the_o selfsame_o reason_n argue_v that_o our_o saviour_n passion_n do_v not_o relate_v à _fw-fr parte_fw-la ante_fw-la to_o save_v those_o believer_n who_o die_v before_o but_o only_o à _fw-fr part_n post_fw-la to_o redeem_v such_o only_a who_o depart_v after_o his_o incarnation_n which_o be_v blasphemy_n for_o to_o think_v since_o our_o saviour_n be_v virtual_o and_o in_o destination_n though_o not_o actual_o 13.8_o a_o lamb_n slay_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n now_o that_o the_o christian_a sabbath_n or_o lord_n day_n begin_v at_o even_o and_o so_o ought_v to_o be_v sanctify_v from_o even_o to_o even_o not_o from_o morning_n to_o morning_n or_o from_o midnight_n to_o midnight_n which_o ecclesiastical_a beginning_n of_o day_n we_o never_o find_v in_o scripture_n or_o in_o any_o ecclesiastical_a writer_n it_o be_v most_o apparent_a first_o because_o we_o read_v of_o no_o other_o beginning_n or_o end_n of_o the_o sabbath_n in_o scripture_n but_o this_o and_o to_o make_v it_o begin_v from_o the_o very_a hour_n or_o minute_n of_o our_o saviour_n resurrection_n be_v to_o make_v it_o arbitrary_a and_o altogether_o uncertain_a because_o the_o very_a hour_n and_o minute_n of_o his_o resurrection_n be_v not_o neither_o can_v it_o certain_o be_v know_v second_o because_o the_o sabbath_n be_v nothing_o else_o in_o proper_a speech_n but_o a_o day_n of_o rest_n it_o be_v most_o natural_a and_o proper_a it_o shall_v then_o begin_v when_o as_o god_n and_o man_n begin_v their_o rest_n and_o leave_v off_o their_o labour_n not_o when_o as_o they_o begin_v their_o work_n 13._o but_o god_n begin_v his_o rest_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o six_o day_n not_o on_o the_o morning_n or_o midnight_n of_o the_o seven_o day_n and_o man_n begin_v their_o 10._o rest_n at_o evening_n not_o at_o midnight_n or_o morning_n witness_v psal._n 104.22_o 23._o the_o sun_n arise_v and_o man_n go_v forth_o to_o his_o work_n and_o to_o his_o labour_n unto_o the_o evening_n and_o john_n 9.4_o i_o 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worship_n may_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o 19.42_o have_v their_o preparation_n of_o the_o sabbath_n the_o better_a prepare_v themselves_o for_o the_o sacred_a duty_n of_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o hence_o perchance_o it_o be_v that_o we_o have_v seldom_o any_o play_n or_o masque_n at_o court_n upon_o saturday_n night_n last_o it_o be_v infallible_o evident_a by_o the_o constant_a practice_n of_o the_o primitive_a church_n who_o keep_v the_o lord_n day_n only_o from_o evening_n to_o evening_n not_o from_o morning_n to_o morning_n as_o be_v evidence_v not_o only_o by_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o primitive_a christian_n who_o meet_v together_o caâ—uâ—_n before_o daybreak_a upon_o the_o lord_n day_n to_o praise_v their_o lord_n and_o saviour_n christ_n but_o by_o sundry_a counsel_n father_n and_o imperial_a constitution_n to_o begin_v with_o counsel_n survey_v we_o concilium_fw-la tarraconense_n can._n 7._o surius_n council_n tom._n 2._o p._n 292._o matisconense_n 2._o can._n 2._o ib._n p._n 683._o toletanum_n 4._o can._n 8._o ib._n p._n 729._o constantinop_n 6._o can._n 90._o ib._n p._n 1052._o foro-juliense_a can._n 13._o surius_n tom._n 3._o p._n 266._o turonicum_n 3_o sub_fw-la carolo_n magno_fw-la can._n 40._o ib._n p._n 272._o 242._o concilium_fw-la apud_fw-la compendium_n apud_fw-la alexandr_n alesium_n summa_fw-la theolog._n pars_fw-la 3._o quaest_n 32._o artic._n 2._o p._n 245._o 1893._o synodus_fw-la francfordiana_n anno_fw-la dom._n 793._o cap._n 22._o ibid._n concilium_fw-la moguntinum_n anno_fw-la 813._o apud_fw-la juonis_fw-la decreta_fw-la pars_fw-la 4._o c._n 16._o synodus_fw-la galonis_fw-la et_fw-la simonis_n legatoris_fw-la an._n 1212._o &_o synodus_fw-la andegavensis_fw-la an._n 1282._o all_o these_o express_o decree_n ut_fw-la dies_fw-la dominicus_n à _fw-la vespera_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperam_fw-la servetur_fw-la omnesdy_n dominicos_fw-la à _fw-la vespera_fw-la in_o vesperam_fw-la omni_fw-la veneratione_n decernimus_fw-la observari_fw-la et_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la illicâ—to_fw-la opere_fw-la abstinere_fw-la nec_fw-la aliquis_fw-la à _fw-la vespera_fw-la dici_fw-la sabbathi_o usque_fw-la ad_fw-la vesperam_fw-la diei_fw-la dominicae_fw-la ad_fw-la molendina_fw-la aquarâ—_n nec_fw-la ad_fw-la aliqua_fw-la alia_fw-la molere_fw-la audeat_fw-la etc._n etc._n so_o that_o by_o the_o express_a resolution_n of_o all_o these_o several_a counsel_n whereof_o one_o be_v ecumenical_a the_o lord_n day_n ought_v to_o be_v keep_v only_o from_o evening_n to_o evening_n and_o so_o to_o begin_v and_o end_v at_o evening_n if_o we_o peruse_v the_o father_n we_o shall_v find_v 7._o st._n augustine_n enjoin_v christian_n to_o celebrate_v the_o lord_n day_n from_o evening_n to_o evening_n as_o the_o jew_n do_v celebrate_v their_o sabbath_n and_o that_o the_o lord_n day_n and_o our_o christian_a sabbath_n begin_v at_o evening_n not_o at_o morning_n or_o midnight_n it_o be_v the_o direct_a and_o punctual_a verdict_n of_o dionysius_n alexandrinus_n epist._n 1._o bibl._n patrum_fw-la tom._n 3._o p._n 81._o a._n to_o h._n of_o theophilus_n antiochenus_fw-la comment_fw-fr in_o evangelia_n l._n 1._o bib._n patr._n tom._n 2._o p._n 153._o c_o d._n of_o gregory_n nyssen_n oratio_n 1._o &_o 2._o de_fw-fr resurrect_v christi_fw-la p._n 145_o 146_o 151â—_n 152._o of_o hieron_n com._n in_o jonan_n c._n 2._o tun_n 5._o p._n 137._o e._n &_o con_n in_o mat._n 12._o v._n 40._o tun_n 6._o p._n 22_o 23._o of_o leo_n epist._n decret_a epist._n 81._o c._n 1._o hrabanus_n maurus_n homil._n de_fw-fr dominicis_fw-la diebus_fw-la operum_fw-la tom._n 5._o p._n 605._o chrysost._n hom._n 5._o in_o genes_n tom._n 1._o col_fw-fr 26_o b._n &_o hom_o 82._o in_o matth_n tom_n 2._o col_fw-fr 559._o b._n theophylus_fw-la alexandrinus_n epist_n paschalis_n 3_o bibl_n patrum_fw-la tom_n 4._o p_o 723._o g._n cassianus_n de_fw-fr incarnatione_fw-la domini_fw-la lib_n 5_o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 5._o pars_fw-la 2._o p_o 81._o f_o g._n anastatius_fw-la sianita_fw-la ibid._n anagogicarum_fw-la contemplationum_fw-la hexaëm_n l._n 2._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 6â—_n pars_fw-la 1_o p._n 634._o e._n ibid._n quaestionum_fw-la lib_n quaest_n 87._o ibid_fw-la p_o 778._o quaest_n testimony_n 152_o 153._o ibid_fw-la p_o 794_o 795._o theophylact._n in_o matth_n 12._o five_o 40._o &_o 28._o v_o 1._o anselmus_n in_o matth_n 12._o tom._n 1._o p_o 60_o 61._o &_o in_o cap_n 28.1_o p_o 116._o eusebius_n gallicanus_n de_fw-fr symbolo_fw-la hom_o 2._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 5._o parsâ—_n 1._o p_o 554._o g_o h._n paschatius_n rhadbertus_fw-la in_o matth_n l_o 12._o bib._n pat_n tom_n 9_o pars_fw-la 2._o p_o 1230._o haymo_n halberstattensis_fw-la homil._n in_o die_n paschatis_fw-la p._n 7_o 8._o radulphus_fw-la tungrensis_fw-la de_fw-fr canonum_fw-la observantia_fw-la lib_n propositio_fw-la 23._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 11._o p_o 455._o f_o g._n &_o propositio_fw-la 15._o ibid_fw-la p_o 445._o f_o g._n &_o tom_n 14._o p_o 242._o b._n c._n amalarius_n fortunatus_n de_fw-fr ecclesiasticis_fw-la officijs_fw-la l_o 1._o c_o 11._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 9_o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 311._o f._n honorius_n augustodunensis_n de_fw-fr imagine_v mundi_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap_n 27._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 12._o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 947._o h._n &_o de_fw-fr antiquo_fw-la ritu_fw-la miss_z lib_n 1._o c_o 191._o p_o 1047._o f._n christianus_n grammaticus_fw-la expositio_fw-la in_o matth_n bibl_n patr_n tom_n 9_o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 941._o d_o e._n zacharias_n chrysopolitanus_n in_o unum_fw-la ex_fw-la quatuor_fw-la lib._n 4._o c._n 173._o bibl_n patr_n tom_n 12._o pars_fw-la 1._o p_o 203_o 204._o to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v gregorius_n 9_o decretal_a l._n 2._o tit._n 9_o de_fw-fr ferijs_fw-la cap._n 2._o p._n 595._o summa_fw-la angelica_n tit._n die_v sect_n 1._o &_o constitutiones_fw-la symonis_fw-la islepe_o archiepisc._n cantuariensis_n apud_fw-la gulielmum_fw-la lindwood_n constit._fw-la provinciales_fw-la l._n 2._o tit._n de_fw-fr ferijs_fw-la fol._n 74._o b._n &_o joan._n aton_n fol_n 148._o a._n where_o he_o decree_v thus_o in_o primis_fw-la sacrum_fw-la diem_fw-la dominicum_fw-la ab_fw-la hora_fw-la diei_fw-la sabbati_fw-la vespertina_fw-la inchoandum_fw-la
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commandment_n and_o sacrament_n and_o as_o the_o very_a pomp_n of_o satan_n which_o we_o renounce_v in_o baptism_n which_o i_o think_v shall_v now_o at_o last_o rectify_v our_o deprave_a judgement_n in_o this_o point_n of_o dance_a and_o reform_v our_o life_n for_o the_o minor_a that_o stageplay_n be_v common_o attend_v with_o mix_v effeminate_a amorous_a dance_n it_o be_v most_o apparent_a not_o only_o by_o our_o own_o modern_a experience_n but_o likewise_o by_o the_o copious_a testimony_n of_o sundry_a pagan_a and_o christian_a writer_n of_o all_o sort_n as_o namely_o of_o ibid._n polybius_n historiae_fw-la lib._n 4._o pag._n 340._o ibid._n of_o livy_n rom._n hist._n lib._n 7._o sect_n 3._o of_o dionysius_n hallicarnasseus_n antiqu._n lect._n l._n 7._o sect_n 9_o of_o plutarch_n symposiacon_n lib_n 9_o quaest._n 15._o pag._n 315.316_o 317._o of_o athenaeus_n dipnosophorum_fw-la lib._n 8._o c._n 12._o p._n 695._o lib._n 14._o c._n 3â—_n p._n 980.981_o c._n 7._o p._n 990._o ibid._n
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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 honeâ—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 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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 paâ—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 râ—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 proâ—â—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
musical_a instrument_n and_o taber_n in_o the_o procession_n of_o image_n through_o the_o street_n and_o cross_a way_n let_v they_o abstain_v from_o the_o alehouse_n and_o practice_v nothing_o but_o that_o which_o may_v savour_v of_o piety_n let_v christian_n all_o these_o day_n imitate_v by_o the_o work_n of_o charity_n those_o saint_n who_o memory_n they_o observe_v let_v clergy_n man_n never_o put_v on_o vizard_n let_v they_o abstain_v from_o act_v and_o behold_v comaedy_n stageplay_n morrice_n and_o dance_n let_v they_o shun_v dice_n table_n card_n all_o prohibit_v play_n riotous_a and_o immodest_a feast_n market_n fair_n tavern_n and_o inn_n but_o only_o when_o they_o travel_v this_o synod_n do_v likewise_o exhort_v all_o christian_n that_o they_o carry_v themselves_o for_o the_o honour_n and_o credit_n of_o christianity_n and_o that_o they_o avoid_v and_o shun_v masque_n and_o dance_n public_a play_n jester_n stage-player_n vizard_n and_o dice_n as_o much_o as_o may_v be_v 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hominum_fw-la celebratur_fw-la quo_fw-la multitudo_fw-la maximè_fw-la delectatur_fw-la oratio_fw-la pro_fw-la muraena_fw-la p._n 463._o b.c._n &_o oratio_fw-la pro_fw-la â—_o sextio_fw-la p._n 561._o a._n a._n ut_fw-la primum_fw-la positis_fw-la nugari_fw-la graecia_n bellis_fw-la caepit_fw-la &_o in_o vitium_fw-la fortuna_fw-la labier_fw-fr aequa_fw-la nunc_fw-la athletarum_fw-la studijs_fw-la mire_n arsit_fw-la aequorum_fw-la nunc_fw-la tibicinibus_fw-la nunc_fw-la est_fw-la gavisa_fw-la tragaedis_fw-la sub_fw-la nutrice_fw-it pvella_fw-la velut_fw-la si_fw-la luderet_fw-la infans_fw-la epist._n lib._n 2._o epist._n 1._o pag._n 280._o his_o nam_fw-la plebecula_fw-la gaudet_fw-la verum_fw-la equitis_fw-la quoque_fw-la jam_fw-la migravit_fw-la ab_fw-la aure_fw-la voluptas_fw-la omnis_fw-la ad_fw-la incertos_fw-la oculos_fw-la &_o gaudia_fw-la vana_fw-la etc._n etc._n nam_fw-la quae_fw-la pervincere_fw-la voces_fw-la evaluere_fw-la sonum_fw-la referunt_fw-la quem_fw-la nostra_fw-la theatra_fw-la garganum_fw-la mugire_fw-la pute_fw-la nemus_fw-la aut_fw-la mare_fw-la tuscum_n tanto_fw-la cum_fw-la strepitu_fw-la ludi_fw-la spectantur_fw-la ibidem_fw-la pag._n 283.284_o 283.284_o nam_fw-la qui_fw-la dabat_fw-la olim_fw-la imperium_fw-la fasces_fw-la â—egiones_fw-la omne_fw-la nunc_fw-la se_fw-la continâ—t_fw-la atque_fw-la dvas_fw-la tantum_fw-la res_fw-la anxius_fw-la optaâ—_n panem_fw-la &_o circenses_fw-la juvenal_n satyr_n 10_o p._n 94._o maestitâ—a_fw-la est_fw-la carvisse_fw-la anno_fw-la circensibus_fw-la uno_fw-la satyr_n 11._o pag._n 106._o ac_fw-la mihi_fw-la pace_fw-la immensae_fw-la nimiaeque_fw-la licet_fw-la si_fw-la dicere_fw-la plebis_fw-la totam_fw-la hodie_fw-la româ—m_fw-la circus_n capit_fw-la &_o fragor_fw-la auâ—em_fw-la porcutit_fw-la ibidem_fw-la pagâ—_n 111._o 111._o pâ—pulo_fw-la votum_fw-la est_fw-la talia_fw-la convenire_fw-la cassiodorus_n variarum_fw-la lib._n 1._o epist._n 51._o 51._o de_fw-fr arte_fw-la amandi_fw-la lib._n 1._o 1._o terentij_fw-la eunuchus_fw-la marcus_n aurelius_n epistle_n 12._o to_o lambert_n august_n de_fw-fr ciâ—_n dei_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 31.32_o l._n 2._o c._n 4._o to_o 29._o m._n northbrooke_n and_o m._n stub_n qua_fw-la supra_fw-la supra_fw-la 2_o tim._n 3.4_o 3.4_o mat._n 11.29.30_o 11.29.30_o mal._n 1.13_o 1.13_o 1_o joh._n 5.3_o 5.3_o de_fw-fr spectac_n lib._n lib._n de_fw-fr spectac_n lib._n lib._n hom._n 6._o &_o 7._o in_o matth._n matth._n de_fw-fr vero_fw-la cultu_fw-la c._n 20.21_o 20.21_o de_fw-fr civit._n dei_fw-la l._n â—â—_o c._n 32._o l._n 2._o c._n 3._o to_o 19_o de_fw-fr symbolo_fw-la ad_fw-la catechumenos_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr gubernat_n dei_fw-la lib._n 6._o 6._o nulla_fw-la res_fw-la enim_fw-la aequè_fw-la eloquia_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o contemptum_fw-la adducit_fw-la ut_fw-la spectaculorum_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o theatris_fw-la proponuntur_fw-la admiratio_fw-la hâ—mil_n de_fw-fr verbis_fw-la isaiae_n vidi_n dominum_fw-la tom._n 1._o col._n 1283._o c._n 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cum_fw-la perditissimis_fw-la obscaenissunisque_fw-la ridemur_fw-la nec_fw-la ullum_fw-la tam_fw-la jâ—cundum_fw-la est_fw-la spectacuâ—un_fw-la quam_fw-la christianus_n comicis_fw-la cavillis_fw-la suggillatus_fw-la nazianzen_n oration_n 21._o p._n 412._o 412._o see_v m._n brinslâ—_n his_o true_a watch._n part_n 3._o chap._n 11._o abomination_n 30._o pag._n 302._o 302._o see_v act_n 3_o scene_z 3_o &_o 5._o according_o according_o ecce_fw-la jejunij_fw-la labour_n &_o jejunij_fw-la fructus_fw-la nusquam_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la iniquitatis_fw-la theatra_fw-la conscendimus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quae_fw-la utilitas_fw-la cum_fw-la illuc_fw-la hinc_fw-la abis_fw-la ego_fw-la corrigo_fw-la ille_fw-la corrumpit_fw-la ego_fw-la medicinas_fw-la morbo_fw-la adhibeo_fw-la ille_fw-la cauâ—am_fw-la morbi_fw-la ministrat_n ego_fw-la naturae_fw-la flamam_fw-la extinguo_fw-la ille_fw-la libidinis_fw-la flammam_fw-la accendit_fw-la quae_fw-la utilitas_fw-la dic_fw-la mihi_fw-la unus_fw-la 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