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The church condemned activity of buffoons, named their attendants of a devil, their art - ' devilish '. In set of national proverbs has found reflexion severe prosecution of buffoons from church: ' the Buffoon to the priest not a companion ', ' Skomoroshja a fun in joy ', etc. In 1648 tsar Alexey Mihajlovich has forbidden a Satan representations of buffoons. It was strictly recommended not to sing in houses, in streets and in fields of songs, not to dance, in round dances not to play and to games not to listen, of riddles not to think, ' not former ' fairy tales not to affect, a dress skomorosheskoe not to put on, in cards and chess not to play, on a swing not to shake, bears not to drive, with dogs not to dance, a psaltery, tambourines, domras, delays, hooters not to play. All musical instruments were taken away, burnt or broke. Disobedient persons of this decree for the first time publicly beat batogami, in the second-beat a whip and exiled.

In due course, is closer by XVII century, cheerful and is impudent-accusatory art of buffoons began to be forgotten. There was also other reason of disappearance of buffoons: their simple entertainments any more did not satisfy the increased tastes of spectators.