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Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theologicalOf the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall
Of the nature and use of lots a treatise historical and theological; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolns Inn, and now pastor of Rotherhith.Of the nature and vse of lots a treatise historicall and theologicall; written by Thomas Gataker B. of D. sometime preacher at Lincolnes Inne, and now pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Edward Griffin, 1619
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
That which neither wearieth the body, nor cutteth of hope of conquest in time and by continuance, that recreation causeth loss of time:
That which neither wearieth the body, nor cutteth of hope of conquest in time and by continuance, that recreation causeth losse of time:
But pthis kind of disport neither wearieth the body: for there is no exercise at all in it: nor cutteth off hope of conquest in time and by continuance; because it dependeth wholly upon hazard, wherein the weakest and simplest may *hope, after never so long continued loss, at length to conquer and recover, the dice changing their course, which they may as well do as otherwise: and those that have won, hope well to have still the same luck, that before they had.
But pthis kinde of disport neither wearieth the body: for there is no exercise at all in it: nor cutteth off hope of conquest in time and by continuance; because it dependeth wholy vpon hazard, wherein the weakest and simplest may *hope, after neuer so long continued losse, at length to conquer and recouer, the dice changing their course, which they may as well doe as otherwise: and those that haue won, hope well to haue still the same luck, that before they had.
- pDan. de lud. ale• c 9. rat. 5 & rat. 2. & Taff. de emend. vit. l. 2. c. 19. §. 4.
- *Sic, ne perdiderit, non cessat perdere lus•r: Et reucat cupidas (al, trepidas) alea spe manus. Ovid art. l. 1. Qui saepe vincitur, rursus ad intentius studium, Zabulo suadente animatur. Pseudo-Cyprian. de aleat.