XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 5/29/2024 3:38 AM, Ross Clark wrote:   
   > "For the preuenting and auoyding of the great abuse of the holy Name of   
   > God in Stage-playes, Interludes, Maygames, Shews and such like..."   
   >   
   > Censorship directed, as it says, towards profane use of the name of God,   
   > "or of Christ Jesus, or of the holy Ghost, or of the Trinitie...",   
   > including expressions such as "Zounds!" (< God's wounds), which   
   > technically do not actually contain the name.   
   >   
   > Shakespeare was in his prime. Apparently this act helps to explain many   
   > textual differences between pre-1606 quarto editions of his plays and   
   > the 1623 (posthumous) First Folio.   
      
      
      
   there was an interesting  re-Creation of this in the PBS show....   
      
      
                They used  Scarlet-Letter   patches,  etc.   
      
      
   Colonial House (TV series)   
      
                    https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Colonial_House_(TV_...   
      
   It aired on PBS in the United States and on Channel 4 in the United   
   Kingdom in 2004.   
      
   Colonial House. Also known as, Pioneer House. Genre, Reality. Directed   
   by ...   
      
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