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In part they are to be forborne in some cases, when not the game it self, but the manner of it (which yet may be reformed by us) occasioneth the evil. Where cometh to be condemned again that eagerness in game, that we spake of before, that playing for great sums, not in regard of it self alone, and the loss that it bringeth with it; but further also in regard of those ^pgrievous abuses and enormities that it usually occasioneth men to break forth into. For let men say what they will, that it is all one to them whether they win or loose, (as ^qa ⟨p. 257⟩reverend Prelate of ours yet living, whose words I oft willingly use in this argument, well saith,) in such profusion of substance, as the loss cannot but pinch, so mens passions cannot but be moved, and a troop of wretched sins commonly ensueth, swearing, for swearing, cursing, banning, defying, heart-burning, quarrelling, fighting, spilling of blood, unsupportable sorrows of heart, cursed despair, self-executions, weeds able to blemish and disgrace the lawfullest recreation that is▪ wheresoever they be found, as ^*the Harpies defiled the cleanest meats.

In part they are to bee forborne in some cases, when not the game it selfe, but the manner of it (which yet may be reformed by vs) occasioneth the euill. Where commeth to bee condemned againe that eagernesse in game, that wee spake of before, that playing for great summes, not in regard of it selfe alone, and the losse that it bringeth with it; but further also in regard of those ^pgrieuous abuses and enormities that it vsually occasioneth men to break forth into. For let men say what they will, that it is all one to them whether they win or loose, (as ^qa ⟨p. 257⟩reuerend Prelate of ours yet liuing, whose words I oft willingly vse in this argument, well saith,) in such profusion of substance, as the losse cannot but pinch, so mens passions cannot but bee moued, and a troope of wretched sinnes commonly ensueth, swearing, for swearing, cursing, banning, defying, heart-burning, quarelling, fighting, spilling of blood, vnsupportable sorowes of heart, cursed despaire, selfe-executions, weedes able to blemish and disgrace the lawfullest recreation that is wheresoeuer they be found, as