406 A Commentary upon lheGoJßtd fcience is (raid is matter ofReligion, yet fhegraciotity to competi or ranother mens confciences,other meant God fhall, as rue nulled, put in their hearts a perfwafaon of the truth that (he is in, through the opening of the word unto themby god_ ly, vertuous, and learned Preachers Verge 6. Bat When Herodrbirth-d .y **as k,.pt ] All this was a moere plot, as St Mark. alfa intimateth, in t`cfe words of his, Res torn ex chap.6 21, And When a convenient day ow come, is birth eorap9fra g.et.a -day then was the day appointed long before by HeroThd and his e¡l.I>i . }.f,rloc for the aaing of this tragedy. A great full mutt bepre. pared, the flares invited, thedar-nofell mua dance, the King fwear, the Baptitis there upan be beheaded; that theQ r °en m' y be gra- tified. And this tragedy was new-afted at Paris ,ftn.ze t57 when the French Miff-acre was committed under pretence ofa wedding royal'. Cardinall Lorrain gave ag-eat fuEnmeof mony to him that brought the fira news thereof to Rome, and thePepe canted it to be painted in his pallace. dP.rio^TO The daughter of Herodias dinged 7wr 'A-NY n. Î ] Tripudiaat, tripped on ,,. the toe in a mop, immodeft manner, as they ufed to dom their d.irn.u a'n ér Bacchanals, as the word fign:fieth. This old Fornicator teemed tobe fo taken and tickled with the fight, that like a mad man he swears to give her her requea, to the halfofchekingdorne, which yet was more then he could do, the kingdome being not his but the Emperour of Rome: to difpofè of. So, as Roltrt Duke of Normandy pafi-ed through Falaife, he beheld among a company ofyoung maids dauncing, one Arles a skinners daughter, whofè' ni:nbieueffe in her daunce fo enamoured the Duke, that he tooke her for his Concub,ne, and one h,r begat ourWi:liarn the Con- Reyl. querer. Such and no better commonly are the efie;{s, of mixt dauncings, which made Chrypiom fay, where daunciRgis, there Vbt efl faltatio the devil is. And another Ancient callerh dauncing acircle, whole ihi eft diabotao. center is the devil blowing up the fire ofconcupifènce in the hearts rue,.ta :rat, bothof the at`lours and tpecgatours. ,4ugefiine faith, that every impact, caper in the daunce is a leap into a deep Ju en. takes. No Permandoth Omni, mesa' doe nce, faith Cicero. fúttuts peg to. And pleated Herod] Who was now well heat withwine as tantix,eflfa'tt!! anoven, Prov,z3.31,33. for then, his ties were apt tobehold ,eé P fund ílrsnge women, an.1 h;s heart to utter p` rverfe things. GulaVe nle,`loab7: -(at nerfs veftibtelftr,;: Et Venus in vini9 irnia lot iy?e fruit. But /attar.' what a monstrous thing is it to behold green apples on a tree in winter, AO, and Mon. fol.tz8r. Chap. t4,
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