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capitum_fw-la millibus_fw-la aut_fw-la tricenis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d it_o seem_v upon_o good_a reason_n to_o borrow_v its_o original_n from_o funeral_n it_o be_v in_o truth_n the_o very_a funeral_n and_o plague_n of_o the_o world_n i_o think_v nay_o i_o know_v that_o no_o war_n ever_o make_v such_o havoc_n of_o mankind_n as_o those_o game_n of_o pleasure_n do_v but_o count_v the_o number_n of_o day_n &_o man_n which_o i_o name_v &_o let_v meâ—…_n not_o be_v credit_v if_o one_o month_n sometime_o do_v not_o cost_n europe_n twenty_o thousand_o or_o thirty_o thousand_o head_n yet_o be_v the_o expense_n infinite_a which_o these_o bloody_a game_n cost_v the_o master_n of_o they_o in_o hire_v in_o dyeting_n in_o discipline_v in_o arm_v in_o bring_v forth_o their_o sword-player_n in_o prepare_v the_o theatre_n &_o the_o like_a and_o in_o this_o regard_n as_o for_o some_o noble_a and_o meritorious_a act_n they_o have_v tiâ—…es_n &_o honour_n bestow_v upon_o they_o &_o pillar_n with_o inscription_n 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nothing_o else_o but_o that_o man_n wound_v and_o kill_v one_o another_o in_o a_o barbarous_a and_o a_o beastly_a manner_n and_o so_o fall_v down_o dead_a before_o they_o they_o may_v feed_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o beholder_n with_o a_o horrid_a spectacle_n now_o for_o the_o grecian_n though_o it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o athenian_n indeed_o desire_v the_o sword-playes_a after_o the_o roman_a manner_n yet_o demonax_n give_v they_o a_o short_a &_o wise_a answer_n prius_fw-la evertendam_fw-la esse_fw-la aram_fw-la misericordiae_fw-la quam_fw-la tanta_fw-la atrocitas_fw-la publicè_fw-la reciperetur_fw-la that_o the_o altar_n erect_v to_o mercy_n be_v first_o to_o be_v demolish_v before_o so_o outrageous_a cruelty_n can_v with_o reason_n be_v admit_v sect_n 10._o three_o these_o bloody_a spectacle_n be_v cry_v out_o against_o by_o the_o tongue_n and_o pen_n of_o christian_a divine_n and_o then_o cry_v down_o by_o the_o law_n and_o power_n of_o christian_a emperor_n but_o after_o the_o 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tertullian_n qui_fw-la ad_fw-la cadaver_n hominis_fw-la communi_fw-la lege_fw-la defuncti_fw-la exhorret_fw-la idem_fw-la in_o amphitheatro_fw-la derosa_fw-la &_o dissipata_fw-la &_o in_o svo_fw-la sanguine_fw-la spectaculâ—…s_fw-fr squalentia_fw-la corpora_fw-la patientissimis_fw-la oculis_fw-la desuper_fw-la incumbit_fw-la he_o that_o startle_v at_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o corpse_n of_o a_o man_n dead_a by_o the_o common_a course_n of_o nature_n most_o patient_o and_o content_o behold_v they_o in_o the_o amphitheatre_n mangle_a and_o all_o to_o be_v gore_v with_o their_o own_o blood_n now_o as_o the_o pen_n and_o tongue_n of_o the_o christian_n be_v thus_o arm_v against_o this_o monster_n so_o be_v likewise_o their_o law_n &_o sword_n constantine_n the_o first_o christian_a emperor_n be_v he_o that_o first_o give_v it_o a_o deadly_a wound_n vetuit_fw-la idolis_fw-la sacrificari_fw-la vetuit_fw-la gladiatorum_fw-la caedibus_fw-la pollui_fw-la urbes_fw-la he_o forbid_v constant._n 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