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- 1592c.1 + (<p>"Time of recreation is necessary, … <p>"Time of recreation is necessary, I graunt, and think as necessary for schollers . . . as it is for any. Yet in my opinion it were not fit for them to play at Stoole-ball among wenches, nor at Mumchance or Maw with idle loose companions; not at trunks in Guile-halls, nor to dance about Maypoles, nor to rufle in alehouses, nor to carowse in tauernes, nor to steale deere, nor to rob orchards. Though who can deny that they may doe these things, yea worse."</p></br><p>Attributed to Dr. Rainoldes in J. P. Collier, ed., <u>The Political Decameron, or Ten Conversations on English Poets and Poetry</u> [Constable and Co., Edinburgh, 1820], page 257. This passage is from the "ninth conversation" and covers low practices during the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I. <b>Note:</b> we need to ascertain the source, date, and context of the original Rainoldes material. It appears that Rainoldes' cited "conversation" with Gager took place in 1592.</p> It appears that Rainoldes' cited "conversation" with Gager took place in 1592.</p>)