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The world possessed with devils containing three dialogues. 1. Of the Devil let loose.…The vvorlde possessed with deuils conteinyng three dialogues. 1. Of the Deuill let loose.…
The world possessed with devils containing three dialogues. 1. Of the Devil let loose. 2. Of black devils. 3. Of white devils. And of the coming of Jesus Christ to judgement, a very necessary and comfortable discourse for these miserable and dangerous days.The vvorlde possessed with deuils conteinyng three dialogues. 1. Of the Deuill let loose. 2. Of blacke deuils. 3. Of white deuils. And of the commyng of Iesus Christe to iudgement, a verie necessarie and comfortable discourse for these miserable and daungerous daies.
London: printed by John Kingston for John Perin, 1583London: printed by John Kingston for Ihon Perin, 1583
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Theo. I must needs confess, that there are over many such. And I will confess more unto thee then that. For, if this mischief, whereof thou speakest, were but in some of the meaner sort, it were ⟨image 127⟩less to be lamented. But the greatest mischief of all the rest is this, that there are a great number of ministers and magistrates, who are more licentiously given to this kind of vice of trolling and bowling, then those men, whom they ought to correct for such offences. For these are the special men, whom a man shall ordinarily find in the Caverns and Tippling houses, as if their chiefest occupation were to troll and bowl, & provoke others to all looseness.
Theo. I must needes confesse, that there are ouer many such. And I will confesse more vnto thee then that. For, if this mischiefe, whereof thou speakest, were but in some of the meaner sorte, it were ⟨image 127⟩lesse to be lamented. But the greatest mischiefe of all the rest is this, that there are a great number of ministers and magistrates, who are more licentiously giuen to this kinde of vice of trowling and bowling, then those men, whom they ought to correct for such offences. For these are the speciall men, whome a man shall ordinarily finde in the Cauernes and Tipling houses, as if their chiefest occupation were to trowle and bowle, & prouoke others to all loosenes.
Tob. I have heard it oftentimes spoken,1 that there are many of the chiefest of your officers amongst you, who take great pleasure to give the ministers, which will play the good fellows a little, their lading (as we say). And these officers think, that they have made a great conquest, when as they have a minister drunk, as it too too often falleth out. And I doubt not, but that Jerome hath heard as great news of this as I.