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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00703	A dialogue agaynst light, lewde, and lasciuious dauncing wherin are refuted all those reasons, which the common people vse to bring in defence thereof. Compiled and made by Christopher Fetherston.	Fetherston, Christopher.	1582 (1582)	STC 10835; ESTC S112556	31,329	94

cannot worke Whereby their maisters doe reape but small gaynes If maisters especially those which haue dauncers to their seruauntes did well consider with them selues what great discommodities doe arise vnto them by their seruauntes dauncing they woulde giue the ministrels money to hold their peace faster then the dauncers woulde giue them money to pipe and yet they shoulde be no leesers by it at the yeeres ende But nowe will I prooue in a woorde or two that dauncing is no recreation for the mynde All Philosophers do graunt this in generall y t temperatura animise quitur temperaturam corporis that the temperature of the minde doeth folow the temperature of the body Whiche wordes doe serue very much to the ouerthrowing of your position For if so bee it the bodie be made sluggish and sleepie with dauncing and altogether vnapt to doe any thing as I haue before sufficiently proued then must the minde needes bee brought into like case So that you see that whereas you saide that dauncing was a recreation both for body minde I haue proued it to be neyther a recreation for the bodie nor yet for the minde Iu. You haue made a fayre speake of it it were great pitie but you were shut vp in a Cloyster amongst Monkes you can leade such a sober life Min. If I coulde not leade a more sober life then they I might well inough daunce for truely the sins which amongst them are committed doe farre passe your dauncing and yet is it badde ynough They are not sober and holy because they seeme so to bee They doe washe the outside of the cuppe and platter but within they are full of deadly poyson They are like paynted sepulchres which on the outside doe seeme fayre and beautifull but in wardly they are full of dead mens bones and all filthines Iu. You are out of your text sir I pray you returne to it againe Will you then admitte no recreation at all for those which are labourors take great paynes all the whole weeke in their vocation Min. Yes that I will and that such a recreation as shall be acceptable in the sight of God and laudable in the sight of the godly Iu. And I pray you sir what is that Min. When a man hath kept the first part of the fourth commaundement which is this that hee must labour all the whole sixe dayes and doe all that he hath to doe let him keepe the seuenth day whiche is the Sabboath day holy vnto the Lorde That is `let him rest from bodily labour and let him attende vnto Gods hestes let him behaue him selfe as a true Christian ought and as it becommeth him whiche will bee a good keeper and sanctifier of the Sabboth day so shall he finde recreation both for his body and also for his minde Iu. Nay not so me thinke ye cannot proue that by this eyther the bodye or minde is recreated Min. Yes truely both of them for first and foremost it is a great recreation to a wearie bodie to haue rest for as the olde prouerbe goeth Fessum quies plurimum inuat rest is no small helpe to a wearie man And truely this rest he shall haue if hee keepe the Sabboath according to gods holy will and pleasure Againe if you doe well remember I sayde euen nowe that that doeth recreate y e body which maketh it more apt and able to do that which it ought And truely rest doeth this For as we do vnbende our bowes when as they haue bin long bent to the ende they may shoote more strongly when as wee doe bende them againe so laboring mē do grāt some rest to their bodies y t when mē go to worke againe they may both bee stonger to labour and also endure longer As for the mind who seeth not that it taketh great recreation by keeping the Sabboth day aright And to the ende I may better proue this to bee true let vs briefly consider what ought to bee the exercise of a Christian vpon that day wherein hee resteth from bodily labour He must repayre vnto the Church where all the faithfull are gathered together to offer vp their sacrifice euen that spirituall sacrifice which is spoken of by the prophete Dauid in the 50. Psalme Which is prayse prayer and thankesgiuing This done he must ioyne with them in prayer vnto the Lorde lifting vp cleane handes towardes the holy heauens where dwelleth God euen the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ Then must he giue eare vnto that whiche is red and taught by the minister he must heare marke and learne so much as he possiblie cā If opportunitie shall serue he must receiue the Sacramentes of the bodye and blood of our Sauiour Christ and that woorthilye and thankefully Hee muste meditate vppon that which hee hath hearde when hee returneth home againe Hee must visite the sicke he must clothe the naked hee must helpe those whiche are in neede and necessitie if hee bee able he must procure concorde where discorde hath beene finally ●ee must bewayle his sinnes and be heartily sorye for that whiche is past and hee must determine with him selfe that hee will neuer commit the same againe Who so doeth these thinges shall no doubt haue his minde wel recreated For when a man is wearied with sinne when hee seeth death destruction before his face due vnto him for his sins whereby it commeth to passe y ● he is euen swalowed vp of sorrowe what greater ioy can chaunce vnto him then to heare out of the woorde of God whiche is redde euerye Sabboath these sweete comfortes Come vnto me all yee that traueile and be heauie laden and I will refreshe you Whosoeuer shall beleue he shalbe saued Who so euer shall beleeue shall not bee confounded and many hundreth moe then these Iu. Will you then permitte those men whiche haue laboured sore all the whole weeke to haue no pastime vpon the sunday Min. Better pastime then that whiche I haue spoken of can they not vse neyther can they possiblie passe the time after a better sort for by such pastime shal they redeeme the time whiche they haue lewdly let passe Iu. Yea but wil you not permit them to vse some sport or play vpō sundayes as dauncing bowling and such like Min. You harpe still vpon that one string which methinkes maketh no good harmonie I can in no case permit that which god hath not permitted in his law for if I should adde any therto great plagues should be added vnto me I am no pope I cānot grant men licences to sin Iu. But howe doe you proue out of the commaundements that we may not daunce vpon the sundayes Min. Wee must keepe holy the Sabboath day therefore wee muste not daunce vpon the Sabboath day Iu. This agreeth as well as if I shoulde saye there is a bridge at Rochester therfore there is a barge at Billingsgate Min. Not so neyther for mine argument hangeth better together then so Iu. Howe doe you proue

Will you haue men to come together to make merie will you not suffer them to be merie to daunce and sport themselues Min. Suche myrthe will I in no case admitte Tobias called his friends to a feast but wee doe not reade that they did daunce after dinner and let vs followe the example of that godly man If we be merrie let vs giue eare vnto y ● exhortation of Saint Iames who biddeth him that is afflicted pray and him that is merry biddeth he sing Psalmes Let vs therefore make merry in singing of Psalmes and Himnes and spirituall Songes praysing and ●auding God alwayes Pythagoras did gather by the foote of Hercules howe huge his whole bodye was and wee may gather by that one daunce which the daughter of Herodias did daunce vppon her vncle and fathers byrth daye what mischiefe commeth to passe by dauncing at feastes Iob in his 21. chap. 11. verse saieth that the wicked runne after the Tabour and Flute and hee sayeth that the sonnes of the wicked doe leade daunces Vpon which wordes M. Calu●● wryteth after this forte● It is true sayeth ●ee that the Flute and Tabour and such like things are not to bee condemned simplie of their o●●ie nature but only in respect of mens ab●sing of them for most commonly they peruert take good vse of them For the tabour and pype doeth no sooner sounde to make men merrie but there is alwayes lightly some vanitie I say not superstitious but beastly For beholde men are so caried way as they cannot sport themselues with moderate mirth but the fling themselues into the aire as if they would leape out of themselues This then Iob ment to note a cursed mirth and a mirth that God condemned Whereby wee ought to take warning to restrayne our selues from suche loose and wanton pastimes but ●et vs rather aduisedly restraine our selues and set God alwayes before our eyes to the ende hee may so blesse our mirth and wee so vse his benefites as we may neuer cease to trauell vp to heauen warde Thus you see that it behoueth vs to applie our mirthe to this ende namely that there may bee a melody sounding in vs wherby the name of God may be blessed glorified in our Lord Iesus Christ Iu. Well sir all that which I haue hitherto saide hath been but as a ●leebite but I haue that yet in store where with I can easely peruert all y ● answeres which you haue hitherto made ●s you haue hitherto dis●r●●ed dauncing by scriptures so will I prooue out of the Scripture th●● dauncing is lawfull for I haue red that Dauid daunced he was an holy man therefore why may not we also daunce Min. In deede Dauid did daunce I doe not denie but yet after I shal haue saide a fewe wordes I will let you see that this can be no sufficient warrant for your dauncings As it is lawfull to sing and we doe vse singing to giue thankes to God and to celebrate his prayses so also by a moderate dauncing wee may testifie the ioy and mirth of the minde Such a kinde of dauncing was that whiche the maide us did vse when they did celebrate with songes and daunces the victorie of Dauid ouer Goliah Suche a kinde of dauncing was that which Myriam the sister of Moses and other women did daunce when as they sung a song of victorie after that Pharao and his hoaste was drownued in the sea And suche was that daunce whiche Dauid daunced before the arke of the Lord. But yet none of all these do serue for your purpose for their daūces were far vnlike to yours w t you do now vse For their daunces were sage sober but yours are light laciuious their daunces were milde and moderate but your's wilde and wanton they made no mixture of sexes in their daunces but the men daunced by them selues and the women by themselues but you in your daunces must haue women or else the market is marred Which thing is intollerable because that that thing is an intiser and prouoker unto wantounes and lust Myriam the siser of Moses daunced not with young men but a part by her selfe amongst women Neither did Dauid daunce among women and the maidens which celebrated his victorie daunced by them selues and not among men Wherefore you see that this can bee now a●●antise for your dauncing that you reade of those in holy Scripture whiche did daunce because your daunces are in no point liken vnto theirs as I haue saide before For their daunces were a moderate motion of the bodie whiche serued to set foorth and expresse the ioyes of the minde but you in your daunces do friske and fling like wilde coltes And in you is verified almost that saying of Faustus in Mantuane which hee vttered concerning the lasciuiousnes of the people of his time Rusticagens nullagenus arte domabile semper Irrequietum animal gaudet sudore peracto Mane sacrafesta quando omnibus otia luce Ipsa otiac fa●●is impatiens epulatur implet Ingluniem audita properat tibicine advlmum Hic furie hic saltufertur bouis instar adaras Q●●m●●str●s versar●ne●●● vome●e terr●●● Calcibus ob●●●…is inerti mole fatigat Ac fe●●t ●●t a Baccho fai●t orgia luce Vociferans ridens saliens poc●la siccan● The clow●● she countrey people rude which arte can neyther rule●or tame And eke the vnruly creature which no skill can reforme or frame In sweat do doeth take a pleasure great On holy day the seruice done When others rest and quiet are to banqueting with speede they runne Because that hunger they detest And idlenes can not disgest The dinner done when pipe doth play vnto the Elme in haste they goe Here do they rage they friske they fling they scipe and leape oft to and fro As the oxe which at the aulcer standes And feareth still the priest his handes That grounde whiche wickednes is thought with plough or ●ake to ouerturne With heauy heeles weight most rude they often time do ●eate and spurne And all the day to the drunkardes God whom Bacchus they do call by name Great feasts they keepe with laughters lowde with cryes and shouts and hallows mayne And still they trow●e about the cuppe Till all dri●● bee quite drunke vppe Agayne your daunces and the daunces of those holy men and women do differ bothe in respect of the cause and also in respect of y ● end For they daūced because they had receiued great blessinges at the handes of the Lorde and because they would set forth his prayse but you dance because you haue obteyned your wicked purposes and because you will entise others to naughtines Iu. Methinkes by you you would haue men to daunce alone without women there would be a wise peece of worke how can wee daunce so Min. By this you bewraye your selfe what you do seeke for in dauncing euen to lay baites for those with whom you do daunce Iu. Perhaps you sayd truer