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B00830	A briefe treatise, concerning the vse and abuse of dauncing. Collected oute of the learned workes of the most excellent deaine doctour, Peter Martyr, by paister Rob Massonius: and translated into English by I.K.	Vermigli, Pietro Martire, 1499-1562.; I. K.	1580 (1580)	ESTC R224564; STC 24664; ESTC R224564; Interim Tract Supplement Guide G.1999[3]	19,821	58

❧ A briefe Treatise Concerning the vse and abuse of Dauncing Collected oute of the learned workes of the most excellent Deuine Doctour Peter Martyr by Maister Rob. Massonius And translated into English by I. K. Ecclesiasti 9. ver 4. ¶ Vse not the company of a vvoman that is a synger and a dauncer neither heare her least thou be taken by her craftinesse ¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Iugge dwellyng at the North doore of Poules To the ryght worshypfull Maister Alexander Nowell Deane of the Cathedrall Church of Saint Paul Happie health with grace from God HAuing right worshypfull a Treatise sent vnto mee to be Imprinted as touching the vse and abuse of dauncing Collected out of the works of the most worthie and wel learned Deuine Doctour Peter Martir I fancied to present the same especiallie and aboue the rest to your worshyp and worthie person onely enforced thereto by the common brute of your rare zeale singular vertue and godly Religion The partie by whose penne and paine it was translated and chaunged from Romaine robe to English vesture is both vertuous learned and godlie and being stirred as it were stinged foreward of verie zeale seeing these disordred and daly daunsings in the rude Countrey marring mennes manners breeding much beastly behauiour and being desirous to haue such rudenesse reformed in those quarters where he is acquainted requested and wyld me to procure in print the publishing thereof VVhich hauing accomplished I most humbly present the same to your vvorshyppe emboldned the rather vnder your name to haue it published and put forth in print to the vew of the worlde for that it hath bene ouerlooked and lyked of Diuines zealous Religious learned and godly VVherfore desiring you good Master Nowell so it may bee taken as a token of my good wyll to your vvorshyppe I forbeare any farther to molest you with my vnlettered lynes beseching the euer and ouer ruling Iehoua through his Christ Iesus our only ioy to continue his good blessings vpon you and to make perfect the good he hath begunne in you and in vs all Amen ¶ Your vvorshippes to commaund T.K. ❧ To the Christian Reader THat I who am as I am Vndertake this mater good Christian when other of our English Nation wryting both learnedly with iudgement and zealously with knowledge against diuerse and sundry abuses crept in amongst vs nothing or very lytle handle the same may to many perhaps who are lyghtly wayed to the worse parte offer occasion of this common obiection What meaneth he to medle with this thing seeing hee séeth others holde their peace what thinketh he if it were so necessarie and néedefull a thing to bée published in print that among so many Bookes there shoulde bée none or nothing in them set foorth This kinde of cauell because I sée it first most of all others in the mouthes of many it séemed not therefore to mée a mysse at the first to méete herewith aswell to remoue the sinister opinion they conceaue I dare say of the godly as also the preiudiciall verdite this maye bréede vppon this my true though not trimme style of wryting Whether there bée not diuerse that haue writtē fréely franklie against the abuse of Dauncing not onely in the Latin and French but likewise in our mother tongue who wyll plucke the beame out of his eyes maye soone espie But why our late learned men haue not purposely penned some péece of work if it be long agoe or lytle these men forget it or neuer sée it forasmuch as it may be imputed to the want neyther of wyll nor abilitie to what it maye bee I certainly know not for who knoweth what things are in man sauing God and the spirit in him yet to vse a probable coniecture I take the occasion to be in these vertuous persons Because God hath eyther geuen thē the peaceable state of Salomon that they néede not come forth into the fielde or if not the peaceable state yet the ready yéelding of the people vnder EZra that there required no assaulte to be geuen or if not the ready yéelding yet the speedy conquest of captaine Iosua that the onely certayne sounde of the Trumpe the scripture hath ouerthrowne the walles of Iericho and the walles ouerthrown the bright Lamps of the gospell so shined out of their earthē vesselles that the eyes of the aduersaries wer in such sort daseled that Phineas with his speare thrust this Madianitishe woman cleane thorow or if none of all these come to passe as oft times for the aboundaunce of our iniquityes in these latter dayes they doo not yet because God hath sent them a Moyses zelouse in his cause Exo. 32.19 to put downe such outragious pastime that theyr shoulders are eased of this heauye burthen But wyll some Saloms say this comparison you make betwéene vs the chyldren of Israel is odious Farre bée it from vs that our disporte should be lyke or lykened vnto they re Whether there be such dissolute disportes in all places or no I am vtterly ignoraunt and God for byd there shoulde Neyther include I in this my comparison all manner of daunces no more then mine Author doth and so I beséeche thée gentle Reader interprete both our meanings But truely to reporte what I haue hearde with myne eares séene with mine eyes and myne handes haue as it were handled I sée no cause why ours theirs may not iustlye hée coupled together Theyrs who knoweth not tended to the dishonouring of God and to tell thée how many wayes God is dishonored by ours I maye deale with thée as the spyrite of the Lord dealt with the Prophet Ezechiel Sonne of man beholde the abhominations flowing out of this filthy fountaine Math. 12.36 For euerye ydle worde that man shall speake shall he geue accoumpt at the daye of iudgement And whether at this playe there bée any other almost then ydle wordes vttered if man wyll not I call heauen and earth to wytnesse But yet turne thée and thou shalt sée greater abhominatiōs then this That fylthy cōmunication proceede not out of our mouthes Eph. 4.29 5.3 but that whiche is good to the vse of edifying that no vncleannes be once named amongst vs as it becommeth Saints neither fylthines neither foolish talking neither iesting which are things not comely but rather geuing of thanks we are by the Apostle charged And whether at these meetinges these thinges bée not commonly vsed notwithstanding wée finde them forbidden vs by Gods worde if the offendours wyll not geue glorie to the Lord God of Israel by making confession of their faultes I appeale to theyr conscience bearing them wytnesse theyr thoughts accusing one another or excusing But yet turne thée and thou shalte see greater abhominations then these Christe condempneth him of adulterye that looking vppon a woman lusteth after her Mat. 5.28 but quallyfying the condempnation of adulterye because the Lawe of man requyreth so precyse profe yet howe the

make a man ouercome with nappie ale but what if I to spare you saye nothing neuerthelesse the Apostle sayth That drounkardes shall not inherit the kingdome of heauen 1. Cor. 6.10 Aba 2.15 And the Prophet cryeth VVoe vnto him that geueth his neyghbour drinke to make him drunken Farre better were it beloued brethren that this Dauncing the cause of this great and gréeuous sinne for take away Dauncing and down fales al should be vtterly abolished then that on soule should perish or one of these woes should light vpon vs. It is a sore and terrible thing to fall into the hands of the Lord. Tushe wyl sume say he that so delighteth in drinking dauncing if he haue it not here wil haue in it a nother place wil do it though this were not therfore it is better to let them haue thē at home thē they should raung about As though other places bée not or ought not to be in this good order or as though thou shouldest norish naughtinesse because others do so or as though thy fatherly fear and masterly aucthority were not sufficient to suppresse this sinne wickednesse In excusing this one fault thou makest thrée First thou apeachest other places of like lewdnes next that thou maist follow their examples and last of all that thy selfe wantest wisdom discretion to rule thine vnruly familie If other Towns were so vntoward as thou makest thē doth it follow that thou shouldest associate them If other youth be so euyll bent must thine néedes accōpany them God forbyd Abraham that good father godly master whē all other Nations round about him were wholy geuē to all maner of abhominatiō kept his household in such feare of God so well instructed them in his word that they wyllingly receaued Circumcision at his handes Gen. 17.23 If Abraham had sayd as you saye I were best to suffer my familie to run royat at home for otherwise they wil in other places round about mée would they thinke you without resistance haue suffered the impression of this couenaunt being so grieuous a sore that the Seheehemites sicke therewith Gen. 34.25 were a great number ouercome by two persons Simeon and Leui Neyther the multitud of many coūtries could moue Abraham to let lose the reynes to his tender youth nor the grieuous sore againe of Circumcision coulde cause his householde to withstand his doing You haue not God be praysed so many though too many against you Act. 16.10 neyther would I wish you nor is it my minde to lay this or the lyke yoake on your necks which neyther our fathers nor wée were able to bear as some complain saying we would haue thē liue like Saints as who woulde saye that were euill which is to strayght for them but we desire to lay on your shoulders the yoke of Christ and his light burthen And if it fall out that all towneships round about you or if al the towne which you inhabite maintain this misdemeanure yet would I counsell a Christian to say with Captaine Iosua Chose you whether you vvyl serue God Iosu 24.15 as your vain plesure I mine house vvil serue the Lord. This accompt if euery man would make as he ought this disorder would be quickly redressed Thus haue you heard howe they are fallen into the pyttes they digged for others and now a word or two howe Stephen is not onely cleare of these slaunderous accusations but also earnestly desireth that whereof they accuse him They accuse him to saye that Iesus of Nazareth it can be none other so long as hee preacheth none but Iesus woulde chaunge the ordinaunces Moyses gaue them the auncient customes their forefathers leaft them where he teacheth that Christ came not to destroye the lawes of Moyses but to fulfill them They from this generall and false position discend to as false particulars bringing certayne late and newe orders of merye makings and friendly méetings of neighbours and of reléeuing the néedye thinking them olde orders if they can cal them so or if they be out of their remembrance or if they haue bene vsed an age or two before them whereas hée endeuoureth to abolish the straunge innouations newe fangles and to call them backe to the old custumes and auncient orders in déede In the primatiue Church the faithfull made feasts amonge them selues Iude ver 12 partly to protest their brotherly loue and partly to reléeue the poore people The auncient Father Chrisostome saith Chriso vpon Gen. ho. 10. Let one of you take the holye booke and let hym call hys neyghbours aboute him and by the heauenlye wordes let him water and refreshe boeth their mindes and also his owne that by this meanes we maye bee able to escape the Deceiptes of the Deuyll You that sticke so fast to olde customs and haue alwayes in your mouthes let vs kéepe olde customes leaue those your newe and naught and kepe these oulde and good coustomes or at the leaste chaunge youre common song and sing another whyle Ours be of late since iniquity hath got the vpperhād yours of olde in the primitiue Church time of the auncient Fathers But for asmuch as neyther the good counsell of this auncient Father nor the shyning mirror of this primitiue Church so much moue many as the cōmandement of the Prince and her Magistrates I wyll therefore thereof speake somewhat that I may win some The Quéenes Maiestie in the twentie article of her Iniunctions Commaundeth that her faythfull and louing subiects celebrate keepe their holy daies according to Gods holy wyll pleasure that is in hearing the word of God read taught in priuate publique prayers in acknowledging their offences to God and amendment of the same in reconcilyng themselues charitably to their neighbors where displeasure hath bene in often receauing the Communion in visiting the poore and sicke in vsing al sobernesse and godly conuersation Hitherto the wordes of the Iniunction Wherein albeit dauncing be not named namely forbydden yet is it as straightly denied as if it were expressed For in cōmaunding godlines to be vsed wickednes is denied whosoeuer accomplisheth her Maiesties most godlye minde in these pointes shal haue I warrant him litle leasure and lesse pleasure to daunce and dallye and wheresoeuer these godlye exercises be put in practise dauncinge Dagon will downe before the arke the seuerest Saul that seeketh to persecute suche as speake against these abuses will him selfe fall to prophecyeing The sturdiest soldier that cōmeth to take Christ will stagger and fall flatte to the ground as many happy places and blessed persons in these daies well wittnesse and declare where among whom the arke the bible cōteining the testimonies not of Arons rodde the potte of Manna alone but manye more myracles togyther with the two tables is so set vp that the idoll of dauncing breakes his necke The spirite of God so mightely worketh that diuerse of persecutours