A10335:212
Th'overthrow of stage-plays, by the way of controversy betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes…Th'overthrow of stage-playes, by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes…
Th'overthrow of stage-plays, by the way of controversy betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted; th'objections answered, and the case so cleared and resolved, as that the judgement of any man, that is not froward and perverse, may easily be satisfied. Wherein is manifestly proved, that it is not only unlawful to be an actor, but a beholder of those vanities. Whereunto are added also and annexed in th'end certain latin letters betwixt the said Master Rainoldes, and D. Gentiles, reader of the civill law in Oxford, concerning the same matter.Th'overthrow of stage-playes, by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainoldes wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted; th'objections aunswered, and the case so cleared and resolved, as that the iudgement of any man, that is not froward and perverse, may easelie be satisfied. Wherein is manifestly proved, that it is not onely vnlawfull to bee an actor, but a beholder of those vanities. Wherevnto are added also and annexed in th'end certeine latine letters betwixt the sayed Maister Rainoldes, and D. Gentiles, reader of the civill law in Oxford, concerning the same matter.
Middelburg: printed by Richard Schilders, 1599
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ALBERICO GENTILI, I. C. professori regio, Jo. Rainoldus S.
ALBERICO GENTILI, I. C. professori regio, Io. Rainoldus S.
REGIVM est audire malè quum been facias, inquit arex magnus: & beatos pronuntiat discipulos suos bChristus, quum homines conviciis eos affecerint immerentes, ipsius causa. Quo aequiore animo, benevolentiae erga te meae, & veritatis eorum quae scripsi, mihi conscius, tuam, Alberice, inhumanitatem ac maledicentiam, iniquissimè justissimam amicissimamque admonitionem vellicantes, fero. Etenim, nec grato candidóve animo munusculum me tuum accepisse asseris: nec quicquam est in meis literis non longè lateque positum à veritate. Quorum alterius nullam certiorem habes probationem, quàm Galatae habuerunt malevolentiae Pauli; cNum inimicus factus sum vobis, dum vera vobis loquor? alterum falsò dici, tuum de mimis aliisque multis silentium est indicio; nisi fortè dubium sit quin ea falsi convicturus fueris, si quidem potuisses, qui, quae non potes, conaris. Atque (ut caetera, quae confuse carpis, ordine percurram) quod ego commemoravi me à pestibus scenicorum spectaculisque theatralibus nostros dehortatum, prius quàm tu cathedram istam, ex qua ludios laudas, occupares; ut hinc commonefieres, tibi, qui sententiam tuam in vulgus editam negabasaegrè far me oportere, quòd quaestionem de histrionibus publicè tractasses anteà quàm ego de iis cum altero controversarer, pari ratione ferendam aegrè non esse meam à sententia tua dissensionem, quòd mihi periculosos videri ludios docuissem prius quàm hic tibi locus laudandi eos foret: in eo vociferaris te à me convicia, quae nunquam à ⟨p. 173⟩quoquam prius, audivisse. Quid ita? Quia cathedram istam (ut ais) non occupas, sed tenes de Principis humanissimae & optimae largitate. Ita, cùm vocabula, tenere, & occupare, idem significent, quemadmodum ex