Note 19 — Chapter I · THE DANCING MANIA IN GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS.
B. G. (Benjamin Guy) Babington translation
St. Augustine had already warned the people against committing excesses and singing profane songs at the festival of St. John: “Nec permittamus solemnitatem sanctam cantica luxuriosa proferendo polluere.”—St. Augusti Denkwürdigkeiten aus der Christlichen Archäologie. Vol. III. p. 166. Leipzig. 1820. 8vo. Memorabilia of Christian Archæology.