96_o canon_n of_o the_o council_n of_o africa_n here_o recite_v to_o which_o shall_v here_o refer_v you_o the_o ten_o be_v concilium_fw-la agathense_o in_o france_n 1._o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 506._o there_o be_v 35_o bishop_n present_a at_o it_o where_o this_o canon_n be_v promulgate_v 618._o canon_n 39_o presbyteri_fw-la diacones_fw-la subdiacones_fw-la etiam_fw-la alienarum_fw-la nuptiarum_fw-la evitent_fw-la convivia_fw-la neâ—_n his_o caetibus_fw-la immisceantur_fw-la ubi_fw-la amatoria_fw-la cantantur_fw-la et_fw-la turpia_fw-la aut_fw-la obscaeni_fw-la motus_fw-la corporum_fw-la choreis_fw-la et_fw-la saltationibus_fw-la efferuntur_fw-la ne_fw-la auditus_fw-la et_fw-la obtutus_fw-la sacris_fw-la mysterijs_fw-la deputati_fw-la turpium_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la atque_fw-la verborum_fw-la contagione_fw-la polluantur_fw-la can_n 39_o presbyter_n deacon_n and_o subdeacons_n ought_v to_o avoid_v the_o marriage_n feast_v of_o other_o person_n neither_o may_v they_o be_v present_a in_o 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verbatim_o recite_v and_o ratify_v as_o the_o 11._o canon_n of_o this_o council_n the_o thirteen_o be_v concilium_fw-la toletanum_n 3._o in_o spain_n anno_fw-la 617._o subscribe_v by_o 72_o bishop_n where_o i_o find_v this_o canon_n register_v which_o though_o it_o principal_o aim_v at_o dance_v and_o filthy_a ribaldry_n song_n yet_o it_o necessary_o condemn_v stageplay_n too_o which_o consist_v of_o scurrilous_a song_n and_o dance_a as_o i_o have_v 9_o large_o prove_v in_o the_o premise_n 604._o canon_n 23._o exterminanda_fw-la omninò_fw-la est_fw-la irreligiosa_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la quam_fw-la vulgus_fw-la per_fw-la saâ—ctorum_fw-la solennitates_fw-la agere_fw-la consuevit_fw-la populi_n qui_fw-la debent_fw-la officia_fw-la divina_fw-la attendere_fw-la saltationibus_fw-la et_fw-la turpious_a invigilant_fw-la canâ—icis_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la sibi_fw-la nocentes_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la religiosorum_fw-la ossicijs_fw-la hoc_fw-la etenim_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la 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scripture_n on_o the_o end_n of_o our_o saviour_n bless_a incarnation_n which_o be_v 9_o to_o redeem_v we_o from_o all_o these_o our_o sin_n and_o sinful_a pleasure_n to_o crucify_v our_o lust_n to_o regenerate_v and_o sanctify_v our_o deprave_a nature_n to_o make_v we_o holy_a even_o as_o he_o be_v holy_a and_o to_o conform_v we_o to_o himself_o in_o all_o thing_n and_o then_o this_o inveterate_a heathenish_a donato_n common_a custom_n of_o profane_v christ_n nativity_n with_o all_o kind_n of_o lasciviousness_n wickedness_n and_o delight_n of_o sin_n which_o shall_v be_v â—pent_v in_o honour_v blessing_n and_o praise_v of_o our_o gracious_a god_n for_o all_o his_o mercy_n to_o we_o in_o his_o son_n in_o psalm_n in_o hymn_n and_o spiritual_a song_n in_o holy_a and_o heavenly_a contemplation_n of_o all_o the_o benefit_n we_o receive_v by_o our_o saviour_n bless_a incarnation_n in_o charitable_a relieve_n of_o christ_n poor_a member_n and_o mutual_a amity_n one_o towards_o another_o will_n become_v most_o execrable_a to_o your_o pious_a soul_n the_o damnablenesse_n of_o which_o much_o applaud_a unruly_a christmas_n keep_v that_o you_o may_v more_o evident_o discern_v i_o shall_v for_o learning_n and_o religion_n sake_n discover_v whence_o it_o spring_v and_o that_o be_v original_o from_o the_o pagan_a saturnalia_fw-la from_o whence_o popery_n have_v borrow_v and_o transmit_v it_o unto_o we_o at_o the_o second_o hand_n the_o ancient_a pagan_a roman_n upon_o the_o 59_o ides_n of_o december_n 273._o consecrate_v to_o saturn_n and_o their_o goddess_n vesta_n not_o in_o the_o month_n of_o january_n as_o 10._o macrobius_n misreport_v accustom_v to_o keep_v their_o saturnalia_fw-la or_o annual_a feast_n of_o saturn_n for_o 7_o day_n together_o which_o they_o spend_v in_o feast_v drink_v dance_a play_n and_o interlude_n at_o the_o end_n of_o which_o they_o celebrate_v their_o 16._o festum_fw-la kalendarum_fw-la on_o the_o first_o of_o january_n now_o our_o new-year_n day_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o their_o idol_n janus_n which_o they_o likewise_o solemnize_v with_o stageplaye_n mummery_n masque_n dance_v feast_v drink_v and_o in_o send_v mutual_a new-year_n gift_n one_o to_o another_o for_o divers_a day_n together_o 71.75_o in_o these_o their_o saturnalia_fw-la and_o feast_n of_o janus_n all_o servant_n be_v set_v at_o lihertie_n and_o become_v checke-mate_n with_o their_o master_n with_o who_o they_o sit_v at_o table_n 19_o every_o man_n then_o wander_v about_o without_o control_v and_o take_v his_o fill_n of_o pleasure_n give_v himself_o over_o to_o all_o kind_n of_o luxury_n epicurism_n deboistnesse_n disorder_n pride_n and_o wantonness_n to_o pastime_n interlude_n mummery_n stageplay_n dan-cing_a drunkenness_n and_o those_o very_a disorder_n that_o accompany_v our_o grand_a unruly_a christmass_n which_o saturnalia_fw-la and_o festival_n the_o ensue_a author_n thus_o describe_v servicum_fw-la saturnalia_fw-la caenant_fw-la write_v 202._o plutarch_n aut_fw-la liberalia_fw-la in_fw-la agro_fw-la vagantes_fw-la celebrant_a ululatio_fw-la eorum_fw-la et_fw-la tumultus_fw-la far_o non_fw-la possis_fw-la prae_fw-la gaudio_fw-la et_fw-la imperitia_fw-la rerum_fw-la pulcrarum_fw-la talia_fw-la agentium_fw-la et_fw-la loquenâ—â—um_fw-la quid_fw-la desides_fw-la quin_fw-la bibimus_fw-la et_fw-la capimus_fw-la cibos_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la miselle_fw-fr in_o promptu_fw-la cur_n tibiinvides_fw-la vocem_fw-la statim_fw-la hi_o dedêre_fw-la tum_fw-la bacchi_fw-la liquor_n infunditur_fw-la et_fw-la corona_fw-la aliquiâ—_n ornat_fw-la caput_fw-la laurique_n pulcram_fw-la ad_fw-la frondem_fw-la turpiter_fw-la canit_fw-la inducia_n phaebo_n januamque_fw-la alius_fw-la domus_fw-la pulsam_n operiens_fw-la excludit_fw-la caram_fw-la conjugem_fw-la etc._n etc._n saturnalibus_fw-la tota_fw-la seruis_fw-la licentia_fw-la permittitur_fw-la ludi_fw-la per_fw-la urbem_fw-la in_o compitis_fw-la agitantur_fw-la write_v 7._o macrobius_n maxima_fw-la pars_fw-la graiâ—m_fw-la saturno_n et_fw-la maxima_fw-la athenae_n conficiunt_fw-la sacra_fw-la quae_fw-la cronia_fw-la esse_fw-la iterantur_fw-la ab_fw-la illis_fw-la cumque_fw-la diem_fw-la celebrant_a per_fw-la agros_fw-la urbesque_fw-la ferè_fw-la omnes_fw-la exercent_fw-la epulis_fw-la laeti_fw-la famulosque_fw-la procuraut_v cuique_fw-la suosâ—_n nostrique_fw-la itidem_fw-la et_fw-la mos_fw-la traditur_fw-la illinc_fw-la iste_fw-la ut_fw-la cum_fw-la dominis_fw-la famuli_fw-la epulentur_fw-la ibedeus_fw-la etc._n etc._n parallel_n to_o which_o be_v of_o 18._o seneca_n decembâ—r_n est_fw-la mensis_fw-la quo_fw-la maximè_fw-la civitas_n desudat_fw-la jus_o luâ—â—uriae_fw-la publicè_fw-la datum_fw-la est_fw-la ingenti_fw-la apparatu_fw-la sonant_fw-la omne_fw-la tanquam_fw-la quicquam_fw-la inter_fw-la saturnalia_fw-la nunc_fw-la intersit_fw-la et_fw-la dies_fw-la rerum_fw-la agendarum_fw-la adeo_fw-la nihil_fw-la interest_n ut_fw-la non_fw-la videatur_fw-la mihi_fw-la errâsse_fw-la qui_fw-la dixit_fw-la olim_fw-la mensem_fw-la decembrem_fw-la esse_fw-la nunc_fw-la annum_fw-la etc._n etc._n and_o that_o of_o horace_n 227._o age_fw-la libertate_fw-la decembri_n quando_fw-la ita_fw-la majores_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la vtere_fw-la narra_fw-la etc._n etc._n 37._o nunc_fw-la est_fw-la bibendum_fw-la nunc_fw-la pede_fw-la libero_fw-la pulsanda_fw-la tellus_fw-la nunc_fw-la saliaribus_fw-la ornare_fw-la pulvinar_fw-la deorum_fw-la tempus_fw-la etc._n etc._n that_o the_o ancient_a roman_n yea_o and_o the_o grecian_n too_o in_o time_n of_o paganism_n do_v spend_v their_o saturnalia_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la feriae_fw-la and_o other_o solemn_a festival_n in_o dance_v drink_v feast_v mummery_n masque_n and_o interlude_n the_o poet_n virgil_n ovid_n tibullus_n philo_n judaeus_fw-la with_o ibidem_fw-la sundry_a other_o will_v plentiful_o inform_v we_o the_o first_o of_o these_o describe_v it_o thus_o 57_o veteres_n ineunt_fw-la proscenia_fw-la ludi_fw-la praemiaque_fw-la ingentes_fw-la pagos_fw-la et_fw-la compita_fw-la cirâ—um_fw-la thesaiâ—_n posuêre_fw-la eatque_fw-la inter_fw-la pocula_fw-la laeti_fw-la mollibus_fw-la in_o pratis_fw-la unctos_fw-la saliêre_fw-la per_fw-la utres_fw-fr necnon_fw-la ausonij_fw-la troia_n gens_fw-la missa_fw-la coloni_fw-la versibus_fw-la incomptâ—s_fw-la ludunt_fw-la risuque_fw-la soluto_fw-la oraque_fw-la corticibus_fw-la sumunt_fw-la horrenda_fw-la cavatis_fw-la et_fw-la te_fw-la bacche_fw-it vocant_fw-la per_fw-la carmina_fw-la laeti_fw-la tibique_fw-la oscilla_fw-la ex_fw-la altâ_fw-la suspendunt_fw-la mollia_fw-la pinu_fw-la the_o second_o thus_o margin_n
colit_fw-la peccat_fw-la quoniam_fw-la homini_fw-la mortuo_fw-la defert_fw-la divinitatis_fw-la obsequium_fw-la ind_n est_fw-la quod_fw-la ait_fw-la apostolus_fw-la 4._o dies_fw-la observatis_fw-la et_fw-la menses_fw-la et_fw-la tempora_fw-la et_fw-la annos_fw-la timeo_fw-la ne_fw-la sine_fw-la causa_fw-la laboravero_fw-la in_o vobis_fw-la observavit_fw-la enim_fw-la diem_fw-la et_fw-la mensem_fw-la qui_fw-la his_fw-la diebus_fw-la aut_fw-la jejunavit_fw-la aut_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la non_fw-la processit_fw-la observavit_fw-la diem_fw-la qui_fw-la hesterno_fw-la die_fw-la non_fw-la processit_fw-la ad_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la processit_fw-la ad_fw-la campum_fw-la ergo_fw-la fratres_n omni_fw-la study_v gentilium_fw-la festivitatem_fw-la et_fw-la fâ—rias_fw-la declinemus_fw-la ut_fw-la quando_fw-la illi_fw-la epulantur_fw-la et_fw-la laetâ—_n sunt_fw-la tunc_fw-la nos_fw-la simus_fw-la sobrij_fw-la aâ—que_fw-la jejuni_fw-la quo_fw-la intelligant_fw-la laetitiam_fw-la svam_fw-la nostra_fw-la abstinentia_fw-la condemnari_fw-la 18._o illi_fw-la habeant_fw-la mare_fw-la in_o theatro_fw-la nos_fw-la habeamus_fw-la portum_fw-la in_o christo._n if_o then_o our_o saviour_n nativity_n ought_v thus_o to_o be_v celebrate_v by_o we_o if_o all_o â—_o drunkenness_n epicurism_n health-quaffing_a dance_a dice_a interlude_n play_n lasciviousness_n pride_n and_o pagan_a custom_n must_v now_o be_v lay_v aside_o if_o all_o kind_n of_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n whatsoever_o must_v now_o be_v banish_v our_o body_n soul_n and_o house_n if_o our_o soul_n must_v now_o especial_o be_v cleanse_v by_o repentance_n from_o all_o their_o spiritual_a filthiness_n adorn_v beautify_v with_o every_o christian_a grace_n and_o make_v such_o holy_a spiritual_a temple_n that_o 10._o christ_n the_o king_n of_o glory_n may_v come_v and_o dwell_v within_o they_o if_o nought_o but_o 3.3_o holiness_n temperance_n sobriety_n and_o devotion_n must_v now_o be_v find_v within_o we_o yea_o if_o fast_v and_o 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