Isiodor Hispalensis, Primasius, Remigius, Haymo, and Anselme write, That the Play-house and the Stewes were one and the same in ancient times; because after the Playes were ended, the Whores who resorted to the Play-houses, or were har∣bored in them, did prostitute themselves upon the Theater, unto the lust of others, they when all derive the Word fornication; a fornicibus, seu locis theatralibus; from Brothels and Play-houses, where Whores were kept and prostituted after the Playes were acted. Such and no other were Play-houses is Stage-fre∣quenters in former Ages. And are they not now the same? If we seclude those children, those novices, whose ignorance, childishnesse, vanitie, folly, or injudiousnesse allure them to playes or such like Gugaes, which men of riper yeares and iudgement doe contemne; together with some few sociable ingenuous dispositions, whom the pressing importunitie of carnall friends, or vehement sollicitations of lewde ac∣quaintance doe casually draw to Stage-playes, against the secret reluctances of their owne gain-saying consciences; what else are the residue (at least the Maior part) of our assidu∣ous Play-haunters, but Adulterers, Adulteresses, Whore-masters, Whores, Bawdes, Panders, Ruffians, Roarers, Drun∣kards, Prodigals, Cheaters, idle, infamous; base, prophane, and godlesse persons, who hate all grace, all goodnesse, and make a mocke of piety? What are they but the very filth, the drosse, the scumme, of the Societies and places where they live? the very Mothes, the Drones and Cankerwormes of the Common-weale? the shame and blemish of Religion? the most putred, scandalous, noxious, and degenerate branches both of Church and State, which should be spued out, bee lopped off from both, had they their iust demerits? If any Play-haun∣ter deeme this censure over-harsh, his own conscience must