853_o 854_o 855._o herodias_n her_o dance_n tax_v the_o devil_n dance_v in_o she_o p._n 228.229_o m._n 232._o m._n 260.773_o f._n 534._o hiâ—ro_n punish_v epicaâ—mus_n for_o his_o wanton_a verse_n p._n 921._o hierom_n his_o censure_n of_o man_n long_a and_o curl_a hair_n p._n 188.340_o of_o lascivious_a music_n and_o song_n p._n 275.276_o 340._o of_o image_n special_o of_o god_n p._n 898._o m._n of_o player_n and_o stageplay_n pag._n 340._o 680._o of_o dance_a p._n 223._o of_o read_v poet_n and_o profane_a author_n p._n 78.79_o 114_o 115_o 917_o 918_o 925_o 926_o 927._o his_o trance_n p._n 925.926_o for_o laymens_n read_v the_o scripture_n p._n 928._o m._n how_o minister_n ought_v to_o preach_v p._n 936.937_o hilary_n his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n pag._n 339.670_o of_o make_v god_n image_n p._n 900._o m._n history_n sophisticated_a by_o player_n and_o play-poet_n p._n 940.941_o holâ—ot_n his_o censure_n of_o stageplay_n and_o dance_a p._n 229._o m._n 256.689_o holiday_n how_o to_o be_v spend_v and_o solemnize_v p._n 240._o to_o 244._o f._n 537.538_o etc._n etc._n 575_o 585_o 586_o 605._o to_o 686._o sparsim_fw-la 743._o to_o 783._o exceed_o profane_v with_o dance_v dice_a drunkenness_n and_o profane_a pastime_n p._n 222.232_o to_o 250._o sparsim_fw-la 271.363_o foe_fw-mi 530._o to_o 541.575_o to_o 666.743_o to_o 783.933_o dance_a and_o stageplay_n prohibit_v on_o holiday_n by_o counsel_n father_n and_o all_o writer_n ibidem_fw-la see_v dance_a &_o p._n 913._o augment_v by_o papist_n who_o have_v turn_v pagan_a festival_n into_o christian._n p._n 751._o to_o 761._o see_v haddon_n cont._n osorium_n l._n 3._o f._n 262.263_o 264._o abridge_v by_o trajan_n f._n 539._o holiness_n become_v christian_n pag._n 63._o 64_o 528._o homily_n of_o our_o church_n against_o image_n in_o church_n etc._n etc._n p._n 286.901.902_o 903._o honorius_n augustodunensis_n censure_n of_o stageplay_n pag._n 505._o m._n 684._o of_o playerly_a masspriest_n p._n 113.114_o honorius_n the_o emperor_n suppress_v sword-playes_a p._n 75.468_o bishop_n hooper_n preach_v twice_o every_o day_n of_o the_o week_n will_v have_v bishop_n to_o preach_v once_o every_o day_n will_v have_v two_o sermon_n every_o lord_n day_n his_o censure_n of_o those_o who_o complain_v of_o two_o much_o preach_n f._n 531._o a_o profess_a anti-arminian_n f._n 532._o condemn_v diceplay_a epist._n ded._n 1._o yea_o altar_n too_o of_o which_o he_o write_v thus_o in_o his_o 3._o sermon_n upon_o jonah_n before_o king_n edward_n 6._o an._n 1551._o p._n 81._o if_o question_n now_o be_v ask_v in_o there_o then_o no_o sacrifice_n leave_v to_o bâ—_n do_v of_o christian_a people_n yea_o true_o â—ut_v none_o other_o then_o such_o as_o ought_v to_o be_v do_v without_o altar_n and_o they_o be_v of_o 3._o sort_n the_o first_o be_v the_o sacrifice_n of_o thanksgiving_a psal._n 51._o 17_o 19_o amos_n 4.5_o heb_n 13.15_o hos._n 14_o 2._o the_o 2._o be_v benevolence_n and_o liberality_n to_o the_o poor_a mich._n 6.8_o 1_o cor._n 16.1_o 2_o 2_o cor._n 8.19_o hebr._n 13.16_o the_o three_o kind_n of_o sacrifice_n be_v the_o mortify_n of_o our_o own_o body_n and_o to_o die_v from_o sin_n rom._n 12.1_o matth._n â—1_n luk._n 14._o if_o we_o study_v not_o daily_o to_o offer_v these_o sacrifice_n to_o god_n we_o be_v no_o christian_a man_n see_v christian_n man_n have_v no_o other_o sacrifice_n than_o these_o which_o may_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v do_v without_o altar_n there_o shall_v among_o christian_n be_v no_o altar_n and_o therefore_o be_v be_v not_o without_o the_o great_a wisdom_n &_o knowledge_n of_o god_n that_o christ_n his_o apostle_n and_o the_o primitive_a church_n lack_v altar_n for_o they_o know_v that_o the_o use_n of_o altar_n than_o be_v take_v away_o it_o be_v well_o then_o that_o it_o may_v please_v the_o magistrate_n to_o turn_v the_o altar_n into_o table_n according_a to_o the_o first_o institution_n of_o christ_n to_o take_v away_o the_o false_a persuasion_n of_o the_o people_n they_o have_v of_o sacrifice_n to_o be_v do_v upon_o the_o altar_n for_o as_o long_o as_o the_o altar_n remain_v both_o the_o ignorant_a people_n and_o the_o ignorant_a and_o evil_a persuade_v priest_n will_v dream_v always_o of_o sacrifice_n therefore_o be_v it_o best_o that_o the_o magistrate_n remove_v all_o the_o monument_n and_o token_n of_o idolatry_n and_o superstition_n then_o shall_v the_o true_a religion_n of_o god_n soon_o take_v place_n etc._n etc._n &_o sermon_n 8._o f._n 150._o a_o great_a shame_n it_o be_v for_o a_o noble_a king_n emperor_n or_o magistrate_n contrary_a to_o god_n word_n to_o detain_v or_o keep_v from_o the_o devil_n or_o his_o minister_n any_o of_o their_o good_n or_o treasure_n as_o the_o candle_n image_n cross_n vestment_n altar_n for_o if_o they_o be_v keep_v in_o the_o church_n as_o thing_n indifferent_a at_o length_n they_o wâ—ll_n be_v maintain_v as_o thing_n necessary_a and_o do_v not_o we_o see_v his_o word_n prove_v true_a against_o the_o make_n of_o god_n image_n and_o suffering_n or_o erect_v image_n in_o church_n pag_n 902._o m._n of_o which_o he_o write_v thus_o in_o hisâ—_n declaration_n of_o the_o second_o commandment_n london_n 1588._o fol._n 29._o to_o 32._o this_o commandment_n â—ath_v 3._o part_n the_o first_o take_v from_o we_o all_o liberty_n and_o licence_n that_o we_o in_o no_o case_n represent_v or_o manifest_v the_o god_n invisible_a &_o incomprehensible_a with_o any_o figurâ—_n or_o image_n or_o represent_v he_o unto_o our_o sense_n that_o can_v be_v comprehend_v by_o the_o wit_n of_o man_n nor_o angel_n the_o sâ—cond_o part_n forbid_v to_o honour_v any_o image_n the_o three_o part_n show_v we_o that_o it_o be_v no_o need_n to_o present_a god_n to_o we_o by_o any_o image_n moses_n give_v â—_o reason_n of_o the_o first_o part_n why_o no_o image_n shall_v be_v make_v deut._n 4.15_o remember_v say_v 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o people_n that_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o thou_o in_o the_o vale_n of_o oreb_n thou_o â—eardest_v a_o voice_n but_o see_v no_o manner_n of_o similitude_n but_o only_o a_o voice_n beâ—rdest_v thou_o isaiah_n c._n 40.18_o &_o 449_o etc._n etc._n diligent_o show_v what_o a_o absurdity_n and_o undecent_a thing_n it_o be_v to_o prophâ—re_v the_o majesty_n of_o god_n incomprehensible_a with_o a_o little_a block_n or_o stone_n a_o spirit_n with_o a_o image_n the_o like_a do_v paul_n in_o the_o 17._o oâ—_n thâ—_n acts._n the_o text_n therefore_o forbid_v all_o mannâ—r_n of_o image_n that_o be_v make_v to_o express_v or_o represent_v almighty_a god_n the_o second_o parâ—_n forbid_v to_o honour_v any_o image_n make_v the_o first_o word_n honour_n signify_v
p._n 179._o l._n 3._o r._n those_o p._n 180._o l._n 29._o f._n ground_n r._n grand_a p._n 182._o l._n 24._o r._n euclid_n p._n 185._o l._n 15._o r._n melania_n p._n 188._o l._n 19_o r._n perfume_v p._n 223._o l._n 2._o f._n 20._o r._n 5_o 6._o p._n 236._o l._n 27._o r._n christian_n p._n 245._o l._n 25._o f._n two_o r._n rare_a p._n 267._o l._n 6._o r._n those_o p._n 281._o l._n 28._o r._n muliebribus_fw-la p._n 310._o l._n 15._o f._n which_o r._n with_o p._n 320._o l._n 7._o f._n c._n 141._o r._n c._n 41._o p._n 325._o l._n 23._o &_o p._n 326_o l._n 11_o r._n stage_n player_n p._n 328_o l._n 28_o r._n mayor_n p._n 332_o l._n 14_o r._n avocate_v p._n 333_o l._n 29._o f._n or_o r._n of_o p._n 336_o l._n 10_o f._n do_v r._n not_o p._n 348_o l._n 28_o r._n those_o p._n 363_o l._n 19_o r._n gosson_n p._n 385_o l._n 22_o r._n christian_n p._n 398_o l._n 19_o f._n this_o r._n he_o p._n 417_o l._n 5_o r._n comfort_n p._n 425_o l._n 31_o f._n christ_n r._n christian._n p._n 426_o l._n 20_o r._n catechumenist_n p._n 438_o l._n 25_o r._n defend_v p._n 453_o l._n 8_o r._n militibus_fw-la p._n 464_o l._n 22_o f._n in_o r._n in_o three_o &_o l._n 33_o r._n displease_v p._n 468_o l._n 14_o f._n and_o r._n but._n p._n 474._o l._n 2_o r._n chair_n p._n 478_o l._n 23_o r._n person_n p._n 488_o l._n 22_o r._n kind_n p._n 495_o l._n 26_o f._n in_o r._n of_o p._n 500_o l._n 11_o r._n original_o fol._n 549_o l._n 33_o f._n perfect_v r._n protect_v fol._n 550_o l._n 27_o f._n that_o r._n fit_a fol._n 551_o l._n 22_o f._n which_o r._n with_o fol._n 553_o l._n 30_o r._n return_v f._n 555_o b_o l._n 9_o f._n polycarpus_n r._n pollio_n fol._n 557_o l._n 31_o f._n nisina_fw-la r._n misnia_n fol._n 558_o b_o l._n 1_o f._n and_o not_o r._n not_o fol._n 559_o l._n 30_o f._n wash_v r._n crush_v ibid._n b_o l._n 4_o f._n might_n r._n nigh_o fol._n 560_o b_o l._n 7_o f._n their_o r._n our_o fol._n 561_o l._n 17_o f._n new_a r._n now_o &_o b_o l._n 12_o r._n vitiate_a f._n 562_o l._n 32_o f._n &_o the_o r._n the._n &_o b_o l._n 7_o f._n these_o r._n such_o fol._n 567_o l._n 32_o f._n they_o r._n man_n p._n 568_o l._n 12_o r._n inconsistent_a p._n 570_o l._n 23_o f._n 54_o r._n 55._o p._n 708_o l._n 34_o r._n procedente_fw-la p._n 709_o l._n 28_o r._n intercidit_fw-la p._n 733_o l._n 8_o f._n it_o be_v r._n it_o p._n 756_o l._n 14_o r._n viz._n of_o altisiodorum_n p._n 786_o l._n 11_o r._n prescription_n p._n 791_o l._n 19_o r._n praecolorant_a &_o l._n 33_o r._n helleboro_fw-la p._n 803_o l._n 11_o f._n and_o r._n be_v p._n 814_o l._n 8_o f._n carnemque_fw-la r._n carmenque_fw-la p._n 815_o l._n 30_o f._n malum_fw-la r._n bonum_fw-la p._n 823_o l._n 17_o f._n and_o teach_v r._n teach_v l._n 18_o f._n that_o r._n that_o they_o p._n 829_o l._n 34_o 35._o f._n the_o sin_n r._n your_o sin_n p._n 830_o l._n 13_o f._n the_o r._n your_o in_o the_o margin_n p._n 1_o l._n 15_o read_v gubernator_n p._n 27_o l._n 4_o r._n quod_fw-la p._n 40_o l._n 39_o for_o cap._n r_o page_n p._n 66_o l._n 2_o deal_n ad_fw-la p._n 67_o l._n 43_o r._n loci_fw-la p._n 74_o l._n 2_o r._n legatio_fw-la p._n 65_o l._n 4_o r._n cap._n 25._o &_o l._n 15_o deal_n cap._n p_o 78_o l._n 5_o r._n numerantur_fw-la p_o 124_o l._n 24_o &_o 26_o r._n liberioris_fw-la &_o fastorum_fw-la p._n 133._o l._n 31_o r._n flagitiosissime_fw-la l._n 39_o r._n inquietaret_fw-la l._n 45_o r._n aluarus_n l._n 47_o r._n dierum_fw-la p._n 134_o l._n 39_o r._n 38._o p._n 138_o l._n 2_o r._n 35_o &_o l._n 3_o r._n 4._o p._n 145_o l._n 22_o r._n cassiodorus_n l._n 49_o r._n râ—med_n p._n 152_o l._n 4_o r._n rideat_fw-la p._n 153_o l._n 40_o r._n vnus_fw-la p._n 152_o l._n 38_o r._n deteriora_fw-la l._n 45.46_o r._n vua_fw-la livorem_fw-la p._n 157_o l._n 41_o r._n from_o play_n p._n 165_o l._n 25_o r._n decipientes_fw-la &_o l._n 31_o propitios_fw-la p._n 178_o l._n 14_o r._n inextinguibiles_fw-la p._n 184_o l._n 10_o r._n tondeat_fw-la quos_fw-la l._n 36_o r._n amatorius_fw-la p._n 186_o l._n 28_o r._n 1009._o l._n 40_o r._n submovens_fw-la p._n 188_o l._n 35_o r._n perficiunt_fw-la p_o 189_o l._n 35_o r._n ultro_fw-la p._n 199_o l._n 11_o r._n 122._o p._n 213_o l._n 17_o r._n 83._o p._n 214_o l._n 30_o r._n aperto_fw-la l._n 35_o r._n tim._n 1._o p._n 224_o l._n 29_o r._n sempiternam_fw-la p._n 230_o l._n 29_o r._n letali_fw-la p._n 248_o l._n 28_o r._n rerum_fw-la l._n 31_o r._n ad_fw-la p._n 280_o l._n 15_o r._n quaeso_fw-la p._n 287_o l._n 18_o r._n sic._n p._n 326_o l._n 29_o r._n c._n 41_o l._n 31_o r._n minus_fw-la p._n 336_o l._n 36_o r._n idoneus_fw-la p._n 366_o l._n 21._o r._n igitur_fw-la p._n 383_o l._n 39_o r._n contaminent_fw-la p._n 389_o l._n 28_o r._n aelij_n l._n 43_o r._n sunt_fw-la p._n 390_o l._n 44_o r._n babingtons_n p._n 394_o l._n 23_o r_o nobilium_fw-la p_o 447_o l_o 5_o 6_o deal_n haeter_fw-la p_o 455_o l_o 44_o r_o c_o 6._o p_o 456_o l_o 41_o r_o â—_o 4._o p_o 504_o l_o 35_o r._n et._n fol_n 513_o b_o l_o 37_o r_o iuvenes_fw-la f_o 514_o l_o 35_o r_o seruitus_fw-la f_o 551_o b_o l_o 30_o r_o callist_n f_z 559_o l_o 40_o 1_o cornelius_n b_o l_o 26_o r_o musicae_fw-la f._n 568_o b_o l_o 13_o r._n flâ—tibus_fw-la f_o 565_o l_o 39_o r_o tom._n 12_o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 568_o l_o 32_o r_o blasphematur_fw-la p_o 636_o l_o 15_o 16_o r_o waldensia_n p_o 671_o l_o 37_o r_o tuenda_fw-la p_o 765_o l_o 19_o r_o vrbis_fw-la p_o 790_o l_o 44_o r_o setinum_n p_o 793_o l_o 2._o r_o providentia_fw-la p_o 795_o l_o 9_o r_o delinquunt_fw-la p._n 798_o l_o 42_o deal_n pro._n p_o 804_o l_o 21_o r_o adultis_fw-la l_o 38_o r._n nenâ—ea_n p._n 807_o l._n 40_o r._n theodosius_n &_o l._n 43_o prateus_n p._n 811_o l._n 38_o r._n â—aledicendi_fw-la dicam_fw-la l._n 40_o r._n fol._n 153._o l._n 43_o r._n oblectare_fw-la p._n 824_o l._n 34_o r._n l_o 5_o c_o 1._o p_o 828_o l_o 44_o r._n casares_n p._n 827_o l._n 12_o r._n host_n p._n 828_o l._n 9_o r._n l._n 6._o histriomastix_n or_o the_o actor_n tragedy_n the_o prologue_n such_o have_v always_o be_v and_o yet_o be_v the_o perverse_a and_o wretched_a condition_n of_o sinful_a man_n 6.5_o the_o cogitation_n of_o who_o heart_n be_v evil_a and_o only_o evil_a before_o god_n and_o that_o continual_o that_o it_o be_v far_o more_o easy_a to_o estrange_v he_o from_o his_o best_a and_o chief_a joy_n then_o to_o divorce_v he_o from_o his_o b._n true_a misery_n 11.25_o the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n which_o be_v but_o for_o a_o season_n antioch_n yet_o set_v in_o endless_a grief_n man_n always_o hug_v his_o pleasurable_a sin_n so_o fast_o out_o of_o a_o preposterous_a and_o misguide_a love_n 97._o which_o make_v his_o reformation_n desperate_a that_o if_o any_o soule-compassionating_a christian_n attempt_v to_o wrest_v they_o from_o he_o he_o forthwith_o take_v up_o arm_n against_o they_o return_v they_o no_o other_o answer_n then_o that_o of_o ruth_n to_o naomie_n in_o a_o far_o better_a case_n 1.17_o the_o lord_n do_v so_o to_o i_o and_o more_o also_o if_o ought_v but_o death_n part_v they_o and_o i_o where_o they_o die_v i_o will_v die_v and_o there_o will_v i_o be_v buriedâ—_n and_o thus_o alas_o he_o live_v 11._o nay_o die_v and_o lie_v as_o too_o too_o many_o daily_a do_v entomb_v both_o with_o and_o in_o his_o darling_n crime_n how_o natural_o prone_a man_n be_v to_o cleave_v to_o worldly_a pleasure_n and_o delight_n of_o sin_n in_o despite_n of_o all_o those_o powerful_a attractive_n which_o may_v withdraw_v they_o from_o they_o to_o omit_v all_o other_o particular_a instance_n we_o may_v behold_v a_o real_a and_o lively_a experiment_n of_o it_o in_o profane_a and_o poisonous_a stageplay_n the_o common_a idol_n and_o prevail_a evil_n of_o our_o dissolute_a and_o degenerous_a age_n which_o though_o they_o have_v their_o rise_n from_o hell_n yea_o their_o birth_n and_o pedigree_n from_o the_o very_a devil_n himself_o to_o who_o honour_n and_o service_n they_o be_v at_o first_o devote_a though_o they_o have_v be_v oft_o condemn_v and_o quite_o explode_v by_o the_o whole_a primitive_a church_n both_o under_o the_o law_n and_o gospel_n by_o the_o unanimous_a vote_n of_o all_o the_o father_n and_o sundry_a counsel_n from_o age_n to_o age_n by_o modern_a divine_n and_o christian_a author_n of_o all_o sort_n by_o diverse_a heathen_a state_n and_o emperor_n and_o by_o whole_a grand_a jury_n of_o profane_a writer_n as_o well_o historian_n and_o poet_n as_o
sacrifice_n rite_n or_o ceremony_n therefore_o since_o god_n have_v give_v such_o special_a charge_n against_o the_o relic_n and_o monument_n of_o idolatry_n heretofore_o it_o can_v but_o be_v sinful_a unseemly_a and_o unchristian_a for_o we_o to_o foster_v or_o admit_v of_o 1._o stageplays_a or_o any_o other_o invention_n now_o which_o be_v original_o ordain_v and_o for_o many_o hundred_o year_n together_o appropriate_v to_o the_o solemn_a worship_n and_o gratification_n of_o idole-devill-god_n three_o the_o scripture_n do_v peremptory_o enjoin_v all_o christian_n 11._o to_o abstain_v from_o thing_n offer_v or_o consecrate_v unto_o idol_n as_o these_o stageplays_a be_v first_o 11._o because_o the_o thing_n which_o the_o gentile_n sacrifice_n they_o sacrifice_n to_o devil_n and_o not_o to_o god_n therefore_o those_o that_o participate_v of_o they_o must_v needs_o have_v communion_n with_o the_o devil_n and_o i_o will_v not_o say_v the_o apostle_n that_o you_o shall_v have_v fellowship_n with_o devil_n second_o 16._o because_o christian_n can_v drink_v the_o cup_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o cup_n of_o devil_n they_o can_v be_v partaker_n of_o the_o lord_n table_n and_o the_o table_n of_o devil_n for_o what_o fellowship_n have_v righteousness_n with_o unrighteousness_n what_o communion_n have_v light_a with_o darkness_n what_o concord_n have_v christ_n with_o belial_n what_o part_n have_v he_o that_o believe_v with_o a_o infidel_n or_o what_o agreement_n have_v the_o temple_n of_o god_n with_o idol_n god_n and_o the_o devil_n christ_n and_o belial_n be_v contrary_a be_v inconsistent_a therefore_o the_o service_n and_o ceremony_n of_o the_o one_o be_v altogether_o incompatible_a with_o the_o other_o three_o 15._o because_o christian_n must_v not_o be_v unequal_o yoke_v with_o unbeliever_n with_o who_o they_o have_v no_o part_n nor_o fellowship_n now_o if_o they_o shall_v communicate_v with_o the_o gentile_n in_o stageplays_a or_o thing_n consecrate_v to_o their_o idol_n they_o shall_v be_v then_o unequal_o yoke_v they_o shall_v have_v part_n and_o fellowship_n with_o infidel_n in_o this_o respect_n which_o god_n will_v not_o allow_v of_o four_o 16.20.21_o because_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o weak_a brethren_n shall_v not_o be_v grieve_v offend_a defile_v or_o embolden_v by_o other_o participation_n of_o these_o idolatrous_a sacrifice_n to_o their_o ruin_n and_o the_o gospel_n scandal_n five_o 26._o because_o all_o the_o sacrifice_n relic_n and_o ceremony_n of_o idol_n be_v a_o abomination_n to_o the_o lord_n 29._o and_o therefore_o provoke_v he_o unto_o wrath_n to_o our_o destruction_n last_o 20.17.18_o because_o they_o be_v a_o ready_a mean_n to_o withdraw_v our_o heart_n from_o god_n unto_o idolatry_n therefore_o 155._o we_o must_v separate_v from_o they_o and_o not_o so_o much_o as_o touch_v they_o else_o god_n will_v not_o receive_v we_o as_o his_o people_n since_o therefore_o god_n upon_o all_o the_o former_a reason_n do_v thus_o serious_o and_o frequent_o prohibit_v such_o ceremony_n and_o invention_n as_o be_v institute_v and_o destinate_a to_o the_o devil_n service_n at_o the_o first_o my_o mayor_n be_v irrefragable_a and_o my_o conclusion_n true_a that_o stageplays_a be_v pernicious_a unseemly_a and_o unlawful_a 6._o unto_o christian_n because_o they_o be_v at_o first_o devote_a to_o the_o honour_n and_o for_o many_o hundred_o year_n together_o design_v to_o the_o worship_n of_o some_o idole-god_n by_o the_o very_a devil_n favourite_n all_o that_o can_v be_v here_o reply_v to_o evade_v this_o argument_n be_v reducible_a to_o these_o two_o head_n first_o that_o the_o dedication_n of_o stageplays_a to_o these_o devill-god_n do_v only_o contract_v a_o gild_n or_o sinfulness_n upon_o those_o particular_a play_n that_o be_v real_o appropriate_v to_o their_o worship_n and_o celebrate_v to_o their_o honour_n but_o 620._o not_o upon_o all_o the_o kind_n second_o that_o though_o pagan_n or_o other_o have_v 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and_o stageplay_n 5._o can_n 53._o non_fw-la oportet_fw-la christianos_n ad_fw-la nuptias_fw-la euntes_fw-la vel_fw-la balare_fw-la vel_fw-la saltare_fw-la sed_fw-la castè_fw-fr caeâ—are_fw-la vel_fw-la prandere_fw-la sicut_fw-la competit_fw-la christianis_fw-la can_n 53._o christian_n go_v to_o wedding_n ought_v neither_o wanton_o to_o sing_v nor_o yet_o to_o dance_v but_o to_o sup_v or_o dine_v sober_o as_o become_v christian_n which_o canon_n extend_v principal_o to_o dance_v be_v ratify_v and_o revive_v by_o 358._o concilium_fw-la ilerdense_n can._n ult_n which_o have_v this_o title_n ut_fw-la in_o christianorum_fw-la nuptijs_fw-la non_fw-la saltetur_fw-la canon_n 54._o non_fw-la oportet_fw-la ministros_fw-la altaris_fw-la vel_fw-la quoslibet_fw-la clericos_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la quae_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o nuptijs_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o scenis_fw-la exhibentur_fw-la interest_n sed_fw-la antequam_fw-la thylemici_fw-la ingrediantur_fw-la surgere_fw-la eos_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la convivio_fw-la abire_fw-la can_n 54._o minister_n of_o the_o altar_n or_o any_o other_o clergy_n man_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v present_a at_o any_o stageplays_a that_o be_v act_v either_o at_o marriage_n or_o in_o playhouse_n but_o before_o the_o player_n or_o fiddler_n enter_v they_o ought_v to_o arise_v and_o depart_v from_o the_o feast_n which_o latter_a canon_n though_o it_o extend_v only_o to_o clergy_n man_n in_o word_n yet_o the_o equity_n of_o it_o reach_v indifferent_o to_o all_o christian_n as_o the_o former_a canon_n do_v in_o positive_a term_n the_o five_o be_v concilium_fw-la hipponense_n anno_fw-la 393._o wherethere_o be_v divers_a bishop_n in_o which_o there_o be_v 872._o two_o canon_n make_v against_o stageplay_n and_o actor_n to_o wit_n canon_n 13._o &_o 35._o be_v the_o very_a same_o with_o the_o 11._o &_o 35._o canon_n of_o the_o 3._o council_n of_o carthage_n next_o ensue_v to_o which_o i_o shall_v refer_v you_o wherein_o all_o the_o canon_n of_o this_o council_n of_o hippo_n be_v abbreviate_v and_o confirm_v the_o six_o be_v concilium_fw-la carthaginense_n in_o africa_n about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o 399._o lord_n 397_o or_o 399_o consist_v of_o 44_o bishop_n of_o which_o st._n augustine_n than_o bishop_n of_o hippo_n be_v one_o where_o these_o two_o canon_n be_v compose_v out_o of_o the_o 13._o and_o 35._o canon_n of_o the_o forementioned_a council_n of_o
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
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 they_o consider_v not_o and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o such_o as_o these_o among_o christian_n let_v they_o be_v severe_o punish_v which_o canon_n teach_v we_o first_o that_o stageplay_n and_o ribaldry_n song_n or_o music_n be_v no_o fit_a pastime_n for_o christian_n to_o praise_v the_o lord_n withal_o on_o festival_n and_o solemn_a season_n which_o condemn_v the_o atheistical_a if_o not_o diabolical_a practice_n of_o those_o heathen_a christian_n who_o use_v they_o most_o at_o such_o time_n as_o these_o second_o that_o they_o be_v direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o scripture_n and_o utter_o unlawful_a not_o only_o to_o minister_n but_o to_o lay_v man_n too_o three_o that_o those_o christian_n who_o frequent_a or_o use_v they_o aught_o to_o be_v severe_o punish_v by_o the_o express_a resolution_n of_o this_o whole_a general_a council_n in_o which_o all_o christian_a church_n be_v present_a by_o their_o delegate_n the_o nineteen_o be_v synodus_fw-la turonensis_n 3._o under_o charles_n the_o 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 secular_a business_n as_o to_o be_v hirer_n or_o solicitor_n of_o secular_a affair_n to_o be_v a_o jester_n or_o actor_n of_o filthy_a word_n or_o deed_n or_o to_o love_v a_o secularjest_n to_o affect_v dice_v to_o seek_v after_o such_o attire_n or_o ornament_n which_o be_v inconvenient_a for_o his_o degree_n to_o desire_v to_o live_v in_o pleasure_n to_o follow_v hound_n and_o hawk_n a_o hunt_n loe_o these_o and_o such_o like_a thing_n which_o include_v all_o stageplay_n dance_v and_o scurrilous_a song_n and_o music_n we_o altogether_o forbid_v the_o minister_n of_o the_o lord_n altar_n and_o monk_n of_o who_o the_o apostle_n say_v thus_o â—_o no_o man_n that_o war_v to_o the_o lord_n entangle_v himself_o in_o secular_a affair_n the_o 22._o be_v synodus_fw-la rhemensis_n under_o the_o same_o emperor_n anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 813._o concur_v with_o the_o former_a 292._o canon_n 17._o ut_fw-la episcopi_fw-la et_fw-fr abbates_n ante_fw-la se_fw-la joca_fw-la turpia_fw-la facere_fw-la 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
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 immoderate_o at_o scurrility_n and_o foolish_a speech_n and_o at_o the_o obscene_a jest_n of_o stage-player_n and_o other_o vanity_n which_o be_v wont_a to_o soften_v a_o christian_a soul_n from_o the_o rigour_n of_o its_o rectitude_n and_o uprightness_n neither_o be_v it_o seemly_a or_o lawful_a that_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o lord_n minister_n shall_v be_v defile_v with_o stageplay_n or_o their_o mind_n carry_v away_o with_o any_o scurrility_n or_o filthy_a speech_n for_o the_o lord_n â—aith_v in_o the_o gospel_n 12._o every_o idle_a word_n that_o man_n shall_v speak_v they_o shall_v give_v a_o account_n of_o it_o in_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n paul_n to_o the_o ephesian_n say_v let_v no_o corrupt_a communication_n proceed_v out_o of_o your_o mouth_n but_o that_o which_o be_v good_a to_o the_o edification_n of_o faith_n that_o it_o may_v administer_v grace_n to_o the_o hearer_n and_o grieve_v not_o the_o holy_a spirit_n by_o which_o you_o be_v seal_v to_o the_o day_n of_o 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lyristes_fw-la saltator_fw-la caupo_fw-la vel_fw-la desistar_fw-la vel_fw-la rejâ—ciatur_fw-la which_o canon_n extend_v to_o actor_n only_o not_o to_o spectator_n theatralibus_fw-la ludis_fw-la qui_fw-la that_fw-mi operam_fw-la venationibus_fw-la equorum_fw-la cursibus_fw-la ac_fw-la certaminibus_fw-la vel_fw-la desistat_fw-la vel_fw-la rejiciatur_fw-la graeco_n mores_fw-la qui_fw-la sequitur_fw-la vel_fw-la mutet_fw-la se_fw-la vel_fw-la rejiciatur_fw-la if_o a_o stage-player_n be_v it_o man_n or_o woman_n a_o chariotor_n gladiator_n race-runner_n a_o fencer_n a_o practiser_n of_o the_o olympian_a game_n a_o flute-player_n a_o fiddler_n a_o harper_n a_o dancer_n a_o alehouse-keeper_n come_v to_o turn_v christian_a either_o â—et_v he_o â—ive_a over_o these_o profession_n or_o else_o be_v reject_v he_o who_o give_v himself_o to_o stageplay_v according_o hunt_n horserace_n or_o prize_n either_o let_v he_o desist_v or_o let_v he_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n he_o who_o follow_v 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quidam_fw-la ex_fw-la fratribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la curiales_fw-la vel_fw-la quibuslibet_fw-la publicis_fw-la functionibus_fw-la occupatos_fw-la clericos_fw-la facere_fw-la contendunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la postea_fw-la major_a tristitia_fw-la etc._n etc._n constat_fw-la enim_fw-la eos_fw-la in_o ipsis_fw-la munijs_fw-la etiam_fw-la voluptales_fw-la exhibere_fw-la quas_fw-la à _fw-la diabolo_fw-la inventas_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la dubium_fw-la et_fw-la ludorum_fw-la vel_fw-la 7._o munerum_fw-la apparatibus_fw-la aut_fw-la praeesse_fw-la aut_fw-la interest_n etc._n etc._n moreover_o certain_a of_o our_o brethren_n strive_v to_o make_v courtier_n or_o those_o who_o be_v employ_v in_o certain_a public_a function_n clergy_n man_n from_o who_o great_a sorrow_n arise_v afterward_o for_o it_o appear_v that_o in_o their_o very_a office_n themselves_o they_o exhibit_v pleasure_n which_o without_o doubt_n be_v invent_v by_o the_o devil_n and_o be_v either_o chief_a overseer_n or_o 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prohibetur_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la penitus_fw-la universis_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ludere_fw-la cum_fw-la decijs_fw-la et_fw-la interest_n spectaculis_fw-la vel_fw-la 124._o châ—reis_n assistere_fw-la et_fw-la intraâ—e_fw-la tabernas_fw-la causa_fw-la potandi_fw-la aut_fw-la discurrere_fw-la per_fw-la vicos_fw-la aut_fw-la plateas_fw-la et_fw-la ne_fw-la habeant_fw-la vestes_fw-la inordinaâ—as_fw-la onnino_fw-la prohibetur_fw-la it_o be_v whole_o prohibit_v clergy_n man_n thaâ—_n they_o keep_v no_o checker-man_n or_o table_n and_o dice_n in_o their_o hoâ—ses_n all_o clergy_n man_n be_v â—tterly_o prohibit_v to_o play_v aâ—_n dice_n to_o beâ—_n present_a at_o stageplay_n or_o stand_v by_o dancer_n or_o to_o enter_v into_o 〈◊〉_d to_o drink_v or_o to_o run_v through_o village_n or_o street_n or_o to_o wear_v disorderly_a apparel_n the_o 7._o be_v the_o constitution_n of_o pope_n piâ—s_v the_o 5._o anno_fw-la dom._n 1566._o which_o run_v thus_o 318._o ut_fw-la clericiquos_fw-la propter_fw-la christum_fw-la spectaculum_fw-la fieri_fw-la oporteat_fw-la mundo_fw-la angelis_n et_fw-fr hominibusâ—_n maximè_fw-la debeant_fw-la ab_fw-la ijs_fw-la spectaculis_fw-la quae_fw-la christum_fw-la non_fw-la â—apiunt_fw-la abstinere_fw-la et_fw-la ne_fw-la comaedias_fw-la fabulas_fw-la choreas_fw-la hastiludia_fw-la aut_fw-la ludicrum_fw-la et_fw-la profanum_fw-la ullum_fw-la spectaculi_fw-la genus_fw-la agant_fw-la vel_fw-la spectent_fw-la ne_fw-fr talis_fw-la tefâ—eris_fw-la pagellis_fw-la pictis_fw-la eâ—_n omnino_fw-la alea_fw-la aut_fw-la ullo_fw-la praeterea_fw-la vetito_fw-la aâ—t_fw-la indecoro_fw-la ludi_fw-la genere_fw-la ludant_fw-la neve_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la ludi_fw-la spectatores_fw-la sint_fw-la ne_fw-fr comessaâ—ionibus_fw-la aut_fw-la minus_fw-la honestis_fw-la convivijs_fw-la intersint_fw-la cauponasque_fw-la aut_fw-la tabernas_fw-la ne_fw-la ingrediantur_fw-la niâ—i_fw-la longioris_fw-la itineris_fw-la causa_fw-la
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