defyled

Updated: July 6, 2026

For the thing beyng so vilanous, and so infected of his own nature, as daunsing is, it is impossible, that he which useth it, should not bee infected, neither more nor lesse: then it is impossible to touch any filthines, and not to bee once uncleane, infected, and defyled.

Anonymous - A Treatise of Daunses: Wherin It Is Shewed, That They Are as It Were Accessories And: Dependants (Or Thynges Annexed) to Whoredome, (1581)