William Sheppard, sergeant-at-laws, a beneficial stickler, when you look at the ascendency of the Rump, on the reformation of your law and the correction regarding ways, ergo establishes forward particular issues, and you may, including good Samaritan, propounds a simple solution to them within his works, entitled ‘Englands Balme.’

The fresh morals and you may manners of the nation, fundamentally, at this months, commonly, however, to get estimated by the that from new courtroom and the thus-named “preferred globe

“There is zero certain and you can clear laws so you can punish prophane jesting, fidling, ryming, plumbing, balancing, fortune-advising, tumbling, dancing through to the fresh rope, vaulting, ballad-singing, sword-to play, or to tackle from honors, ape-holding, puppet-to experience, bear-baiting, bull-baiting, horse-rushing, cock-attacking, carding, dicing, or other gaming; particularly the spending off a lot of time, as well as the adventuring of great figures of money here. (más…)