{ Ben. Johnson. p. 51 _The Authorities of_ { Beaumont & Fletcher. p. 52 { _And_ Corneille. p. 53 _against the_ present Stage. CHAP. II. The _Prophaneness_ of the _Stage_. _This_ Charge _prov'd upon them_, I. _By their_ Cursing _and_ Swearing. p. 57 _The_ English Stage _formerly less hardy in this respect_. Ibid. _The_ provokingness _of this Sin_. p. 58 _This Offence_ punishable _by_ Law, _and how far_. p. 59 Swearing _in the_ Play House _an_ Un-Gentlemanly, _as well as an_ Un-Christian practise. _A_ Second _Branch of the_ Profaness _of the_ Stage, _consisting in their Abuse of_ Religion, _and the_ Holy Scriptures. p. 60 _Instances of this Liberty in the_ Mock Astrologer. Ib. _In the_ Orphan. p. 62 _In the_ Old Batchelour, _and_ Double Dealer. p. 63, 64 _In_ Don Sebastian. p. 65 _Breif Remarks upon a Passage or two in the_ Dedications _of_ Aurenge Zebe, _and the_ Translation _of_ Juvenal. p. 66, 69 _Farther Instances of_ Profaneness _in_ Love Triumphant. p. 72 _In_ Love for Love. p. 74 _In the_ provok'd Wife. p. 77 _And in the_ Relapse. p. 78 _The_ Horrid Impiety _of this_ Liberty. p. 80 _The_ Stage _guilty of down right_ Blasphemy. _This_ Charge _made good from several of the_ Plays _above mention'd_. p. 82 _The Comparative Regularity of the_ Heathen Stage, _exemplyfied in_ Terence, _and_ Plautus. p. 86 _And in the_ Greek Tragedians. p. 87 Seneca _more exceptionable than the_ Greeks, _but not so faulty as the_ Modern Stage. p. 94 _This_ outraging _of_ Religion Intolerable. p. 95 CHAP. III. _The_ Clergy _abused by the_ Stage. p. 98 _This Usage both_ { _Unpresidented_. p. 112 _And_ { _Unreasonable_. p. 127 _The Misbehaviour of the_ Stage _upon this account_. p. 138 CHAP. IV. Immorality encouraged _by the_ Stage. p. 140 _The_ Stage Poets _make_ Libertines _their_ Top-Characters, _and give them_ Success _in their_ Debauchery. p. 142