Philip Stubbes Quotes

1543 - 1593

English  Puritan  pamphleteer.  His  Anatomie  of  Abuses  in  the Realme of  England  (1583)  was  a vehement denunciation of  the luxury of the times.

   Lord, remove these exercises from the Sabbath. Any exercise which withdraweth from godliness either upon the Sabbath or on any other day, is wicked and to be forbidden.

1583  Anatomie of Abuses in the Realme of England.

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   For as concerning football playing, I protest unto you it may be rather called a friendly kind of fight than a play or recreation, a bloody or murmuring practice than a fellowly sport or pastime.

Philip Stubbes
— 1583  Anatomie of Abuses in the Realme of England.

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   Football causeth fighting, brawling, contention, quarrel- picking, murder, homicide, and agreateffusionof blood, as daily experiences teaches.

Philip Stubbes
— 1583  Anatomie of Abuses in the Realme of England.

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