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A cloud of witnesses
A cloud of witnesses; darting out light upon a case, too unseasonably made seasonable to be discoursed on.
Boston: printed by B. Green and J. Allen?, 1700
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
A Cloud of Witnesses; Darting out Light upon a CASE, too Unseasonab… › PAGANS.
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.
Cicero, in his Oration for Muraena, says, Nemo Saltat Sobrius, nisi forte insamat. A man must be either Drunk, or Mad, (says the Orator,) that is fond of Dancing. He Says, That this Vice never goes alone; & therefore he Reproaches Gabinius & Antonius with it.
Seneca bewails it, That in his Time Young ones were corrupted with Dances; and that Dancing-Schools were set up in the City. Tiberius himself, Banished the Dancers out of the City.
Priamus, in the Poet, severely reproves his Children, Because he understood they were, [Greek or Hebrew] Dancers.
Priamus, in the Poet, severely reproves his Children, Because he understood they were, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Dancers.
Plutarch, in his Description of, A Virtuous Woman, mentions this, as part of her Character, She must […]
Plutarch, in his Description of, A Vertuous Woman, mentions this, as part of her Character, She must 〈…〉