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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.
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 reu•cat cupidas (al•, trepidas) alea s•pe manus. Ovid art. l. 1. Qui saepe vincitur, rursus ad intentius studium, Zabulo suadente animatur. Pseudo-Cyprian. de aleat.Sic, ne perdiderit, non cessat perdere lus•r: Et reu•cat cupidas (al•, trepidas) alea s•pe manꝰ. Ouid art. l. 1. Qui saepe vincitur, rursus ad intentius studium, Zabulo suadente animatur. Pseudo-Cyprian. de aleat.