A commentary or exposition upon the four Evangelists, and the Acts of the Apostles: wherein the text is explained, some controversies are discussed, divers common places are handled, and many remarkable matters hinted, that had by former interpreters been pretermitted. Besides, divers other texts of Scripture which occasionally occur are fully opened, and the whole so intermixed with pertinent histories, as will yeeld both pleasure and profit to the judicious reader. / By John Trapp M. A. Pastour of Weston upon Avon in Gloucestershire.

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Tripudiabat, tripped on* 1.1 the toe in a most immodest manner, as they used to do in their Bacchanals, as the word 〈◊〉〈◊〉. This old Fornicator seemed to be so taken and tickled with the sight, that like a mad man 〈◊〉〈◊〉 swears to give her her request, to the half of the kingdome, which yet was more then he could do, the kingdome being not his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Emperour of Romes to dispose of. So, as Robert Duke of Normanáy passed through Falaise, he beheld among a company of young maids dauncing, one 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a skinners daughter, whose nimblenesse in her daunce so enamoured the Duke, that he tooke her for his Concub ne, and one 〈◊〉〈◊〉 begat our William the Con∣querer. Such and no better commonly are the effects, of mixt* 1.2 dauncings, which made Chrysostom say, where dauncing is, there the devil is. And another Ancient calleth dauncing a circle, whose* 1.3 center is the devil blowing up the fire of concupisence in the hearts both of the actours and spectatours. Augustine saith, that every caper in the daunce is a leap into a deep jakes. No sober man doth daunce, saith Cicero. * 1.4

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• * 1.1

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