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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09380	A contention betwene three bretheren, that is to say, the vvhoremonger, the dronkarde, and the diceplayer to approue which of them three is the worste, by reason that their deceased father had giuen his succession from the worste of them three : a worke no lesse profitable then pleasurable to read, for so much as the vilenesse of those three vices, is herein sette oute at large / compiled by Thomas Salter.	Beroaldo, Filippo, 1453-1505.; Salter, Thomas.	1581 (1581)	STC 1968.5; ESTC S1788	32,798	106

Fatua Daughter to Pic of the Latins and Sister and wife to Fanus the king of the most anciēt Aborigenes which queene hauing against the decencye of royall dignitye drunke so muche Wyne as made her drunken was whipped to death with willow rods by the onlye hands of the king her husband in such great detestation they had Drunkennesse there and to the contrary sobrietie in Estimation Likewise the wife of the Mecenian Egnacius as Valerius reheareeth in his commentaries was slayne by hir husband with whippes or wands in the caue or seller hard by the Uessell oute of the which she had drawne the Wine that made her dronken For whose slaghter Egnacius not only remayned vntouched or reprooued but also he was for the same highlye commended and praysed by Romulus for it was his aduise and counsell that the sayd woman had iustlye suffered herre punishmente for breaking and vyolating the bandes of sobrietie notwithstanding the forbidding of his lawes In the Annualles of Fabius Pictuer I read of a certaine widdow that was forced by her neere parentes and kinsfolke to sterue for lack of meate in following the same law because onlye she had opened the cubburd priuilye wherein the keys of the wineseller were Solon in his lawes affirmeth that Prince to bee worthy of death which is approued to bee giuen to drunkennesse or much drinking of wine Pittacus of Mittelene establyshed greiuous punishments against the dronkard Aeneas Domicius depriued his wife of hir dowry bycause that vnknowne to him she had dronke wine For the same cause the auncient Romaines following the institution of Marcus Cato as himselfe witnesseth Tertulian repeteth in the Apologitica vsed alwayes and as of coustome to kisse their frends kinswomen oftentimes for no other occasion saue onely to knowe if they smelt of wine or not to the ende that if they were thereby taken in fault they myght without fauour bee punished And no doubt to speake vprightly all women ouermuch giuen to drinke little regarding sobrietie easily and lightly doe leaue y t reine of continencie to follow prostrate themselues to all vicious thinges Furthermore y e lawe whereof we haue spoken before made by Romulus which lawe hee himselfe kept and obserued hath not only ben kept mainteined in Rome and Italy but also in Greece as Xenophon sheweth in the sayd commentaries To which lawe agreeing Zeleucus of whome our brother also hath much vaunted him among many other excellent lawes that he made vnto the Locrians ordeyned established that whosoeuer drunke anye wine without permission of the Phisition should suffer death wherof Atheneus Elian are authors Moreouer the graue Romaine Censor sayth y t if any woman doeth committe a vile or filthy offence as drinking of Wine she shall be punished sharply by hir husband And surelye this laudable reason that women shoulde not drinke wine vnlesse their husbands license them remained and stoode in effect and force a long time among the best and most famous familyes or houses in Italy But passing from these prophane examples I will a little enter among those of the sacred and holy Scriptures The most mightie iust and mercifull God creator of all things speakinge vnto his Minister of holye thinges sayde When thou enterest into the witnesse of the Tabernacle thou nor thy children shall drinke any wine nor other thing whatsoeuer that maye make you drunken leaste that you dye the death In an other place by the same diuine voyce this warning is expreslye repeated to all ministring in his temple in the which besides wine ther is also comprised by these expresse words Ale and Cider by which words Ale and Cider the Hebrewes vnderstand and signifie all sorts and manners of drinke by which a man may be made dronken And the sayde interdiction was made to the ende that they might attende and watche more holylye and warely about the diuine Ministrie which thing they had not done neither could haue done had they bene ouercharged or laden with wine the onely corruption and marring of the minde and thought the deuertor and neglector of true worship and the very bate or pricke of dissolution and intemperance For which cause the auncient Priests of Aegypt abstained wholly from wine all the time of their sacrifices euen from the beginning of thē vnto the ende That vessell of election and most faithfull preacher of the truth Saint Paul condempning dronkennesse willed and ordeined writing vnto Timothie the firste Epistle that among other things the Bishop should be sober and not giuen to wine Whereoff the decrees make mention in the place conteining these wordes Thē Apostle condempneth the Priest giuen to wine And therfore his disciple Timothie dranke nothing but water as his writing vnto him witnesseth where he saith let not thy drinke heereafter bee water but for y e health of thy stomacke and the sickenesse with which thou art often troubled vse a lyttle wine Also in the first Epistle to the Corinthians the same most Christian Doctor saith that dronkards shal not inherite the kingdome of Heauen For which cause Saint Hierome forbiddeth in a manner the whole vse of wine vnto Priests Churchmen writing and commaunding vnto his Neuew Nepotion in this sort Beware saith he that thy breath doth not smell at any time of Wine for feare least approching nere any one thou hearest this saying of the Philopher pronounced against thee this is no kisse that thou presentest but Wine the sente of whiche issuing out of thy mouthe yeeldeth a most filthy smell The same holy man also forbiddeth by expresse woords all Christian Uirgines the vse of drinkinge Wine commaunding them to eschew and abhorre it as venime or poison The Esseans a people of Iudea whose sect for their vertues haue ben so highly estemed by Saint Hierome Philō Iosephus Eusebius Plinie and porphine dronke no wine at all Was it not prophecied of that Prophet and more then a Prophet Saint Iohn Baptist that he should not drinke strong drinke to the ende that he might choose the good and leaue the euill an argument most plaine euident that wine and strong drinke corrupteth peruerteth iudgment and reason and that a man ouercome therewith in steede of taking and choosing veritie and vertue taketh chooseth falshoode and vice Salomon was of opinion that vnto a king it was good to minister neither wine nor stronge drinke to the ende that he thereby might iudge the causes of the poore with a more iust and sound reason Cursed be he saith the Prophet that riseth early to make himselfe dronken We reade in Genesis that dronkennesse was the onely cause that Lot that godly man committed execrable incest with his daughters who els by noe meanes coulde haue drawne him to such an abhomination After the Deluge as it is written in Genesis as Noe first planted the Uine first made wine and first dronk thereoff so also he was the first that was made drunke therewith whereby we may gather