Histrio-mastix The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture ... That popular stage-playes ... 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. By William Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne.

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• Abomination, used alwayes for a heinous sinne in Scripture. pag. 181.212. Mens wearing of womens, and womens putting on of mens apparell, an Abo∣mination to the Lord. p. 178. to 216.879. to 899.
• Acting of popular or private Enterludes, for gaine or pleasure, infamous, un∣lawfull, and that as well in Princes, Nobles, Gentlemen, Schollers, Di∣vines, as common Actors. p. 133.134, 137, 140, 841. to 911. p. 571. to 668. Sparsim. accompanied with effemina∣cic, hypocrisie, and others sinnes. p. 151. to 250.841. to 911. It occasions divers sins in Actors and Spectators. p. 151. to 250.907. to 911. It helpes not mens action or elocution. p. 931. to 939. Objections for acting of Playes answered. p. 84. to 106. & 913. to 943. Children ought not to bee trained up nor taught to act. pag. 135.138, 168, 169, 172, 908. Acting of Idols, Devils, evill persons par••s, or evill things, sinfull p. 84. to 106.141, 176, 177, 405, 406, 949. See Idols.
• Achilles taxed for putting on womens apparell. p. 182.199, 884.
• Adrian his Temples built for Christ, without Images. pag. 901.
• Adultery an hainous dangerous sinne. pag. 376. to 384. punished with death in divers places. p. 382.383. See the Ho∣mily against Adultery. part 3. pag. 86.87. and Thomas Beacon his 3. Booke of Matri∣mony. p. 660. to 670. occasioned, fo∣mented by Playes and Play-houses. p. 227. to 446.498, 662.
• AEgyptians, condemned musicke. p•• 287.
• AEtredus, his censure of lascivious Church-musicke. pag. 279.280. of Playes. pag. 684.
• AEneas Sylvius, his prophane Play and life. p. 112.113, 765. his recantation of his amorous Poems. pag. 840.918. his censure of wanton Poets. p. 917.918. of Playes and Players. pag. 691.737 m.
• AEschylus, one of the first inventors of

• Tragedies. pag. 17. f. 552. his strange and sudden death. fol. 552.553.
• AEthiopians, punished adultery with death. pag. 382.
• Agefilaus his answer to Callipides. p. 741.742.
• C. Agrippa, his censure of Dan••ing. pag. 237.238. of lascivious Church-mu∣ficke. pag. 284••285. of Popish Stewes, and of the incontinency of Monkes, Nons, and Popish Clergie men. pag. 213.215, 445, 446, 880, 881. of Playes and Players. pag. 692.869. of wanton Poems. p 385.836, 915.
• Alcibiades, traduced by Eupolis. pag. 121. f. 553. his dislike of Musicke. p. 287.
• Alcaeus, his modestie. fol. 515.
• Alchuvinus, his censure of Stage-playes, wanton Musicke, Kalends, New-yeeres gifts, and mens acting of Playes in womens apparell. pag. 197.198, 278, 564, 755, 756. m. his pas∣sage for sanctifying the Lords Day. pag. 630. m.
• Ale-houses, much haunted on Lords-dayes and Holy-dayes. f. 536. Clergie men prohibited to keepe, or haunt them. p. 591. to 637.655, 666, 667.
• Alexander Fabritius, his censure of Dan∣cing, Dancing-women and their at∣tires. p. 238.256, 257, 258. Of Dice-play; Epistle Dedicatory 1. & p. 626. m. of Stage-playes p. 434.435.
• Alexander Severus, his Temple for Christ. p. 901. m. withdrew Players peusions. pag. 313.
• Alipius, a memorable story of his fall and Apostasie by resorting to a Play-house. fol. 548.
• Bishop Alley, his censure of Playes and Play-bookes. p. 9••9. to 923.
• Altars, honoured and danced about by Pagans. p. 235.236, 758. m. none in the Primitive Church. p. 896. placing of Tapers on them, derived from Sa∣turne his worshippers. pag. 758. m. See Bishop ••ewels censure of Altars, & of their standing at the East end of the Church; in his Answer to M. Hardings Preface. p. 6. in his Reply to Harding. Artic. 3. Devis. 27. pag. 195.196. & Artic. 13. Devis. 6. p. 488. Thomas Beacon, in his Cat••chisme. fol. 484. William Wraghton, in his Hun∣ting of the Romish Fox. fol. 12. Bishop Hooper, his Iudgement of them. See Hooper.
• Gulielmus Altisiodorensis, his censure of Playes. pag. 68••.
• S. Ambrose, his censure of Dancing, especi∣ally in women. pag. 223.232. m. of Dicing. Epist. Ded. 1. of mens putting on womens apparell. p. 191.192, 193. of mens long and frizled haire. p. 190.193, 209. m. of Images, especially of the Deity. p. 898. m. of Kalends and New yeeres gifts. p. 20.786. of lasci∣vious Songs. p. 266. Of Stage-playes. p. 339.671. of giving money to Play∣ers. p. 316.323. How Christs Nativity ought to be celebrated. p. 774. to 781.
• Ammianus Marcellinus, his censure of Playes and Dicing. p. 465.710.
• Anna••us, his effeminacy. pag. 88••.
• Anselme, his censure of Playes. pag. 684.846. fol. 545.
• Anthemius, his Edict for sanctifying the Lords Day, and suppressing Stage-playes. pag. 469.470. against Images. pag. 900.
• Antioch, its preeminence before Rome, p. 410.424.
• Antiochus the mad, taxed for his Dancing, Masquing, Play-haunting, pag. 249.250, 857.
• Antiphanes the Comedian, his death. fol. 553.
• Antoninus the Emperor censured for his Dancing and delight in Playes. pag. 710.854, 855.
• Antoninus his censure of Playes and

• Players. pag. 691.
• Apparell, the end and use of it. p. 207. o∣ver costly new-fangled Play-house apparell censured. pag. 19.216. to 220.420, 427, 571, 584, 586, 755, 757, 772, 775, 776, 896. to 904. Mens putting on of womens, and womens of mens apparell (especially to act a Play) unlawfull, abominable, un∣naturall, the occasion of Sodomie and lewdnesse: proved at large. p. 168. to 172.178. to 276.584, 850, 859. to 889.
• Appearances of evill to be avoyded. p. 88.89, to 106, 948, 949.
• Apostles, their Constitutions against Stage-playe•• and Actors. p. 550.649. to 652. slandered and persecuted as Se∣ditious persons. p. 813.833. Puritans, as the world now judgeth. pag. 799.800, 801.
• Applauses of Playes and Players censured p. 297.298, 299. See Chrysost. Hom. 30. in Act. Apostol. Tom. 3. Col. 549.550. against Stage-applauses, and the heming and applauding of Preachers in their Ser∣mons.
• Aquinas his censure of Playes, Players, & putting on womens apparell. pag. 179.182, 306, 324. f. 543.689, 887.
• Arabians punish adultery with death. p. 382.
• Arcadius his Edict against Sword-playes. pag. 75.468.
• Architas his modesty. pag. 515.
• Ardalion his strange baptisme and con∣version. p. 119.
• Ardaburius censured for delighting in Playes. pag. 857. m.
• Arias Montanus his censure of Dancing, Playes and Acting. fol. 558.559. pag. 842.843.
• Aristodemus his effeminate practise and death. pag. ••05.
• Aristophanes his abuse of Socrates. p. 121.730.
• Aristotle his censure of Playes, Players, and wanton pictures. p. 121.366, 367, 448, 449, 484, 586. m. 703.
• Arnobius his censure of Playes and Dan∣cing. p. 222•• 334. of Images in Chur∣ches, and of making Gods Image. p. 896.897. m.
• Ast••rius his verdict against Dancing, Stage-playes, Mummers, Kalends, New-yeeres gifts, Stage-playes, and mens acting in womens apparell. pag. 197.316, 317. fol. 533.
• Ateas his censure of Musicke. p. 287.
• Athanasius, what singing he ordained in Churches. p. 283.284. his testimonies of George the Arrian. pag. 671.672. of the ill effects of acting Pagan Idols vices. p. 95. against Images. p. 900. m.
• Atheisme, occasioned and fomented by Stage playes. f. 550.551. & p. 363.
• Athe••agoras his censure of Sword-playes and Stage-playes. p. 558••669.
• Athaeneus, his censure of Dancing, Dan∣cers, Players, Playes, long haire, effe∣minacy, lascivious Musicke, &c. p. 249.250, 288, 209. m. 704.883.
• Athenians first inventors of Stage-playes. p. 17. their prodigality on them and hurt by them. p. 312. fol. 562. p. 709.710. Abandoned Playes and Play-Poets at last. p. 457.730, 921, 839.
• S. Augustine, his censure of Dancing and amorous Songs. p. 223, 270, 271. of Images, specially of God. p. 898•• m. of New-yeeres gifts and Heath-drink∣ing. pag. 20.22, 756. Of Stage-playes•• Players, Theaters, & Play-haunting. Epistle Ded. 2. p. 49.50, 164, 165, 313, 316, 324.325, 341, to 349, 474, 475, 476, fo. 524, 525, 532, 541, 542, 560, 681, 843, 844, 971, 987. of mens act∣ing in womens apparell & long haire. p. 193.194.189.202. See Enar. in Ps. 32. p. 244. his repentance for resorting to Playes before his cōversion. f. 568. his

• opiniō of the beginning of the Lords Day. p. 643. of giving mony to Stage-players. p. 324.325, 873.
• Augustus his proceedings and Lawes a∣gainst Playes, Actors, and Dancing. p. 459.460, 707, 708, 861.
• M. Aurelius his lawes and cens••res a∣gainst Playes and Players, whom he banished into Hellespont. p. 318.319, 463, 464, 137, 138.
• Axiothea her resort to Plato his Schoole in mans apparell taxed. p. 184.