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Page iv
... confession , following the story which they had prompted , on their assur- ances that it was the only means to restore them , and then was hanged upon that confession , to which she adhered on the scaffold . Few tracts present a more ...
... confession , following the story which they had prompted , on their assur- ances that it was the only means to restore them , and then was hanged upon that confession , to which she adhered on the scaffold . Few tracts present a more ...
Page xiv
... confessions of those convicted , throws such discredit and ridicule upon the whole system , that the popular belief cannot but have received a severe shock from the pub- lication of his work . By an extraordinary elevation of In the ...
... confessions of those convicted , throws such discredit and ridicule upon the whole system , that the popular belief cannot but have received a severe shock from the pub- lication of his work . By an extraordinary elevation of In the ...
Page xvii
... confessions ; as that they can transforme themselues and others into apes , owles , asses , dogs , cats , & c : that they can flie in the aire , kill children with charmes , hinder the comming of butter , & c . " And for so much as the ...
... confessions ; as that they can transforme themselues and others into apes , owles , asses , dogs , cats , & c : that they can flie in the aire , kill children with charmes , hinder the comming of butter , & c . " And for so much as the ...
Page xxi
... confession , he confessed , that in pride of heart , to be equall , or rather above God , the Devill tooke advantage of him , and hee covenanted with the Devill , and sealed it with his bloud , and had three Familiars or spirits , which ...
... confession , he confessed , that in pride of heart , to be equall , or rather above God , the Devill tooke advantage of him , and hee covenanted with the Devill , and sealed it with his bloud , and had three Familiars or spirits , which ...
Page xxii
... confession . What can be more atrocious than the whole story , which is yet but the common story of witch confessions ? " Adv . Then did not he confess this before the Commissioners , at the Time of his Tryal ? " Clerg . No , but ...
... confession . What can be more atrocious than the whole story , which is yet but the common story of witch confessions ? " Adv . Then did not he confess this before the Commissioners , at the Time of his Tryal ? " Clerg . No , but ...
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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.