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A62397	The discovery of witchcraft proving that the compacts and contracts of witches with devils and all infernal spirits or familiars are but erroneous novelties and imaginary conceptions : also discovering, how far their power extendeth in killing, tormenting, consuming, or curing the bodies of men, women, children, or animals by charms, philtres, periapts, pentacles, curses, and conjurations : wherein likewise the unchristian practices and inhumane dealings of searchers and witch-tryers upon aged, melancholly, and superstitious people, in extorting confessions by terrors and tortures, and in devising false marks and symptoms, are notably detected ... : in sixteen books / by Reginald Scot ... ; whereunto is added an excellent Discourse of the nature and substance of devils and spirits, in two books : the first by the aforesaid author, the second now added in this third edition ... conducing to the compleating of the whole work, with nine chapters at the beginning of the fifteenth [sic] book of The discovery.; Discoverie of witchcraft	Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599.; Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599. Discourse concerning the nature and substance of devils and spirits.	1665 (1665)	Wing S945A; ESTC R20054	529,066	395

the benefit of the brain and so of the sense and understanding of the mind And from some it taketh away life and that is more common then the other These be called Philtra or Pocula amatoria or Venenosa pocula or Hippomanes which bad and blind Physitians rather practise than Witches or Conjurers c. But of what value these bables are towards the end why they are provided may appear by the opinions of Poets themselves from whence was derived the estimation of that stuffe And first you shall hear what Ovid saith who wrote of the very art of love and that so cunningly and feelingly that he is reputed the special doctor in that science Fallitur Aemonias si quis decurrit ad artes Datque quod à teneri fronte revellet equi Non facient ut vivat amor Medeides herbae Mistaque cum Magicis mersae venena sonis Phasias Aesonidem Circe tenuisset Ulyssem Si modo servari carmine posset amor Nec data profuerint pallentia philtra puellis Philtra nocent animis vimque furoris habent Englished by Abraham Fleming Who so doth run to Hamon arts I dub him for a dolt And giveth that which he doth pluck from forehead of a colt Medias herbs will not procure that love shall lasting live Nor steeped poyson mixt with Magick charmes the same can give The Witch Medea had full fast held Jason for her own So had the grand Witch Circe too Ulysses if alone With Charmes maintain'd and kept might be the love of twain in one No slibbersawces given to Maids to make them pale and wan Will help such slibbersawces marre the minds of maid and man And have in them a furious force of Phrensie now and than Viderit Aemoniae si quis mala pdula terrae Et magicas artes posse juvare putat English by Abraham Flemming If any think that evil herbs in Haeman land which be Or Witchcraft able is to help let him make proof and see These Verses precedent do shew that Ovid knew that those beggerly Sorceries might rather kill one or make him stark mad than do him good towards the attainment of his pleasure of love and therefore he giveth his counsel to them that are amorous in such hot manner that either they must enjoy their love or else needs dye saying Sit procul omne nefas ut ameris amabilis esto Farre off be all unlawful means thou amiable be Loving I mean that she with love may quit the love of thee CHAP. VII It is proved by more credible writers that Love-cups rather ingender death through venom than love by art and with what toyes they destroy cattel and procure love BUt because there is no hold nor trust to these Poets who say and unsay dallying with these causes so as indeed the wife may perceive they have them in derision let us see what other graver Authors speak hereof Eusebius Caesariensis writeth that the Poet Lucretius was killed with one of those lovers poysoned cups Hierom reporteth that one Livia herewith killed her husband whom she too much hated and Lucilla killed hers whom she too much loved Callisthenes killed Lucius Lucullus the Emperour with a love-pot as Plutarch and Cornelius Nepos say Pliny and Josephus report that Caesonia killed her husband Caligula amatorio poculo with a Lovers-cup which was indeed stark poyson Aristotle saith That all which is believed touching the efficacy of these matters is lyes and old wives tales He that will read more arguments and histories concerning these poysons let him look in J. Wier de Veneficiis The toyes which are said to procure love and are exhibited in their poyson loving cups are these the hair growing in the nethermost part of a Wolves tail a Wolves yard a little fish called Remora the brain of a Cat of a Newt or of a Lizzard the bone of a green Frog the flesh thereof being consumed with Pismires or Ants the left bone whereof ingendreth as they say love the bone on the right side hate Also it is said that a frog bones the flesh being eaten off round about with Ants whereof some will swim and some will sink those that sink being hanged up with a white linnen cloth ingender love but if a man be touched therewith hate is bred thereby Another experiment is thereof with young Swallows whereof one brood or nest being taken and buryed in a crock under the ground till they be starved up they that be sound open-mouthed serve to engender love they whose mouths are shut serve to procure hate Besides these many other follies there be to this purpose proposed to the simple as namely the garments of the dead candles that burn before a dead corps and needles wherewith dead bodies are sown or sockt into their sheets and divers other things which for the reverence of the Reader and in respect of the unclean speech to be used in the description thereof I omit which if you read Dioscorides or divers other learned Physicians you may see at large In the mean while he that desireth to see more experiments concerning this matter let him read Leonardus Vairus de fascin now this present year 1583. newly published wherein with an incestuous mouth he affirmeth directly that Christ and his Apostles were Venefici very fondly prosecuting that argument and with as much Popish folly as may be labouring to prove it lawful to charm and inchant Vermine c. CHAP. VIII Jolin Bodin triumphing against John Wier is overtaken with false Greek and false interpretation thereof MOnsieur Bodin triumpeth over Doctor Wier herein pronouncing a heavy sentence upon him because he referreth this word to Poyson But he reigneth or rather rideth over him much more for speaking false Greek affirming that he calleth Veneficos 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is as true as the rest of the reports and fables of Witches miracles contained in his book of Devilish devises For in truth he hath no such word but saith they are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whereas he should have said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the true accent being omitted and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 being enterposed which should have been left out which is nothing to the substance of the matter but must needs be the Printers fault But Bodin reasoneth in this wife 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is sometimes put for Magos or Praes●igiutores Ergo in the translation of the Septuagint it is so to be taken Wherein he manifesteth his bad Logick more then the others ill Greek For it is well known to the learned in this tongue that the usual and proper signification of this word with all its derivations and compounds doth signifie Venificos Poysoners by Medicine Which when it is most usual and proper why should the Translators take it in a signification less usual and nothing proper Thus therefore he reasoneth and concludeth with his new-found Logick and old found Greek Sometimes it signifieth so though

a great he cometh forth like a Souldier riding on a great Horse he hath a Lyons face very red and with flaming eyes he speaketh with a big voyce he maketh a man wonderful in Astronomy and in all the liberal Sciences he bringeth good familiars and ruleth Thirty six Legions Saleos is a great Earl he appeareth as a gallant Souldier riding on a Crocodile and weareth a Dukes crown peaceable c. Vuall is a great Duke and a strong he is seen as a great and terrible Dromedary but in humane form he soundeth out in a base voyce the Aegyptian tongue This man above all other procureth especial love of Women and knoweth things present past and to come procuring the love of friends and foes he was of the order of Potestates and governeth Thirty seven Legions Haagenti is a great President appearing like a great Bull having the wings of a Griffin but when he taketh humane shape he maketh a man wise in every thing he changeth all metals into gold and changeth Wine and Water the one into the other and commandeth as many Legions as Zagan Phoenix is a great Marquess appearing like the bird Phoenix having a childs voyce but berore he standeth still before the Conjuror he singeth many sweet notes Then the Exorcist with his companions must beware he give no ear to the melody but must by and by bid him put on humane shape then will he speak marvellously of all wonderful Sciences He is an excellent Poet and obedient he hopeth to return to the seventh Throne after a thousand two hundred years and governeth Twenty Legions Stolas is a great Prince appearing in the form of a Night-raven before the Exorcist he taketh the image and shape of a man and teacheth Astronomy absolutely understanding the vertues of herbs and pretious stones there are under him Twenty six legions Note that a Legion is 6666. and now by Multiplication count how many Legions do arise out of every particular ✚ Secretum secretorum The secret of secrets Tu operans sis secretus horum Thou that workest them be secret in them CHAP. XII The hours wherein principal Devils may be bound to wit raised and restrained from doing of hurt AMaymon King of the East Corson King of the South Zimimar King of the North Goap King and Prince of the West may be bound from the third hour till noon and from the ninth hour till evening Marquesses may be bound from the ninth hour till compline and from compline to the end of the day Dukes may be bound from the first hour till noon and clear weather is to be observed Prelates may be bound in any hour of the day Knights from day dawning till Sun rising or from evensong till the Sun set A President may not be bound in any hour of the day except the King whom he obeyeth be invocated nor in the shutting of the evening Counties or Earls may be bound at any hour of the day so it be in the woods or fields where men resort not CHAP. XIII The form of adjuring or citing of the Spirits aforesaid to arise and appear WHen you will have any Spirit you must know his Name and Office you must also fast and be clean from all pollution three or four days before so will the Spirit be the more obedient unto you Then make a Circle and call up the Spirit with great intention and holding a ring in your hand rehearse in your own name and your companions for one must alwayes be with you this Prayer following and so no Spirit shall annoy you and your purpose shall take effect And note how this agreeth with Popish Charmes and Conjurations In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ the ✚ Father ✚ and the Son ✚ and the Holy Ghost ✚ holy Trinity and unspeakable Unity I call upon thee that thou mayst be my salvation and defence and the protection of my body and soul and of all my goods through the virtue of thy holy Cross and through the vertue of thy passion I beseech thee O Lord Jesus Christ by the merits of thy blessed Mother S. Mary and of all thy Saints That thou give me Grace and Divine power over all the wicked Spirits so as which of them soever I do call by name they may come by and by from every coast and accomplish my will that they neither be hurtful nor fearful unto me but rather obedient and diligent about me And through thy virtue streightly commanding them let them fufil my commandements Amen Holy holy holy Lord God of Sabbaoth which wilt come to judge the quick and the dead thou which art Α and Ω first and last King of Kings and Lord of Lords Ioth Aglanabrath El Abiel Anathiel Amazim Sedomel Grayes Heli Messias Tolimi Elias Ischiros Athanatos Imas By these thy holy Names and by all other I do call upon thee and beseech thee O Lord Jesus Christ by thy Nativity and Baptism by thy Cross and Passion by thine Ascension and by the coming of the Holy Ghost by the bitterness of thy soul when it departed from the body by thy five wounds by the blood and water which went out of thy body by thy virtue by the Sacrament which thou gavest thy Disciples the day before thou sufferedst by the holy Trinity and the inseparable Unity by blessed Mary thy Mother by thine Angels Arch-Angels Prophets Patriarchs and by all thy Saints and by all the Sacraments which are made in thine honour I do worship and beseech thee to accept these prayers Conjurations and words of my mouth which I will use I require thee O Lord Jesus Christ that thou give me thy virtue and power over all thine Angels which were thrown down from heaven to deceive mankind to draw them to me to tie and bind them and also to loose them to gather them together before me and to command them to do all that they can and that by no means they contemn my voyce or the words of my mouth but that they obey me and my sayings and fear me I beseech thee by thine Humanity Mercy and Grace and I require thee Adony Amay Horta Vegedora Mitai Hel Suranat Yston Ysesy and by all thy holy Names and by all thine holy He-Saints and She-Saints by all thine Angels and Archangels Powers Dominions and Virtues and by that name that Solomon did bind the Devils and shut them up Elbrach Evanher Agle Goth Ioth Othie Venoch Nabrat and by all thine holy Names which are written in this book and by the virtue of them all that thou enable me to congregate all thy Spirits thrown down from heaven that they may give me a true answer of all my demands and that they satisfie all my requests without the hurt of my body or soul or any thing else that is mine through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son which liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost one God world without end

minutes and to talk in my mother tongue plainly that I may hear it and understand it declaring the truth unto me of all things according to thine oath and promise else to be condemned for ever Fiat fiat Amen Also I conjure and constrain the spirit of N. by the golden Girdle which girdeth the loins of our Lord Jesus Christ so thou spirit of N. be thou bound and cast into the pit of everlasting condemnation for thy great disobedience and unreverent regard that thou hast to the holy names and words of God Almighty by me pronounced Fiat Amen Also I conjure constrain command and by the spirit of N. by the two-edged Sword which John saw proceed out of the mouth of God Almighty except thou be obedient as is aforesaid the Sword cut thee in pieces and condemn thee into the pit of everlasting pains where the fire goeth not out and where the worm dyeth not Fiat fiat fiat Amen Also I conjure and constrain the spirit of N. by the Throne of the Godhead and by all the Heavens under him and by the celestial City new Jerusalem and by the Earth by the Sea and by all things created and contained therein and by their vertues and powers and by all the infernals and by their vertues and powers and by all things contained therein and by their vertues and powers I conjure and constrain the spirit of N. than now immediately thou be obedient unto me at all times hereafter and to those words of me pronounced according to thine oath and promise else let the great curse of God the anger of God the shadow and darkness of everlasting condemnation be upon thee thou spirit of N. for ever and ever because thou hast denyed thine health thy faith and salvation for the great disobedience thou art worthy to be condemned Therefore let the divine Trinity Angels and Archangels Thrones Dominations Principates Potestates Virtutes Chrumbim and Seraphim and all the souls of the Saints that shall stand on the right hand of our Lord Jesus Christ at the general Day of Judgment condemn the spirit of N. for ever and ever and be a witness against thee because of thy great disobedience in and against thy promises Fiat fiat Amen Being thus bound he must needs be obedient unto thee whether he will or no prove this And here followeth a bond to call him to your N. and to shew you true visions at all times as in the hour of ♄ to bind or inchant any thing and in the hour of ♃ for peace and concord in the hour of ♂ to marre to destroy and to make sick in the hour of the ☉ to bind tongues and other bonds of men in the hour of ♀ to increase love joy and good will in the hour of ☿ to put away enimity or hatred to know of theft in the hour of the ☽ for love good will and concord ♄ lead ♃ tin ♂ iron ☉ gold ♀ copper ☿ quick-silver ☽ silver c. CHAP. XXVIII This Bond as followeth is to call him into your Crystal-stone or Glass c. ALso I do conjure thee spirit N. by God the Father by God the Son and by God the Holy Ghost Α and Ω the first and the last and by the latter day of Judgement of them which shall come to judge the quick and the dead and the world by fire and by their vertues and powers I constrain thee spirit N. to come to him that holdeth the Crystal-stone in his hand and to appear visibly as hereafter followeth Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by these holy Names of God ✚ Letragrammaton ✚ Adonay ✚ El ✚ Ousion ✚ Agla ✚ Iesus ✚ of Nazareth ✚ and by the vertues thereof and by his nativity death burial resurrection and ascension and by all other things appertaining unto his passion and by the blessed Virgin Mary Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ and by all the joy which she had when she saw her Son rise from death to life and by the vertues and powers thereof I constrain thee Spirit N. to come into the Crystal-stone and to appear visibly as hereafter shall be declared Also I conjure thee N. thou Spirit by all Angels Archangels Thrones Dominations Principates Potestates Virtutes Cherubim and Seraphim and by the ☉ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ♀ ☿ and by the twelve signes and by their vertues and powers and by all things created and confirmed in the Firmament and by their vertues and powers I constrain thee Spirit N. to appear visibly in that Crystal-stone in fair form and shape of a white Angel a green Angel a black Angel a Man a Woman a Boy a maiden Virgin a white Greyhound a Devil with great horns without any hurt or danger of our bodies or souls and truly to inform and shew unto us true visions of all things in that Crystal-stone according to thine Oath and Promise and that without any hinderance or tarrying to appear visibly by this Bond of words read over by me three times upon pain of everlasting condemnation Fiat fiat Amen Then being appeared say these words following I Conjure thee Spirit by God the Father that thou shew true visions in that Crystal-stone where there be any N. in such a place or no upon pain of everlasting condemnation Fiat Amen Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by God the Son Jesus Christ that thou do shew true visions unto us whether it be gold or silver or any other metals or whether there were any or no upon pain of condemnation Fiat Amen Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by God the Holy Ghost the which doth sanctifie all faithful souls and spirits and by their vertues and powers I constrain thee Spirit N. to speak open and to declare the true way how we may come by these treasures hidden in N. and how to have it in our custody and who are the keepers thereof and how many there be and what be their names and by whom it was laid there and to shew me true visions of what sort and similitude they be and how long they have kept it and to know in what dayes and hours we shall call such a Spirit N. to bring unto us these treasures into such a place N. upon pain of everlasting condemnation ✚ Also I constrain thee Spirit N. by all Angels Archangels Thrones Dominations Principates Potestates Virtutes Cherubim and Seraphim that you do shew a true vision in this Crystal-stone who did convey or steal away such a N. and where it is and who hath it and how far off and what is his or her name and how and when to come unto it upon pain of eternal condemnation Fiat Amen Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by the ☉ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ♀ ☿ and by all the Characters in the Firmament that thou do shew unto me a true vision in this Crystal-stone where such N. and in what state he is and how long he hath been there and

Spirit into six significations saying that it is sometimes taken for the air sometimes for the bodies of the blessed sometimes for the souls of the blessed sometimes for the power imaginative or the mind of man and sometimes for God Again he saith That of spirits there are two sorts some created and some uncreated A spirit uncreated saith he is God himself and it is essentially taken and agreeth unto the three Persons notionally to the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost personally A spirit created is a creature and that is likewise of two sorts to wit bodily and bodiless A bodily spirit is also of two sorts for some kind of spirit is so named of spiritualness as it is distinguished from bodiliness otherwise it is called Spiritus a spiriando id est a flando of breathing or blowing as the wind doth A bodiless spirit is one way so named of spiritualness and then it is taken for a spiritual substance and is of two sorts some make a full and compleat kind and is called compleat or perfect as a spirit angelical some do not make a full and perfect kind and is called incompleat or unperfect as the soul There is also the spirit vital which is a certain subtil or very fine substance necessarily disposing and tending unto life There be moreover spirits natural which are a kind of subtil and very fine substances disposing and tending unto equal complexions of bodies Again there be spirits animal which are certain subtil and very fine substances disposing and tempering the body that it might be animated of the form that is that it might be perfected of the reasonable soul Thus far he In whose division you see a Philosophical kind of proceeding though not altogether to be condemned yet in every point not to be approved Now to the Spirit of spirits I mean the principal and holy Spirit of God which one defineth or rather describeth to be the third Person in the Trinity issuing from the Father and the Son no more the charity dilection and love of the Father and the Son than the Father is the charity dilection and love of the Son and Holy Ghost Another treating upon the same argument proceedeth in this reverent manner The holy Spirit is the vertue or power of God quickning nourishing fostering and perfecting all things by whose only breathing it cometh to pass that we both know and love God and become at the length like unto him which Spirit is the pledge and earnest penny of grace and beareth witness unto our heart whiles we cry Abba Father This Spirit is called the Spirit of God the Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of him which raised up Jesus from the dead Jesus Christ for that he received not the Spirit by measure but in fulness doth call it his Spirit saying When the Comforter shall come whom I will send even the Holy Spirit he shall testifie of me This Spirit hath divers Metaphorical names attributed thereunto in the Holy Scriptures It is called by the name of water because it washeth comforteth moistneth softeneth and maketh fruitful with all godliness and vertues the mindes of men which otherwise would be unclean comfortless hard dry and barren of all goodness whereupon the Prophet Isaiah saith I will pour water upon the thirsty and floods upon the dry ground c. Wherewithal the words of Christ do agree He that believeth in me as saith the Scripture out of his belly shall flow rivers of waters of life And elsewhere Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never be more athirst Other places likewise there be wherein the Holy Spirit is signified by the name of water and flood as in the 13. of Isaiah the 29. of Ezek. the 146. Psalm c. The same Spirit by reason of the force and vehemency thereof is termed fire For it doth purifie and cleanse the wholeman from top to toe it doth burn out the soil and dross of sins and setteth him all in a flaming and hot burning zeal to prefer and further Gods glory Which plainly appeared in the Apostles who when they had received the Spirit they spake fiery words yea such words as were uncontrollable in somuch as in none more than in them this saying of the Prophet Jeremy was verified Nunquid non verba mea sunt quasi ignis Are not my words even as it were fire This was declared and shewed by those fiery tongues which were seen upon the Apostles after they had received the Holy Spirit Moreover this Spirit is called annointing or ointment because that as in old time Priests and Kings were by annointing deputed to their office and charge and so were made fit and serviceable for the same even so the elect are not so much declared as renewed and made apt by the training up of the Holy Spirit both to live well and also to glorifie God Whereupon dependeth the saying of John And ye have no need that any should teach you but as the same ointment doth teach you It is also called in Scripture The Oil of gladness and rejoycing whereof it is said in the Book of Psalms God even thy God hath annointed thee with the Oil of joy and gladness c. And by this goodly and comfortable name of Oil in the Scriptures is the mercy of God oftentimes expressed because the nature of that doth agree with the property and quality of this For as Oil doth float and swim above all other liquors so the mercy of God doth surpass and over-reach all his works and the same doth most of all disclose it self to miserable man It is likewise called the Finger of God that is the might and power of God by the vertue whereof the Apostles did cast out Devils to wit even by the finger of God It is called the Spirit of Truth because it maketh men true and faithful in their vocation and for that it is the touch-stone to try all counterfeit devices of mans brain and all vain Sciences prophane Practices deceitful Arts and circumventing Inventions such as be in general all sorts of Witchcrafts and Inchantments within whose number are comprehended all those wherewith I have had some dealing in my Discovery to wit Charms or Incantations Divinations Augury Judicial Astrology Nativity-casting Alchymistry Conjuration Lot-share Popery which is meer paltry with divers other not one whereof no nor altogether are able to stand to the tryal and examination which this Spirit of Truth shall and will take of those false and evil spirits Nay they shall be found when they are laid into the balance to be lighter than vanity very dross when they once come to be tryed by the fervent heat of this Spirit and like chaffe when this Spirit bloweth upon them driven away with a violent whirlwind such is the perfection integrity and effectual operation of this Spirit whose working as it is manifold so it is marvellous and

even through their bones and marrow till they have so habituated them to their service that the same becomes their daily bread and sole delight in accomplishing every villany and abomination which the malicious and subtle instigation of Satan leads them to 52. Thus have I Essayed to illustrate the Natures of Infernal Beings which notwithstanding is a Subject so intricate and copious in it self that great difficulty accompanies the Explication thereof by reason of the variety of their natures in the source of darkness wherein they live move eat breath and inhabit having qualities actions and passions innumerable to us men-kinde utterly unknown and incomprehensible So that to attempt an ample demonstration of this present Subject would require deeper speculation then the matter doth deserve in regard that there be so many Protei and Changlings in that gloomy Kingdom who do never stay or continue in the same nature property and form for an hour together but may be compared to the swiftness of the Windes or the likeness and form of swift running Waters that pass away as a thought and are no more remembered so it is with the Spirits of Darkness whose life is a meer anguish and inconstancy from one sorrow to another unto all Eternity CHAP. VI. Treating of the Nature Force and Forms of Charms Periapts Amulets Pentacles Conjurations Ceremonies c. 1. BEfore Appearances are made after forms of Conjuration are repeated the Infernal Spirits make various and wonderful shews noises and attempts as fore-runners to their appearance At the first attempts of novices in Conjuration they are accompanyed with noises tremblings flashes howlings and most dreadful shriekes till after further progress and experience therein they approach nearer unto this Elemental nature till by degrees they can manifestly be apparent unto their Exorcist 2. When Chiancungi and his sister Napala did first attempt to call up Spirits they begun with the Spirit Bokim in the twentieth degree they hung a vault under ground with black both on the top and bottom lining it therewith and having drawn the Circle of the Order of Thrones with the seven Planets and their Magical Characters in the Center they proceeded to the Ceremonies of Conjuration after they had frequently repeated the forms of calling and nothing as yet appeared they were grown so desperate therein that forsaking the Circle and every defensive Character or Ceremony they at last betook themselves to the most accursed and detestable branch of Magick which consists of Compacts or Confederacy and having by a solemn League summoned the aforesaid Spirit Bokim they obtain'd 155. years from the Spirit Covenanting therewith for body soul and works 3. In which damned life they continued exercising strange wonders in every Countrey By the help of this Magician the Tartars did destroy above 100 sail of Ships belonging unto China many losses did he bring upon that Kingdom in their Children Fruits Corn Silk and Navigation he could frequently transport himself through the Air and carry in one hand a thousand pound weight to the astonishment of all that knew him He had many publick contests with Magicians of other Countries being tryals of skill in Magical Art wherein he was said to excel all that ever went before him 4. Such another was Lewis Gaufridi a French Priest who had compacted with the Devil and served him 14 years in these detestable works sacrificing Infants unto him worshipping him in a filthy shape and tempting others to their Magical society or nocturnal Conventions in which as it is reported they did ever feast and junket with varieties and dainties which though they did seem delectable were yet notwithstanding gustless and unsavoury 5. Leaving these relations something shall be said of Charms and Spells as they are divided in this following manner first such Amulets as being engraven and molded in the fashion of Money or Coyn do serve to provoke any one desired unto love and familiarity being hung about the neck in certain Planetary hours Secondly Spells or Charms in Parchment with Magical Characters as Periapts to Cure diseases to make one valiant memorative and constant Thirdly Corselets which are an ancient Danish Charm of Neck-laces composed of Thunder-stones ingraven with Magical Letters to resist all noxious influences and the danger of Lightning 6. Pentacles are a fourth sort of appendix which Conjurers Charmers and Magicians use being made with five corners according to the five Senses and the operation thereof inscribed upon the corners the matter whereof they are composed is fine Linnen doubled and done with Cere-cloth between This figure the Magician holds in his hand lifting it up from the skirt of his Garment to which it is annexed when Spirits that are raised are stubborn and rebellious refusing to be conformable unto the Ceremonies and Rites of Magick 7. Also by the holding forth of Pentacles with these words Glauron Amor Amorula Beor Beorka Beroald Anephexaron repeated at the instant The evil Spirits that possess the bodies of bewitched people are cruelly tortured and amazed being by the frequent repetition thereof forced at last to depart by the assistance of the Exorcism of the sixth Cannon for the order of Seraphims 8. When Magicians exercise Conjuration by Moon-light in the Mountains or Valleys they have another sort of Charm by way of Telesms which they bury within a hundred paces of the place where the Circle is composed towards the East West North and South for such spells have the secret power to hinder any living creature for coming near them till their Exercize be done except the Infernal Spirit whose presence they do so ardently desire 9. Such Spells as are made in some Edible matter with Characters upon them are given for Agues Head-ach Epilepsie Mother c. Especially being powerful in operation when the party is ignorant of the Charm taken in many such I know have taken wonderful effect But as for Philtres Potions and Love-cups they proceed rather from a natural cause whether their effects be to afflict with Diseases to Poyson or to provoke unto Love of a Party whom they disdain Neither are such to be numbered amongst Charms because their effect is meerly natural from a natural cause 10. But to insist further upon the nature of Conjuration Magicians do much exercise their time in Fumigations unto those Spirits whom they are about to provoke their fumes being distributed according to the nature of the Spirit under any of the seven Planets which the antient Conjurers were very punctual in observing though in these days it be much forgot as superfluous or rather dangerous to insert amongst the Ceremonies of Conjuration A division of Fumigations according to the Influence of the Planets and Orders of Spirits we will here set down in this manner 11. Fumigations for Saturn are made of Frankincense Trees Pepper-wort Rooots Storax and Galbanum by these the Spirits Marbas Corban Stilkon Idos c. And all of