Parr. 3.sea.,, Artifi;iaO_AllurementJ, . Mcmb.J.Subt.4~ himfelfe)whenanoblefriendof his folemnelyinvit~dhim with Qther 4S9 - Bilhops, to his daugliter Olympia's wedding, refufed tocome: t FDr it ;s - - - HPjllrdtofeeAnoldgowty Bijhopfit amqngft danws,heheld itu)lfittob~: ., .· ajfpetlator,muchleffeartatlor. Nmo folw foftri~n, Tullywritcs, he is !Intemfefli· not afolier man that danceth; for fome fuch reafon belike,D omitian f.ot-'",';."':;"::::;:!/.~ bad the Romane Sena~ers.to dance , aod for that fact, temoved many of abhorr••• in· them from th'e ~enate. Butthefe, you :-"ill fay, ~re lafdvious and Pagan;~/;,~~':' , dances, 'tis th~ abufc that caufeth fuch tnconvemencc, and I doe not well viJere ftnem'\ therefore tocondenrne, fpeake again!l', or innocently to acc.IJfe the beft & 1:1' Epifl~· . plea(anieHthing ( fo * Lucian calls it} that belongs to mort 41 men. You~~;, omnimifinterpret, I condcmne it not; I hold it not.withllanding an honell dif- u~ in mo;r.- port, alawfull recreation, if it be opportune, modera!ly aqdfoberly n. ;"'" M• •p, (ed,I am o[P/tttarcbs minde, ~ that,wl,ich reJJelfs .plea{ure alone, honeft ,;r;::,;;;;:: recreation, or bodtly exercift, 011ght IJOt to he re)el1edanJcontemned: I fub. {;'"· · (cri be to,. Lt.cian,'ti6 an elegantthing, which c/Jeareth up the mJnde, ex. fl~:~';.;., ercifeth the body, delights thej}elfators, whtch teacheth many comely ge- rem .-efPi<it, jft<Ytf, equally affeeling the eares,eycs, and foule it felfe. Saluft difcom. 4"""f"" mends fingiog and dancing in Sempronia, not that lhe did ling or dance,~';,~:;':;':;. butthadhe did it in exceffe, 'tis the abufe of it: and Gregories refufall :•h.,. . doth not limply condemne it, but in fome folk~?· Many will not ,allow .. !~£"".t· menand women to dance together; becaufe It ,ts a pwvoaanon to l.ull: t•• o- men· they may .as :veil wit~ Lycurg~n~nd~•homet, cut down all Vines, for-'~;:::/:;~~- btd the drmktQg of wme,for that tt makes fomemen c.lrunke. ~ fPeC!anr;, t Nil prod eft q11od11on l,edere pojet Idem, •>lean, mut- ~gnequidtttiliustt- . . ~~~g;~~~:': I fay ofthts as of all other honell recreations, they are ltke fire,good and eulor, "'""• bad, and I fee no fuch inconvenience, but that they may fo dance, if it be animumex., doneat due times,andby fit perfons:and conclude witbWolfongr~s t ({i. ~::/"""1' der, and moll ofour modcroe di_vines: Si decora,graves, vereettnd£,p!e. t~viJ. na luce. bonorum virorum & ma.tron.arum honeffarum, tempejlive fi•nt !.~b;;,m;: rrobart pof!imt, & debent. There tJ A ttme to mM,ne,a ttme to dance Ecr/ef. phi•• if 3 ·4· Let them take their pleafures then, and as I he faid of old , young 1 Aputei«<•. men andmaids jl~~trifbingin theirage,faire andlovdy to heho.ld, wellatti-;~;l~'!:: redandofcomely carnage, danctng a Gruke Galltard, and:ll4 their dance'"''; Jlorenret reqr~ired, kept their time, now turning, now tr~ting ,nowa part, now alto. •tarula,forgether, now acurtefte, the~ aGafer,&c. and it was a pleafanr fight, to fee ~~:·:i~~r,'• .thofe·pretty knots and fwtmmmg figures, The Sunne and Moone fome in"f!• grati• fay _dance,apout the e~rth ,the three!lpper planners about the Sunne as:_~:,;;:;';; .thelrcent~r, no_w llauonary, ~ow dtrett, now ~etrograde, .now in ApD. I!yrrhi~am, g.eDthenm pertg£o, now fwtfi: then flow, acctdenrall, onentall, tbeydiJPoftruorJ;. ,turneround,jumpe_andtrace,!i! ~nd ~ aboutthe Sunne withthofe33.:::;:~!~~; Maculre or l\urboman planets,Gtrca So/em foltelltes Cytharedum, faith inerraha.~, From~ndw. Fot1re UUedicean llarres dance about Jupiter, two AuHrian fln<in orbe?' about Saturne &c. and all belike to the n:mficke of the Spheares. Otlroblk~:(,;::_ greatell Counfellors,and !laidSenators, atfome times dance, as David"""~""'· beforethearke. z. Sam.6.c4, UUircam Exod.15.zo. ludeth. 15. IJ·"J:o·::;;,~·";, (though thedivell hence perhaps hath brought in thofe baudy Baccha. nwu ;rrJJ'(,: nals) andwell may they doeit. The greatdl: Souldiers, as* .f2!:intilia. ':",Jt1·&•. 11111,u~ •l·'"P·
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