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* 1.1The Vse, as it reproueth those, who either of bashfulnes, or in contempt, ab∣staine altogether from singing; so it con∣demneth such as sing carnall and prouo∣king songs; songs that serue for nothing, but to set an edge of wantonnes vpon the hearers, or to satisfie loose mindes with a kinde of contemplatiue fornication, ra∣ther then to build them forward to ver∣tue and the power of godlinesse, by a gra∣cious
Psalme: which may bee spoken (likewise) of all Poems and Meters that ••re penned and sung with such an artifi∣••iall ••••••tonnes, and exquisite voice, that ••hey seeme no better (and they are as ••hey seeme) then so many sacrifices and ••••ities made and sung to the honour of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉. They that made them, did but make them to abuse and disgrace the ••orthy facultie of Poetrie with vncleane ••••me••, and to send them (as so many fil∣••hie Bawdes) into the world, to en••ise by ••hem to materiall follie and wantonnes ••ff••••minate soules. So much for the ditie ••r song: the Person followeth to whom 〈◊〉〈◊〉 will sing.
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