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To His Much Honoured Friends
Citation
- Primary author(s)
- Prynne, William
- Title
- To His Much Honoured Friends
- Full title
- To his Much Honoured Friends, the Right Worshipfull Masters of the Bench of the Honourable flourishing Law-Society of Lincolnes-Inne
- Secondary title
- Histriomastix
- Full secondary title
- Histrio-mastix. The Players Scourge, or, Actors Tragaedie, Divided into Two Parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers Arguments, by the concurring Authorities and Resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture, of the whole Primitive Church, both under the Law and Gospell; of 55 Synodes and Councels; of 71 Fathers and Christian Writers, before the yeare of our Lord 1200; of above 150 foraigne and domestique Protestant and Popish Authors, since; of 40 Heathen Philosophers, Historians, Poets; of many Heathen, many Christian Nations, Republiques, Emperors, Princes, Magistrates; of sundry Apostolicall, Canonicall, Imperiall Consitutions; and of our owne English Statutes, Magistrates, Universities, Writers, Preachers. That popular Stage-playes (the very Pompes of the Divell which we renounce in Baptisme, if we beleeve the Fathers) are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly Spectacles, and most pernicious Corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable Mischiefes to Churches, to Republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the Profession of Play-poets, of Stage-players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of Stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding Academicall Enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning Dancing, Dicing, Health-drinking, &c of which the Table will informe you
- Place of publication
- London
- Publisher
- E. A.; Michael Sparke; W. J.
- Publication date
- 1633 (Source of claim: original)
- Pagination
- *-*3v
Copy/Copies Consulted
- Repository
- Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino CA, USA
- Short Title Number
- STC: 20464
- Database
- Early English Books Online