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... castle grey ; " " 1 when , to use his own expressions , he lived a " solitary and sedentary life , mihi et musis , having more converse with the dead than the living , that is , more with books than with men . " The facts for his ...
... castle grey ; " " 1 when , to use his own expressions , he lived a " solitary and sedentary life , mihi et musis , having more converse with the dead than the living , that is , more with books than with men . " The facts for his ...
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... Castle , ] by reason of his Office , shall be slaine before the next Assises , the Castle at Lancaster to be blown up , " & c . , & c . This witches ' convention , so historically famous , we un- questionably owe to the " painful ...
... Castle , ] by reason of his Office , shall be slaine before the next Assises , the Castle at Lancaster to be blown up , " & c . , & c . This witches ' convention , so historically famous , we un- questionably owe to the " painful ...
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... Castle " to topple on its warders " and " slope its head to its foundations , " and Master Cowell , who had held so many inquests , to vanish without leaving anything in his own . person whereon an inquest could be holden ; -a pestilent ...
... Castle " to topple on its warders " and " slope its head to its foundations , " and Master Cowell , who had held so many inquests , to vanish without leaving anything in his own . person whereon an inquest could be holden ; -a pestilent ...
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... Castle of LANCASTER , vpon Munday , the Se- uenteenth of Auguft laft , 1612 . Before Sir IAMES ALTHAM , and Sir EDWARD BROMLEY , Knights ; BARONS of his Maiefties Court of EX CHEQVER : And Iuftices of Afsize , Oyer and Terminor , and ...
... Castle of LANCASTER , vpon Munday , the Se- uenteenth of Auguft laft , 1612 . Before Sir IAMES ALTHAM , and Sir EDWARD BROMLEY , Knights ; BARONS of his Maiefties Court of EX CHEQVER : And Iuftices of Afsize , Oyer and Terminor , and ...
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... Castle at Lancaster before fhe came to receiue her tryall . a Hough publique Iuftice hath paffed at thefe Afsifes vpon the Capitall offendours , and after the Arraigne- ment & tryall of them , Iudgement being giuen , due and timely ...
... Castle at Lancaster before fhe came to receiue her tryall . a Hough publique Iuftice hath paffed at thefe Afsifes vpon the Capitall offendours , and after the Arraigne- ment & tryall of them , Iudgement being giuen , due and timely ...
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aforefaid Afsifes againſt alias Chattox Alice Nutter Alizon Alizon Deuice amongſt Angliæ Anne Redferne Anne Whittle Arraignement and Triall Barre bewitched Bromley Bulcock Caftle Caſtle Cheshire confeffeth confession Countie of Lancaster courfe Court daughter death deliuered Deuill devil Dogge Efquire ELIZABETH DEVICE Ellen Bierley Euidence Examinat Examinate further faith Examinates faid faid Anne faid Iennet faid mother faid Spirit fame fayd fayth felfe fhall fhee fhould fome Forreft of Pendle fuch giue Grand-mother hath haue houfe houſe Iames Deuice Iennet Bierley Indictment Iohn Iudge Iuftices of Peace Iurie James John John Webster kill laft Lancashire Lancre Late Lancashire Witches Lister Lord Mafter Maiefties Iuftices Malking-Tower Manchester neuer old Demdike Pendle witches practifes prefent Preston Prifoner receiue reft Reginald Scot Robert Nutter Rochdale ROGER NOWEL Samlesburie ſhe ſhee Southworth thee thefe theſe thing Thomas thou Tryall vpon wife Witchcraft wpon
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Page xxxiii - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Page xxix - Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Page cclxxi - Cause I am poor, deform'd, and ignorant, And like a bow buckled and bent together, By some more strong in mischiefs than myself, Must I for that be made a common sink, For all the filth and rubbish of men's tongues To fall and run into ? Some call me Witch, And being ignorant of myself, they go About to teach me how...
Page xxiv - Peace;" and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him : therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision ; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Page xxiv - Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision ; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded : yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Page xxxi - And Divers persons under a passive Delusion of Melancholy and Fancy. But that there is a Corporeal League made betwixt the Devil and the Witch...
Page cclxxi - Forespeaks their cattle, doth bewitch their corn, Themselves, their servants, and their babes at nurse : This they enforce upon me ; and in part Make me to credit it.* BANKS, a Farmer, enters.
Page xxix - For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth : men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
Page cclxix - He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Page xxix - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.