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A56195 A rational account why some of His Majesties Protestant subjects do not conform to some exuberances in, and ceremonial appurtenances to the Common prayer published for the instruction of the ignorant, satisfaction of all contenders, and the churches union in Gods publick worship. Prynne, William, 1600-1669.; Stucki, Johann Wilhelm, d. 1607. Antiquitatum convivialum. Liber 2, cap. 26, De vestitu conviviali. 1673 (1673) Wing P4048; ESTC R7507 105,873 159

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ground_n reason_n i_o think_v ●it_a by_o way_n of_o appendix_n to_o annex_v this_o ensue_a learned_a discourse_n of_o joannes_n gulielmus_fw-la stuckius_n tigurinus_n concern_v white_a garment_n in_o his_o 2_o d_o book_n antiquilatum_fw-la convivialium_fw-la cap._n 26._o de_fw-fr vestitu_fw-la conviviali_fw-la de_fw-fr vestium_fw-la albarum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o epulis_fw-la potissimum_fw-la usurpari_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la solitae_fw-la ac_fw-la in_o genere_fw-la coloris_fw-la albi_fw-la usu_n significatione_n praestantia_fw-la ac_fw-la dignitate_fw-la editio_fw-la secunda_fw-la tiguri_fw-la 1597._o f._n 234._o to_o 240._o fraught_n with_o great_a variety_n of_o learning_n of_o any_o treatise_n i_o have_v read_v concern_v this_o subject_n sequitur_fw-la nunc_fw-la tertia_fw-la corporis_fw-la ad_fw-la epulas_fw-la futuras_fw-la praeparandi_fw-la actio_fw-la ●udaeos_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o vesitu_fw-la consistit_fw-la etc._n etc._n equidem_fw-la ex_fw-la veterum_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la monumentis_fw-la facilè_fw-la colligi_fw-la posse_fw-la existimo_fw-la albi_fw-la potissimùm_fw-la coloris_fw-la vestitum_fw-la in_o conviviis_fw-la usitatum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la ita_fw-la ut_fw-la nigris_fw-la vestibus_fw-la accumbere_fw-la apud_fw-la gentes_fw-la quasdam_fw-la nefas_n duceretur_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bachar_n elegit_fw-la nonnulli_fw-la arbitrantur_fw-la compositum_fw-la à_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chor_n candidum_fw-la quòd_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la candida_fw-la eligantur_fw-la &_o approbentur_fw-la philo_z de_fw-fr vita_fw-la theoretica_fw-la testatur_fw-la judaeos_fw-la olim_fw-la dierum_fw-la festorum_fw-la convivia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hoc_fw-la est_fw-la albatos_fw-la seu_fw-la candidatos_fw-la agitare_fw-la fuisse_fw-la solitos_fw-la ex_fw-la quo_fw-la illud_fw-la quovis_fw-la tempore_fw-la vestimenta_fw-la tua_fw-la candida_fw-la sunt_fw-la huc_fw-la quoque_fw-la referendus_fw-la ille_fw-la mos_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la decimum_fw-la quintum_fw-la diem_fw-la mensis_fw-la ab_fw-la celebrandi_fw-la vestibus_fw-la albis_fw-la atque_fw-la choreis_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la sic_fw-la scriptum_fw-la extat_fw-la in_o tabanit_fw-la fol._n 26_o p._n 1._o decima_fw-la quinta_fw-la mensis_fw-la ab_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la julii_n filiae_fw-la jerusalem_n egrediebantur_fw-la in_o vestibus_fw-la albis_fw-la quas_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la habebant_fw-la à_fw-la ditioribus_fw-la mutuò_fw-la sumebant_fw-la ne_fw-la cui_fw-la vestes_fw-la deerant_fw-la remorarentur_fw-la quò_fw-la minus_fw-la ad_fw-la choreas_fw-la venirent_fw-la omnes_fw-la vestes_fw-la lavabantur_fw-la filiae_fw-la jerusalem_n egrediebantur_fw-la &_o choreas_fw-la ducebant_fw-la in_fw-la vineis_fw-la quid_fw-la verò_fw-la dicebant_fw-la adolescens_fw-la attolle_v oculos_fw-la tuos_fw-la &_o vide_fw-la quam_fw-la tu_fw-la velis_fw-la eligere_fw-la ex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la ne_fw-la respicias_fw-la pulchritudinem_fw-la siquidem_fw-la fallax_fw-la est_fw-la at_o eam_fw-la ●estis_fw-la quae_fw-la deum_fw-la timet_fw-la laudes_fw-la idem_fw-la mos_fw-la apud_fw-la romanos_fw-la quoque_fw-la fuit_fw-la hinc_fw-la horat._n lib_n 2._o sat._n ille_fw-la repotia_fw-la natales_fw-la aliosve_fw-la dierum_fw-la festos_fw-la albatus_fw-la celebret_fw-la de_fw-fr usu_fw-la vestium_fw-la candidarum_fw-la in_o diebus_fw-la festis_fw-la apud_fw-la romanos_fw-la multa_fw-la alia_fw-la testimonia_fw-la praeter_fw-la horatij_n extant_a apud_fw-la auctore●_n xiphilinus_n die_fw-la celebri_fw-la romae_fw-la ob_fw-la ingressum_fw-la teridatis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id_fw-la est_fw-la populus_fw-la albatus_fw-la &_o laureatus_fw-la vopiscus_n in_o florian._n tantum_n illud_fw-la dico_fw-la senatores_fw-la omnes_fw-la ea_fw-la laetitia_fw-la esse_fw-la elatos_fw-la ut_fw-la domibus_fw-la suis_fw-la omnes_fw-la albas_fw-la hostias_fw-la caederent_fw-la albati_fw-la sederent_fw-la persius_n 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