Selected quad for the lemma: saint_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
saint_n	church_n	day_n	festival_n	1,263	5	11.0355	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10187	Histrio-mastix The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture ... That popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the profession of play-poets, of stage-players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c. of which the table will informe you. By William Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1633 (1633)	STC 20464A; ESTC S115316	1,193,680	1,258

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1._o cap._n 32.33_o salvian_n de_fw-fr gubernation_n dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o joannes_n salisburiensis_n de_fw-fr nugis_fw-la curialium_fw-la lib._n 1._o

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not_o of_o and_o utter_o renounce_v they_o as_o they_o have_v vow_v in_o their_o baptism_n hence_o be_v that_o memorable_a passage_n of_o hippolytus_n a_o ancient_a martyr_n in_o his_o 16.17_o oration_n de_fw-fr consummatione_fw-la mundi_fw-la &_o antichristo_fw-la about_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 220._o where_o he_o inform_v we_o that_o christ_n shall_v say_v thus_o to_o playhaunter_n and_o wicked_a man_n at_o the_o last_o day_n depart_v from_o i_o you_o worker_n of_o iniquity_n i_o know_v you_o not_o you_o be_v become_v the_o workman_n of_o another_o master_n that_o be_v of_o the_o devil_n possess_v with_o he_o darkness_n and_o fire_n which_o be_v not_o put_v out_o and_o the_o worm_n that_o sleep_v not_o and_o gnash_v of_o tooth_n etc._n etc._n ibidem_fw-la for_o i_o have_v make_v your_o ear_n that_o you_o shall_v hear_v the_o scripture_n but_o you_o have_v prepare_v they_o for_o the_o song_n of_o devil_n for_o harp_n and_o ridiculous_a thing_n i_o have_v create_v your_o eye_n 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7.8_o salvian_n de_fw-fr

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repute_v the_o 7._o ecumenical_a or_o universal_a council_n determine_v thus_o of_o stageplay_n 5._o canon_n 22._o deo_fw-la quidem_fw-la universum_fw-la dedicare_fw-la et_fw-la non_fw-la proprijs_fw-la voluntatibus_fw-la servire_fw-la res_fw-la magna_fw-la est_fw-la 10.31_o sive_fw-la enim_fw-la editis_fw-la sive_fw-la bibitis_fw-la inquit_fw-la divinus_fw-la apostolus_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la gloriam_fw-la facite_fw-la etc._n etc._n cu●vis_fw-la ergo_fw-la homini_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la comedere_fw-la u●_n vivat_fw-la et_fw-la quibus_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la quidem_fw-la matrimonij_fw-la e●_n liberorum_fw-la et_fw-la laici_fw-la constitutionis_fw-la immixtim_fw-la comedere_fw-la viros_fw-la et_fw-la mulieres_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la reprehensione_n alienum_fw-la simodo_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la that_fw-mi nutrimentum_fw-la gratias_fw-la agunt_fw-la non_fw-la cum_fw-la scenicis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la studijs_fw-la sive_fw-la sata●icis_fw-la canticis_fw-la 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as_o apt_a to_o pollute_v the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o and_o dare_v any_o clergy_n man_n then_o after_o such_o express_a inhibition_n resort_v to_o playhouse_n or_o behold_v or_o practice_v any_o of_o these_o interdict_a game_n and_o sport_n the_o 35._o be_v synodus_fw-la ratisponae_fw-la anno_fw-la 1524._o entitle_v reformatio_fw-la cleri_fw-la germaniae_fw-la where_o we_o read_v thus_o 713._o canon_n 4._o insuper_fw-la tabernas_fw-la publicas_fw-la cleri_fw-la evitent_fw-la nisi_fw-la eas_fw-la peregrè_fw-la proficiscentes_fw-la ingredi_fw-la oporteat_fw-la which_o our_o english_a 33._o canon_n have_v second_v et_fw-la tàm_fw-la in_o ibi_fw-la quam_fw-la domo_fw-la et_fw-la alibi_fw-la à_fw-la crapula_fw-la et_fw-la ebrietate_fw-la omnique_fw-la ludo_fw-la à_fw-la jure_fw-la prohibito_fw-la blasphemijs_fw-la rixis_fw-la ac_fw-la alijs_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la excessibus_fw-la et_fw-la offensionibus_fw-la penitus_fw-la abstineant_fw-la choreas_fw-la spectacula_fw-la et_fw-la convivia_fw-la publica_fw-la evitent_fw-la ne_fw-la ob_fw-la luxum_fw-la petulantiamque_fw-la eorum_fw-la nomen_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la malè_fw-la audiat_fw-la can_n 4._o moreover_o clergy_n man_n must_v avoid_v all_o public_a tavern_n which_o too_o many_o of_o they_o now_o frequent_v unless_o they_o be_v enforce_v to_o enter_v they_o when_o they_o travel_v and_o as_o well_o there_o as_o at_o home_n and_o elsewhere_o they_o ought_v whole_o to_o abstain_v from_o surfeit_v and_o drunkenness_n and_o from_o every_o play_n prohibit_v by_o law_n from_o blasphemy_n brawl_n and_o all_o other_o excess_n and_o offence_n whatsoever_o let_v they_o shun_v dance_n stageplay_n &_o public_a feast_n lest_o for_o their_o luxury_n and_o wantonness_n the_o ecclesiastical_a name_n be_v ill_o report_v of_o the_o 36._o be_v synodus_fw-la carnotensis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1526._o where_o these_o subsequent_a constitution_n be_v compile_v 586._o ces●ent_fw-la diebus_fw-la festis_fw-la judicia_fw-la causarum_fw-la cognitiones_fw-la venditiones_fw-la mercatus_fw-la commessationes_fw-la ebrietates_fw-la ludi_fw-la et_fw-la nundinae_fw-la contra_fw-la facientes_fw-la citentur_fw-la coram_fw-la nobis_fw-la aut_fw-la officiali_fw-la nostro_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o festo_fw-la sancti_fw-la nicholai_n catherinae_fw-la innocentium_fw-la aut_fw-la alio_fw-la quovis_fw-la die_fw-la prae●extu_fw-la recreationis_fw-la ne_fw-la scholastici_fw-la clerici_fw-la sacerdotesve_fw-la stultum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aut_fw-la ridiculum_fw-la faciant_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la aut_fw-la ab_fw-la alijs_fw-la fieri_fw-la permittant_fw-la denique_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la ejiciantur_fw-la vestes_fw-la fatuorum_fw-la personas_fw-la scenicas_fw-la agentium_fw-la 975._o quia_fw-la solent_fw-la in_o plerisque_fw-la locis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la diaecesis_n deferri_fw-la baculi_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la confratriarum_fw-la praecedentibus_fw-la mimis_fw-la et_fw-la lusoribus_fw-la cum_fw-la tympanis_fw-la quod_fw-la maximè_fw-la dedecet_fw-la honorem_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la debent_fw-la ante_fw-la eorum_fw-la imagine_v baculis_fw-la confratriarum_fw-la infixas_fw-la praecedere_fw-la instrumenta_fw-la illa_fw-la musica_fw-la ad_fw-la choream_fw-la et_fw-la tripudia_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la devotionem_fw-la audientes_fw-la excitantia_fw-la idcirco_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la districtè_fw-la ne_fw-la posthac_fw-la tale_n baculi_fw-la deferantur_fw-la publicè_fw-la per_fw-la vicos_fw-la histrionico_fw-la ritu_fw-la et_fw-la modulatione_fw-la musica_fw-la choreis_fw-la accommodata_fw-la etc._n etc._n quoniam_fw-la in_o confratrijs_fw-la primum_fw-la recte_fw-la constitutis_fw-la et_fw-la postea_fw-la in_o det●rius_fw-la prolapsis_fw-la multa_fw-la conspiciuntur_fw-la committi_fw-la ab_fw-la honestate_fw-la et_fw-la christianae_n mentis_fw-la religione_fw-la penitus_fw-la aliena_fw-la ut_fw-la illis_fw-la congruum_fw-la adhibeamus_fw-la remedium_fw-la imprimis_fw-la ordinamus_fw-la ne_o in_o ipsarum_fw-la confrat●iarum_fw-la congregationibus_fw-la fiant_fw-la dissoluta_fw-la convivia_fw-la compotationes_fw-la ad_fw-la ebrietatem_fw-la inducentes_fw-la choreae_fw-la tripudia_fw-la et_fw-la cetera_fw-la id_fw-la genus_fw-la ad_fw-la bacchanalia_fw-la magis_fw-la quam_fw-la ad_fw-la christianam_fw-la religionem_fw-la spectantia_fw-la quod_fw-la nota_fw-la 21._o interdicimus_fw-la ne_fw-la clerici_fw-la publicae_fw-la aut_fw-la in_o privato_fw-la exercea●t_fw-la ludos_fw-la turpes_fw-la aut_fw-la ludibrioso_n unde_fw-la scandalum_fw-la oriri_fw-la et_fw-la ministerium_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la vituperari_fw-la possit_fw-la pro_fw-la loco_fw-la et_fw-la tempore_fw-la cau●a_fw-la et_fw-la personis_fw-la quibus_fw-la propter_fw-la quam_fw-la et_fw-la cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la ludos_fw-la exerceri_fw-la contingeret_fw-la a_o ludo_fw-la autem_fw-la alearum_fw-la taxillorum_fw-la et_fw-la similium_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o sort_n pendent_fw-la sic_fw-la abstineant_fw-la ut_fw-la neque_fw-la etiam_fw-la alijs_fw-la ludentibus_fw-la fautores_fw-la aut_fw-la testes_fw-la sint_fw-la intersint_fw-la districtè_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la ne_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la choreis_fw-la publicis_fw-la tr●pudiationibus_fw-la saltationibu●ve_v sese_fw-la commisceant_fw-la ne_fw-la turpes_fw-la amatorias●_n aut_fw-la lascivas_fw-la decantent_fw-la cantilenas_fw-la aut_fw-la cantantibus_fw-la faveant_fw-la aut_fw-la intersint_fw-la 15.33_o corrumpunt_fw-la siquidem_fw-la bonos_fw-es more_o be_v colloquia_fw-la prava_fw-la denique_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la vagi_fw-la oculis_fw-la non_fw-la dicaces_fw-la non_fw-la joculatores_fw-la non_fw-la histriones_fw-la ea_fw-la enim_fw-la omne_fw-la indecora_fw-la ijs_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la quibus_fw-la animarum_fw-la cura_fw-la commissa_fw-la est_fw-la sacerdotes_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o diebus_fw-la primarum_fw-la missarum_fw-la novorum_fw-la presbyterorum_fw-la post_fw-la festivas_fw-la epulas_fw-la et_fw-la grandia_fw-la convivia_fw-la commessationesque_fw-la clergy_n exeunt_fw-la in_o publicum_fw-la ad_fw-la exhibendas_fw-la populo_fw-la et_fw-la plebeculae_fw-la comaedias_fw-la maximè_fw-la crassas_fw-la et_fw-la impudicas_fw-la et_fw-la choreas_fw-la in_o plateis_fw-la committunt_fw-la sine_fw-la dubio_fw-la in_o legem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la et_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la dogma_fw-la quare_fw-la qui_fw-la tale_n fuerunt_fw-la si_fw-la perseveraverint_fw-la sciant_fw-la se_fw-la condignam_fw-la punitionem_fw-la et_fw-la correctionem_fw-la non_fw-la evasuros_fw-la item_n prohibemus_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la ne_fw-la in_o festo_fw-la sancti_fw-la nicholai_n innocentium_n aut_fw-la alio_fw-la quovis_fw-la die_fw-la stultum_fw-la aliquod_fw-la aut_fw-la ridiculum_fw-la in_o ecclesijs_fw-la aut_fw-la alio_fw-la quocunque_fw-la loco_fw-la publico_fw-la faciant_fw-la fierive_v permittant_fw-la larvati_fw-la aut_fw-la quocunque_fw-la tempore_fw-la aut_fw-la quovis_fw-la in_o loco_fw-la incedant_fw-la on_o holy_a day_n let_v matter_n of_o judicature_n hear_v of_o cause_n sale_n merchandise_n luxury_n drunkenness_n play_n and_o fair_n cease_v those_o who_o do_v contrary_a let_v they_o be_v cite_v before_o we_o or_o our_o official_a etc._n etc._n in_o the_o feast_n of_o st_n nicholas_n katherine_z innocent_n or_o any_o other_o day_n let_v not_o scholar_n clergy_n me●_n or_o priest_n under_o pretence_n of_o recreation_n act_n any_o foolish_a or_o ridiculous_a thing_n in_o the_o church_n or_o permit_v other_o to_o do_v it_o final_o let_v the_o clothes_n of_o those_o who_o act_n the_o scenical_a person_n of_o innocent_n or_o fool_n be_v cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n because_o the_o staff_n of_o the_o fraternity_n themselves_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v carry_v about_o in_o most_o place_n of_o our_o diocese_n with_o stage-player_n fiddler_n and_o timbrel_n go_v before_o they_o which_o do_v most_o of_o all_o unbeseeme_v the_o honour_n of_o god_n and_o the_o saint_n for_o those_o musical_a instrument_n stir_v up_o the_o auditor_n rather_o to_o carantoe_n and_o dance_v than_o to_o devotion_n ought_v not_o to_o precede_v their_o image_n fasten_v in_o the_o staff_n of_o the_o fraternity_n therefore_o we_o strict_o prohibit_v that_o after_o this_o such_o staff_n be_v not_o carry_v about_o public_o through_o village_n after_o a_o histrionical_a manner_n or_o with_o musical_a melody_n fit_v to_o dance_n etc._n etc._n because_o in_o fraternity_n right_o ordain_v at_o the_o first_o and_o afterward_o decline_v unto_o worse_a many_o thing_n be_v see_v to_o be_v commit_v altogether_o different_a from_o honesty_n and_o the_o religion_n of_o a_o christian_a mind_n that_o we_o may_v apply_v a_o fit_a remedy_n to_o they_o we_o first_o of_o all_o ordain_v that_o in_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o fraternity_n themselves_o no_o dissolute_a feast_n be_v make_v no_o compo●ations_n or_o health_n conduce_v to_o drunkenness_n no_o dance_n galliards●_n and_o other_o thing_n of_o this_o nature_n belong_v rather_o to_o the_o feast_n of_o bacch●s_n than_o to_o christian_a religion_n we_o prohibit_v that_o clergy_n man_n use_v no_o dishonest_a nor_o ludicrous_a play_n either_o in_o public_a or_o private_a whence_o scandal_n may_v arise_v and_o the_o ecclesiastical_a ministry_n be_v disgrace_v according_a to_o the_o place_n and_o time_n the_o occasion_n and_o person_n in_o which_o for_o which_o and_o with_o which_o such_o play_n shall_v happen_v to_o be_v use_v let_v they_o so_o abstain_v from_o the_o play_n of_o dice_n of_o table_n and_o the_o like_o which_o depend_v on_o chance_n that_o they_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o present_v among_o the●_n that_o play_n either_o as_o countenancer_n or_o witness_n we_o strict_o forbid_v that_o minister_n intermix_v not_o themselves_o in_o public_a morrice_n dance_n or_o carantoe_n that_o they_o sing_v no_o ribaldry_n amorous_a or_o lascivious_a song_n nor_o yet_o favour_n or_o keep_v company_n with_o those_o that_o sing_v they_o for_o evil_a communication_n corrupt_v good_a manner_n final_o let_v they_o not_o be_v rove_a with_o their_o eye_n no_o talker_n no_o jester_n no_o stage-player_n for_o all_o these_o thing_n be_v

sive_fw-la clericum_fw-la sive_fw-la laicum_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la deinceps_fw-la tempore_fw-la alea_fw-la ludere_fw-la decrevimus_fw-la si_fw-mi quis_fw-la autem_fw-la hoc_fw-la deinceps_fw-la facere_fw-la ab_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la aggressus_fw-la fuerit_fw-la si_fw-la sit_fw-la quidem_fw-la clericus_fw-la deponatur_fw-la si_fw-la laicus_fw-la segregetur_fw-la cap._n 13._o also_o lest_o this_o most_o excellent_a sacrament_n shall_v suffer_v any_o injury_n or_o contempt_n even_o by_o the_o decree_n and_o ordinance_n of_o the_o holy_a father_n all_o infamous_a person_n be_v prohibit_v from_o receive_v it_o juggler_n enchanter_n public_a offender_n jester_n and_o those_o who_o addict_v themselves_o to_o play_n prohibit_v by_o the_o canon_n law_n as_o stageplay_n be_v as_o also_o whore_n and_o pander_n all_o these_o be_v to_o be_v put_v from_o the_o sacrament_n of_o the_o altar_n until_o their_o wicked_a life_n be_v whole_o abandon_v they_o shall_v have_v satisfy_v that_o mulct_n of_o penance_n that_o be_v impose_v on_o they_o to_o these_o also_o be_v those_o to_o be_v add_v who_o perpetual_o give_v themselves_o to_o diceplay_a to_o who_o the_o venerable_a sacrament_n be_v not_o to_o be_v administer_v until_o they_o abstain_v from_o dice_v which_o accord_v well_o with_o the_o council_n of_o eliberis_n canon_n 79._o if_o any_o believer_n or_o christian_n shall_v play_v at_o dice_n or_o table_n we_o ordain_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v excommunicate_v and_o if_o be_v reform_v he_o shall_v give_v it_o over_o after_o a_o year_n space_n he_o may_v be_v reconcile_v and_o admit_v to_o the_o sacrament_n and_o with_o the_o 6._o council_n of_o constantinople_n can._n 50._o we_o decree_v that_o none_o of_o all_o the_o clergy_n or_o laity_n shall_v from_o this_o time_n forward_o play_v at_o dice._n and_o if_o any_o one_o from_o henceforth_o shall_v hereafter_o attempt_v to_o do_v it_o if_o he_o be_v a_o clergy_n man_n let_v he_o be_v depose_v if_o a_o lay_v man_n let_v he_o be_v excommunicate_v which_o counsel_n i_o will_v our_o common_a dice-player_n and_o gamester_n will_v serious_o consider_v the_o 42._o be_v concilium_fw-la coloniense_n anno._n 1549._o where_o i_o find_v this_o notable_a canon_n to_o our_o present_a purpose_n cap._n 17._o percepimus_fw-la comaediarun_n actores_fw-la quosdam_fw-la non_fw-la scaena_fw-la et_fw-la theatris_fw-la contentos_fw-la transire_fw-la etiam_fw-la ad_fw-la monasteria_fw-la monialium_fw-la ubi_fw-la gestibus_fw-la prophanis_fw-la amatoribus_fw-la et_fw-la secularijs_fw-la commoveant_fw-la virginibus_fw-la voluptatem_fw-la quae_fw-la spectacula_fw-la etiamsi_fw-la de_fw-la rebus_fw-la sacris_fw-la et_fw-la pijs_fw-la exhiberentur_fw-la parum_fw-la tamen_fw-la boni_fw-la mali_fw-la vero_fw-la plurimum_fw-la relinquere_fw-la in_o sanctimonialium_fw-la mentibus_fw-la possunt_fw-la gestus_fw-la externos_fw-la spectantibus_fw-la et_fw-la mirantibus_fw-la caeterum_fw-la verba_fw-la non_fw-la intelligentibus_fw-la ideo_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la et_fw-la vetamus_fw-la posthac_fw-la vel_fw-la comaedias_fw-la admitti_fw-la in_o virginum_fw-la monasteria_fw-la vel_fw-la virgin_n comaedias_fw-la spectare_fw-la cap._n 17._o 765._o we_o have_v understand_v that_o certain_a actor_n of_o comedy_n not_o content_v with_o the_o stage_n and_o theater_n have_v enter_v into_o nonnery_n where_o they_o make_v the_o nons_n merry_a with_o their_o profane_a amorous_a and_o secular_a gesture_n which_o stageplay_n nota._n although_o they_o consist_v of_o sacred_a and_o pious_a subject_n can_v yet_o notwithstanding_o leave_v little_a good_a but_o much_o hurt_n in_o the_o mind_n of_o holy_a virgin_n who_o behold_v and_o admire_v the_o external_a gesture_n only_o but_o understand_v not_o the_o word_n therefore_o we_o prohibit_v and_o forbid_v that_o from_o henceforth_o no_o comaedy_n shall_v be_v admit_v into_o the_o monastery_n of_o nonnes_n neither_o shall_v virgin_n be_v spectator_n of_o comedy_n a_o unanswerable_a evidence_n of_o the_o desperate_a venomous_a corruption_n of_o stageplaye_n for_o if_o comaedy_n even_o of_o religious_a and_o holy_a subject_n void_a of_o all_o scurrility_n will_v with_o their_o very_a gesture_n and_o action_n contaminate_v the_o mind_n and_o inflame_v the_o lust_n of_o according_o devote_a mortify_a nons_n themselves_o and_o the_o most_o chaste_a virgin_n spectator_n much_o more_o will_v amorous_a wanton_a comedy_n corrupt_v all_o other_o actor_n and_o spectator_n and_o kindle_v a_o very_a flame_n of_o noisome_a lust_n within_o their_o breast_n the_o 43._o be_v synodus_fw-la moguntina_n anno_fw-la 1549._o which_o decree_v thus_o against_o stageplay_n dance_v and_o the_o like_a 874._o cap._n 60_o 61._o dum_fw-la à_fw-la novitijs_fw-la sacerdotibus_fw-la huius_fw-la sacri_fw-la primitiae_fw-la celebrantur_fw-la serio_fw-la mandamus_fw-la choreas_fw-la et_fw-la seculares_fw-la pompas_fw-la omittendas_fw-la etc._n etc._n sed_fw-la et_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la celebritates_fw-la in_o diem_fw-la dominicam_fw-la incidentes_fw-la censemus_fw-la submovendas_fw-la et_fw-la in_o feriam_fw-la aliquam_fw-la praecedentem_fw-la vel_fw-la subsequentem_fw-la transferendas_fw-la quô_o sanctorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la domino_fw-la sua_fw-la conservetur_fw-la solennitas_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la quo_fw-la dei_fw-la gloria_fw-la in_o observatione_fw-la divini_fw-la cultus_fw-la magis_fw-la illustretur_fw-la et_fw-la fidelium_fw-la devotio_fw-la minus_fw-la impediatur_fw-la diebus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la et_fw-la festivatatibus_fw-la celebrioribus_fw-la mercimonia_fw-la tripudia_fw-la saltationes_fw-la quas_fw-la damnat_fw-la concilium_fw-la here_o toletanum_n et_fw-la prophana_fw-la spectacula_fw-la decernimus_fw-la non_fw-la permittenda_fw-la simul_fw-la etiam_fw-la ludicra_fw-la quaedam_fw-la à_fw-la pielate_fw-la aliena_fw-la et_fw-la theatris_fw-la quam_fw-la templis_fw-la aptiora_fw-la censemus_fw-la in_o ecclesijs_fw-la non_fw-la admittenda_fw-la cap._n 74._o clerici_fw-la insuper_fw-la tabernas_fw-la publicas_fw-la evitent_fw-la nisi_fw-la case_z peregre_n proficiscentes_fw-la ingredi_fw-la oporteat_fw-la et_fw-la tàm_fw-la inibi_fw-la quam_fw-la domi_fw-la et_fw-la alibi_fw-la à_fw-la crapula_fw-la et_fw-la ebrietatibus_fw-la omnique_fw-la ludo_fw-la à_fw-la jure_fw-la prohibito_fw-la blasphemiis_fw-la rixis_fw-la et_fw-la alijs_fw-la quibuscunque_fw-la excessibus_fw-la et_fw-la offensionibus_fw-la penitus_fw-la abstineant_fw-la choreas_fw-la spectaculaque_fw-la et_fw-la convivia_fw-la publica_fw-la vitent_fw-la ne_fw-la ob_fw-la luxùm_fw-la petulantiamque_fw-la eorum_fw-la nomen_fw-la ecclesiasticum_fw-la malè_fw-la audiat_fw-la cap._n 60_o 61._o we_o serious_o command_v that_o while_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o this_o sacrifice_n be_v celebrate_v by_o new-ordained_n priest_n dance_n and_o all_o secular_a show_n be_v whole_o omit_v etc._n etc._n we_o likewise_o decree_v that_o those_o solemnity_n of_o the_o saint_n which_o happen_v upon_o the_o lord_n day_n shall_v be_v remove_v and_o transfer_v to_o some_o precedent_n or_o subsequent_a holy_a day_n whereby_o due_a solemnity_n may_v be_v preserve_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o all_o saint_n etc._n etc._n and_o that_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n may_v be_v more_o illustrate_v in_o the_o observation_n of_o divine_a worship_n and_o the_o devotion_n of_o the_o faithful_a may_v be_v less_o hinder_v we_o decree_v that_o on_o lords-daye_n &_o more_o eminent_a festival_n merchandise_n dance_n morrice_n and_o profane_a dance_n which_o the_o council_n of_o toledo_n condemn_v be_v not_o to_o be_v tolerate_v and_o we_o likewise_o resolve_v that_o certain_a play_n that_o be_v far_o from_o piety_n &_o more_o fit_a for_o theatre_n than_o temple_n be_v not_o to_o be_v admit_v in_o church_n cap._n 74._o moreover_o clergy_n man_n must_v avoid_v all_o public_a tavern_n unless_o it_o be_v upon_o occasion_n while_o they_o be_v travel_v and_o as_o well_o there_o as_o at_o home_n and_o elsewhere_o they_o must_v whole_o abstain_v from_o surfeit_v and_o drunkenness_n and_o every_o play_n prohibit_v by_o law_n as_o all_o stageplay_n be_v from_o blasphemy_n brawl_n and_o all_o other_o excess_n and_o offence_n whatsoever_o they_o must_v shun_v dance_n stageplays_a and_o public_a feast_n lest_o the_o ecclesiastical_a name_n be_v ill_o report_v of_o for_o their_o luxury_n &_o wantonness_n the_o former_a part_n of_o which_o canon_n prohibit_v clergy_n man_n from_o wear_v costly_a apparel_n silk_n and_o velvet_n which_o sundry_a other_o purpose_n counsel_n have_v condemn_v in_o bishop_n minister_n and_o all_o other_o clergy_n man_n who_o shall_v be_v pattern_n of_o humility_n and_o frugality_n not_o of_o luxury_n pride_n and_o worldly_a pomp_n to_o other_o as_o many_o silken_a and_o satyn_a divine_n now_o be_v the_o 44._o be_v concilium_fw-la parisiense_n anno_fw-la 1557._o where_o i_o find_v these_o constitution_n according_o caeteros_fw-la dies_fw-la festos_fw-la dominicis_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la addidit_fw-la ut_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la à_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la sanctis_fw-la ejus_fw-la nobis_fw-la collatorum_fw-la memores_fw-la essemus_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la exempla_fw-la sectaremur_fw-la etc._n etc._n orationi_fw-la vacaremus_fw-la non_fw-la autem_fw-la ocio_fw-la et_fw-la ludis_fw-la etc._n etc._n moneant_fw-la autem_fw-la ecclesiarum_fw-la rectores_fw-la subditos_fw-la suos_fw-la ut_fw-la praedictis_fw-la diebus_fw-la festis_fw-la in_o templum_fw-la conveniant_fw-la illudque_fw-la frequentent_fw-la pièac_fw-la religiose_fw-la audituri_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o ijs_fw-la sacra_fw-la aguntur_fw-la nota._n conciones_fw-la attentè_fw-fr audiant_fw-la deum_fw-la pia_fw-la ment_fw-la et_fw-la religioso_fw-la affectu_fw-la venerentur_fw-la et_fw-la colant_fw-la his_o autem_fw-la diebus_fw-la ut_fw-la dictum_fw-la est_fw-la cessent_fw-la ludi_fw-la choreae_fw-la

vizard_n they_o may_v not_o lead_v any_o public_a or_o private_a dance_n they_o shall_v abstain_v from_o hunt_v tables_z comaedy_n and_o tilting_n neither_o shall_v they_o be_v present_a at_o other_o profane_a or_o ridiculous_a spectacle_n lest_o the_o eye_n and_o ear_n devote_v to_o sacred_a office_n be_v distract_v shall_v be_v pollute_v with_o impure_a action_n and_o speech_n we_o prohibit_v clergy_n man_n all_o kind_n of_o dance_v and_o of_o play_n but_o especial_o of_o dice_n and_o table_n neither_o do_v we_o only_o forbid_v they_o to_o play_v but_o we_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o have_v they_o spectator_n of_o play_n or_o to_o admit_v any_o one_o to_o play_v in_o their_o house_n and_o be_v not_o these_o rank_n puritan_n think_v you_o chapter_n of_o stage-player_n and_o dicer_n of_o these_o also_o we_o have_v think_v good_a to_o admonish_v prince_n and_o magistrate_n that_o they_o banish_v out_o o●_n their_o territory_n all_o stage-player_n tumbler_n juggler_n jester_n and_o other_o castawaye_n of_o this_o kind_n and_o that_o they_o severe_o punish_v victualler_n and_o all_o other_o whatsoever_o who_o shall_v receive_v they_o and_o because_o it_o be_v find_v by_o experience_n that_o 97._o robbery_n theft_n fraud_n blasphemy_n and_o other_o wickedness_n of_o this_o kind_n do_v oft_o proceed_v from_o diceplay_a according_o let_v they_o forbid_v all_o play_v at_o table_n and_o dice_n and_o severe_o punish_v all_o common_a dicer_n and_o those_o who_o be_v present_a at_o such_o game_n or_o keep_v house_n to_o receive_v such_o gamester_n but_o let_v they_o chief_o endeavour_v to_o effect_v that_o idleness_n may_v as_o much_o as_o may_v be_v quite_o banish_v out_o of_o city_n by_o institute_v or_o renew_v good_a art_n if_o therefore_o all_o stage-player_n tumbler_n and_o common_a dicer_n be_v thus_o to_o be_v banish_v and_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o common_a wealth_n and_o all_o those_o to_o be_v severe_o punish_v who_o entertain_v or_o harbour_v they_o their_o play_n must_v certain_o be_v execrable_a intolerable_a which_o make_v their_o person_n such_o the_o 47._o be_v synodus_fw-la ebroicensis_fw-la anno_fw-la 1576._o where_o i_o find_v these_o follow_a canon_n 588._o dies_fw-la festos_fw-la secundum_fw-la scripturas_fw-la instituit_fw-la deus_fw-la in_o monumentum_fw-la ac_fw-la memoriam_fw-la svorum_fw-la beneficiorum_fw-la ut_fw-la ea_fw-la homo_fw-la agnosceret_fw-la et_fw-la de_fw-la ipsis_fw-la gratias_fw-la ageret_fw-la etc._n etc._n quoni●m_fw-la festa_fw-la à_fw-la creatione_fw-la mundi_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la introducta_fw-la ut_fw-la animus_n cum_fw-la corpore_fw-la cessaret_fw-la à_fw-la saeculo_fw-la et_fw-la avocaretur_fw-la à_fw-la solicitudinibus_fw-la et_fw-la laboribus_fw-la huius_fw-la mundi_fw-la occuparetur_fw-la vero_fw-la in_o dei_fw-la obsequio_fw-la recognoscendis_fw-la ejus_fw-la beneficijs_fw-la et_fw-la gratijs_fw-la referendis_fw-la arbi●ramur_fw-la vero_fw-la nullo_n secu●o_fw-la gravius_fw-la nec_fw-la frequentius_fw-la peccari_fw-la contra_fw-la festorum_fw-la sanctam_fw-la et_fw-la legitimam_fw-la observationem_fw-la quam_fw-la in_o nostro_fw-la quandoquiden_fw-mi plures_fw-la ipsa_fw-la insumunt_fw-la voluptatibus_fw-la huju●_n seculi_fw-la sectandis_fw-la in_fw-la tabernis_fw-la ganeis_fw-la lusibus_fw-la illiciris_n ac_fw-la alijs_fw-la vanis_fw-la atque_fw-la etiam_fw-la viciosis_n actionibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n 545._o ecclesiae_fw-la hostiarij_fw-la ergo_fw-la diebus_fw-la festis_fw-la observent_fw-la et_fw-la notent_fw-la qui_fw-la de_fw-la presbyteris_fw-la et_fw-la parochia●is_fw-la abfuerint_fw-la ab_fw-la ecclesijs_fw-la et_fw-la inquirant_fw-la qua_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la defecerint_fw-la a_o interea_fw-la cauponis_fw-la et_fw-la ●●sibus_fw-la tempus_fw-la insumant_fw-la etc._n etc._n god_n according_a to_o the_o scripture_n have_v appoint_v holy-day_n for_o a_o monument_n and_o remembrance_n of_o his_o benefit_n that_o man_n may_v acknowledge_v they_o and_o give_v thanks_n for_o they_o etc._n etc._n because_o feast_n be_v introduce_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n that_o the_o mind_n with_o the_o body_n may_v cease_v from_o the_o world_n and_o may_v be_v avocate_v from_o the_o care_n and_o labour_n of_o this_o world_n but_o yet_o occupy_v in_o the_o service_n of_o god_n in_o recognise_v his_o benefit_n and_o render_v thanks_n but_o we_o think_v very_o that_o in_o no_o age_n man_n offend_v more_o grievous_o and_o frequent_o against_o the_o holy_a and_o lawful_a observation_n of_o festival_n than_o in_o we_o since_o many_o consume_v they_o in_o follow_v the_o pleasure_n of_o this_o world_n in_o tavern_n in_o brothel_n in_o unlawful_a play_n and_o in_o other_o vain_a yea_o and_o vicious_a action_n etc._n etc._n let_v therefore_o the_o doorkeeper_n of_o the_o church_n upon_o holy-day_n observe_v and_o note_v which_o of_o the_o presbyter_n and_o parishioner_n shall_v be_v absent_a from_o the_o church_n office_n and_o inquire_v for_o what_o cause_n they_o be_v absent_a whether_o they_o spend_v the_o time_n in_o alehouse_n or_o in_o play_n etc._n etc._n the_o 48._o be_v synodus_fw-la rothomagi_n anno_fw-la 1581._o which_o decree_v thus_o as_o follow_v 544._o curatis_fw-la ecclesia●un_fw-la praecipimus_fw-la ne_fw-la sinant_fw-la in_o caemeterijs_fw-la choreas_fw-la duci_fw-la aut_fw-la alios_fw-la lusus_fw-la et_fw-la infania_n fieri_fw-la sed_fw-la potius_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la luctus_fw-la et_fw-la mortis_fw-la memoriam_fw-la inducunt_fw-la 582._o novimus_fw-la et_fw-la experimur_fw-la a●tutias_fw-la diaboli_fw-la ad_fw-la derogandum_fw-la cultui_fw-la dei_fw-la et_fw-la ad_fw-la suum_fw-la substituendum_fw-la in_o illius_fw-la locum_fw-la in_o nostris_fw-la enim_fw-la diaecesibus_fw-la per_fw-la omne_fw-la festa_fw-la solennia_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la et_fw-la aliorum_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la ad_fw-la augendum_fw-la sacrilegium_fw-la impudica_fw-la atque_fw-la obscaena_fw-la ludicra_fw-la in_o his_o admiscet_fw-la ut_fw-la totum_fw-la homin●m_fw-la perdat_fw-la in_o sabbatho_fw-la ●ibique_fw-la subjiciat_fw-la dies_fw-la vero_fw-la dominicos_fw-la videbatur_fw-la à_fw-la nundinis_fw-la eximere_fw-la sed_fw-la eos_fw-la non_fw-la dissimili_fw-la ratione_fw-la foedavit_fw-la ac_fw-la prophanavit_fw-la etc._n etc._n eleemosynam_fw-la enim_fw-la vertit_fw-la in_o crapulas_fw-la orationem_fw-la in_o choreas_fw-la et_fw-la concionem_fw-la in_o scurrilitatem_fw-la ad_fw-la have_v festorum_fw-la prophanationes_fw-la mundandas_fw-la etc._n etc._n praecipimus_fw-la curatis_fw-la ut_fw-la paratum_fw-la habeant_fw-la concionatoré_fw-it qui_fw-la verbum_fw-la dei_fw-la praedicet_fw-la bis_fw-la in_o die_v pray_v mark_v it_o ●i_fw-la fieri_fw-la possit_fw-la ut_fw-la contineatur_fw-la populus_fw-la in_o pistate_n mane_n scilicet_fw-la et_fw-la à_fw-la prandio_fw-la commessationes_fw-la ebrietates_fw-la sumptus_fw-la light_n lusus_fw-la improbos_fw-la et_fw-la inhonestos_fw-la choreas_fw-la plenas_fw-la insanijs_fw-la cantilenas_fw-la turpes_fw-la breviter_fw-la omnem_fw-la luxum_fw-la et_fw-la lascivian_fw-la atque_fw-la omnem_fw-la festorum_fw-la prophanationem_fw-la damnamus_fw-la et_fw-la reprobamus_fw-la we_o command_v the_o curate_n of_o church_n that_o they_o suffer_v no_o dance_n or_o other_o play_n or_o foolery_n to_o be_v make_v in_o church_n yard_n but_o those_o thing_n rather_o which_o may_v put_v man_n in_o mind_n of_o sorrow_n and_o death_n we_o have_v know_v and_o try_v the_o subtlety_n of_o the_o devil_n to_o derogate_v from_o god_n worship_n and_o to_o substitute_v his_o own_o in_o its_o room_n for_o in_o our_o diocese_n through_o all_o solemn_a feast_n of_o the_o apostle_n and_o other_o saint_n to_o augment_v sacrilege_n he_o admix_v unchaste_a and_o obscene_a play_n in_o these_o that_o he_o may_v destroy_v the_o whole_a man_n upon_o the_o sabbath_n and_o subject_v he_o to_o himself_o but_o he_o think_v good_a to_o exempt_a lords-daye_n from_o fair_n yet_o he_o have_v defile_v and_o profane_v they_o with_o a_o like_a sacrilege_n for_o he_o turn_v alm_n into_o riot_n prayer_n into_o dance_n and_o sermon_n into_o scurrility_n to_o cleanse_v these_o profanation_n of_o holy_a day_n etc._n etc._n we_o command_v curate_n that_o they_o provide_v a_o preacher_n which_o may_v preach_v the_o word_n of_o god_n 12._o twice_o in_o a_o day_n pray_v mark_v it_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o the_o people_n may_v be_v keep_v exercise_v in_o piety_n both_o morning_n and_o evening_n even_o from_o dinner_n we_o condemn_v and_o reprobate_n riot_v drunkenness_n prodigality_n contention_n wicked_a and_o dishonest_a play_n dance_v fraught_v with_o foolery_n filthy_a song_n brief_o all_o luxury_n lasciviousness_n and_o all_o profanation_n of_o holy-day_n under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n vide_fw-la ibidem_fw-la so_o abominable_a so_o unlawful_a be_v dance_n play_n and_o amorous_a pastoral_n on_o lords-daye_n holy-day_n and_o all_o solemn_a festival_n devote_v to_o god_n service_n the_o 49._o be_v concilium_fw-la burdigense_n anno_fw-la 1582._o which_o as_o it_o complain_v that_o lords-daye_n and_o holy-day_n be_v much_o profane_v with_o play_n pastime_n drunkenness_n and_o other_o villainy_n in_o these_o word_n 581._o tamersi_fw-la dominici_n festique_fw-la dies_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la unum_fw-la instituti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ut_fw-la fideles_fw-la christiani_n ab_fw-la 1072._o externis_fw-la operibus_fw-la abstinentes_fw-la liberius_fw-la et_fw-la majori_fw-la cum_fw-la pielate_fw-la divino_fw-la cultui_fw-la vacarent_fw-la etc._n etc._n nihilominus_fw-la nostris_fw-la temporibus_fw-la praeposterè_fw-la fieri_fw-la solet_fw-la ut_fw-la tàm_fw-la solennes_n et_fw-la religiosi_fw-la dies_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la in_o illicitis_fw-la et_fw-la

secularibus_fw-la negotijs_fw-la procurandis_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la in_o luxu_fw-la lascivia_fw-la jocis_fw-la et_fw-la ludis_fw-la vetitis_fw-la compotationibus_fw-la caeterisque_fw-la flagitijs_fw-la exercendis_fw-la toti_fw-la transigantur_fw-la which_o abuse_v it_o enjoin_v magistrate_n &_o official_o to_o suppress_v so_o it_o decree_v thus_o 1026._o clerici_fw-la nunquam_fw-la personati_fw-la incedant_fw-la neque_fw-la comaedias_fw-la fabulas_fw-la choreas_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquid_fw-la aliud_fw-la ludicrum_fw-la ex_fw-la ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la ab_fw-la histrionibus_fw-la exhibentur_fw-la agant_fw-la vel_fw-la spectent_fw-la ne_fw-la visus_fw-la et_fw-la obtutus_fw-la sacris_fw-la mysterijs_fw-la dicati_fw-la turpium_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la contagione_fw-la polluantur_fw-la ab_fw-la alea_fw-la tesseris_fw-la chartis_fw-la et_fw-la quovis_fw-la alio_fw-la vetito_fw-la et_fw-la indecoro_fw-la ludo_fw-la cum_fw-la privatim_fw-la tum_fw-la publicè_fw-la penitus_fw-la abstineant_fw-la commessationibus_fw-la et_fw-la minus_fw-la honestis_fw-la convivijs_fw-la nunquam_fw-la intersint_fw-la forum_n mer●catus_fw-la androna_n fug_v of_o it_o nec_fw-la tabernas_fw-la et_fw-la diversoria_fw-la nisi_fw-la longioris_fw-la itineris_fw-la necessitate_v unquam_fw-la ingrediantur_fw-la etc._n etc._n although_o lords-daye_n and_o holy-day_n be_v institute_v for_o this_o only_a purpose_n that_o faithful_a christian_n abstain_v from_o external_a work_n may_v more_o free_o and_o with_o great_a piety_n addict_v themselves_o to_o god_n worship_n etc._n etc._n notwithstanding_o it_o be_v preposterous_o usual_a in_o our_o time_n that_o even_o religious_a day_n be_v whole_o spend_v not_o only_o in_o follow_v unlawful_a and_o secular_a affair_n but_o even_o in_o riot_n lasciviousness_n prohibit_v sport_n and_o play_n compotation_n and_o other_o execrable_a wickedness_n which_o abuse_v it_o enjoin_v magistrate_n and_o official_o to_o censure_n and_o prohibit_v so_o it_o decree_v thus_o clergy_n man_n may_v never_o put_v on_o vizard_n or_o go_v disguise_v neither_o may_v they_o act_v or_o behold_v comedy_n fable_n dance_n or_o any_o other_o of_o those_o play_n that_o be_v exhibit_v by_o stage-player_n lest_o the_o sight_n and_o hear_v dedicate_v to_o sacred_a mystery_n shall_v be_v pollute_v with_o the_o contagion_n of_o filthy_a spectacle_n let_v they_o whole_o abstain_v as_o well_o in_o private_a as_o in_o public_a from_o dice_n table_n card_n or_o every_o other_o prohibit_v and_o unseemly_a play_n let_v they_o be_v never_o present_a at_o riotous_a and_o dishonest_a feast_n let_v they_o avoid_v place_n of_o judicature_n market_n and_o place_n of_o resort_n neither_o let_v they_o ever_o enter_v into_o tavern_n and_o inn_n but_o be_v necessitate_v by_o some_o long_a journey_n the_o 50._o be_v concilium_fw-la rhemense_n anno_fw-la 1583._o which_o condemn_v the_o use_n of_o stageplay_n and_o dance_a especial_o on_o lord-daye_n holy-day_n and_o the_o christmas_n season_n when_o they_o be_v most_o in_o use_n under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n 582._o diebus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la et_fw-la festis_fw-la in_o svas_fw-la paraeseas_n populus_fw-la conveniat_fw-la et_fw-la missae_fw-la concioni_fw-la et_fw-la vesperijs_fw-la intersit_fw-la ijsdem_fw-la diebus_fw-la nemo_fw-la lusibus_fw-la aut_fw-la choreis_fw-la det_fw-la operam_fw-la maximè_fw-la dum_fw-la divinum_fw-la celebratur_fw-la officium_fw-la monebiturque_fw-la ab_fw-la ordinario_fw-la vel_fw-la paraeco_fw-la magistratus_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la nequaquam_fw-la fieri_fw-la permittat_fw-la ludos_fw-la theatrales_fw-la etiam_fw-la praetextu_fw-la consuetudinis_fw-la exhiberi_fw-la solitos_fw-la et_fw-la puerilia_fw-la caeteraque_fw-la ludicra_fw-la quibus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la inquinatur_fw-la hone●tas_fw-la et_fw-la sanctitas_fw-la in_o interlude_n christi_fw-la et_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la festivitatibus_fw-la omnino_fw-la prohibemus_fw-la contra_fw-la nitentes_fw-la autem_fw-la poenis_fw-la coerceri_fw-la volumus_fw-la à_fw-la superioribus_fw-la let_v the_o people_n meet_v together_o in_o their_o parish_n church_n on_o lord_n day_n and_o holy_a day_n and_o let_v they_o be_v present_a at_o mass_n at_o sermon_n and_o vesper_n let_v no_o man_n give_v himself_o on_o these_o day_n to_o play_n or_o dance_n especial_o while_o divine_a service_n be_v celebrate_v and_o the_o magistrate_n shall_v be_v admonish_v by_o the_o ordinary_a or_o parish_n priest_n that_o he_o by_o no_o mean_n suffer_v these_o thing_n to_o be_v do_v we_o utter_o prohibit_v stageplay_n and_o other_o childish_a pastime_n accustom_v to_o be_v present_v under_o pretext_n of_o custom_n with_o which_o the_o honesty_n and_o sanctity_n of_o the_o church_n be_v defile_v in_o the_o festival_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o the_o saint_n those_o that_o do_v contrary_a we_o will_v shall_v be_v punish_v by_o their_o superior_n the_o 51._o be_v synodus_fw-la turonensis_n anno_fw-la 1583._o which_o be_v somewhat_o observable_a 548._o cum_fw-la juxta_fw-la divi_z pauli_n praeceptum_fw-la qui_fw-la christi_fw-la font_n sobrietatem_fw-la semper_fw-la sectari_fw-la debeant_fw-la diebus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la praesertim_fw-la et_fw-la alijs_fw-la festis_fw-la commessationes_fw-la convivia_fw-la publica_fw-la tripudia_fw-la saltationes_fw-la strepitus_fw-la et_fw-la choreas_fw-la fieri_fw-la vaenatu_fw-la et_fw-la aucupatu_fw-la tempus_fw-la terere_fw-la in_fw-la hospitijs_fw-la seu_fw-la cauponis_fw-la alijs_fw-la quam_fw-la peregrinis_fw-la cibaria_fw-la et_fw-la vinum_fw-la ministrari_fw-la ludos_fw-la palmarios_fw-la et_fw-la alios_fw-la maximè_fw-la dum_fw-la sacra_fw-la conficiantur_fw-la laudesque_fw-la deo_fw-la decantantur_fw-la aperiri_fw-la comaedias_fw-la ludos_fw-la scenicos_fw-la vel_fw-la theatrales_fw-la et_fw-la alia_fw-la ejus_fw-la generis_fw-la irreligiosa_fw-la spectacula_fw-la agi_fw-la sub_fw-la anathematis_fw-la poena_fw-la prohibet_fw-la haec_fw-la synodus_fw-la praecipitqu●_n omnibus_fw-la et_fw-la singulis_fw-la paraeciarum_fw-la rectoribus_fw-la eos_fw-la apud_fw-la episcopum_fw-la defer_v qui_fw-la huic_fw-la decreto_fw-la non_fw-la pa●uerint_fw-la ut_fw-la illius_fw-la ordinatione_fw-la nominatim_fw-la excommunicati_fw-la denuncientur_fw-la et_fw-la publicentur_fw-la *_o valdè_fw-la etenim_fw-la est_fw-la absurdum_fw-la fideles_fw-la ijs_fw-la diebus_fw-la qui_fw-la propitiando_fw-la deo_fw-la sunt_fw-la destinati_fw-la fallacibus_fw-la illis_fw-la sathanae_fw-la blanditijs_fw-la illectos_fw-la à_fw-la divinis_fw-la officijs_fw-la religiosis_fw-la supplicationibus_fw-la concionibusque_fw-la sacris_fw-la abduci_fw-la since_o according_a to_o the_o precept_n of_o st._n paul_n those_o who_o be_v christ_n oughts_z always_o to_o follow_v sobriety_n especial_o on_o lord_n day_n and_o other_o festival_n this_o synod_n prohibit_v under_o pain_n of_o excommunication_n on_o the_o foresay_a day_n especial_o all_o r●oting_a public_a feast_n galliard_n dance_n clamour_n and_o morrice_n to_o be_v make_v to_o spend_v time_n in_o hunt_v and_o hawk_v to_o serve_v wine_n or_o victual_n in_o inn_n or_o victual_v house_n to_o any_o but_o to_o stranger_n any_o prize_n or_o other_o play_v to_o be_v show_v especial_o while_n divine_a thing_n be_v perform_v and_o praise_n sing_v to_o god_n any_o comedy_n stageplay_n and_o other_o irreligious_a spectacle_n of_o this_o kind_n so_o it_o style_v they_o to_o be_v act_v and_o it_o enjoin_v all_o and_o singular_a rector_n of_o parish_n to_o cite_v those_o before_o the_o bishop_n who_o shall_v not_o obey_v this_o decree_n that_o in_o his_o name_n they_o may_v be_v denounce_v and_o proclaim_v excommunicate_v for_o it_o be_v very_o absurd_a that_o christian_n on_o those_o day_n that_o be_v destinate_a to_o appease_v god_n anger_n allure_v with_o those_o deceitful_a enticement_n of_o satan_n shall_v be_v draw_v away_o from_o divine_a office_n religious_a supplication_n and_o holy_a sermon_n so_o that_o by_o this_o synod_n express_v resolution_n stageplay_n be_v irreligious_a spectacle_n and_o the_o deceitful_a enticement_n of_o satan_n to_o withdraw_v man_n heart_n from_o god_n and_o from_o his_o service_n which_o shall_v cause_v all_o christian_n to_o abominate_a they_o the_o 52._o be_v concilium_fw-la bituriense_n anno_fw-la 1584._o where_o these_o constitution_n be_v compile_v 977._o pro●●betur_fw-la populus_fw-la prophana_fw-la sodalitia_fw-la et_fw-la commessationes_fw-la choreas_fw-la tripudia_fw-la larvas_fw-la et_fw-la theatrales_fw-la ludos_fw-la diebus_fw-la dominicis_fw-la et_fw-la festis_fw-la exercere_fw-la pompas_fw-la instrumentorum_fw-la musicorum_fw-la et_fw-la tympanorum_fw-la in_o gestationibus_fw-la imaginum_fw-la per_fw-la vias_fw-la et_fw-la compita_fw-la exhibere_fw-la à_fw-la caupona_fw-la abstineant_fw-la et_fw-la nihil_fw-la nisi_fw-la quod_fw-la pietatem_fw-la redoleat_fw-la exerceant_fw-la imitentur_fw-la christiani_n totis_fw-la hisce_fw-la diebus_fw-la sanctos_fw-la illos_fw-la quorum_fw-la memoriam_fw-la colant_fw-la per_fw-la opera_fw-la charitatis_fw-la 1028._o clerici_fw-la nunquam_fw-la personati_fw-la sint_fw-la a_o comaedijs_fw-la mimis_n chorcis_fw-la et_fw-la saltationibus_fw-la agendis_fw-la atque_fw-la spectandis_fw-la abstineant_fw-la aleas_fw-la tesseras_fw-la chartas_fw-la omnes_fw-la ludos_fw-la vetitos_fw-la commessationes_fw-la ac_fw-la inverecunda_fw-la convivia_fw-la mercatus_fw-la et_fw-la nundinationes_fw-la tabernas_fw-la ac_fw-la diversoria_fw-la praeterquam_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la devitent_fw-la etc._n etc._n hortatur_fw-la etiam_fw-la haec_fw-la synodus_fw-la christianos_n omnes_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la christiani_n nominis_fw-la honore_fw-la et_fw-la dignitate_fw-la se_fw-la gerant_fw-la tripudia_fw-la et_fw-la saltationes_fw-la publicos_fw-la ludos_fw-la mimos_fw-la larvas_fw-la et_fw-la aleas_fw-la quamtum_fw-la fieri_fw-la poterit_fw-la devitent_fw-la the_o people_n be_v prohibit_v to_o exercise_v profane_a assembly_n and_o riotous_a feast_n dance_n morrice_n disguise_n and_o stageplay_n on_o lord_n day_n and_o holy_a day_n to_o exhibit_v show_n or_o pomp_n of_o

venit_fw-la ac_fw-la virides_fw-la passim_fw-la disjecta_fw-la per_fw-la herbas_fw-la potat_fw-la et_fw-la accumbat_fw-la cum_fw-la pair_v cuique_fw-la sua_fw-la sub_fw-la jove_n pars_fw-la durat_fw-la pauci_fw-la tentoria_fw-la ponunt_fw-la sunt_fw-la quibus_fw-la è_fw-la ramis_fw-la frondea_fw-la facta_fw-la casa_fw-la est_fw-la sole_fw-la tamen_fw-la vinoque_fw-la calent_fw-la annosque_fw-la praecantur_fw-la quot_fw-la sumunt_fw-la cyathos_fw-la ad_fw-la numerumque_fw-la bibunt_fw-la inuenies_fw-la illic_fw-la qui_fw-la nestoris_n ebibat_fw-la annos_fw-la quae_fw-la sit_fw-la per_fw-la calices_fw-la facta_fw-la sibylla_n suos_fw-la illic_fw-la et_fw-la cantant_fw-la qui●quid_fw-la dedicere_fw-la theatris_fw-la et_fw-la jactant_fw-la faciles_fw-la ad_fw-la sua_fw-la verba_fw-la manus_fw-la et_fw-la ducunt_fw-la posito_fw-la duras_fw-la cratere_fw-la choreas_fw-la cultaque_fw-la diffus●s_fw-la saltat_fw-la amica_fw-la comis_fw-la cum_fw-la redeunt_fw-la titubant_fw-la et_fw-la sunt_fw-la spectacula_fw-la vulgi_fw-la et_fw-la fortunatos_fw-la obvia_fw-la turba_fw-la vocat_fw-la etc._n etc._n 57_o rusticus_n ad_fw-la ludos_fw-la populus_fw-la veniebat_fw-la in_o urbem_fw-la sed_fw-la dîs_fw-la non_fw-la studijs_fw-la ille_fw-la dabatur_fw-la honos_fw-la luce_n sua_fw-la ludos_fw-la unvae_fw-la commentor_n habebat_fw-la quos_fw-la cum_fw-la taedifera_fw-la nunc_fw-la habet_fw-la ille_fw-la dea_fw-la etc._n etc._n 64._o ibunt_fw-la semi-mare_n et_fw-la inania_fw-la tympana_fw-la tundent●_n aeraque_fw-la tinnitus_fw-la be_v repulsa_fw-la dabunt_fw-la scaena_fw-la sonat_fw-la ludique_fw-la vocant_fw-la spectate_v quirite_n et_fw-la fora_fw-la mart_n svo_fw-la litigiosa_fw-la vacent_fw-la annuimus_fw-la votis_fw-la consul_n nunc_fw-la consul_n ludos_fw-la etc._n etc._n 159._o talia_n luduntur_fw-la fumoso_fw-la mense_fw-la decembri_n quae_fw-la jam_fw-la non_fw-la ulli_fw-la composuisse_fw-la nocet_fw-la the_o three_o thus_o 82._o nunc_fw-la mihi_fw-la nunc_fw-la fumo_fw-la veteris_fw-la proffer_v falernum_fw-la consulis_fw-la et_fw-la chio_n solvere_fw-la vincla_fw-la cado_fw-la vina_n diem_fw-la celebrent_fw-la non_fw-la fes●a_fw-la luce_fw-fr madere_fw-mi est_fw-la rubor_fw-la errantes_fw-la et_fw-la malè_fw-la far_o pedes_fw-la sed_fw-la bene_fw-la messallam_n sua_fw-la cuique_fw-la ad_fw-la pocula_fw-la dicat_fw-la numen_fw-la et_fw-la absentis_fw-la singula_fw-la verba_fw-la sonant_fw-la etc._n etc._n agricola_n assiduo_fw-la primùm_fw-la satiatus_fw-la aratro_fw-la cantavit_fw-la certo_fw-la rustica_fw-la verba_fw-la pede_fw-la agricola_n et_fw-la nimio_fw-la suffusus_fw-la baccho_fw-la rubenti_fw-la primus_fw-la inexperto_fw-la duxit_fw-la ab_fw-la arte_fw-la choros_fw-la etc._n etc._n who_o 175._o philo_n judaeus_fw-la write_v of_o the_o roman_n festival_n do_v second_v in_o this_o manner_n in_o omni_fw-la festo_fw-la nostro_fw-la e●_n celebritate_fw-la quae_fw-la miramur_fw-la sunt_fw-la haec_fw-la securitas_fw-la remissio_fw-la 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all_o evil_a thing_n but_o likewise_o from_o all_o appearance_n of_o evil_n 1_o thes._n 5.22_o see_v here_o part_n 1_o act._n 3._o scene_z 3_o act._n 5._o scene_z 1_o 2_o 3._o &_o act._n 6._o scene_n 4._o according_o but_o stageplaye_v as_o the_o premise_n prove_v at_o large_a be_v unlawful_a scandalous_a and_o dishonest_a sport_n therefore_o their_o action_n can_v but_o be_v unlawful_a especial_o unto_o christian_n four_o 4._o that_o profession_n which_o have_v neither_o god_n word_n for_o its_o rule_n nor_o his_o glory_n for_o its_o end_n must_v certain_o be_v unlawful_a unto_o christian_n witness_n psal._n 119.9.10_o gal._n 6.16_o 1_o cor._n 10.31_o c._n 6.20_o 1_o pet._n 4.11_o which_o inform_v we_o that_o god_n people_n must_v make_v his_o word_n the_o square_a his_o glory_n the_o chief_a and_o only_a end_n of_o all_o their_o action_n but_o the_o pro●ession_n or_o art_n of_o act_v play_n have_v neither_o the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o its_o rule_n there_o be_v neither_o precept_n 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here_o f._n 552._o to_o 568._o therefore_o it_o must_v questionless_a be_v unlawful_a unto_o christian_n 6._o six_o that_o call_v or_o profession_n in_o which_o a_o man_n can_v attribute_v his_o gain_n to_o the_o blessing_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n so_o as_o to_o say_v it_o be_v god_n that_o have_v bless_v i_o in_o this_o my_o honest_a vocation_n and_o make_v i_o rich_a and_o for_o his_o gain_n and_o thrive_a in_o which_o he_o can_v render_v any_o thanks_o &_o praise_n to_o god_n must_v doutblesse_n be_v a_o ungodly_a call_n and_o profession_n not_o lawful_a among_o christian_n witness_n prov_n 10.22_o gen._n 33.5.11_o 2_o chron._n 1.12_o eccles._n 5.19_o matth._n 11.6.33_o psal._n 145.1_o 2.15_o 16._o act_n 2.46_o 47._o 1_o tim._n 4.3_o 4._o &_o phil._n 4.6_o but_o player_n can_v attribute_v or_o ascribe_v their_o gain_n to_o the_o blessing_n and_o favour_n of_o god_n it_o be_v but_o 906._o turpe_fw-la lucrum_fw-la dishonest_a filthy_a gain_n much_o like_o the_o 1.7_o hire_n of_o a_o 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st_n 324._o augustine_n 107._o raymundus_n and_o sundry_a other_o testify_v see_v here_o p._n 324_o 325_o 326.905.906_o &_o 688._o therefore_o it_o must_v questionless_a be_v unlawful_a unto_o christian_n eight_o 8._o that_o call_v or_o profession_n which_o altogether_o indispose_v and_o unfit_v man_n for_o god_n worship_n &_o service_n and_o for_o all_o religious_a duty_n must_v necessary_o be_v sinful_a and_o unsuitable_a unto_o christian_n see_v luke_n 1._o 74_o 75._o hebr._n 12.1_o &_o matt●_n 5.29_o 30._o act._n 19.18_o 19_o jam._n 1.21_o 1_o pet._n 2.1_o 2._o but_o the_o profession_n of_o playact_v do_v altogether_o indispose_v and_o unfit_a man_n for_o god_n worship_n his_o service_n for_o the_o hear_n of_o his_o word_n the_o receive_n of_o his_o sacrament_n from_o which_o all_o player_n be_v excommunicate_v &_o from_o all_o other_o religious_a duty_n see_v here_o p._n 393._o to_o 420._o &_o fol._n 522._o to_o 542._o &_o p._n 561._o to_o 573._o therefore_o it_o must_v necessary_o be_v unlawful_a unto_o christian_n 9_o nine_o that_o profession_n which_o be_v pernicious_a and_o hurtful_a both_o to_o the_o manner_n mind_n and_o soul_n of_o man_n and_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o church_n the_o state_n that_o suffer_v it_o must_v certain_o be_v unlawful_a intolerable_a among_o christian_n see_v here_o p._n 447_o 448._o &_o joh._n 10.10_o but_o the_o profession_n of_o act_v play_n be_v pernicious_a both_o to_o the_o manner_n mind_n and_o soul_n of_o man_n of_o actor_n &_o spectator_n &_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o church_n and_o state_n that_o suffer_v they_o witness_n page_n 302._o to_o 568._o therefore_o it_o must_v certain_o be_v unlawful_a intolerable_a among_o christian_n 10._o last_o that_o call_v which_o the_o very_a professor_n of_o it_o upon_o their_o conversion_n &_o repentance_n have_v utter_o renounce_v with_o shame_n and_o high_a detestation_n as_o altogether_o incompatible_a with_o christianity_n piety_n or_o salvation_n must_v certain_o be_v sinful_a and_o utter_o unlawful_a unto_o christian_n see_v rom._n 6.20_o 21._o but_o sundry_a profess_a actor_n and_o stage-player_n both_o in_o the_o primitive_a church_n and_o since_o upon_o their_o true_a conversion_n and_o repentance_n have_v utter_o renounce_v and_o give_v over_o their_o profession_n of_o act_v play_n with_o soul_n confound_v shame_n and_o high_a detestation_n as_o altogether_o incompatible_a with_o christianity_n piety_n or_o salvation_n see_v here_o p._n 134._o fol._n 542.545.566.568_o p._n 561._o to_o 573.840_o &_o 910._o therefore_o it_o must_v certain_o be_v sinful_a and_o altogether_o unlawful_a unto_o christian_n and_o that_o upon_o these_o several_a ground_n which_o be_v the_o second_o thing_n first_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o part_n &_o person_n that_o be_v most_o usual_o act_v on_o the_o stage_n which_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n according_o devil_n heathen_a idol_n god_n and_o goddess_n satyr_n sylvan_n fury_n fairy_n fate_n nymph_n muse_n &_o such_o like_a ethnic_n idolatrous_a figment_n which_o christian_n shall_v not_o name_v or_o represent_v or_o else_o adulterer_n whoremaster_n adulteress_n whore_n bawd_n pander_n incestuous_a person_n sodomite_n parricide_n tyrant_n traitor_n blasphemer_n cheater_n drunkard_n parasite_n prodigal_n fantastics_n ruffian_n and_o all_o kind_n of_o vicious_a godless_a person_n who_o very_a wickedness_n be_v the_o common_a subject_n of_o those_o stageplaye_n which_o man_n so_o much_o applaud_v and_o if_o the_o person_n of_o any_o magistrate_n minister_n or_o professor_n of_o religion_n be_v bring_v upon_o the_o stage_n as_o now_o too_o oft_o they_o be_v it_o be_v 815._o only_o to_o deride_v and_o jeer_v they_o for_o that_o which_o most_o commend_v they_o to_o god_n and_o all_o good_a man_n the_o part_n and_o person_n therefore_o of_o stageplay_n be_v such_o the_o represention_n of_o they_o on_o the_o stage_n must_v needs_o be_v ill_a as_o i_o have_v large_o prove_v pag._n 88_o

manner_n be_v it_o but_o for_o a_o season_n as_o the_o 73.22_o marginal_a scripture_n witness_v therefore_o it_o can_v approve_v of_o these_o theatrical_a bestial_a and_o diabolical_a 9_o transfiguration_n of_o their_o body_n which_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o the_o 11.13_o rule_n of_o piety_n gravity_n honesty_n modesty_n civility_n right_a reason_n and_o expedience_n by_o which_o all_o christian_n action_n shall_v be_v regulate_v seven_o it_o inform_v we_o that_o even_o 15._o achish_a king_n of_o gath_n a_o mere_a pagan_a idolater_n when_o he_o see_v david_n act_v the_o madman_n before_o he_o and_o fein_v himself_o distract_v scrable_v on_o the_o door_n of_o the_o gate_n and_o let_v the_o spittle_n fall_v down_o upon_o his_o beard_n say_v thus_o unto_o his_o servant_n loe_o you_o see_v the_o man_n be_v mad_a wherefore_o then_o have_v you_o bring_v he_o to_o i_o have_v i_o need_v of_o madman_n that_o you_o have_v bring_v this_o fellow_n to_o play_v the_o madman_n in_o my_o presence_n 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the_o 8._o king_n edward_n the_o 6._o queen_n mary_n and_o queen_n elizabeth_n reign_v this_o be_v the_o authorize_v doctrine_n both_o of_o the_o article_n and_o homily_n of_o our_o church_n which_o every_o english_a minister_n now_o subscribe_v to_o and_o be_v enjoin_v for_o to_o teach_v the_o people_n as_o the_o undoubted_a truth_n yea_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o article_n propound_v by_o doctor_n chamber_n to_o which_o the_o reverend_a bishop_n jewel_n and_o all_o other_o young_a protestant_a student_n in_o both_o our_o university_n subscribe_v in_o edward_n the_o 6._o and_o queen_n mary_n reign_n imagine_v &_o simulachra_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o templis_fw-la habenda_fw-la ●osque_fw-la gloriam_fw-la dei_fw-la imminuere_fw-la qui_fw-la vel_fw-la fuderint_fw-la vel_fw-la fabricati_fw-la fu●rint_fw-la vel_fw-la finxerint_fw-la vel_fw-la pinxerint_fw-la vel_fw-la fabricanda_fw-la &_o facienda_fw-la locarint_fw-la as_o doctor_n humfries_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la &_o morte_fw-la 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98._o &_o 105._o aelij_fw-la lampridij_fw-la heliogabalus_n p._n 202._o b●lengerus_n de_fw-fr theatro_fw-la l._n c._n 1.50_o p._n 296●297_n 298._o codex_fw-la theodosij_n l._n 15._o tit._n 5.7_o 5.7_o see_v the_o 3._o blast_v of_o retreat_n from_o stageplay_n &_o bb._n babingion_n exposition_n on_o the_o 7._o commandment_n according_o according_o m._n gosson_n in_o his_o school_n of_o abuse_n &_o play_v confute_v and_o the_o 3._o blast_v of_o retreat_n from_o play_n write_v thus_o see_v act_n 4._o scene_n 1._o 1._o ejusmodi_fw-la itaque_fw-la patronos_fw-la habet_fw-la ars_fw-la lenonia_n quique_fw-la tueantur_fw-la artem_fw-la meretriciam_fw-la cui_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la usque_fw-la diem_fw-la pro●_n dolour_n in_o christiana_n republica_fw-la locus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o in_o civitatibus_fw-la publica_fw-la theatra_fw-la immunitates_fw-la &_o stipendia_fw-la concessa_fw-la sunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n agrippa_z de_fw-fr vanitate_fw-la sci●nt_fw-la cap._n 64._o 64._o see_v tertul._n de_fw-fr 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profanatur_fw-la sic_fw-la se_fw-la expugnatus_fw-la inimicus_fw-la per_fw-la art_n svas_fw-la inserit_fw-la ●ic_fw-la insidijs_fw-la per_fw-la occulta_fw-la fallentibus_fw-la diabolus_fw-la obrepit_fw-la sic_fw-la dum_fw-la ornari_fw-la cultius_fw-la dum_fw-la libentius_fw-la evagari_fw-la virgin_n volunt_fw-la virgin_n esse_fw-la desinunt_fw-la furtivo_fw-la dedecore_fw-la corruptae_fw-la viduae_fw-la antequam_fw-la nuptae_fw-la non_fw-la mariti_fw-la sed_fw-la christi_fw-la adulterae_fw-la cyprian_a de_fw-fr habitu_fw-la virginum_fw-la lib._n pag._n 242._o 242._o tom._n 1._o operum_fw-la parisijs_fw-la 1588._o col._n 510.511_o 512._o 512._o periculosum_fw-la esse_fw-la adire_fw-la spectacula_fw-la quodque_fw-la ear_n adulteros_fw-la perfectos_fw-la facit_fw-la &_o hinc_fw-la socordia_fw-la bellumque_fw-la nascatur_fw-la etc._n etc._n etc._n playhaunter_n and_o stage-player_n be_v always_o excommunicate_v and_o keep_v from_o the_o church_n the_o word_n and_o sacrament_n in_o the_o primitive_a church_n well_o be_v it_o for_o we_o if_o this_o ancient_a discipline_n be_v revive_v now_o now_o playhaunter_n and_o wicked_a man_n be_v in_o truth_n excommunicate_v person_n and_o no_o member_n no_o branch_n of_o the_o church_n though_o they_o live_v within_o the_o church_n church_n sacrae_fw-la mensae_fw-la so_o be_v it_o style_v in_o saint_n chrysostom●s_n time_n not_o the_o holy_a altar_n altar_n irreverent_a receive_v of_o the_o sacrament_n a_o great_a a_o dangerous_a sin_n sin_n adultery_n occasion_v by_o see_v stageplay_n stageplay_n mat._n 5_o 28_n 28_n quod_fw-la si_fw-la mulier_fw-la spont●_n ac_fw-la fortè_fw-la in_o foro_fw-la obvia_fw-la &_o negle●ctius_fw-la culta_fw-la s●penumero_fw-la intu●ntem_fw-la curiosius_fw-la caepit_fw-la ipso_fw-la vultus_fw-la ●spectu_fw-la isti_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la simpl●cite●_fw-la neque_fw-la fortuitò_fw-la sed_fw-la study_v &_o tanto_fw-la study_v ut_fw-la ecclesiam_fw-la quoque_fw-la contemnant_fw-la &_o hac_fw-la 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●ormas_fw-la contemplantur_fw-la audiant_fw-la qui_fw-la insano_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la study_v tenentur_fw-la qui_fw-la dicunt_fw-la spectamu●_n quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la sine_fw-la detrimento_fw-la quid_fw-la audio_fw-la david_n laesus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la non_fw-la laederis_fw-la ille_fw-la laesus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la tuus_fw-la virtuti●_n confidere_fw-la quaeam_fw-la be_v qui_fw-la tantam_fw-la spiritus_fw-la gratiam_fw-la habebat_fw-la spiculum_fw-la excepit_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la sauciari_fw-la te_fw-la