The Players Scourge, Part 1 · Act 7 · Scene 3 · Floating text 38 – Floating text 45

The Players Scourge · Part 1 · Act 7 · Scene 3 · Floating text 38 – Floating text 45

p. 612bbSurius Tom. 4. p. 761. Crab. Tom. 3. p. 780.Pars 2. cap. 25, 26. Vivere quidem de Altario sacerdoti licet, luxuriari non permittitur. A crapula itaque et ebrietate, à **See Concil. 27, & 28 before.compotationibus illis ad haustus aequales, à luxu, ab alea, ab immoderatis sumptibus et commessationibus, Concilium generale Clericos revocat universos, sequutum veteris testamenti institutum, quo ddLevit. 10.9.Lev 10:9ministri templi vino et cicera prohibebantur, ne ebrietate gravarentur corda eorum, et ut sensus eorum semper vigeret et esset tenuis. Et Apostolus ait:eeEphes. 5.1….Eph 5:1 Nolite inebriari vino in quo est luxuria, sed impleamini spiritu sancto. Et iterum: p. 613ffRom. 13.13.Rom 13:13Non in commes…ationibus et ebrietatibus &c. O…im tanta honestas desiderabatur in Clerico, ut ne ggSee Concil. 4; 5, 6, 10, 15… 16, before accordingly.nuptialibus quidem convivijs ipsis interesse liceret, non immisceri spectaculis ac caetibus ubi amatoria cantantur, aut obscaeni motus corporis, choreis aut saltationibus efferuntur; ne auditus et intuitus sacris mysterijs deputatus, turpium spectaculorum atque verborum contagione pollueretur. Quid si videret Ecclesia illa prisca Clericos nostri temporis tabernarios… hhDolentes referimus quod non …olum quidam minores Clerici, verum etiam aliqui …cclesiarum Praelati, circa commessationes superfluas et confabulationes illicitas ut deinceps taceamus, fere medium noctis expendunt… et somno residuum relinquentes, vix ad divinum concentum auium excitantur, transcurrendo undique contin…ata syncopa matutinū &c. Concil. Lateran. sub Innocentio 3. cap. 17. Surius Tom. 3. p. 742.tabernis que (quasi domos non haberent) noctu diuque alligatos? quàm execraretur hoc facinus? Posthac ergo non solum nullus ex clero sordidissimum cauponem aut tabernarium agat, sed iiSee Concilium Laodicenū Can. 24. Aphricanum Can. 7. Agathense Can. …1. Veneticum Can. 13. Turonense 1. Can. 2. Constantinop. 6. Can. 9. Turonicum 3. Can. 21.46. Cabilonense 2. Can. 10.44. Moguntinum Can. 46. Rhemense Can. 18.26. accordingly; besides others here quoted. See Ioannes Langhecrucius, De Vita et Honest. Clericorum l. 2. c. 6. to 20.ne in tabernas quidem, nisi necessitatis causâ divertat: alioquin poenae canonicae imminent illi qui ordini suo hanc ignominiosam notam inurere tentaverit.

p. 614kkCrab. Tom. 3. p. 785. Surius Tom. 4. p. 786.Pars 3. c. 26. which hath this title, Theatrales ludos non inferendos tēplis. Olim theatrales quo que ludi et larvarum ludibria inferebantur **See Concil. 31, 32, 33, 36, …7 before.templis, pessimo quidem exemplo, adeo ut provisione canonica, qua hic deterrimus abusus aboleretur, opus fuerit: quem ex nostris diaecesibus jam, ut speramus, ejectum gaudemus.

llSurius Tom. 4. p. 771.Pars 5. cap. 6. Denique procul absint parochi ab omni luxu: **1 Tim. ….2, 3Sobrium enim vult parochum Paulus, nec multo vino deditum, ac vino potius ad necessitatem, quàm ad voluptatem utentem. Nesciat ergo parochi domus commessationes crapulosas; execretur **See Concil. 27, & 28 before.cōpotationes illas, ad aequales haustus obligatorias, (which our owne mmProhibitionem scotalliarum, seu scotallarum, eta. liarum potationum convivii pro salute animarum et corporum, introductam provida approbatio. ne prosequentes, rectoribus, vicariis et capellanis parochialibu… praecipimus sub obedientiae debito firmi…er iungendo, quod parochianis crebra ex…hortatione, diligenter indicant, ne prohibitionis huius temorarii violatores. Alioquin quos in hac parte culpabiles invenerint ab ingressu Ecclesiae et Sacramenti in communicatione …amdiu su…pensos esse denuncient donec aliis cessantibus ad penitentiarium nostrum accesserint &c. Communes autem pota…iones declaramus, quoties virorum multitudo quae numerum denarium excesserit, eisd…m domiciliis… potationis gratia immoratur. Communes potationes quas scotallas mutato nomine charitatis appellant, detestantes huiusmodi potationum au…hores, et publice convenientes ad easdē e…cōmunicatos percipimus publice et solenniter denunciari, don…c super hoc sa…isfecerint competenter, et absolutionis beneficium meruerint obtinere. Ioannis de Aton Cons…it. Provinciales Con…i… Oxoniensis A…no 1222… bound up at the end of Linwood, fol. 124. h.English Councel at Oxford Anno 1222. doth p. 615solemnly censure and condemne, under paine of excommunication.) Turpissimum putet nisi causa necessitatis intrare tabernam, quasi domum non habeat ad ede…dum et bibendum. Breviter, vitet omnia quae pastoralem authoritatem aut dedecorant, aut imminuunt, &c.

nnCrab. Tom. 3. p. 806. Surius Tom. 4. p. 786.Pars 9. c. 9, 10. Diligenter quo que populus admonendus est cur feriae, et potissimum dies Dominicus, qui à temporibus Apostolorum in Ecclesia semper celebris fuit, instituta sint: nempe, ut in unum omnes pariter convenirent, ad audiendum verbum Domini, ad audiendum quoque sacrum et communicandum. Breviter, ad vacandum Deo soli; ut dies illa tantùm orationibus, hymnis, psalmis, et canticis spiritualibus transigatur. Hoccine est sanctificare Sabbatum. Quamobrem cupimus hisce diebus prohiberi nundinas, claudi cauponas, vitari commessationes, ebrietates, lusus improbos, choreas plenas insanijs, colloquia prava, cantilenas p. 616turpes: breviter, omnem luxū. Nā hisce, et (quae haec ferè semper consequuntur) blasphemijs et perjurijs, nomen Domini profanatur, et sabbatum (quod nos admonet, ut quiescamus perversè agere, et benefacere discamus) contaminatur.

Part. 2. cap. 25, 26. It is lawfull for a Priest to live of the Altar, but to be riotous is not permitted. Therefore a generall Councell recalls all Clergy men from surfetting and drunkennesse, & from drinking of healths, from riot, from dice, from immoderate expences and feasts, following the institution of the olde Testament, wherein the Ministers of the temple were prohibited wine and strong drinke, lest their hearts should be overcome with drunkennesse, that so their sence might be alwayes vigorous and thinne. And the Apostle saith: Be ye not drunken with wine wherin is excesse, but be ye filled with the holy Ghost. p. 613And againe: Not in rioting and drunkennesse &c. Heretofore so great honesty was required in the Clergy, that it was not lawfull for them to bee present at marriage-feasts, nor to intermixe themselves in Stage-playes and assemblies where amorous poems were sung, or obscene motions of the body expressed either in dances or galliards; lest the hearing and sight deputed to sacred mysteries should be polluted with the contagion of filthy spectacles and words. What if that ancient Church should behold the taverne-haunting Clergy men of our times; who (as if they had no houses) are tyed to Tavernes both night and day? how would she detest this wickednes? From henceforth therefore, let no Clergy man not onelyonly keepe no taverne or base victualling house, but let him not so much as turne aside into tavernes… but in case of necessity: otherwise canonicall punishments hang over his head who shal attempt to stampe such a brand of infamie upon his order.

p. 614Part 3. c. 26. That Stage-playes are not to bee brought into the Church. Heretofore Stage-playes and Mummeries were brought into Churches by a most lewd example, so that there needed a canonicall provision, by which this most vile abuse might bee abolished; which wee rejoyce, that now, as wee hope, it is cast out of our dioces.

Part 5. cap. 6. Finally let parish priests be farre from all luxurie: For Paul will have a parish priest to be sober, not given to much wine, and using wine rather for necessity than for pleasure. Let a Bishops or Ministers house therefore know no riotous feasts; let it abominate all drinking of Healths, binding men to pledge them by equall cuppes, (which healthes an ancient English Councell at Oxford, Anno p. 6151222. hath long since solemnly condemned under paine of excommunication) Let him repute it a most dishonest thing to enter into a taverne, unles it be in case of necessity; as if he had no house to eate and drinke in. Briefly, let him avoid all things which either disgrace or diminish his pastoral authority.

Part 9. c. 9, 10. The people also is diligently to be admonished, why holy dayes, and especially the Lords day, which hath beene alwayes famous in the Church from the Apostles times, were instituted: to wit, that all might equally come together to heare the word of the Lord, and likewise to heare and receive the holy Sacrament. Briefly, that they might apply their mindes to God alone; and th…t they might be spent only in prayers, hymnes, psalmes, and spirituall songs. For this is to sanctifie the Sabboth. Wherefore wee desire, that on these dayes all Playes should be prohibited, all victualling houses shut up, all riot, drunkennesse, dishonest Playes, dances fraught with frensies, wicked discourses, filthy songs: briefly, all p. 616luxurie to be avoided. For by these things, and that (which for the most part followes them) by blasphemies and perjuries, the name of the Lord is profaned, and the Sabbath (which admonisheth us that wee should cease to doe ill, and learne to do good) is polluted.

So that if we beleeve this Councell, Stage-playes, dancing, feasting, and drinking, are ooSee Ioannes Langhecrucius De Vita et Honest. Ecclesiasticorum l. 2. c. 11. & 12. accordingly.no fit holy-day or Lords-day exercises, which should be wholly consecrated to Gods service.

39The 39. is, Synodus Heidelsheimensis, Anno 1539. which doth thus expresse its resolution in our case.

ppCrab. Concil. Tom. 3. p. 832.Canon: 14. Item ut Clericorum, maximè beneficiatorum, vita sit exemplaris et accepta, universis Clericis beneficiatis in sacris, et nostra diaecesi constitutis, constitutione praesenti districtius inhibemus, ne ludis taxillorum aut alijs levitatibus, ac choreis, hastiludijs, torneamentis, et alijs spectaculis publicis et prohibitis intersint, aut talia exerceant prout poenas condignas in contra facientes facti exigente qualitate, authoritate nostra infligendas, voluerint evitare &c. Vid. Ibidem.

Can: 14. Moreover that the life of Clergy men, especially of such who are beneficed, may be exemplary and acceptable: we strictly inhibit all beneficed Clergy men, which are in orders within our diocesse, by this present Canon, that they be not present at any games at tables, or at any other vanities, dances, tiltings, torneies, or other publike prohibited spectacles, and that they practise not any of these themselves, as they will avoid condigne punishments against the offenders, the quality of the fact requiring it, to be inflicted by our authority.

40The 40. is, Concilium Treverense, Anno 1549. which p. 617in Cap: De Moderandis Ferijs, decrees as followeth.

qqSurius Tom. 4. p. 886. See Bochel…us Decre…a Ecclesiae Gallicanae l. 4. Tit. 7. & 11. throughout to the same purpose.Et si quis sive Clericus, sive laicus in praenominatis celebribus festis, compotationibus, choreis, ludis, aut id genus lascivijs et levitatibus, temerè aut contumaciter sese dederit aut immiscuerit, ab Officialibus nostris arbitrariò pro modo delicti, etiam brachij secularis auxilio (si opus erit) invocato, puniri mandamus.

And if any whether a Clerk or lay man in the forenamed eminent festivalls shall rashly or contemptuously give himselfe to drunkennesse, dances, Playes, or such like lasciviousnesse and lightnesse, or shall intermixe himselfe with them, we command that he be punished by our Officials as they shall thinke fit, according to the measure of his offence, calling in likewise (if neede be) the assistance of the secular power.

Which shewes how unseasonable Dancing, Stage-playes, and such other sports and pastimes are, on Lords-dayes, holy-dayes, and other Christian festivals, set apart onelyonly and wholly for Gods worship and service, not for such vanities and Playes as these; as our owne rr5. & 6. Ed. 6. cap. 3.27. H. 6. cap. 5. 1. Car. cap. 1. See her… p. 241, 242, 243.Statutes, as well as these recited Councels teach us.

The 41. is Synodus Augustensis, Anno 1549. which 41excludes all Stage-players and Dice-players from the Sacrament.

ssSurius Tom. 4 p. 807.Cap. 19. Item ne hoc praecellens Sacramentum aliqua afficiatur injuria et contemptu, ex sanctorum Patrum decreto et institutione etiam infames omnes ab ejus perceptione prohibendi sunt. Praestigiatores, incantatores, publicè rei, et scurrae, et qui ludis vacāt jure pontificio prohibitis: p. 618itidem que scortae et …enones, ij, inquam, omnes ab Altaris Sacramento removendi sunt, donec vita sua improba penitus abdicata irrogatam sibi poenitentiae mulctam persolverint. Item ijs annumerandi sunt, qui alearum lusui perpetuo vacant, **See Ioannis Sarisberiensis De Nugis Curialium lib. 1. cap. 5. Gratian. Distinctio 35. Alexander Al…nsis pars 4. Quaest. 11. Memb. 2. Artic. 2. sect. 4. p. 391, 392. Mr. Northbrooks Treatise against Dice-play.quibus non est porrigendum venerabile sacramentum, donec inde abstineant. Which accords well with ttSurius Tom. 1. p. 367. Crab. Tom. 1. p. 286. Carranza fol. 39.Concilium Eliberinum, Canon 79. Si quis fidelis alea, id est, tabula luserit, placuit, eum abstinere: et si emendatus cessaverit, post annum poterit communione reconciliari. And with the 6. generall, Councell of Constantinople, 1 Can. 50. vvSurius Tom. 2. p. 1048. Carra…za fol. 194.Nullum omniū sive Clericum, sive, Laicum, ab hoc deinceps tempore alea ludere decrevimus. Si quis autem hoc deinceps facere ab hoc tempore aggressus fuerit, si sit quidem Clericus, deponatur, si Laicus, segregetur.

Cap. 13. Also lest this most excellent Sacrament should suffer any injurie or contempt, even by the decree and ordinance of the holy Fathers, all infamous persons are prohibited from receiving it. Iuglers, inchanters, publike offenders, jesters, and those who addict themselves to Playes prohibited by the Canon Law (as p. 618Stage-playes are) as also whores and panders, all these are to be put from the Sacrament of the Altar, untill their wicked life being wholly abandoned they shall have satisfied that mulct of penance that is imposed on them. To these also are those to be added who perpetually give thē selves to Dice-play, to whom the venerable sacrament is not to be administred untill they abstaine from dicing. Which accords well with the Councell of Eliberis: Canon 79. If any beleever (or Christian) shall play at dice, or tables, wee ordaine, that hee shall be excommunicated: and if being reformed, he shall give it over, after a yeares space, he may be reconciled and admitted to the Sacrament. And with the 6. Councell of Constantinople Can. 50. We decree, that none of all the Clergy or Laity; shall from this time forwards play at dice. And if any one from henceforth shall hereafter attempt to doe it; if he be a Clergy man, let him be deposed; if a Lay man, let him be excommunicated.

Which Councells I would our common Dice-players and gamesters would seriously consider.

p. 619The 42. is, Concilium Coloniense, Anno. 1549. where 42I finde this notable Canon to our present purpose.

Cap: 17. Percepimus Comaediarū actores quosdam, non scena et theatris contentos transire etiam ad monasteria monialium, ubi gestibus prophanis, amatoribus et secularijs commoveant virginibus voluptatem. Quae spectacula, etiamsi de rebus sacris et pijs exhiberentur, parum tamen boni, mali vero plurimum relinquere in sanctimonialium mentibus possunt, gestus externos spectantibus et mirantibus, caeterum verba non intelligentibus. Ideo prohibemus et vetamus posthac, vel comaedias admitti in virginum monasteria, vel virgines comaedias spectare.

Cap. 17. xxSurius Tom. 4. p. 852. Binius Tom. 4. p. 765.We have understood that certaine Actors of Comedies not contented with the stage and theatres, have entred into Nonneries, where they make the Nons merry with their prophane, amorous and secular gestures. Which Stage-playes, **Nota.although they consisted of sacred and pious subjects, can yet notwithstanding leave little good, but much hurt in the mindes of holy virgins who behold and admire the externall gestures onelyonly, but understand not the words. Therefore we prohibit and forbid, that from henceforth no comaedies shall be admitted into the Monasteries of Nonnes, neither shall Virgins be spectators of comedies.

An unanswerable evidence of the desperate venemous corruption of Stageplayes. For if comaedies even of religious and holy subjects, void of all scurrility, would with their very gestures and action contaminate the mindes, and enflame the lusts of **So the Papists repute them, though many of them have beene and yet are notorious strumpets. See Bales, Acts of English Votaries. Onus Ecclesiae, cap. 22. sect. 12. & the Anatomy of the English Nonnery at Lisborne, accordingly.devoted mortified Nons themselves, and the most chast virgin spectators, much more will amarous wanton Comedies corrupt all other actors and spectators, and kindle a very flame of noysome lusts within their breasts.

The 43. is, Synodus Moguntina, Anno 1549. which 43decreeth thus against Stage-playes, dancing, and the like.

p. 620yySurius Tom. 4. p. 870, 874.Cap. 60, 61. Dum à novitijs sacerdotibus hujus sacri primitiae celebrantur, serio mandamus, choreas et seculares pompas omittendas &c. Sed et sanctorum celebritates in diem dominicam incidentes censemus submovendas, et in feriam aliquam praecedentem vel subsequentem transferendas, quô sanctorum omnium Domino sua conservetur solennitas &c. Et quo Dei gloria in observatione divini cultus magis illustretur, et fidelium devotio minus impediatur; diebus dominicis et festivatatibus celebrioribus, mercimonia, tripudia, saltationes, quas damnat Concilium **See Concil. 13, 33, here.Toletanum, et prophana spectacula, decernimus non permittenda: simul etiam ludicra quaedam à pietate aliena, et theatris, quàm Templis aptiora, censemus in Ecclesijs non admittenda.

Cap. 74. Clerici insuper tabernas publicas evitent nisi cas peregre proficiscentes ingredi oporteat et tàm inibi quàm domi et alibi à crapula et ebrietatibus p. 621omnique ludo à jure prohibito, blasphemiis, rixis, et alijs quibuscunque excessibus et offensionibus, penitus abstineant. Choreas, spectacula que et convivia publica vitent, ne ob luxùm petulantiam que eorum nomen Ecclesiasticum malè audiat.

p. 620Cap: 60, 61. We seriously command, that whiles the first fruites of this sacrifice are celebrated by new-ordained Priests, dances and all secular shewes be wholly omitted &c. Wee likewise decree, that those solemnities of the Saints which happen upon the Lords day, shall be removed and transferred to some precedent or subsequent holy day, whereby due solemnity may be prese…ved to the Lord of all Saints &c. And that the glory of God may be more illustrated in the observatiō of divine worship, and the devotion of the faithfull may be lesse hindred; wee decree that on Lords-dayes & more eminent festivals, merchandises, dances, morrices and prophane dances, which the Councel of Toledo condemns, are not to be tolerated: and we likewise resolve, that certaine Playes that are farre frō piety, & more fit for Theatres than Temples, are not to be admitted in Churches.

Cap. 74. Moreover Clergy men must avoid all publike tavernes, unles it be upon occasion whiles they are travelling; and as well there as at home and elsewhere they must p. 621wholly abstaine from surfetting and drunkennesse, and every Play prohibited by law (as all Stage-playes are) from blasphemies, brawles, and all other excesses and offences whatsoever. They must shun dances, stage-playes, and publike feasts, lest the Ecclesiasticall name be ill reported of for their luxury & wantōnes

The former part of which Canon prohibits Clergy men from wearing costly apparell, silkes and velvets, which sundry other zzSee Concil. Carthag. 4. Cā. 15.45. Aquisgranense Can. 45. Matisconense …. Can. 5. & 2. Can. 13.15. Constantinop. 6. Can. 27. Foro…iuliense Can. 6, 7. Turonense 3. Can. 4, 5, 7, 8. Lateranense sub Innocentio 3. Can. 16, 17, 19. & sub Leone 10. S…ss. 9. De Cardinalibus. Lond…nense apud Matth. Paris. Hist. p. 457. Mediolanense 1. apud Binium, Tom. 4. p. 891, 892. Nicaenum 2. Can. 16. Valentinum Can. 13. Cabilonense 2. Can. 4. Tridentinum Sess. 22. Decretum De Reformatione cap. Concilii Basiliens. Appendix. Surius Tom. 4. p. 222, 223. See Ioannis Langhecrucius De Vita et Honestate Clericorum lib. 2. c. 2, 3,. & Bochellus Decretorum Ecclesiae Gallicanae lib. 6. Tit. 17. De Vestibus et Ornatu Clericorum p. 1016. &c. where sundry other Councels are cited to this purpose.Councels have condemned in Bishops, Ministers, and all other Clergy men, who should be patternes of humility and frugality, not of luxury, pride, and worldly pompe to others, as many silken and satyn Divines now are.

The 44. is, Concilium Parisiense, Anno 1557. where I 44finde these Constitutions.

**Bochellus Decretorum Ecclesiae Gallicanae l. 4. Tit. 7. cap. 33, 36. p. 583. See HRabanus Maurus Homilia In Domi…ici… diebus, Operum Tom. 5. p. 604, 605, accordingly.Caeteros dies festos Dominicis Ecclesia addidit, ut beneficiorum à Deo et sanctis ejus nobis collatorum memores essemus, sanctorum exempla sectaremur &c. orationi vacaremus, non autem ocio et ludis &c. Moneant autem Ecclesiarum Rectores subditos suos ut praedictis diebus festis in templum p. 622conveniant, illud que frequentent pièac religiose audituri quae in ijs sacra aguntur.**Nota. Conciones attentè audiant, Deum pia mente et religioso affectu venerentur et colant. His autem diebus, ut dictum est, cessent ludi, choreae, ebrietates, vaniloquia, et quaecunque divinam possunt offendere majestatem &c.

bbBochellus Decretorum Ecclesiae Gallicanae l. 6. Tit. 10 c. …. p. 974. See Concil. 36. before.Fraternitates eas quae ad commessationes et ebrietates ut plu…imum fiunt, reprobamus. Insuper baculorum cum imaginibus conductum ad domos la…corum, cum turba sacerdotum, mulierum, et mimorum, districtè sub poena excommunicationis, et emendae arbitrariae inhibemus, et praecipuè clericis, ne talibus sese immisceant, aut asiensum quovis modo praestent.

The Church hath added other holy-dayes to Lords-dayes, that wee might be mindefull of the benefits bestowed upon us by God and his Saints, that wee might follow the examples of the Saints, that wee might devote our selves to prayer, not to idlenes and Playes. Therfore let Rectors of Churches admonish their Parishioners, p. 622that on the foresaid feast dayes they come together into the Church, and that they frequent it piously and religiously, to heare those holy things that are done in them. Let thē attentively heare sermons, let them reverence and worship God with a pious minde and religious affection. And on these dayes, as it is said, let playes, dances, drunkēnes, vain discourses, and what ever may offend Gods majesty, cease &c.

We reject those fraternities which are for the most part made for rioting and drunkennesse. Moreover we strictly inhibit under paine of excommunication, and an arbitrary mulct, the carrying about of staves with images to the houses of lay men with a company of Priests, of women and Stage-players: and specially wee prohibtt Clergy men, that they joyne not themselves with such assemblies, nor yet assent unto them by any meanes.

45The 45. is, Concilium Tridentinum, which the ccSee Surius, Binius, & Carranza, Andradius Defen…. Concilii Tridentini, & Bellarm. De Concil…is.Papists boast to be oecumenicall, though ddSee Bishop Iewels Epistle concerning the Councell of Trent, History of the Councell of Trent, Edit. 2. p. 811. &c. Dr. Crakentho…p His Vigilius Dormitans, c. 19. sect. 32. to 40.Protestants gainsay it. Which Councell, Sessio 24. Anno Dom: 1563. Decretū de Reformatione Can. 12. decreeth as followeth.

p. 623eeConcilium Tridentinum Sessio 24. Su…ius Tom. …. pag. 979.Omnes vero Clerici per se, et non per substitutos compellantur obire o…ficia &c. Ab illicitisque venationibus, aucupijs, choreis, tabernis, lusibusque abstineant, atque ea, morum integritate polleant, ut merito Ecclesiae Senatus dici possint.

Let all Clergy men be compelled to discharge their duties or cures by themselves, not by their substitutes. Let them abstaine from hunting, ha…king, dances, tavernes and Playes; and let them excell in that integrity of maners, that they may be deservedly called, the Senate of the Church.

So much pretended goodnesse at least was there in this Trent Councell, as to prohibit all Clergy mens resor… to tavernes, dances, Playes, and such like sports: and to enjoyne them even in proper person for to feede their flockes, and not by proxie; Non-residence being such a… odious crime in those Bishops, Pastors and Ministers who have the cure of soules; that this very ffSee Sessio 6. De Reformatione Can. 1, 2. Sessi… 7. De Reformat. c. 2, 3. Sessio 14. De Reformat. Can. 8, 9. & Sessio 23. De Reformat. Can. 1. & 16.Trent Co…ncell, together with some ggConcilium Nicaenum 1. Can. 15, 16. Eliberinum Can. 19. Arelatense 1. Can. 2.22. & 2. Can. Can. 13. Antiochenum Can. 3, 17, 21, 22, Sardicense Can. 1, 2, 3, 15, 20. Constantipolitanum 1. Can. 2. & 6. Can. 8. Carthaginense 3. Can. 37, 38, & 4. Can. 14, 20, 27. & 5. Can. 5. &. 6. Can. 15, 16. Aphricanum Can. 38. Agatense Can. 64. Chalcedonense Can. 3, 10, 20, 23, 25. Surius Tom. 2. p. 198, 201, 204, 205. & Actio 10. p. 177. Veneticum Can. 14. Ibid. p. 277. Tarraconense Can. 7. Ibid. p. 291. Londinensesub Ottone, Matth. Paris. Hist. Angliae p. 436. Turonense 1. Can. 11. & 3. Can. 4. Toletanum 2. Can. 2. & 11. Can. 2. Aur…lianense 2. Can. 1…. & 3. Can. 11. Bracarense 3. Can. 8. Apud Palatium Vernis Can. …. Nicaenum 2. Can. 10, 15. Ar…latense 4. Can. 3, 10. Cabilonense 2. Can. 52, 54. Aquisgra…ense Anno 816. Can. 45, 50, 71, 87. & Sub Ludovico Pio Anno 833. Can. 11, 16. Parisiense l. 1. …. 21, 36. Meldense Cap. 28, 29, 36, 50. Valentinū Cap. 14, 16. Capit. Graecarum Synodorum Cap. 1. Can. 5, 6, 11, 12, & 34. Surius Tom. 2. p. 753, 754, 756. Concilium Arim…ne…se Cap. 40. Surius Tom. 1. p. 437. a. Mediolanense apud Binium Tom. 4. p. 8…4. Synodus Heldesheimensis Anno 1539. apud Crab. Tom. 3. p. 833. Concil. Lingonen…e Anno 1404. Nanetense A…no 1264. Apud Salmurum 1278. Pictaviense 1387. Lingonense Anno 1431, & 1455, &. 1537. Andegavense 1269. Carnotense 1536. Pari…iense 1557. Ebroicense 1576. Burdigense 1582. Rhemense 1583. Turonense 1583. Aquense 1585. & Tholosanum 1590. Apud Bochellum Decret. Ecclesiae Gall. lib. 5. Tit. 10. De Pastorum Residentia. Vid. Ibidem.54 others, and sundry hhApostolorum Canones Can. 13, 14, 15, 37, 57. Epist. Damasi Papae 1. Apud Surium Tom. 1. p. 466, 467. L…o Epist. Decretalium, Epist. … 2. c. 8. Decreta Hilarij Papae, c. 2, 3, 5. Surius Tom. 2. p. 283, 284. Decreta Ioannis 3. cap. 3. Ibid. p. 656, 657. Decreta Pelagii 2. Ibid. p. 663, 664.21. Capit. Adrianae Papae. Surius Tom. 3. p. 256. Decreta Eugenii-Papae cap. 11. Ibid. p. 358. Nicholai 1 Rescripta, Tit. 10. cap. 5, 6, 7. Linwood Constit. Provinc. l. 3. Tit. de Clericis Nonresidentibus, fol. 96, 97. Othoboni Constitutiones Apud Ioan. de Aton De Residentia Vicariorum, fol. 74. De Residentia Archiepis. et Episc. fol. 92. & de Institutionibus fol 98. to 113. Summa Angelica: Clericus: sect. 7. Summa Rosella Tit. Residentia. Ioannis de Burgo Pupilla Oculi, pars 9. c. 4. cum infinitis aliisCanonicall p. 624Constitutions, have solemnly condemned it, as our owne Canons and Writers doe.

46The 46. is, Concilium Mediolanense 1. Anno 1560. where I finde these following Constitutions.