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         Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669.
      
       
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             The anatomy of play written by a worthy and learned gent. ; dedicated to his father, to shew his detestation of it.
             Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669.
          
           [4], 30 p.
           
             Printed by G.P. for Nicholas Bourne ...,
             London :
             1651.
          
           
             Written by John Denham. Cf. BM.
             Reproduction of original in Thomason Collection, British Library.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           THE
           ANATOMY
           OF
           PLAY
           ,
           Written
           by
           a
           worthy
           and
           Learned
           Gent.
           
        
         
           Dedicated
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           to
           shew
           his
           detestation
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             G.
             P.
          
           for
           
             Nicholas
             
               Bourne
            
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           South
           entrance
           of
           the
           Royall
           Exchange
           .
           1651.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Ingenious
           Reader
           .
        
         
           THis
           briefe
           but
           pithy
           discourse
           concerning
           Gaming
           ,
           as
           it
           had
           a
           speedy
           birth
           ,
           so
           was
           it
           by
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           doomed
           to
           perpetuall
           oblivion
           .
           But
           it
           by
           accident
           coming
           to
           my
           hands
           ,
           and
           perswading
           my selfe
           the
           dievulging
           of
           it
           might
           be
           beneficiall
           to
           others
           :
           I
           hav●
           made
           bold
           to
           bring
           it
           out
           of
           the
           grave
           of
           obscuritie
           :
           wherein
           it
           hath
           long
           been
           ,
           into
           the
           view
           of
           the
           Sun
           that
           by
           its
           communitie
           ,
           it
           may
           work
           the
           greater
           effect
           in
           the
           mindes
           and
           hearts
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           shall
           peruse
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           addicted
           to
           that
           vice
           of
           vices
           .
        
         
           The
           Author
           ,
           if
           he
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           publishing
           of
           it
           without
           his
           leave
           or
           knowledge
           ,
           cannot
           deservedly
           blame
           me
           ,
           intending
           it
           not
           any
           way
           to
           his
           hurt
           ,
           but
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           reclaim
           any
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           it
           may
           ,
           I
           have
           my
           ends
           ,
           he
           the
           honour
           ,
           and
           they
           the
           benefit
           .
        
         
           Farewell
           ,
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           my
           Father
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           Am
           emboldened
           to
           present
           this
           small
           treatise
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           being
           due
           to
           you
           by
           divers
           obligations
           ,
           first
           by
           that
           naturall
           bond
           whereby
           I
           owe
           unto
           you
           my selfe
           ,
           my
           actions
           ,
           my
           endeavours
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           because
           I
           owe
           to
           your
           advice
           and
           perswasions
           ,
           (
           but
           especially
           as
           I
           make
           no
           question
           )
           to
           your
           prayers
           ,
           that
           present
           detestation
           which
           I
           have
           of
           gaming
           ,
           whereof
           this
           is
           a
           consequent
           effect
           .
           Disdain
           not
           then
           to
           accept
           this
           small
           work
           ,
           and
           to
           acknowledge
           it
           as
           the
           issue
           and
           off-spring
           of
           your
           prayers
           and
           counsels
           ,
           as
           the
           Author
           thereof
           is
           of
           your
           naturall
           body
           :
           who
           offers
           it
           to
           your
           hands
           with
           that
           reverence
           and
           humility
           which
           becomes
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             dutifull
             Son
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           Anatomy
           of
           Play
           .
        
         
           The
           Preface
           .
        
         
           I
           Discourse
           not
           of
           Play
           as
           some
           gownemen
           have
           done
           of
           forren
           Wars
           ,
           or
           discoveries
           ,
           who
           ,
           never
           travelled
           out
           of
           their
           studies
           to
           see
           either
           ,
           but
           speake
           upon
           other
           mens
           knowledge
           and
           fidelity
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           weaken
           their
           credit
           ,
           but
           what
           I
           write
           comes
           all
           within
           the
           spheare
           ,
           and
           compasse
           of
           my
           own
           knowledge
           and
           observations
           ;
           I
           write
           nothing
           but
           as
           the
           Poet
           ,
           sayes
           
             quaeque
             ipse
             miscrrima
             vidi
             et
             quorum
             pars
             magna
             fui
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           justly
           challenge
           the
           better
           acceptations
           and
           beliefe
           .
           But
           here
           may
           be
           objected
           that
           my
           own
           particular
           losses
           may
           make
           me
           more
           bitter
           ,
           and
           satyricall
           then
           the
           case
           requires
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           answer
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           lost
           any
           so
           great
           summes
           either
           of
           mony
           ,
           credit
           ,
           or
           times
           ,
           as
           to
           sharpen
           my
           pen
           ,
           either
           to
           passion
           or
           invection
           ,
           neither
           doth
           the
           vexation
           of
           any
           late
           received
           losses
           ,
           strive
           to
           vent
           ,
           and
           evaporate
           it selfe
           into
           a
           Satyre
           ,
           
           but
           I
           write
           upon
           an
           even
           and
           indifferent
           temper
           void
           both
           of
           prejudice
           and
           passion
           ;
           one
           onely
           caution
           I
           will
           adde
           ,
           that
           you
           must
           not
           expect
           any
           flourishes
           of
           wit
           or
           eloquence
           ,
           for
           those
           are
           proper
           to
           workes
           of
           fancy
           ,
           and
           imaginations
           ,
           but
           this
           is
           a
           work
           onely
           of
           observations
           
             and
          
           experience
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           can
           promise
           nothing
           but
           truth
           .
           Play
           was
           first
           invented
           ,
           for
           the
           recreation
           of
           mans
           minde
           ,
           and
           the
           refreshing
           of
           his
           spirits
           ,
           having
           bin
           tyred
           and
           spent
           with
           any
           serious
           affaires
           ,
           that
           so
           being
           as
           it
           were
           a
           bowe
           unbent
           ,
           they
           might
           recover
           their
           former
           strength
           and
           vigor
           ;
           certainly
           in
           this
           respect
           ,
           moderate
           recreation
           is
           not
           onely
           allowable
           ,
           but
           commendable
           ;
           being
           of
           the
           same
           use
           (
           though
           in
           an
           inferior
           degree
           )
           as
           rest
           ,
           sleep
           ,
           or
           meat
           .
           But
           your
           sensuallity
           easily
           suffers
           it self
           to
           be
           overcome
           by
           vice
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           turned
           to
           an
           ill
           habit
           ,
           which
           was
           first
           intended
           for
           a
           lawfull
           exercise
           ,
           so
           that
           Play
           when
           it
           breakes
           this
           rule
           and
           passeth
           beyond
           its
           due
           bounds
           ,
           being
           no
           longer
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           not
           recreation
           but
           a
           profession
           ,
           it
           is
           infancy
           ,
           wickednesse
           ,
           theft
           ;
           being
           seldome
           unattended
           by
           these
           attributes
           .
           I
           speak
           then
           of
           professed
           gamesters
           who
           
           spend
           their
           whole
           time
           and
           faculties
           therein
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           trade
           or
           office
           ;
           for
           when
           Play
           growes
           to
           this
           excesse
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           far
           from
           good
           ,
           that
           it
           loseth
           all
           similitude
           or
           resemblance
           of
           good
           ,
           for
           most
           vices
           want
           not
           a
           colour
           and
           likenesse
           of
           some
           good
           to
           shadow
           and
           palliate
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Saepelatet
           vitium
           proximitate
           boni
           .
        
         
           As
           covetousnesse
           hath
           a
           resemblance
           of
           thrift
           ,
           prodigality
           of
           bountie
           ,
           drunkennesse
           of
           mirth
           ,
           and
           gaming
           of
           recreation
           ,
           that
           nothing
           can
           cause
           greater
           anxiety
           or
           vexation
           :
           what
           broken
           sleepes
           ,
           what
           raving
           passions
           ,
           both
           of
           body
           and
           minde
           ,
           what
           secret
           gnawing
           ,
           and
           fretting
           discontents
           doth
           it
           procure
           :
           so
           that
           (
           as
           I
           sayed
           before
           )
           losing
           this
           name
           of
           recreation
           ,
           it
           loses
           all
           likelihood
           and
           similitude
           of
           good
           .
           To
           define
           then
           what
           play
           is
           (
           not
           in
           the
           concrete
           ,
           for
           so
           it
           is
           a
           mixture
           of
           almost
           all
           vices
           but
           in
           the
           abstract
           )
           Gaming
           is
           an
           evil
           from
           which
           arises
           a
           most
           certain
           losse
           ,
           and
           this
           losse
           is
           threefold
           ,
           of
           time
           ,
           of
           credit
           ,
           of
           money
           ;
           the
           first
           and
           second
           unavoidable
           ,
           the
           last
           only
           casuall
           but
           rashly
           avoided
           :
           these
           three
           losses
           have
           a
           respective
           relation
           to
           the
           three
           parts
           of
           man
           his
           soul
           ,
           his
           person
           ,
           his
           Estate
           .
        
         
         
           To
           begin
           with
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           most
           unavoidable
           losse
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           time
           ;
           being
           the
           greatest
           losse
           ,
           both
           in
           respect
           of
           it self
           ,
           as
           (
           being
           rightly
           considered
           )
           the
           most
           precious
           ,
           of
           all
           other
           things
           ,
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           what
           it
           hath
           relation
           unto
           ,
           the
           soul
           being
           the
           most
           pretious
           part
           of
           man
           .
           It
           cannot
           but
           seem
           a
           paradox
           to
           set
           this
           losse
           of
           time
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           important
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           accounted
           so
           by
           the
           lovers
           of
           Play
           ,
           that
           the
           meere
           purpose
           and
           resolution
           of
           losing
           time
           is
           often
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           their
           other
           losses
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           their
           ordinary
           question
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           spend
           the
           time
           ?
           it
           being
           thought
           a
           matter
           of
           that
           little
           worth
           and
           value
           ,
           that
           it
           seems
           rather
           a
           thing
           troublesome
           ,
           and
           tedious
           ,
           so
           that
           men
           do
           even
           study
           how
           to
           cast
           it
           away
           .
        
         
           At
           so
           low
           a
           rate
           is
           this
           inestimable
           jewell
           prized
           .
           But
           how
           happens
           it
           ,
           that
           time
           if
           it
           be
           so
           precious
           ,
           comes
           to
           be
           so
           neglected
           and
           undervalued
           .
           Certainly
           it
           proceeds
           only
           from
           ignorance
           :
           for
           the
           use
           of
           time
           is
           onely
           to
           attain
           to
           knowledge
           ,
           now
           there
           being
           that
           antipathie
           between
           knowledge
           and
           ignorance
           ,
           knowledge
           is
           not
           only
           despised
           ,
           but
           the
           means
           
           also
           of
           attaining
           it
           ,
           which
           is
           time
           :
           so
           that
           time
           to
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           is
           as
           pearl
           to
           swine
           ;
           they
           know
           not
           the
           value
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           trample
           it
           under
           foot
           ;
           but
           that
           it
           is
           otherwise
           esteemed
           by
           those
           who
           know
           the
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           practice
           and
           testimony
           of
           all
           learned
           men
           will
           easily
           evince
           .
           It
           is
           the
           saying
           of
           a
           heathen
           ,
           and
           spoken
           to
           the
           shame
           and
           scandall
           of
           most
           Christians
           ;
           
             Conteritur
             vita
             inter
             errores
             brevis
             ,
             etia●fi
             dies
             noctesque
             bonae
             menti
             laboremus
             .
          
        
         
           Our
           life
           is
           consumed
           in
           errors
           ,
           even
           too
           short
           ,
           though
           we
           should
           labour
           day
           and
           night
           in
           the
           ornament
           of
           our
           mindes
           ;
           it
           was
           the
           complaint
           of
           another
           ,
           
             Ars
             
               longa
            
             ,
             vita
             brevis
             ,
          
           that
           our
           life
           is
           too
           short
           ,
           for
           the
           attaining
           to
           the
           perfection
           of
           any
           of
           the
           liberall
           Arts
           .
           Had
           those
           heathens
           but
           known
           the
           great
           Art
           which
           our
           great
           Schoolmen
           dayly
           teach
           us
           ,
           the
           Art
           of
           living
           and
           dying
           well
           ,
           an
           Art
           that
           can
           never
           be
           too
           through
           learned
           ,
           nor
           sufficiently
           practiced
           ,
           how
           carefully
           would
           they
           have
           husbanded
           every
           minute
           of
           their
           lives
           .
           But
           so
           farre
           are
           our
           Gamesters
           from
           learning
           or
           practicing
           this
           Arte
           ,
           that
           if
           happily
           before
           their
           falling
           into
           this
           vice
           ,
           they
           had
           learned
           any
           part
           
           part
           thereof
           ,
           they
           now
           learn
           and
           practice
           to
           forget
           it
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           bring
           upon
           themselves
           that
           curse
           which
           our
           Saviour
           denounces
           in
           another
           case
           ,
           from
           them
           ,
           that
           have
           not
           shall
           be
           taken
           away
           even
           what
           they
           have
           .
           Of
           the
           little
           time
           that
           is
           lent
           us
           ,
           half
           or
           more
           is
           spent
           in
           the
           necessary
           service
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           for
           the
           other
           moytie
           ,
           few
           there
           are
           who
           do
           therein
           what
           they
           should
           do
           :
           many
           who
           do
           nothing
           at
           all
           ,
           and
           most
           who
           do
           what
           they
           should
           not
           do
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           sort
           are
           gamsters
           :
           and
           I
           dare
           say
           there
           is
           no
           man
           who
           hath
           wit
           enough
           to
           play
           ,
           but
           hath
           wit
           enough
           to
           know
           he
           should
           not
           play
           ,
           being
           forced
           in
           his
           conscience
           to
           say
           with
           the
           Poet
           :
           
             Video
             meliora
             proboque
             ,
             deteriora
             sequor
             .
          
        
         
           Certainly
           for
           this
           talent
           of
           time
           that
           God
           hath
           lent
           us
           ,
           he
           will
           call
           us
           ,
           he
           will
           call
           us
           to
           an
           accompt
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           servant
           that
           brought
           his
           talent
           in
           a
           napkin
           ,
           without
           any
           improvement
           were
           cast
           into
           utter
           darknesse
           :
           what
           shall
           become
           of
           him
           who
           not
           only
           improves
           not
           his
           talent
           ,
           but
           brings
           not
           to
           his
           Lord
           so
           much
           as
           his
           own
           again
           ,
           having
           wasted
           it
           upon
           his
           lusts
           and
           pleasures
           ?
           And
           this
           certainly
           is
           the
           only
           accompt
           that
           most
           of
           our
           Gamsters
           can
           give
           either
           of
           their
           talent
           of
           time
           ,
           or
           
           money
           ;
           I
           am
           unwilling
           to
           lose
           time
           ,
           in
           lamenting
           the
           losse
           of
           time
           ,
           but
           the
           losse
           is
           so
           inestimable
           ,
           and
           yet
           so
           little
           esteemed
           off
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           too
           much
           lamented
           .
        
         
           To
           passe
           then
           to
           the
           second
           losse
           ,
           arising
           from
           Play
           ,
           which
           is
           credit
           ,
           and
           principally
           respects
           the
           second
           part
           of
           man
           his
           person
           .
           The
           word
           credit
           ,
           as
           we
           use
           it
           ,
           is
           of
           some
           latitude
           and
           admits
           a
           threefold
           Construction
           ,
           first
           the
           report
           ,
           sufferage
           ,
           or
           opinion
           which
           the
           world
           conceives
           of
           any
           man
           ,
           more
           properly
           and
           strictly
           called
           good
           name
           or
           reputation
           ,
           secondly
           that
           trust
           or
           confidence
           which
           one
           man
           hath
           in
           an
           others
           honest
           dealing
           and
           good
           courage
           ;
           thirdly
           a
           mixt
           credit
           ,
           having
           a
           relation
           both
           to
           a
           mans
           person
           and
           estate
           ,
           as
           for
           what
           summes
           a
           mans
           word
           or
           bonds
           may
           be
           taken
           .
           Take
           then
           credit
           severally
           or
           joyntly
           ,
           in
           all
           these
           sences
           ,
           and
           a
           Gamester
           forfeites
           it
           in
           them
           all
           :
           first
           ,
           for
           reputation
           or
           good
           name
           ,
           doth
           not
           the
           very
           name
           of
           Gamester
           stinck
           in
           the
           nostrils
           of
           all
           honest
           men
           :
           although
           unaccompanied
           by
           any
           of
           its
           ordinary
           attributes
           ,
           as
           cheating
           ,
           lying
           ,
           blaspheming
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           
             Tully
          
           when
           he
           declamed
           against
           
             Catiline
             ,
          
           objecteth
           as
           one
           of
           his
           
           greatest
           crimes
           that
           he
           did
           
             
               aleà
            
             pernoctari
             :
          
           and
           the
           Synod
           of
           
             A●sburgh
          
           doth
           expresly
           forbid
           from
           the
           blessed
           Sacrament
           ,
           amongst
           whores
           and
           Panders
           :
           
             Omnes
             qui
             alearum
             usui
             perpetuo
             vacant
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           sixth
           councell
           of
           
             Constantinople
          
           peremptorily
           decrees
           ,
           that
           none
           whatsoever
           should
           play
           at
           dice
           ,
           threatning
           degradation
           to
           all
           Clergy
           men
           ,
           and
           excommunication
           to
           all
           laymen
           ,
           that
           should
           thence-forth
           attempt
           it
           ;
           The
           words
           of
           that
           Councell
           are
           
             Can
             50.
             
             Nullum
             omnium
             sive
             Clericum
             sive
             laieum
             ab
             hoc
             deinceps
             tempore
             alea
             ludere
             decreuimus
             ,
             siquis
             autem
             hoc
             deinceps
             facere
             ab
             hoc
             tempore
             aggressus
             fuerit
             ,
             si
             sit
             quidem
             clericus
             ,
             deponatur
             ,
             si
             laicus
             segregatur
             .
          
        
         
           Many
           are
           the
           Councels
           Cannons
           :
           and
           Statutes
           of
           this
           and
           other
           Realmes
           to
           forbid
           it
           ,
           yea
           even
           
             Mahomet
          
           himselfe
           ,
           in
           his
           
             Alcaron
             ,
          
           who
           otherwise
           allowed
           all
           sensuallity
           .
        
         
           Judge
           then
           whether
           the
           bare
           name
           of
           a
           Gamester
           be
           not
           of
           it selfe
           sufficient
           to
           blast
           any
           mans
           reputation
           .
        
         
           Take
           then
           credit
           in
           the
           second
           sence
           ,
           for
           trust
           or
           confidence
           reposed
           by
           one
           man
           in
           another
           ,
           which
           also
           is
           of
           three
           sorts
           :
           either
           of
           a
           Prince
           to
           his
           subject
           ,
           of
           a
           
           father
           to
           his
           sonne
           or
           a
           Master
           to
           his
           servant
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           first
           ,
           how
           unfit
           Gamsters
           are
           for
           the
           managing
           any
           affaires
           of
           Estate
           ,
           I
           cannot
           omit
           two
           notable
           examples
           of
           the
           ancients
           .
        
         
           
             Chilon
          
           being
           sent
           from
           
             Lacedemon
          
           to
           
             Corinth
          
           to
           Treat
           of
           a
           league
           between
           these
           two
           Commonwealthes
           ,
           and
           finding
           the
           Rulers
           Playing
           at
           Dice
           ,
           returned
           without
           speaking
           of
           his
           Commission
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           staine
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           
             
               Spartans
            
             ,
          
           with
           so
           great
           Ignominy
           ,
           as
           to
           joyne
           them
           in
           society
           with
           Gamsters
           .
           The
           second
           was
           a
           law
           amongst
           the
           
             Thebans
             ,
          
           that
           Merchants
           should
           not
           have
           to
           doe
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           Merchants
           were
           forbidden
           ,
           consequently
           Gamesters
           who
           are
           the
           meanest
           sort
           of
           Merchant
           adventurers
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           reasons
           my
           Author
           gives
           serve
           better
           against
           Gamsters
           then
           any
           other
           Merchants
           .
           
             Primam
             quia
             Consuetudine
             ,
             &
             inclinatione
             avari
             ideo
             que
             facile
             ,
             publicam
             rem
             in
             suam
             vertune
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Quia
             parum
             magnanimi
             &
             splendidi
             ,
             &
             ut
             ait
          
           Aristoteles
           
             parum
             generosa
             hac
             ratio
             vitae
             ,
             &
             virtnti
             adversa
             Tertio
             
             quia
             in
             publica
             persona
             authoritatem
             inminuit
             .
          
           First
           because
           ,
           by
           custom
           and
           inclination
           they
           are
           covetous
           ,
           and
           therefore
           apt
           to
           convert
           the
           publique
           wealth
           to
           their
           own
           private
           secondly
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           seldom
           nobly
           minded
           ,
           and
           as
           
             Aristotle
          
           saith
           ,
           this
           course
           of
           life
           is
           nothing
           generous
           ,
           and
           is
           repugnant
           to
           vertue
           thirdly
           ,
           because
           in
           a
           publique
           person
           it
           diminisheth
           authority
           :
           for
           the
           second
           sort
           of
           trust
           ,
           which
           is
           from
           a
           father
           to
           his
           son
           :
           what
           wise
           Parent
           will
           trust
           a
           son
           either
           with
           the
           fruition
           of
           a
           present
           or
           the
           possibility
           of
           a
           future
           estate
           ,
           whom
           he
           sees
           addicted
           to
           Gaming
           ,
           unlesse
           he
           be
           willing
           to
           behold
           the
           utter
           subversion
           and
           ruine
           of
           his
           family
           and
           estate
           ,
           and
           the
           fruit
           of
           all
           his
           labours
           and
           cares
           vanish
           into
           nothing
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           need
           not
           seek
           to
           proove
           ,
           so
           many
           wofull
           examples
           make
           it
           to
           manifest
           and
           nourious
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           third
           sort
           of
           trust
           which
           is
           of
           a
           Master
           to
           his
           servant
           ,
           what
           Master
           would
           give
           bread
           to
           a
           servant
           that
           is
           a
           Gamester
           ,
           for
           if
           he
           manage
           his
           Masters
           affairs
           and
           have
           either
           money
           of
           his
           in
           his
           hands
           ,
           or
           other
           his
           goods
           committed
           to
           his
           charge
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           chance
           to
           lose
           his
           own
           ,
           he
           will
           play
           upon
           his
           Masters
           purse
           hoping
           
           to
           recover
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           if
           peradventure
           he
           continue
           still
           on
           the
           losing
           hand
           ,
           and
           hath
           not
           where
           withall
           to
           pay
           ,
           he
           runs
           himselfe
           into
           greater
           danger
           then
           before
           ,
           hoping
           that
           luck
           will
           turn
           and
           so
           come
           to
           relieve
           his
           losses
           :
           But
           say
           he
           is
           not
           trusted
           with
           any
           thing
           of
           his
           Masters
           ,
           nor
           hath
           ought
           of
           his
           to
           lose
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           that
           he
           should
           assist
           at
           these
           houres
           when
           he
           ought
           to
           give
           attendance
           ,
           nor
           will
           he
           be
           in
           the
           way
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           when
           need
           requires
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           for
           the
           second
           sort
           of
           credit
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           trust
           or
           confidence
           reposed
           by
           one
           man
           in
           another
           ,
           and
           is
           threefold
           ;
           either
           from
           a
           Soveraigne
           ,
           to
           a
           subject
           ,
           a
           Father
           to
           a
           son
           ,
           or
           a
           Master
           ,
           to
           a
           servant
           ,
           of
           all
           which
           a
           Gamester
           makes
           himselfe
           uncapable
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           sort
           of
           credit
           ,
           which
           is
           for
           what
           sums
           a
           man
           may
           be
           trusted
           either
           upon
           word
           or
           bond
           comes
           now
           to
           be
           spoken
           of
           :
           A
           gamester
           certainly
           of
           all
           men
           is
           most
           unfit
           to
           be
           trusted
           ,
           because
           his
           estate
           is
           so
           uncertain
           ,
           for
           though
           it
           be
           never
           so
           great
           this
           day
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           nothing
           to
           morrow
           ;
           as
           the
           Poet
           said
           well
           .
        
         
           Quem
           dies
           vidit
           veniens
           superbum
           ,
           hunc
           dies
           vidit
           fugiens
           jacentem
           .
        
         
         
           A
           gamester
           is
           
             homo
             fluxae
             fidei
          
           a
           man
           of
           a
           fleeting
           credit
           ,
           and
           as
           
             Iacob
          
           said
           of
           his
           first
           born
           
             Reuben
             ,
          
           is
           like
           the
           waves
           of
           the
           sea
           ,
           which
           as
           they
           are
           either
           raised
           into
           mountaines
           or
           sunk
           into
           vallyes
           by
           every
           gust
           of
           winde
           :
           so
           is
           a
           Gamesters
           Estate
           ,
           and
           credit
           by
           every
           gust
           of
           fortune
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           a
           Gamester
           resembles
           the
           waves
           of
           the
           sea
           in
           another
           property
           ,
           for
           naturally
           they
           are
           alwayes
           either
           ebbing
           or
           flowing
           ,
           so
           is
           a
           Gamesters
           Estate
           and
           credit
           ,
           though
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           sea
           after
           a
           ebb
           ,
           constantly
           follows
           a
           flood
           ,
           but
           a
           Gamesters
           Estate
           commonly
           ebs
           many
           times
           before
           it
           flowes
           once
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           no
           man
           will
           take
           the
           word
           of
           a
           Ward
           or
           I●eot
           ,
           though
           their
           Estates
           be
           responsible
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           under
           their
           Guardians
           ;
           thus
           fares
           it
           with
           Gamesters
           ,
           who
           make
           themselves
           wards
           to
           fortune
           ,
           giving
           over
           the
           managing
           and
           disposing
           of
           their
           whole
           Estates
           to
           this
           their
           goddesse
           guardian
           ,
           who
           commonly
           deales
           as
           ill
           with
           them
           as
           any
           guardian
           the
           King
           or
           Law
           imposeth
           .
           Thus
           have
           I
           run
           over
           the
           second
           generall
           and
           unavoydable
           losse
           arising
           from
           Play
           which
           is
           of
           credit
           ,
           and
           principally
           hath
           relation
           to
           the
           second
           part
           of
           man
           :
           his
           person
           .
        
         
         
           To
           passe
           then
           to
           the
           third
           losse
           springing
           from
           Play
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           money
           ,
           and
           principally
           respects
           a
           mans
           Estate
           ,
           though
           I
           have
           before
           noted
           it
           ,
           as
           only
           casuall
           ,
           yet
           so
           great
           an
           ods
           there
           is
           that
           where
           one
           man
           hath
           raised
           or
           augmented
           their
           estates
           by
           Play
           ,
           more
           then
           an
           hundred
           have
           utterly
           ruined
           themselves
           :
           I
           speak
           here
           of
           Gentlemen
           who
           either
           have
           present
           ,
           or
           are
           heires
           to
           future
           Estates
           ,
           not
           of
           those
           professed
           cheaters
           who
           like
           robbers
           upon
           the
           spoiles
           and
           ruine
           of
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           this
           affection
           of
           mine
           though
           it
           may
           seem
           strange
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           confirmed
           by
           dayly
           examples
           ,
           and
           if
           rightly
           considered
           stands
           not
           without
           good
           reason
           .
           The
           first
           and
           chiefest
           reason
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           have
           more
           occasion
           to
           speak
           of
           hereafter
           ,
           is
           the
           want
           of
           Gods
           blessing
           upon
           money
           so
           ill
           gotten
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Because
           great
           store
           of
           money
           is
           as
           a
           lure
           to
           draw
           together
           all
           the
           birds
           of
           prey
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           a
           man
           of
           Estate
           be
           addicted
           to
           Play
           though
           he
           understand
           the
           ways
           thereof
           never
           so
           well
           ,
           yet
           so
           many
           Stratagems
           ,
           plots
           and
           traps
           ,
           will
           be
           layed
           to
           insnare
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           escape
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Thirdly
           because
           men
           that
           are
           either
           of
           good
           parts
           or
           Estates
           and
           have
           any
           nobler
           thing
           then
           Play
           to
           busie
           their
           wits
           ,
           or
           set
           their
           mindes
           on
           work
           ,
           Play
           upon
           great
           disadvantage
           with
           those
           whose
           wits
           studies
           ,
           and
           faculties
           ,
           are
           onely
           bent
           that
           way
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Because
           men
           of
           quality
           have
           alwayes
           some
           respect
           to
           their
           reputation
           ,
           and
           having
           lost
           any
           reasonable
           sum
           will
           rather
           let
           it
           goe
           ,
           then
           seek
           any
           indirect
           meanes
           for
           the
           regaining
           it
           ,
           whereas
           needy
           Gamesters
           having
           little
           or
           no
           credit
           ,
           upon
           losse
           ,
           will
           not
           forbear
           any
           shift
           though
           never
           so
           base
           ,
           or
           unworthy
           for
           the
           recovery
           of
           their
           losses
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           And
           lastly
           winning
           commonly
           brings
           a
           man
           into
           a
           vein
           of
           great
           expence
           ,
           and
           drawes
           together
           many
           needy
           persons
           to
           attend
           on
           him
           ,
           for
           money
           that
           comes
           so
           lightly
           ,
           goes
           as
           lightly
           ;
           but
           upon
           losse
           no body
           will
           either
           help
           him
           or
           pity
           him
           ,
           for
           losses
           that
           come
           by
           a
           mans
           own
           neglect
           or
           folly
           (
           as
           loss
           by
           play
           doth
           )
           are
           less
           compassionated
           ,
           then
           those
           that
           come
           by
           casualty
           ;
           and
           here
           I
           cannot
           but
           relate
           a
           story
           of
           mine
           observation
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           wil
           not
           be
           impertinent
           .
           I
           was
           wont
           to
           accompany
           
           a
           Gent.
           to
           the
           house
           of
           a
           great
           Lady
           ,
           where
           commonly
           meeting
           other
           company
           they
           fell
           to
           play
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           upon
           winning
           was
           very
           free
           and
           open
           handed
           to
           the
           servants
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           they
           sat
           up
           all
           night
           ,
           not
           a
           servant
           would
           go
           to
           bed
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           broke
           up
           Play
           ,
           the
           Butlers
           would
           be
           ready
           to
           present
           him
           with
           wine
           or
           beere
           ,
           the
           Pages
           and
           Lackies
           one
           would
           hold
           up
           the
           hanging
           ,
           another
           hold
           open
           the
           door
           ,
           another
           light
           him
           down
           the
           staires
           ,
           and
           be
           ready
           to
           do
           all
           offices
           expecting
           their
           reward
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           the
           Gentleman
           were
           a
           looser
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           continue
           so
           ,
           they
           all
           get
           them
           to
           bed
           ,
           and
           he
           might
           stumble
           and
           break
           his
           neck
           down
           the
           staires
           ,
           for
           any
           help
           he
           should
           have
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           one
           of
           them
           being
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           making
           good
           that
           of
           the
           Poet
           .
        
         
           
             Nullus
             ad
             amissas
             ibit
             amicus
             opes
             ,
          
           so
           that
           a
           mans
           winnings
           are
           as
           it
           were
           in
           
             jest
          
           ,
           but
           his
           losses
           alwayes
           prove
           in
           earnest
           .
        
         
           The
           examples
           of
           families
           and
           Estates
           ruined
           by
           Play
           so
           far
           confirm
           this
           that
           (
           I
           verily
           beleeve
           )
           that
           all
           others
           of
           expence
           layed
           together
           have
           not
           bin
           the
           overthrow
           of
           so
           many
           Houses
           as
           Play
           alone
           .
           I
           have
           
           observed
           these
           five
           ordinary
           wayes
           of
           wasting
           mens
           Estates
           :
           drink
           ,
           Women
           ,
           Carlesnesse
           ,
           great
           expence
           ,
           Gaming
           ,
           not
           mentioning
           those
           Casualties
           which
           are
           unavoidable
           and
           proceed
           not
           through
           a
           mans
           own
           neglect
           ,
           as
           losse
           by
           fire
           ,
           losse
           by
           Sea
           ,
           Law
           Suites
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           but
           to
           speak
           of
           these
           five
           which
           proceed
           from
           a
           mans
           own
           folly
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           as
           for
           drink
           no
           great
           Estate
           was
           ever
           spent
           therein
           ,
           without
           the
           concurrence
           of
           some
           other
           vice
           ,
           it
           being
           rather
           prejudiciall
           to
           the
           body
           then
           the
           Estate
           .
        
         
           For
           Women
           't
           is
           certain
           they
           have
           been
           the
           ruine
           of
           many
           houses
           ,
           but
           seldom
           unlesse
           accompanied
           by
           other
           vanities
           ,
           as
           b●ave
           apparrell
           ,
           rich
           presents
           ,
           sumptuous
           banquets
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           By
           carelesnesse
           t
           is
           true
           many
           Est●tes
           are
           sunk
           which
           commonly
           happens
           by
           the
           neglect
           or
           dishonesty
           of
           servants
           and
           Officers
           ,
           but
           this
           comes
           but
           by
           little
           and
           little
           ;
           and
           if
           in
           time
           perceived
           ,
           is
           easily
           redressed
           .
        
         
           For
           great
           expence
           it
           is
           commonly
           the
           errour
           of
           youth
           ,
           comming
           suddenly
           to
           great
           Estates
           (
           as
           hungry
           stomackes
           coming
           to
           plenty
           of
           meat
           )
           to
           surfeit
           and
           over
           
           shoot
           themselves
           ere
           they
           are
           aware
           ,
           and
           though
           some
           Estates
           have
           fallen
           by
           it
           ,
           yet
           time
           and
           experience
           many
           times
           make
           up
           the
           breach
           .
        
         
           Last
           of
           all
           comes
           Play
           ,
           which
           being
           layed
           in
           the
           scale
           ,
           will
           outweigh
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           All
           this
           above
           named
           are
           like
           consumptions
           and
           lingering
           diseases
           ,
           that
           weaken
           and
           waste
           a
           mans
           body
           by
           degrees
           ,
           and
           if
           taken
           in
           season
           may
           be
           prevented
           ,
           but
           play
           like
           an
           Apoplexy
           ,
           or
           Pestilent
           infection
           strikes
           a
           man
           dead
           at
           a
           blow
           ,
           and
           is
           not
           unfitly
           compared
           to
           Gun-Powder
           at
           one
           blast
           ,
           blowing
           up
           whole
           families
           and
           Estates
           :
           Other
           wayes
           of
           spending
           have
           some
           correspondence
           with
           the
           wayes
           of
           getting
           ,
           for
           as
           money
           comes
           in
           by
           little
           and
           little
           ,
           so
           it
           goes
           out
           and
           may
           be
           as
           long
           in
           spending
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           in
           getting
           ,
           But
           by
           Play
           ,
           the
           labours
           and
           fruits
           of
           many
           yeers
           ,
           may
           in
           one
           night
           be
           dissolved
           and
           come
           to
           nothing
           ;
           for
           play
           brings
           to
           a
           man
           ,
           as
           
             Aristotle
          
           saith
           ,
           sudden
           destruction
           ;
           Lastly
           as
           other
           wayes
           of
           expence
           cannot
           without
           a
           kind
           of
           Harmony
           and
           agreement
           amongst
           themselves
           
           ruine
           a
           man
           ,
           this
           of
           Play
           ,
           (
           be
           he
           otherwise
           never
           so
           temperate
           ,
           never
           so
           chaste
           ,
           so
           wise
           ,
           so
           thrifty
           )
           of
           it self
           is
           able
           irrecoverably
           to
           undoe
           him
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           gone
           over
           the
           three
           most
           notorious
           and
           generall
           effects
           and
           consequents
           of
           play
           ,
           losse
           of
           time
           ,
           losse
           of
           credit
           ,
           losse
           of
           money
           .
        
         
           There
           remaines
           some
           other
           inconveniences
           ,
           which
           come
           not
           under
           any
           of
           these
           three
           generall
           heads
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           not
           so
           great
           and
           intrinsick
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           fall
           under
           popular
           observation
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           is
           the
           great
           disadvantage
           which
           arises
           from
           the
           very
           end
           of
           Play
           .
        
         
           The
           end
           of
           Play
           is
           either
           to
           win
           or
           lose
           ,
           but
           if
           there
           be
           more
           unhappinesse
           in
           losing
           then
           happinesse
           in
           winning
           ,
           this
           makes
           the
           disadvantage
           :
           but
           that
           it
           is
           so
           is
           most
           apparent
           :
           consider
           if
           a
           man
           have
           a
           competent
           Estate
           wherewith
           to
           live
           plentifully
           and
           contentedly
           ,
           suppose
           hee
           double
           this
           Estate
           by
           Play
           ,
           it
           adds
           but
           little
           ,
           nay
           it
           rather
           diminishes
           his
           former
           Estate
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           lose
           halfe
           of
           
           what
           he
           had
           before
           ,
           what
           dayly
           occasions
           of
           discontent
           arise
           ,
           when
           he
           sees
           himself
           abridged
           of
           his
           wonted
           plenty
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           make
           this
           more
           apparent
           ,
           by
           an
           example
           ;
           suppose
           a
           man
           have
           a
           1000.
           
             li.
          
           whether
           if
           he
           make
           this
           one
           an
           100000.
           
             li
             .
          
           is
           his
           happinesse
           greater
           ,
           then
           his
           misery
           would
           be
           ,
           if
           he
           lost
           all
           and
           should
           make
           it
           nothing
           ?
           no
           questionlesse
           ,
           nay
           the
           misery
           is
           as
           much
           greater
           ,
           then
           the
           happinesse
           would
           be
           ,
           as
           the
           100000.
           
             li
             .
          
           is
           greater
           ,
           then
           the
           1000.
           
             li
             .
          
           for
           happinesse
           and
           misery
           being
           only
           comparative
           ,
           all
           men
           that
           have
           more
           ,
           nay
           many
           men
           that
           have
           not
           so
           much
           ,
           may
           be
           more
           happy
           then
           he
           ,
           but
           no
           man
           can
           be
           more
           miserable
           ,
           therefore
           is
           the
           misery
           greater
           then
           the
           happinesse
           .
           This
           rule
           holds
           good
           also
           in
           Philosophy
           :
           For
           it
           is
           a
           maxime
           that
           there
           is
           a
           neerer
           proportion
           between
           something
           and
           something
           ,
           then
           between
           somthing
           and
           nothing
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           proportion
           is
           neerer
           between
           a
           1000.
           
             li.
          
           &
           a
           penny
           ,
           then
           between
           a
           penny
           &
           nothing
           ;
           therefore
           to
           be
           brought
           from
           a
           small
           estate
           to
           none
           is
           more
           bad
           ,
           then
           to
           come
           
           from
           a
           small
           one
           to
           a
           very
           great
           one
           is
           good
           ,
           then
           is
           the
           disadvantage
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           end
           of
           Play
           ,
           more
           then
           100.
           to
           one
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Another
           inconvenience
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           continuall
           use
           of
           Play
           ,
           robs
           a
           man
           of
           all
           pitty
           ,
           charity
           ,
           and
           naturall
           affection
           ,
           being
           hardened
           by
           dayly
           seeing
           one
           another
           undone
           ,
           and
           ruined
           ,
           as
           souldiers
           being
           continually
           used
           to
           blood
           ,
           grow
           thereby
           mercilesse
           .
        
         
           No
           man
           comes
           amisse
           to
           a
           Gamster
           ,
           whether
           ,
           Brother
           ,
           kinsman
           ,
           or
           friend
           ,
           of
           whom
           he
           may
           make
           any
           advantage
           ,
           being
           so
           remote
           from
           all
           pity
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           see
           one
           falling
           ,
           they
           will
           rather
           precipitate
           ,
           and
           throw
           him
           head-long
           ,
           then
           offer
           to
           help
           ,
           or
           hold
           him
           up
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Another
           inconvenience
           ,
           is
           that
           he
           that
           wins
           is
           bound
           to
           give
           the
           loser
           leave
           to
           speak
           ;
           to
           endure
           many
           bold
           and
           intemperate
           Actions
           ,
           to
           beare
           with
           many
           indiscreet
           words
           ,
           and
           uncivill
           behaviour
           ;
           which
           he
           is
           tyed
           to
           suffer
           ,
           only
           as
           a
           Winner
           ,
           not
           as
           a
           man
           of
           honour
           ,
           who
           in
           things
           of
           another
           
           nature
           would
           resent
           the
           least
           wrong
           that
           is
           done
           to
           him
           ;
           besides
           many
           suspitions
           and
           traducements
           of
           his
           Play
           be
           it
           never
           so
           fair
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           Another
           inconvenience
           is
           ,
           that
           when
           a
           man
           hath
           lost
           he
           is
           liable
           to
           be
           insulted
           over
           ,
           laughed
           at
           ,
           and
           scorned
           by
           them
           who
           have
           won
           ,
           which
           is
           worse
           to
           be
           endured
           ,
           then
           the
           losse
           of
           the
           money
           it selfe
           ,
           verifying
           that
           of
           the
           Poet
           ,
           
             Nil
             habet
             infaelix
             paupertas
             durius
             in
             se
             quam
             quod
             ridiculos
             homines
             facit
             .
          
        
         
           And
           with
           this
           will
           I
           close
           the
           first
           part
           of
           my
           discourse
           ,
           wherein
           I
           have
           onely
           spoken
           of
           Gaming
           as
           it
           trenches
           upon
           morality
           ,
           and
           civility
           ;
           Now
           will
           I
           speak
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           how
           hainously
           it
           is
           offensive
           to
           God
           .
        
         
           The
           profession
           of
           Gaming
           is
           little
           lesse
           then
           professed
           Atheisme
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           not
           onely
           a
           manifest
           distrust
           ,
           but
           an
           open
           contempt
           of
           Gods
           threats
           ,
           his
           promises
           ,
           and
           his
           providences
           :
           If
           God
           speak
           nothing
           vainely
           ,
           then
           much
           lesse
           falsly
           ;
           and
           if
           all
           his
           promises
           are
           yea
           and
           Amen
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           a
           strange
           presumption
           
           to
           slight
           and
           despise
           them
           ;
           hath
           not
           God
           pronounced
           that
           goods
           ill
           gotten
           shall
           not
           prosper
           ?
           yet
           the
           Gamester
           laughes
           in
           Gods
           face
           ,
           and
           sayes
           secretly
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           I
           will
           try
           whether
           they
           will
           prosper
           or
           not
           ,
           say
           God
           what
           he
           will
           :
           hath
           not
           God
           pronounced
           a
           woe
           to
           them
           who
           eat
           ,
           drink
           ,
           sleep
           and
           rise
           up
           to
           play
           ?
           yet
           is
           this
           the
           whole
           life
           of
           a
           Gamester
           ?
           hath
           he
           not
           promised
           to
           all
           that
           relie
           upon
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           want
           nothing
           that
           is
           good
           ?
           yet
           the
           Gamester
           makes
           flesh
           his
           arm
           ,
           and
           relies
           upon
           his
           own
           Art
           and
           Fortune
           ,
           neither
           imploring
           the
           Divine
           blessing
           ,
           nor
           acknowledging
           any
           thing
           they
           obtain
           from
           thence
           ,
           but
           that
           comes
           to
           passe
           with
           them
           ,
           which
           the
           Prophet
           speaketh
           ;
           
             Laetantur
             exultant
             ,
             immolant
             plagis
             suis
             ,
             &
             sacrificant
             reti
             suo
             .
          
           Certainly
           there
           is
           no
           one
           vice
           that
           so
           desperately
           affronts
           God
           in
           the
           breach
           of
           almost
           all
           his
           Commandements
           .
           As
           for
           the
           first
           and
           second
           ,
           Is
           not
           God
           pulled
           out
           of
           his
           Throne
           ,
           and
           the
           Idol
           of
           fortune
           deisied
           ,
           and
           set
           up
           in
           his
           stead
           ?
        
         
         
           But
           for
           the
           third
           ,
           oh
           how
           is
           that
           most
           precious
           name
           rent
           ,
           and
           torn
           in
           
             curses
          
           ,
           blasphemies
           ,
           execrations
           ,
           yea
           even
           to
           perjury
           it selfe
           ?
           for
           the
           fourth
           ,
           I
           never
           knew
           any
           Gamester
           a
           Sabbatarian
           ;
           and
           although
           publike
           Authority
           forbids
           the
           publike
           exercise
           of
           Gaming
           ,
           yet
           is
           it
           as
           frequently
           used
           in
           private
           on
           that
           day
           as
           any
           other
           ;
           for
           the
           fifth
           ,
           I
           know
           none
           that
           have
           any
           either
           Religious
           or
           honest
           Parents
           ,
           but
           they
           disswade
           and
           command
           them
           from
           Play
           ;
           then
           consequently
           it
           is
           a
           disobedience
           to
           them
           :
           for
           the
           sixth
           ,
           It
           is
           often
           the
           occasion
           of
           mentall
           murther
           ,
           yea
           sometimes
           of
           actuall
           ,
           and
           once
           (
           that
           I
           remember
           )
           of
           selfe
           murther
           .
        
         
           To
           passe
           to
           the
           eighth
           ,
           Gaming
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           professed
           theft
           and
           little
           differing
           from
           that
           on
           the
           high
           way
           ;
           onely
           one
           is
           by
           force
           ,
           the
           other
           by
           fraud
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           tenth
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           directly
           repugnant
           to
           that
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           innocent
           play
           can
           scarce
           avoide
           the
           breach
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           though
           a
           man
           play
           with
           his
           Childe
           or
           servant
           to
           whom
           he
           must
           restore
           more
           then
           he
           wins
           ,
           yet
           is
           there
           a
           
           strange
           instinct
           of
           coveting
           and
           desire
           of
           winning
           .
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           briefly
           shewed
           how
           play
           doth
           either
           directly
           or
           indirectly
           oppose
           eight
           of
           Gods
           ten
           Commandements
           :
           and
           if
           any
           other
           sin
           can
           be
           produced
           of
           so
           great
           a
           latitude
           to
           the
           making
           up
           whereof
           there
           is
           such
           a
           confluence
           and
           concurrence
           of
           so
           many
           other
           sins
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           willing
           hereafter
           to
           think
           play
           no
           sin
           :
           I
           will
           onely
           here
           add
           a
           quaere
           or
           two
           and
           so
           conclude
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           Why
           should
           play
           be
           more
           used
           in
           the
           night
           time
           then
           in
           the
           day
           ,
           considering
           the
           night
           is
           a
           time
           of
           rest
           both
           to
           the
           body
           and
           minde
           .
        
         
           Play
           certainly
           is
           a
           work
           of
           darknesse
           ,
           and
           herein
           Gamesters
           are
           like
           beasts
           of
           prey
           ,
           which
           rest
           all
           day
           and
           goe
           abroad
           in
           the
           evening
           ;
           as
           the
           psalmist
           saith
           .
        
         
           Thou
           madest
           darknesse
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           night
           ,
           wherein
           all
           the
           beasts
           of
           the
           forrest
           doe
           move
           .
           The
           Lyons
           roaring
           after
           their
           prey
           &c
           :
           the
           sun
           ariseth
           and
           they
           get
           them
           away
           together
           ,
           and
           lay
           them
           down
           in
           their
           dens
           .
        
         
         
           Man
           goeth
           forth
           to
           his
           work
           and
           his
           labour
           untill
           the
           evening
           .
        
         
           Thus
           fares
           it
           with
           Gamesters
           who
           turn
           day
           into
           night
           ,
           and
           night
           into
           day
           :
           inverting
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           :
           herein
           rather
           imitating
           Lyons
           and
           beasts
           of
           the
           forrest
           then
           men
           who
           follow
           their
           honest
           labours
           .
        
         
           My
           second
           quaere
           is
           ,
           why
           in
           this
           as
           in
           most
           other
           dangers
           one
           man
           should
           not
           beware
           by
           anothers
           example
           ,
           nay
           not
           by
           their
           own
           ,
           the
           fish
           will
           scarce
           come
           twice
           to
           the
           hooke
           ,
           nor
           the
           bird
           to
           the
           net
           ;
           having
           once
           escaped
           .
        
         
           But
           men
           having
           been
           often
           taken
           in
           this
           snare
           have
           not
           the
           wit
           of
           fishes
           ,
           or
           birds
           to
           avoid
           it
           :
           certainly
           this
           is
           a
           great
           master
           piece
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           first
           to
           worke
           upon
           the
           weaknesse
           of
           mens
           inclinations
           ,
           being
           of
           themselves
           too
           prone
           to
           evil
           ,
           having
           thus
           far
           prevailed
           to
           win
           a
           man
           to
           play
           ,
           he
           then
           musters
           up
           all
           his
           Arts
           and
           
             Tentations
          
           fearing
           to
           lose
           so
           fast
           an
           hold
           ,
           and
           so
           great
           an
           advantage
           ,
           as
           when
           he
           hath
           made
           one
           a
           Gamester
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           a
           man
           having
           entered
           into
           
           this
           course
           cannot
           without
           Divine
           assistance
           retire
           ;
           the
           way
           being
           like
           (
           if
           not
           the
           same
           way
           )
           that
           leades
           to
           hell
           ,
           as
           
             Virgil
          
           well
           describes
           it
           .
        
         
           Facilis
           descensus
           Averni
           ,
        
         
           Sed
           revocare
           gradus
           ,
           superasque
           evadere
           ad
           auras
           .
        
         
           Hic
           labor
           hoc
           opus
           est
           .
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           performed
           this
           short
           exercise
           of
           my
           pen
           ,
           having
           onely
           deciphered
           this
           inchanting
           
             Circe
             ,
          
           but
           in
           a
           small
           table
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           draught
           ,
           leaving
           it
           to
           some
           more
           curious
           hand
           ,
           to
           draw
           her
           in
           a
           larger
           proportion
           ,
           and
           in
           more
           lively
           colours
           ,
           that
           so
           being
           the
           more
           discovered
           ,
           she
           may
           be
           the
           more
           abhorred
           .
        
      
       
         FINIS
         .
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
               Aprill
               21.
               1651.
               
            
          
        
         
           Imprimatur
           .
        
         
           
             John
             Downame
             .
          
        
         
      
      
  

