item: #1 of 54
          id: A07215
      author: Mason, James, M.A.
       title: The anatomie of sorcerie VVherein the wicked impietie of charmers, inchanters, and such like, is discouered and confuted. By Iames Mason, Master of Artes.
        date: 1612.0
       words: 33304
      flesch: 68
     summary: For wheras the creatures were in some measure made for mans vse , so when man had transgressed the commandement of God , both man himselfe fell from that integrity of nature , wherein he was first created ; beeing now corrupted and depraued , as well in all the powers & faculties of the body , as of the minde : as it is manifest by the punishment laid vpon the man , and The which if it be so , thē most abominable are the dealings of those most cursed blessers , commonly called wise & cunning men , and women , who hauing no publike calling , either ordinarie , or extraordinarie , whereby to set forth ( in any speciall manner ) the Gospel of Christ Iesus , doe take vpon them the working of miracles : nay rather they dishonour God , and discredit his word , arrogating vnto themselues , that which is proper vnto God , asking oftentimes when any commeth vnto them , whether they do beleeue , that these wizzards can do that for them , which they come for : when as we cannot read in the whole Scripture , of any of the Prophets , or Apostles , or any other holy men , which euer required the like at any mans hand .
    keywords: booke; cap; chapter; christ; diuell; doe; doth; euen; god; good; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; lord; man; meanes; men; miracles; owne; paul; power; saint; saith; set; sorcerers; spirit; things; vers; vnto; vpon; vse; wicked; words; worke; working
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        item: #2 of 54
          id: A09118
      author: Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.
       title: A guide to grand-iury men diuided into two bookes: in the first, is the authors best aduice to them what to doe, before they bring in a billa vera in cases of witchcraft, with a Christian direction to such as are too much giuen vpon euery crosse to thinke themselues bewitched. In the second, is a treatise touching witches good and bad, how they may be knowne, euicted, condemned, with many particulars tending thereunto. By Rich. Bernard.
        date: 1627.0
       words: 41646
      flesch: 78
     summary: Leices●●gshire . The Reuerend and R●ligious Iudges in this Westerne Circuit , That
    keywords: bee; chap; children; come; death; deuill; disease; diuell; doe; doth; feare; fits; giue; god; gods; good; hath; haue; hee; helpe; himselfe; league; lib; lord; man; master; meanes; men; naturall; ouer; owne; people; power; satan; set; shee; spirit; themselues; things; time; vnto; vpon; vse; wee; witchcraft; witches; woman; words; worke; ● e; ● s; ● ●
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        item: #3 of 54
          id: A09402
      author: Perkins, William, 1558-1602.
       title: A discourse of the damned art of witchcraft so farre forth as it is reuealed in the Scriptures, and manifest by true experience. Framed and deliuered by M. William Perkins, in his ordinarie course of preaching, and now published by Tho. Pickering Batchelour of Diuinitie, and minister of Finchingfield in Essex. Whereunto is adioyned a twofold table; one of the order and heades of the treatise; another of the texts of Scripture explaned, or vindicated from the corrupt interpretation of the aduersarie.
        date: 1610.0
       words: 52189
      flesch: 70
     summary: But yet it is not Scripture , neither did the Church euer hold and receiue it as C●●onicall : yea , the author himselfe ●●sinuateth so much in the beginning thereof : for in the preface he disableth himselfe to interpret hard things , and after a sort craues pardon for his weaknesse , which is not the manner of the men of God , that were pen-men of Scripture . al●●sque ; deli●t c. 9.
    keywords: againe; beeing; bodie; cause; christ; church; couenant; creatures; death; deuill; doe; god; gods; good; hath; haue; helpe; himselfe; hurt; kind; league; man; meanes; men; moses; nature; owne; partie; passe; persons; power; practise; reason; satan; spirit; strange; themselues; thereof; things; time; truth; vertue; vnto; vpon; vse; vsed; witch; witchcraft; witches; wonders; word; worke; ● ●
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        item: #4 of 54
          id: A09875
      author: Bromley, Edward, Sir.
       title: The vvonderfull discouerie of witches in the countie of Lancaster VVith the arraignement and triall of nineteene notorious witches, at the assizes and general gaole deliuerie, holden at the castle of Lancaster, vpon Munday, the seuenteenth of August last, 1612. Before Sir Iames Altham, and Sir Edward Bromley, Knights; barons of his Maiesties Court of Exchequer: and iustices of assize, oyer and terminor, and generall gaole deliuerie in the circuit of the north parts. Together with the arraignement and triall of Iennet Preston, at the assizes holden at the castle of Yorke, the seuen and twentieth day of Iulie last past, with her execution for the murther of Master Lister by witchcraft. Published and set forth by commandement of his Maiesties iustices of assize in the north parts. By Thomas Potts Esquier.
        date: 1613.0
       words: 38854
      flesch: 56
     summary: Whereupon this Examinate thought there came one to her in a white sheete , and carried her away from the said Pitte , vpon the comming whereof the said blacke Dogge departed away ; and shortly after the said white thing departed also : And after this Examinate had gone further on her way , about the length of two or three Fields , the said blacke Dogge did meete her againe , and going on her left side , as aforesaid , did carrie her into a Barne of one Hugh Walshmans , neere there by , and layed her vpon the Barne-floore , and couered this Examinate with Straw on her bodie , and Haye on her head , and the Dogge it selfe lay on the toppe of the said Straw , but how long the said Dogge lay there , this Examinate cannot tell , nor how long her selfe lay there : for shee sayth , That vpon her lying downe there , as aforesaid , her Speech and Senses were taken from her : and the first time shee knew where shee was , shee was layed vpon a bedde in the said Walshmans house , which ( as shee hath since beene told ) was vpon the Monday at night following : and shee was also told , That shee was found and taken from the place where shee first lay , by some of her friends , and carried into the said Walshmans house , within a few houres after shee was layed in the Barne , as aforesaid . But the next day shee saith , shee came somewhat to her selfe , and then the said Widow Southworth came againe to this Examinate to her bed-side , and tooke her out of bed , and said to this Examinate , that shee did her no harme the other time , in respect of that shee now would after doe to her , and thereupon put her vpon a hey-stack , standing some three or foure yards high from the earth , where shee was found after great search made , by a neighbours Wife neare dwelling , and then laid in her bed againe , where she remained speechlesse and senselesse as before , by the space of two or three daies : And being recouered , within a weeke after shee saith , that the said Iane Southworth did come againe to this Examinate at her fathers house and did take her away , and laid her in a ditch neare to the house vpon her face , and left her there , where shee was found shortly after , and laid vpon a bedde , but had not her senses againe of a day & a night , or thereabouts .
    keywords: aforesaid; alias; anne; arraignement; barre; chattox; countie; court; day; death; deuice; elizabeth; euidence; examinate; examination; good; great; hath; haue; house; iames; iennet; iohn; iustices; lancaster; life; maiesties; master; mother; pendle; prisoner; saith; shee; time; triall; vnto; vpon; wife; witches
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        item: #5 of 54
          id: A10802
      author: Roberts, Alexander, d. 1620.
       title: A treatise of witchcraft VVherein sundry propositions are laid downe, plainely discouering the wickednesse of that damnable art, with diuerse other speciall points annexed, not impertinent to the same, such as ought diligently of euery Christian to be considered. With a true narration of the witchcrafts which Mary Smith, wife of Henry Smith glouer, did practise: of her contract vocally made between the Deuill and her, in solemne termes, by whose meanes she hurt sundry persons whom she enuied: which is confirmed by her owne confession, and also from the publique records of the examination of diuerse vpon their oathes: and lastly, of her death and execution, for the same; which was on the twelfth day of Ianuarie last past. By Alexander Roberts B.D. and preacher of Gods Word at Kings-Linne in Norffolke.
        date: 1616.0
       words: 26142
      flesch: 66
     summary: i X philinu●… ex D●… Adrian●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 . a Ti●…aus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 b T●…itus Annal. lib.
    keywords: art; bee; body; cap; cause; christ; christian; d ●; death; diuell; doe; doth; euery; euill; god; good; hath; haue; hee; helpe; himselfe; holy; lib; life; lord; man; manner; meanes; men; ouer; owne; people; power; rest; s ●; sathan; set; shee; smith; sort; sundry; themselues; things; time; truth; vnto; vpon; wee; wicked; witch; witches; woman; words
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        item: #6 of 54
          id: A19294
      author: Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.
       title: Sathan transformed into an angell of light expressing his dangerous impostures vnder glorious shewes. Emplified [sic] specially in the doctrine of witchcraft, and such sleights of Satan, as are incident thereunto. Very necessary to discerne the speciplague raging in these dayes, and so to hide our selues from the snare thereof.
        date: 1622.0
       words: 62891
      flesch: 68
     summary: 4 But especially , they are heere iustly to be taxed , that howsoeuer they will acknowledge the Badde Witch to worke with , and by Satan , because shee hurteth : yet at no hand will yeeld , that the Blesser and wise Witch ( as they doe terme her ) hath any thing to do with the diuell , by vertue of such compact : but rather conceiue that it is some extraordinarie gift of God , giuen to such speciall persons , whereby they haue power to dissolue the Witches of the diuel ; seeing it is manifest , that such extraordinarie gifts now ceasing , and this being proper onely to the Word , in the mouth of a skilfull and approoued good workeman to that end , If any such thing fall out : it necessarily proceedeth from Satans power , permitted iustly by the Lord , to preuaile thus with his dearest seruants , to deceiue and ensnare vnstable soules , that forsaking the God of their saluation , runne to Sathan for helpe for the bodie , to the destruction of the soule . And therefore , howsoeuer Satan could without the ministerie of Witches , do happily as great hurt to the bodie , and therefore it may seeme , that to vse them were needlesse : yet seeing it is the soule that he principally hunts after ; & so , by hurting the body , entendeth also the further ensnaring thereof . This Satan discerning , doth easilie insinuate into them , and procuring some secret assent from them , by his skill and power enables them to doe Wonders ; Heerevpon the people cry , The Voyce of God and not of man , Act. 12.
    keywords: art; bee; chap; christ; couenant; craft; diuine; doe; doth; end; euen; faith; giue; god; gods; good; hath; haue; hee; heereby; heerein; helpe; himselfe; hurt; knowledge; let; lord; man; meanes; men; nature; note; owne; page; power; satan; seeing; shee; sinne; soules; themselues; thereof; things; vnto; vpon; vse; wee; witch; witches; word; yea
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        item: #7 of 54
          id: A19295
      author: Cooper, Thomas, fl. 1626.
       title: The mystery of witch-craft Discouering, the truth, nature, occasions, growth and power thereof. Together with the detection and punishment of the same. As also, the seuerall stratagems of Sathan, ensnaring the poore soule by this desperate practize of annoying the bodie: with the seuerall vses therof to the Church of Christ. Very necessary for the redeeming of these atheisticall and secure times. By Thomas Cooper.
        date: 1617.0
       words: 62678
      flesch: 69
     summary: Must I not confesse , to the glory of my God , that as Yonger Studies are subiect to Pride and Curiositie , so Curiositie , through Pride , not contenting it selfe with Common knowledge , is prouoked hereby to taste of the forbidden fruit , euen to di●e into secrets belonging onely vnto God , to foreknow things to come , and so to gaine some high and diuine esteeme in declaring of them ? And doth not Art giue some colour and shew heerevnto ? as yeelding out of generall precedences of the coniunctions and motions of heauenly Bodies , some probable coniectures concerning the motion & successe of these inferiour things ? And doth not Satan most cunningly and dangerously shroud himselfe vnder this Art ? as concluding particular certainties out of generall probabilities , and coniectures , which the curious Student coueting after , as being ashamed to stagger in his skill ; while he cannot therefore finde this in his Art , is therefore the-rather baited by Satan to seeke this skill from him , who will not now faile to tender his helpe for the satisfying of proud curiositie , and that by such meanes as are not likely to bee refused . To this purpose first doth he suite himselfe according to our s●… raigning sinnes , nourishing vs in ignorance , and so preuenting meanes of repentance ; and yet , hindering for a while by all meanes the attaining of vnlawfull desires , that so hee may sinke the wicked in despaire , as being vtterly out of hope , to compasse their intents , and to satisfie their lusts : prouoking them to further despiting of GOD , and condemning his prouidence , in not yeelding vnto their vnreasonable , and insatiable desires : And so by this manner of meanes prouoking the wrath of God the Lord further against them , they grow to solitarinesse , and heereupon giue fit oportunity to Satan to enter them to this mysterie .
    keywords: art; bee; chap; christ; couenant; craft; diuine; doe; doth; end; euen; faith; giue; god; gods; good; hath; haue; hee; heereby; heerein; helpe; himselfe; hurt; knowledge; let; lord; man; meanes; men; nature; note; owne; page; power; satan; seeing; shee; sinne; soule; themselues; thereof; things; true; vnto; vpon; vse; wee; witch; witches; word; yea; ● ●
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        item: #8 of 54
          id: A19406
      author: Cotta, John, 1575?-1650?
       title: The triall of vvitch-craft shewing the true and right methode of the discouery: with a confutation of erroneous wayes. By Iohn Cotta, Doctor in Physicke.
        date: 1624.0
       words: 57658
      flesch: 54
     summary: Let men then bee perswaded and contented ( since God hath alotted , and allowed vnto the nature and power of man no other way ) in this onely warranted true way to seeke the discouery , to finde the footing , path , and steppings of Witch-craft , as of all other things , which by the Decree of God are reuealed vnto man , and subiect vnto the knowledge of man. Besides those kinds which haue beene mentioned , there may bee innumerable more , among which are those who vndertake and are enquired at , to reueale treasures hid , goods lost or conueighed away , the workes and guilt of other Witches , good fortunes , and euill fortunes in diuers affaires , disseignes and attempts : as also those who vndertake by inchantment , to leade captiue the wils and minds of men , vnto extraordinarie and vnreasonable desires or lusts , hatred or loue vnto , or against this or that person , or this or that particular thing , aboue or beyond the naturall power of resistence , and the force and vsuall guidance of naturall reason , in the ordinary course of mans will and nature : but they are all included in the same generall kinde , and common proofe of their diuellish impietie , deriued from the word of God before alleadged vnanswerably , and the true consequence of Reason from thence .
    keywords: aboue; appeare; art; author; bee; bodies; body; cause; chap; common; consent; craft; diseases; diuell; diuers; doe; doth; doubt; euer; euident; farre; generall; god; god doth; good; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; holy; iust; kinde; knowledge; knowne; law; learned; like; man; manifest; meanes; men; miracles; nature; oft; owne; power; prooue; reason; reuelations; right; saith; second; seene; sense; sorcerers; spirits; supernaturall; themselues; things; time; truth; verse; vnderstanding; vnto; vnto god; vnto man; vnto reason; vpon; vse; way; whatsoeuer; witch; witches; word; workes
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        item: #9 of 54
          id: A19408
      author: Cotta, John, 1575?-1650?
       title: The infallible true and assured vvitch: or, The second edition, of The tryall of witch-craft Shewing the right and true methode of the discouerie: with a confutation of erroneous vvayes, carefully reuiewed and more fully cleared and augmented. By Iohn Cotta, Doctor in Physicke.
        date: 1624.0
       words: 57222
      flesch: 54
     summary: Let men then bee perswaded and contented ( since God hath alotted , and allowed vnto the nature and power of man no other way ) in this onely warranted true way to seeke the discouery , to finde the footing , path , and steppings of Witch-craft , as of all other things , which by the Decree of God are reuealed vnto man , and subiect vnto the knowledge of man. Besides those kinds which haue beene mentioned , there may bee innumerable more , among which are those who vndertake and are enquired at , to reueale treasures hid , goods lost or conueighed away , the workes and guilt of other Witches , good fortunes , and euill fortunes in diuers affaires , disseignes and attempts : as also those who vndertake by inchantment , to leade captiue the wils and minds of men , vnto extraordinarie and vnreasonable desires or lusts , hatred or loue vnto , or against this or that person , or this or that particular thing , aboue or beyond the naturall power of resistence , and the force and vsuall guidance of naturall reason , in the ordinary course of mans will and nature : but they are all included in the same generall kinde , and common proofe of their diuellish impietie , deriued from the word of God before alleadged vnanswerably , and the true consequence of Reason from thence .
    keywords: aboue; art; bee; body; cause; chap; common; consent; craft; diseases; diuell; diuers; doe; doth; doubt; euer; euident; farre; generall; god; god doth; good; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; holy; iust; kinde; knowledge; knowne; law; learned; like; man; manifest; meanes; men; miracles; nature; oft; owne; power; prooue; reason; reuelations; right; saith; second; seene; sense; sorcerers; spirits; supernaturall; themselues; things; time; truth; verse; vnderstanding; vnto; vnto god; vnto man; vnto reason; vpon; vse; way; whatsoeuer; witch; witches; word; workes
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        item: #10 of 54
          id: A19409
      author: Cotta, John, 1575?-1650?
       title: The infallible true and assured vvitch, or, The second edition of the tryall of witch-craft shevving the right and true methode of the discoverie : with a confutation of erroneous waies, carefully reviewed and more fully cleared and augmented / by Iohn Cotta ...
        date: 1625.0
       words: 56620
      flesch: 53
     summary: Let men then bee perswaded and contented ( since God hath alotted , and allowed vnto the nature and power of man no other way ) in this onely warranted true way to seeke the discouery , to finde the footing , path , and steppings of Witch-craft , as of all other things , which by the Decree of God are reuealed vnto man , and subiect vnto the knowledge of man. Besides those kinds which haue beene mentioned , there may bee innumerable more , among which are those who vndertake and are enquired at , to reueale treasures hid , goods lost or conueighed away , the workes and guilt of other Witches , good fortunes , and euill fortunes in diuers affaires , disseignes and attempts : as also those who vndertake by inchantment , to leade captiue the wils and minds of men , vnto extraordinarie and vnreasonable desires or lusts , hatred or loue vnto , or against this or that person , or this or that particular thing , aboue or beyond the naturall power of resistence , and the force and vsuall guidance of naturall reason , in the ordinary course of mans will and nature : but they are all included in the same generall kinde , and common proofe of their diuellish impietie , deriued from the word of God before alleadged vnanswerably , and the true consequence of Reason from thence .
    keywords: aboue; art; bee; bodies; body; cause; chap; common; consent; craft; diseases; diuell; diuers; doe; doth; doubt; euer; euident; farre; generall; god; god doth; good; hath; haue; hee; himselfe; holy; iust; kinde; knowledge; knowne; law; learned; like; man; manifest; meanes; men; miracles; nature; oft; owne; power; prooue; reason; reuelations; right; saith; second; seene; sense; sorcerers; spirits; supernaturall; themselues; things; time; truth; verse; vnderstanding; vnto; vnto god; vnto man; vnto reason; vpon; vse; way; whatsoeuer; witch; witches; word; workes
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        item: #11 of 54
          id: A23809
      author: J. A.
       title: The Dæmon of Burton, or, A true relation of strange witchcrafts or incantations lately practised at Burton in the parish of Weobley in Herefordshire certified in a letter from a person of credit in Hereford.
        date: 1671.0
       words: 2075
      flesch: 63
     summary: Another time she had baked a Batch of Bread , and laid the Loaves over night on a Table , next morning the Loaves were all gone , and after search made , they were found in another Room hid in Tubs and covered with linnen Cloathes , and all this while the Tenant had the keys of the doors in her pocket , and found the doors in the morning fast lock'd as she left them over night ; So also her Cheeses and meat were often carried out of one Room into another , whilst the doors were fast lock'd , and sometimes covey'd into the Orchard . One night the Tenant having bought a quart of Vinegar in a Bottel , she set it in her Dairy-house , where there was six Cows Milk , In the morning she found her Bottle empty , and her Milk all turned and made into a perfect Posset , with the Vinegar ▪ And the Cheeses were sometimes convey●d by night out of the Cheese-chamber , and put into the Trines of Milk in the Dairy-house .
    keywords: eebo; morning; night; tcp; tenant; text
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        item: #12 of 54
          id: A26476
      author: Ady, Thomas.
       title: A candle in the dark shewing the divine cause of the distractions of the whole nation of England and of the Christian world ... / by Thomas Ady ...
        date: 1655.0
       words: 63356
      flesch: 36
     summary: It being fully demonstrated what a Jugler is in the Scripture sence , let every one consider seriously who be the Juglers , of this and former Ages , that ought to be put to death by the Law of Moses , we might think that no man were so silly and foolish to think that it is meant common Juglers , who play their Tricks in Fayers and Markets , nor Gentlemen who sometimes in imitation of them , do in sport , play Tricks of slight of hand , or legerdemain , with confederates or without , for it is most certain and true , that if it bee rightly understood , that these do a great deal of good , that recreation tending rightly to the illumination of people of all sorts , to shew them the vanity and ridiculousness of those delusions and lying Wonders , by which men were so easily deluded in old times by Pharaohs Magicians , by Simon Magus , and Elimas the Sorcerer , and now adays by our professed Wizzards , or Witches , commonly called Cunning Men , or good Witches , who will undertake to shew the face of the Thief in the Glass , or of any other that hath done his Neighbour wrong privily , when as they do all by Jugling delusions , and are themselves right Witches , that cause men to seek to the Devil for help , that will undertake and promise to unwitch people that are ( as fools commonly say ) bewitched ; these common sporting Juglers also may illuminate people to see the Jugling Witchcraft of Popish Priests , in causing Rhoods to move their eyes and hands in compassion to peoples prayers , of which you may read more fully afterward . And for further confirmation of the matter , they have devised , among other Tortures , to make people confess that they can do such impossibilities , one of the most devillish cruelties that hath been devised among men , and that is , to keep the poor accused party from sleep many nights and days , thereby to distemper their brains , and hurt their fancies , at length to extort confession from them , and then to bring their own confession as an evidence against them ; and if they cannot make them confess , they torture one of their little Children to make it accuse their Parents , and that they call confession ; this trick will tame any wilde Beast , and make it tractable , or any wilde Hawk , and make it tame , and come to your fist , how much more may it make men or women yeeld to confess Lyes , and impossibilities ?
    keywords: answer; beleeve; body; book; chapter; charms; christ; come; dead; death; description; devil; discourse; divinations; false; god; gods; hand; hath; idol; idolatry; imposture; jugling; king; law; let; man; manner; men; people; place; poor; popish; power; priests; prophets; reason; saith; saul; scriptures; second; sense; spirit; term; text; things; time; truth; vers; way; witch; witchcraft; witches; woman; words; world
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        item: #13 of 54
          id: A26477
      author: Ady, Thomas.
       title: A perfect discovery of witches shewing the divine cause of the distractions of this kingdome, and also of the Christian world : very profitable to bee read by all sorts of people, especially judges of assizes, sheriffes, justices of the peace, and grand-jury-men, before they passe sentence on those that are condemned for witch-craft / by Thomas Ady.
        date: 1661.0
       words: 63199
      flesch: 37
     summary: 20.27 where Witches of both Sexes are mentioned in one verse ; If man or woman be a giver of Oracles , or Divinations , or a South-sayer , they shall be put to death ; yet whereas Moses , in all the Law , speaketh more fully of Witches in the Masculine , than in the female Sex ; it confuteth that common tradition of people that Witches are most of the female Sex. It being fully demonstrated what a Jugler is in the Scripture sence , let every one consider seriously who be the Juglers , of this and former Ages , that ought to be put to death by the Law of Moses , we might think that no man were so silly and foolish to think that it is meant common Juglers , who play their Tricks in Fayers and Markets , nor Gentlemen who sometimes in imitation of them , do in sport , play Tricks of slight of hand , or legerdemain , with confederates or without , for it is most certain and true , that if it bee rightly understood , that these do a great deal of good , that recreation tending rightly to the illumination of people of all sorts , to shew them the vanity and ridiculousness of those delusions and lying Wonders , by which men were so easily deluded in old times by Pharaohs Magicians , by Simon Magus , and Elimas the Sorcerer , and now adays by our professed Wizzards , or Witches , commonly called Cunning Men , or good Witches , who will undertake to shew the face of the Thief in the Glass , or of any other that hath done his Neighbour wrong privily , when as they do all by Jugling delusions , and are themselves right Witches , that cause men to seek to the Devil for help , that will undertake and promise to unwitch people that are ( as fools commonly say ) bewitched ; these common sporting Juglers also may illuminate people to see the Jugling Witchcraft of Popish Priests , in causing Rhoods to move their eyes and hands in compassion to peoples prayers , of which you may read more fully afterward .
    keywords: answer; beleeve; body; book; chapter; charms; christ; dead; death; description; devil; discourse; divinations; false; god; gods; hand; hath; idol; idolatry; imposture; jugling; king; law; let; man; manner; men; people; place; poor; popish; power; priests; prophets; saith; saul; scriptures; second; sense; spirit; term; text; things; time; truth; vers; way; witch; witchcraft; witches; woman; words; world
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        item: #14 of 54
          id: A28908
      author: Bovet, Richard, b. ca. 1641.
       title: Pandaemonium, or, The devil's cloyster being a further blow to modern sadduceism, proving the existence of witches and spirits, in a discourse deduced from the fall of the angels, the propagation of Satans kingdom before the flood, the idolatry of the ages after greatly advancing diabolical confederacies, with an account of the lives and transactions of several notorious witches : also, a collection of several authentick relations of strange apparitions of dæmons and spectres, and fascinations of witches, never before printed / by Richard Bovet ...
        date: 1684.0
       words: 52292
      flesch: 59
     summary: You know not how long God may continue you to yours , or them with you ; you had not been now mourning under this loss , if God had given to all his faithful Ministers the same length of time for their work , to which some attended longer than others have lived . Vlt. lastly , in a word , The eternal Presence of God with us in the immediate fruits of it , is our objective happiness , and necessary to our reward ; and this cannot be hoped or enjoyed whilst we are on this side eternity , and are measur'd by time :
    keywords: account; church; cometh; coming; day; death; devil; divers; doth; faithful; family; god; gods; good; hand; hath; holy; house; images; life; lord; man; manner; men; miracles; night; people; persons; place; power; priests; reason; relation; roman; room; saints; self; servants; spirits; state; strange; thing; time; way; witches; work; world; worship; years
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        item: #15 of 54
          id: A29517
      author: Brinley, John.
       title: A discovery of the impostures of witches and astrologers by John Brinley.
        date: 1680.0
       words: 19631
      flesch: 57
     summary: For though the Idea of one true God , and first Principle of all things , was at first Imprinted upon the Soul of man ; yet the fears of after Ages Canonized the multitude of false gods . Hence also has it come to pass , that the Devil himself has had his Votaries , and hath still his devoutest worshippers ; and the cause of this has not only been envy , or desire of Revenge , which prompts men sometimes to the most wicked and unlawful practises ; but even cowardly and melancholly apprehensions .
    keywords: astrologers; astrology; bodies; body; causes; chap; devil; earth; god; good; hath; heavens; knowledge; lib; life; lord; man; manner; men; mind; nature; people; persons; power; reason; self; spirits; stars; tcp; text; things; time; witches; work; world
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        item: #16 of 54
          id: A31092
      author: Barrow, John, 17th cent.
       title: The Lord's arm stretched ovt in an answer of prayer, or, A true relation of the wonderful deliverance of James Barrow, the son of John Barrow of Olaves Southwark, who was possessed with evil spirits near two years the diversity of means used, with the way in which he was delivered / published by me, John Barrow.
        date: 1664.0
       words: 9891
      flesch: 58
     summary: EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). But answer was made , that we had set our selves to fasting and prayer to plead with God against him , and would not eat till the Sun went down : and then he would perswade us , that it was night and dark , and time to go home .
    keywords: answer; barrow; boy; child; day; devil; god; lord; prayer; time; work
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        item: #17 of 54
          id: A32847
      author: Camfield, Benjamin, 1638-1693.
       title: A theological discourse of angels and their ministries wherein their existence, nature, number, order and offices are modestly treated of : with the character of those for whose benefit especially they are commissioned, and such practical inferences deduced as are most proper to the premises : also an appendix containing some reflections upon Mr. Webster's displaying supposed witchcraft / by Benjamin Camfield ...
        date: 1678.0
       words: 69261
      flesch: 74
     summary: The Sadduc●es say [ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ] that th●re is no R●surr●ction , neither Angel n●r Spirit , Act. 23.8 . [ Minores & à summo Deo factos deos ] l●sser and made-Gods , as Plato speaks ; or as Hesiod calls the He●o●s ▪ [ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , S●mid●os ] Demy-gods ; or , as Se●●●● ,
    keywords: angels; apostle; author; beings; bodies; body; call'd; calls; christ; church; dei; divine; doth; earth; est; evil; father; fear; fire; gen; glory; god; gods; good; hath; heaven; hebr; heirs; holy; host; ibid; incorporeal; life; light; like; lord; lord god; luke; man; manner; matter; matth; men; mind; ministers; ministry; nature; number; order; paul; place; power; praise; purpose; read; reason; saint; saith; salvation; saviour; scripture; sect; self; selves; soul; spirits; text; th ●; thee; things; thou; thy; time; way; words; world; ● d; ● o; ● t; ● y; ● ●
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        item: #18 of 54
          id: A35351
      author: Cullen, Francis Grant, Lord, 1658-1726.
       title: Sadducimus debellatus: or, a true narrative of the sorceries and witchcrafts exercis'd by the devil and his instruments upon Mrs. Christian Shaw, daughter of Mr. John Shaw, of Bargarran in the County of Renfrew in the West of Scotland, from Aug. 1696 to Apr. 1697. Containing the journal of her sufferings, as it was exhibited and prov'd by the voluntary confession of some of the witches, and other unexceptionable evidence, before the Commissioners appointed by the Privy Council of Scotland to enquire into the same. Collected from the records. Together with reflexions upon witchcraft in general, and the learned arguments of the lawyers, on both sides, at the trial of seven of those witches who were condemned: and some passages which happened at their execution.
        date: 1698.0
       words: 42008
      flesch: 50
     summary: Whereas this Allegation is enforced , by pretending it were of dangerous consequence to allow such Witnesses to prove Meeting with the Devil , since Satan might have represented other●… by their False shapes . by Witnesses , and Tit. Witch●…raft .
    keywords: body; case; child; commissioners; damsel; day; devil; father; fits; girl; god; good; hand; head; house; lord; manner; margaret; minister; mother; mouth; night; persons; place; power; prisoners; satan; seiz'd; self; thee; things; thou; time; tormentors; witchcraft; witches; witnesses
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        item: #19 of 54
          id: A36504
      author: Drage, William, 1637?-1669.
       title: Daimonomageia a small treatise of sicknesses and diseases from witchcraft, and supernatural causes : never before, at least in this comprised order, and general manner, was the like published : being useful to others besides physicians, in that it confutes atheistical, sadducistical, and sceptical principles and imaginations.
        date: 1665.0
       words: 18994
      flesch: 66
     summary: Some critical distinctions needfully may follow ; neither are all Juglers , Tumblers and Trick-shewers , quatenus Juglers , Tumblers , &c. Witches , ( so that those that shew no such Tricks may be Witches , and they that shew such Tricks may not ) nor are all that be Witches , quantenus Witches , Juglers , Trick-shewers , &c. therefore those that deny the being of reality in Witchcraft , because there is fraud and delusion in another thing , prove things by mistaken and unnecessary consequents ; neither have all that have been condemned for Witches , been Witches , nor have all that were Witches , been condemned for , or reputed the same : neither are all things that are reported , true ; nor all things that are true , are reported : the proving one thing false , doth not deny another to be true ; and the proving falsness in any one thing , doth not prove there is onely falsness in that thing : Shall we judge because there be some Hypocrites in Religion , that there be none sincere ? or because one Man lyed , therefore no Man may speak true ? for he lyed not , quoad a Man , but quoad untrue ; we must see where the distinction and stress of an Argument lies , whether in the Thing , or its Attribute , and therein concerning Witchcraft , many mistake themselves : if we will go about to prove in any Profession that there be Impostors and Dissemblers , we shall sufficiently prove thereby that there is truth in the thing , from which these Impostors and Dissemblers do recede and deviate ; else they will be proved not to be Impostors and Dissemblers : It doth not follow that because one Man lies awake with his eyes shut , and another lies asleep with his eyes open , that all men must do so : Witches may do all that Juglers do , but Juglers cannot do all that Witches can do ; and to condemn the fraud and impotence of the greater , by the fraud and impotence of the lesse , is an impertinent proof : and also they differ more then quoad gradum et modum ; we must not prove by sleep that death is the same , because it is like it . Natural Causes used by Spirits , may produce effects above the Power , merely of those natural Causes ; indeed Witches use such things but as Obsignatories .
    keywords: body; cap; causes; ceremonies; cure; devil; experience; god; good; hall; hath; lib; like; luke; maid; man; mary; men; power; self; sick; spirits; things; use; witchcraft; witches
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        item: #20 of 54
          id: A40572
      author: England and Wales. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (London)
       title: A full and true account of the proceedings at the sessions of oyer and terminer, holden for the city of London, county of Middlesex, and goal-delivery of Newgate; which began at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayly, on Thursday, Iune 1st. and ended on Fryday, Iune 2d. 1682 Wherein is contained the tryal of many notorious malefactors, for murders, fellonies, burglary, and other misdemeanours, but more especially the tryal of Jane Kent for witch-craft. Together, with the names of those that received sentence of death, the number of those burn'd in the hand, transported, and vvhip'd. As likewise some proceedings in relation to the persons that violently took the lady out of the coach on Hounslow-Heath.
        date: 1682.0
       words: 3092
      flesch: 56
     summary: In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so. Wherein is contained the tryal of many notorious malefactors, for murders, fellonies, burglary, and other misdemeanours, but more especially the tryal of Jane Kent for witch-craft.
    keywords: evidence; iohn; london; prisoner; sessions; tcp; text
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        item: #21 of 54
          id: A42832
      author: Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.
       title: Some philosophical considerations touching the being of witches and witchcraft written in a letter to the much honour'd Robert Hunt, Esq. / by J.G., a member of the Royal Society.
        date: 1667.0
       words: 14484
      flesch: 46
     summary: These are presumed to be actions inconsistent with the nature of Spirits , and above the powers of those poor and miserable Agents . There is large field in fiction ; and if all those Relations were arbitrary compositions , doubtless the first Romancers would have framed them more agreeable to the common doctrine of Spirits ; at least , after these supposed absurdities had been a thousand times laugh'd at , people by this time would have learn'd to correct those obnoxious extravagancies ; and though they have not yet more veracity than the Ages of Ignorance and Superstition , yet one would expect they should have got more cunning .
    keywords: belief; bodies; body; evil; god; hath; imagination; like; matter; men; nature; power; reason; spirits; things; witches; world
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        item: #22 of 54
          id: A43251
      author: Heer, Henri de, 1570-1636.
       title: The most true and wonderfull narration of two women bewitched in Yorkshire who coming to the assizes at York to give in evidence against the witch, after a most horrible noise, to the terror and amazement of all the beholders, did vomit forth before the judges, pins, wool and hafts of knives, &c., all which was done (to make the wonder more wonderfull) without the least drop of bloud or moisture from their mouths : also a most true relation of a young maid not far from Luyck who being bewitched in the same manner did (most incredibly) vomit forth wadds of straw, with pins a crosse in them, iron nails, needles, points, and whatsoever she had seen in the basket of the witch that did bewitch her / as it is attested under the hand of that most famous phisitian Doctor Henry Heers ; together, how it pleased God that he was afterwards recovered by the art of physick, and the names of the ingredients and the manner how to make that rare receipt that cured her.
        date: 1658.0
       words: 3824
      flesch: 59
     summary: In the mean time turning over all Books of physick y● were writen on this sub●ect , I did light upon the Secrets of Charichter●s , who prescribeth a remedy for this Inch●ntment , which when I found to be highly commended by ●chlandius y● Physitian of Wormtz , I did write to him , and to some Ap●thecaryes in Franckford in whose shops he said it was to be sold , being resolved to give any mony for it , But wh●n I found y● they were loath to part with s● great a secret and being studious night an● day to do the young maid good , I took Cha●ichtorus into my hand again ▪ & having at the last understood him , for the Print●r by a great fau●t had made Hol●zbletterbe●r but one wo●d , which should be ● words in the German Tongue , I made the Oyntment at last my self ▪ and I will describe unto you th●● way to make it . There were c●ll● to her help P●ysitians both male and Female ( for at Tralectum upon y● river of M●sa where this came to passe ) both sexes pr●ctice Physick , It was in y● month of May ; in y● year 1652.
    keywords: maid; manner; text; witch; women; wonderfull
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        item: #23 of 54
          id: A43992
      author: Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.
       title: A Collection of modern relations of matter of fact concerning witches & witchcraft upon the persons of people to which is prefixed a meditation concerning the mercy of God in preserving us from the malice and power of evil angels, written by the late Lord Chief Justice Hale, upon occasion of a tryal of several witches before him.
        date: 1693.0
       words: 25248
      flesch: 61
     summary: I asked her how long she had known this Man-Devil ( or Devil of a Man ? ) She said all the days of her Life : That her Mother had taken her with her when she was very Young , and had even carried her in her Arms to the Witches Sabbaths or Assemblies , which were held in the Night ; and that being a little Wench , this Man-Devil was then a little Boy too , and grew up as she did , having been always her Love , and Caressed her Day and Night . A Collection of modern relations of matter of fact concerning witches & witchcraft upon the persons of people to which is prefixed a meditation concerning the mercy of God in preserving us from the malice and power of evil angels, written by the late Lord Chief Justice Hale, upon occasion of a tryal of several witches before him.
    keywords: angels; body; children; day; devil; girls; god; good; house; life; lord; malice; man; men; mother; power; self; spirits; things; tho; time; witches; work; world; years
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        item: #24 of 54
          id: A44509
      author: Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.
       title: An account of what happen'd in the kingdom of Sweden in the years 1669, and 1670 and upwards In relation to some persons that were accused for witches; and tryed and executed by the Kings command. Together with the particulars of a very sad accident that befel a boy at Malmoe in Schonen in the year, 1678. by the means of witchcraft, attested by the ablest and most judicious men of that town. Both translated out of High-Dutch into English, By Anthony Horneck D.D.
        date: 1682.0
       words: 10700
      flesch: 72
     summary: In his Whip for the Droll , P , 43. l. 3. r. scene of things . To whom the King modestly replied , That his Judges and Commissioners had caused divers Men , Women , and Children to be Burnt and Executed upon such pregnant Evidences , as were brought before them ; but whether the Actions they confessed , and which were proved against them , were real , or onely effects of strong Imagination , he was not as yet able to determine .
    keywords: boy; children; commissioners; devil; men; people; stones; text; things; time; town; witches; year
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        item: #25 of 54
          id: A45358
      author: Hallywell, Henry, d. 1703?
       title: Melampronoea, or, A discourse of the polity and kingdom of darkness together with a solution of the chiefest objections brought against the being of witches / by Henry Hallywell.
        date: 1681.0
       words: 21726
      flesch: 51
     summary: IT was observed long ago by Epictetus , that there were some Persons that would deny the plainest and most evident Truths , and this state and condition he terms an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , a Petrification or Mortification of the Mind , which when it happens to men of a blameless and sober conversation , is nothing but the confusion of their Intellectuals , which are so miserably distracted , that they are not able to apprehend the force and strength of the plainest demonstration : And so much was confessed by the Oracle of Apollo , that the Daemons who with an unwearied diligence range over Earth and Sea , — 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are subdued and conquered by a Divine scourge .
    keywords: angels; bloud; bodies; body; daemons; darkness; devils; earth; evil; god; good; heaven; kingdom; life; man; men; nature; persons; power; prince; reason; self; soul; spirits; things; witches; world
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        item: #26 of 54
          id: A47167
      author: Keith, George, 1639?-1716.
       title: A refutation of three opposers of truth by plain evidence of the holy Scripture, viz. I. Of Pardon Tillinghast, who pleadeth for water-baptism, its being a Gospel-precept, and opposeth Christ within, as a false Christ. To which is added, something concerning the Supper, &c. II. Of B. Keech, in his book called, A tutor for children, where he disputeth against the sufficiency of the light within, in order of salvation; and calleth Christ in the heart, a false Christ in the secret chamber. II. Of Cotton Mather, who in his appendix to his book, called, Memorable providences, relating to witchcrafts, &c. doth so weakly defend his father Increase Mather from being justly chargeable with abusing the honest people called Quakers, that he doth the more lay open his fathers nakedness; and beside the abuses and injuries that his father had cast upon that people, C. Mather, the son, addeth new abuses of his own. And a few words of a letter to John Cotton, called a minister, at Plymouth in New England. By George Keith.
        date: 1690.0
       words: 26102
      flesch: 39
     summary: And when he told the Pharisees , who looked that the Kingdom of God should come with Observations , as to say , lo here , or lo there , he said , for behold the Kingdom of God is within you , Luke 17.21 . and surely , where the Kingdom of God is , there are God and Christ● So that the plain letter of the Scripture is against thy most absurd and Anti-christian Doctrine , That the Christ in the hearts of men , yea , even of the Saints , as thou wouldst have it ( for thou makest no distinction ) is a false Christ ; for the plain tendency of this thy Work of Darkness is to make People believe , that Christ is not a Light within the Saints , because , as thou alledgest , the Light within was not crucified for us , but Iesus Christ of Nazareth . But if thou say , thou believest that Christ is both God and Man , and that he was from the beginning , to wit , that Word by whom all things were made , then , why dost thou deny that Christ , as he is that Word , is in the Saints ? for though Christ only suffered in the flesh , and as Man upon the Tree of the Cross , yet he who suffered , was not meer Man , but God and Man , and yet still one Christ.
    keywords: baptism; christ; doth; god; gospel; hath; holy; law; light; mather; men; new; people; quakers; spirit; thou; thy; time; water; words
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        item: #27 of 54
          id: A49785
      author: Lakeland, Mother. aut
       title: The lawes against vvitches, and conivration And some brief notes and observations for the discovery of witches. Being very usefull for these times, wherein the Devil reignes and prevailes over the soules of poore creatures, in drawing them to that crying sin of witch-craft. Also, the confession of Mother Lakeland, who was arraigned and condemned for a witch, at Ipswich in Suffolke. Published by authority.
        date: 1645.0
       words: 3402
      flesch: 66
     summary: And for the better restraining the said offences , and more severe punishing the same , be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid ; That if any person or persons , after the said Feast of St. Michael the Archangell next comming , shall use , practise , or exercise any invocation or conjuration of an evil and wicked spirit : or shall consult , covenant with , entertaine , imploy , feed , or reward any evil and wicked spirit , to or for any intent or purpose ; or take up any dead man , woman , or child , out of his , her , or their grave , or any other place where the dead body resteth ; or the skin , bone , or any other part of any dead p●rson , to be imployed , or used in any manner of Witchcraft , Sorcery , Charme , or Inchantment , or shall use , practise , or exercise , any Witchcraft , Inchantment , Charme , or Sorcery , whereby any person shall be Killed , Destroyed , Wasted , Consumed , Pined , or Lamed , in His or Her body , or any part thereof ; that then every such Offender , or Offenders , their Ayders , Abetters , and Councellors , being of any of the said offences duly and lawfully Convicted and Attainted , shall suffer paines of death as a Felon or Felons , and shall lose the priviledge and benefit of Clergy and Sanctuary . And further , to the intent that all manner of practise , use or exercise of Witchcraft , Inchantment , Charme , or Sorcery , should be from henceforth utterly avoided , abolished , and taken away : Be it Enacted by the Authority of this present Parliament , that if any person or persons , shall from and after the said Feast of St. Michaell the Archangell next comming , take upon him or them , by Witchcraft , Inchantment , Charme , or Sorcery , to tell or declare in what place any Treasure of Gold or Silver should or might be found or had in the earth , or other secret places ; or where goods , or things lost , or stolne , should be found or become , or to the intent to provoke any person to unlawfull love , or whereby any Cattell , or Goods of any person shall be destroyed , wasted , or impaired ; or to hurt or destroy any person in his or her body , although the same be not effected and done , that then all and every such person or persons so offending , and being thereof lawfully convicted , shall for the said offence suffer imprisonment by the space of one whole year , without baile or maineprise ; and once in every quarter of the said year , shall in some Market-Town , upon the Market day , or at any such time as any faire shall be kept there , stand openly upon the Pillory by the space of 6. hours , and there shall openly confesse his or her errour and offence .
    keywords: devil; party; person; spirit; text; witches
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        item: #28 of 54
          id: A49794
      author: Lawson, Deodat.
       title: A brief and true narrative of some remarkable passages relating to sundry persons afflicted by witchcraft at Salem village, which happened from the nineteenth of March to the fifth of April, 1692 collected by Deodat Lawson.
        date: 1692.0
       words: 4767
      flesch: 68
     summary: A brief and true narrative of some remarkable passages relating to sundry persons afflicted by witchcraft at Salem village, which happened from the nineteenth of March to the fifth of April, 1692 collected by Deodat Lawson. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 152:12) A brief and true narrative of some remarkable passages relating to sundry persons afflicted by witchcraft at Salem village, which happened from the nineteenth of March to the fifth of April, 1692 collected by Deodat Lawson.
    keywords: afflicted; goodw; house; persons; tcp; text; time
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        item: #29 of 54
          id: A50139
      author: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
       title: Memorable providences relating to witchcrafts and possessions a faithful account of many wonderful and surprising things that have befallen several bewitched and possesed person in New-England, particularly a narrative of the marvellous trouble and releef experienced by a pious family in Boston, very lately and sadly molested with evil spirits : whereunto is added a discourse delivered unto a congregation in Boston on the occasion of that illustrious providence : as also a discourse delivered unto the same congregation on the occasion of an horrible self-murder committed in the town : with an appendix in vindication of a chapter in a late book of remarkable providences from the calumnies of a Quaker at Pen-silvania / written by Cotton Mather ... and recommended by the ministers of Boston and Charleston.
        date: 1689.0
       words: 40691
      flesch: 76
     summary: The Discourses were suited unto a popular Auditory ; but things that are not accurate may be profitable , if the Blessing of God accompany them . They complain to God against us , that we do not fear Him , that we do not love Him , that we do not seek Him , as we ought to do : they represent our faults before the Lord , as things that make us unfit for any Mercy at His hands .
    keywords: book; children; christ; day; devil; discourse; father; god; good; great; hand; house; lord; man; men; new; people; persons; prayer; rebellion; sect; self; sin; soul; tell; things; tho; thou; thought; time; way; witchcraft; witches; woman; world
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        item: #30 of 54
          id: A50177
      author: Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
       title: The wonders of the invisible world observations as well historical as theological upon the nature, the number and the operations of the devils : accompany'd with I. Some accounts of the greievous [sic] molestations by daemons and witchcrafts ... and the trials of some eminent malefactors ... II. Some councils directing a due improvement of the terrible things lately done by the unusual and amazing range of evil spirits ... III. Some conjectures upon the great events likely to befall the world in general and New England in particular ... IV. A short narrative of a late outrage committed by a knot of witches in Swedeland ... V. The devil discovered, in a brief discourse upon those temptations which are the more ordinary devices of the wicked one / by Cotton Mather.
        date: 1693.0
       words: 38287
      flesch: 65
     summary: Proposition I. That there is a Devil , is a Thing Doubted by none but such as are under the Influence of the Devil . When they came to the Name of Satan , or Devil , they would clap their Fingers on the Book , crying out , This bites , but it makes me speak right well !
    keywords: book; cause; children; country; day; death; devil; divel; earth; england; english; fire; god; good; hand; heaven; lord; man; men; new; people; persons; poor; self; spirits; things; thou; time; way; witchcraft; witches; work; world; wrath; years
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        item: #31 of 54
          id: A50202
      author: Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.
       title: An essay for the recording of illustrious providences wherein an account is given of many remarkable and very memorable events which have hapned this last age, especially in New-England / by Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England.
        date: 1684.0
       words: 87249
      flesch: 69
     summary: This also Po●p●natius does by many Instances confirm . E. G. in Mandels●o's Travels , H●ck●uit , and Linshoten's Voyages ; Wanley's Histo●y ; Causin's Holy Court ; Mr. Burton's Treatises lately printed , and in Mr. Ianeway's Sea-Deliverances .
    keywords: account; bed; boat; body; cause; child; day; dayes; dead; death; devil; earth; end; england; english; fire; foot; god; good; hand; hath; head; house; hurt; indians; instances; lay; lightning; like; lord; man; master; means; men; nature; new; night; persons; place; prayer; providence; reason; relation; remarkable; room; saith; satan; sea; self; set; ship; spirits; stone; storm; things; thought; thunder; time; vessel; water; way; wife; witches; woman; words; world; year; ● ●
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        item: #32 of 54
          id: A54590
      author: Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.
       title: A faithful narrative of the wonderful and extraordinary fits which Mr. Tho. Spatchet (late of Dunwich and Cookly) was under by witchcraft, or, A mysterious providence in his even unparallel'd fits with an account of his first falling into, behaviour under, and (in part) deliverance out of them : wherein are several remarkable instances of the gracious effects of fervent prayer / the whole drawn up and written by Samuel Petto ... who was an eye-witness of a great part ; with a necessary preface.
        date: 1693.0
       words: 16117
      flesch: 59
     summary: And thus notwithstanding what could be witnessed against her , yet ●he was ●●nt home and nothing in point of Law was done again●t Her ▪ Nei●her can any excuse the matter by saying that in Distemper of body she knew not what she said , the contrary was clea● to those that conversed with her ; and was also evident ; for being asked a question , and the same question being put to her a considerable time after , she could answer as before ; and therefore she well knew what she said . In any of his Fi●s , Numb , Dumb , P●lsy , Conv●lsive at the worst , yet he was so far sensible ▪ as he knew every Motion of his own Hands or Feet , every Noise , when
    keywords: body; day; death; fits; god; hand; hath; head; liberty; lord; man; prayer; shaking; till; time; ● ●
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        item: #33 of 54
          id: A55138
      author: Pen neer the Covent of Eluthery.
       title: A pleasant treatise of witches their imps, and meetings, persons bewitched, magicians, necromancers, incubus, and succubus's, familiar spirits, goblings, pharys, specters, phantasms, places haunted, and devillish impostures : with the difference between good and bad angels, and a true relation of a good genius / by a pen neer the covent of Eluthery.
        date: 1673.0
       words: 23445
      flesch: 56
     summary: EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org). The Monk gl●…d of this profer , got up ; but casting his Eyes down toward the water that was very clear , and seeing his Porters feet , of a strange and deformed shape , he blessed himself with the sign of the Cross ; at which the Devil hasted so fast away in a whirlwind , that it toar up a great Oak by the roots ; which gave the poor Monk cause to think that if he had not in time perceived the Devil to be his Porter , he should have been stifled in the waters by him .
    keywords: body; chap; day; devil; fear; god; good; house; king; left; like; man; manner; master; means; night; people; place; relation; rest; shape; spirit; things; thou; time; way; witches; woman
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        item: #34 of 54
          id: A58441
      author: Renfrewshire. Commissioners for Inquiring into the Witchcraft in the Sheriffdom.
       title: A relation of the diabolical practices of above twenty wizards and witches of the sheriffdom of Renfrew in the kingdom of Scotland, contain'd in their tryalls, examinations, and confessions, and for which several of them have been executed this present year, 1697
        date: 1697.0
       words: 8139
      flesch: 37
     summary: At which Meeting they were Contriving and Consulting with the foresaid Black Man , whom they called their Lord , about the Destroying of Christian Shaw , Daughter to the Laird of Bargarren ; where some of them were for Stabbing her with a Touck ; particularly , Agnes Nasmith , Margaret Fulton , Margaret Rodger , Thomas Woodrouse Wife , Margaret Sheirer , and others , were for Hanging her with a Cord , particularly the Highland Body , John Read , and his Daughter ; and others for Stopping her Breath , and Choaking her , and particularly Janet Waugh , John Lindsay Bishop , James Lindsay his Brother , and the Gentle Wife , whom they called Antiochia , as also Declared that she heard some of them say , That if ever they should have a Meeting again , they should have her out of the House and destroy her : But fearing they would be taken before they should have ane other Meeting , their Lord , as they called him , gave them ane place of ane Unchristned Bairns Liver to eat , except her , and the other Two , who has Confessed , viz. The Commissioners , on that Evidence , Ordered them all to Prison , ( viz. ) Alexander Anderson , Father to the said Elizabeth , Agnes Nasmith , Iohn Lindsay in Barrcloch , Iohn Lindsay in Formachin , Iames Lindsay his Brother , Agnes Foster , Margaret Fulton , and the said Katherine Campbell , where they are to lie till farther Orders .
    keywords: agnes; anderson; ane; devil; father; fulton; house; iohn; john; lindsay; margaret; nasmith; thomas; wife
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        item: #35 of 54
          id: A59200
      author: Cole, Abdiah, ca. 1610-ca. 1670.
       title: The sixth book of Practical physick Of occult or hidden diseases; in nine parts Part I. Of diseases from occult qualities in general. Part. II. Of occult, malignant, and venemous diseases arising from the internal fault of the humors. Part III. Of occult diseases from water, air, and infections, and of infectious diseases. Part IV. Of the venereal pox. Part V. Of outward poysons in general Part VI. Of poysons from minerals and metals. Part. VII. Of poysons from plants. Part VIII. Of poysons that come from living creatures. Part IX. Of diseases by witchcraft, incantation, and charmes. By Daniel Sennertus, N Culpeper, and Abdiah Cole, Doctors of Physick
        date: 1662.0
       words: 29086
      flesch: 81
     summary: Some Antidotes are proper against some peculiar poysons , and all strengthen the heart to resist poyson : as Tormen●il roots , white Dittany , Borage , Bugloss , Sorrel , Scabious , Borage and Bugloss ●●owers , Violets , Roses , Waterlillies , Gilli●●owers , Citron and Basil seeds , Wood-alo●s , juyce of Citrons , Pom●granates , Oranges , Quinces , Saffron , Cinnamon , Cloves , Harts-horn , bone of a Stags heart , Ivory , Pearl , Musk , Amber , Coral , Hyacint●s , Smaragds , Saphirs , sealed Earth , Bole. Culpeper , Physitian and Astrologer , and Abdiah Cole Doctor of Physick commonly called , The Physitian 's Library , containing all the Wor●s in English of Riverius , Sennertus , Platerus , Rio a●us , Bartholinus .
    keywords: antidotes; body; causeth; chap; cure; devil; diseases; good; guts; hath; humors; hurt; lib; man; occult; oyl; parts; poyson; qualities; quality; signs; stomach; symptoms; things; treacle; vomit; water; wine; witchcraft; witches; ● ●
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        item: #36 of 54
          id: A60284
      author: Sinclair, George, d. 1696.
       title: Satan's invisible world discovered, or, A choice collection of modern relations proving evidently against the saducees and atheists of this present age, that there are devils, spirits, witches, and apparitions, from authentick records, attestations of famous witnesses and undoubted verity : to all which is added, that marvellous history of Major Weir, and his sister : with two relations of apparitions at Edinburgh / by Georg Sinclar ...
        date: 1685.0
       words: 60987
      flesch: 72
     summary: Said I , since we are both going one way , be pleased to accept of a convey . Said the other , I know nothing to the contrary .
    keywords: anent; apparition; bed; black; body; chamber; children; church; coming; confession; day; death; devil; door; end; family; father; fire; gentleman; george; god; good; hand; hath; head; home; house; john; king; life; lord; man; manner; master; men; minister; morning; night; noise; person; place; prayer; present; relation; rest; room; self; servant; sir; spirit; thee; thing; thou; thought; time; town; voice; way; wife; witches; woman; words; years
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        item: #37 of 54
          id: A61373
      author: Sterne, John, 17th cent.
       title: A confirmation and discovery of witchcraft containing these severall particulars : that there are witches ... together with the confessions of many of those executed since May 1645 ... / by John Stearne now of Lawshall.
        date: 1648.0
       words: 29237
      flesch: 59
     summary: To these likewise might be added , those observers of times , Deut. 18. And such as professe to cure diseases , by such meanes as have no reason , or worke of nature to doe the Cure , nor have by any ordinance of God , from his word , any such operation to heale the infirmity . As for ill company , bad and wicked parents , and such as are over-much given to lust , I will put them together , and instance some few more examples ; As one Bush of Barton aforesaid widdow , confessed that about three weekes after her husbands decease , being above fiteene yeares before she was questioned , the Devill appeared to her in the shape of a young black man , standing by her bed side , which spoke to her with a hollow voyce , and came into bed to her , and had the use of her body , and asked her to deny God and Christ , and serve him , and then she should never want , but should be avenged of all her enemies , which she consented to , then she said he kissed her and asked her for bloud , which he drew out of her mouth , and it dropped on a paper , and that he us'd to have the use of her body two or three times a weeke , and then us'd to kisse her , and at no other time but as beforesaid , but she said he was colder then man , and heavier , and could not performe nature as man , and that soone after she had consented to the Covenant and given her bloud , there came two things more like Mice , which used to suck her about twice a week during that time , and confessed how she sent an Impe to torment a Maiden , who she thought was against her having reliefe at her Masters , which was done , but afterward this Maiden went to her and scratched her till she got bloud of her , and then she confessed she had no further power over her ( but this is not alwayes true , nor to be observed , though it tooke effect there )
    keywords: christ; confessions; covenant; devill; doe; god; good; hath; heard; hee; impes; league; lord; man; marks; men; people; satan; thing; time; way; witchcraft; witches; woman; words
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        item: #38 of 54
          id: A64198
      author: R. T.
       title: The opinion of witchcraft vindicated in an answer to a book intituled The question of witchcraft debated : being a letter to a friend / by R.T.
        date: 1670.0
       words: 12713
      flesch: 39
     summary: Here he tells you that the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is taken in Scripture sometimes for the gift of Oracling , sometimes for the person that has such a gift : this is as much , and no more , than if he had told you that he is pleas'd to understand it so ; I confess as an Oracler may be understood , that is , for one that takes and gives answers from the Devil , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , may have that signification ; for ob properly signifies a Daemon , or an evil Spirit , and so the best Hebricians expound it : now this being the true sence of the word ob , I see no reason for blaming our Translatours , who have not at all erred from the Original in this place . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 having a Spirit of Divination ( as our Translation renders it ) and in the eighteenth verse , Paul turning himself 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , he said to the Spirit , I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her , and it came out that same hour .
    keywords: answer; argument; art; devil; god; men; opinion; reason; sayes; scripture; things; time; witchcraft; witches
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        item: #39 of 54
          id: A64292
      author: Telfair, Alexander.
       title: A true relation of an apparition expressions and actings of a spirit which infected the house of Andrew Mackie in Ring-Croft of Stocking, in the paroch of Kerrick, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scotland / by Mr. Alexander Telfair, minister of that paroch ; and attested by many other persons who were also eye and ear-witnesses.
        date: 1696.0
       words: 7013
      flesch: 58
     summary: ●p●●l● 3. It whisled several times , and cryed wisht , wisht , this is attested by A●drew Ta●● . Upon the 4 th ▪ of Apr●l● , Charles M●cklel●ne of Collin Land-lord , with the said Andrew Ma●kie , went to a certain Number of Min●ster● met at Buttle , and gave them an Account of the matter ; where upon these Ministers made publick Prayers for the Family , and two of their Number .
    keywords: andrew; fire; house; hurt; john; mackie; night; prayer; stones; trouble; ● ●
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        item: #40 of 54
          id: A67806
      author: M. Y.
       title: The Hartford-shire wonder. Or, Strange news from vvare being an exact and true relation of one Jane Stretton the danghter [sic] of Thomas Stretton, of ware in the county of Hartford, who hath been visited in a strange kind of manner by extraordinary and unusual fits, her abstaining from sustenance for the space of 9 months, being haunted by imps or devils in the form of several creatures here described the parties adjudged of all by whom she was thus tormented and the occasion thereof with many other remarkable things taken from her own mouth and confirmed by many credible witnesses.
        date: 1669.0
       words: 3584
      flesch: 52
     summary: [sic] of Thomas Stretton, of ware in the county of Hartford, who hath been visited in a strange kind of manner by extraordinary and unusual fits, her abstaining from sustenance for the space of 9 months, being haunted by imps or devils in the form of several creatures here described the parties adjudged of all by whom she was thus tormented and the occasion thereof with many other remarkable things taken from her own mouth and confirmed by many credible witnesses. 1669 Approx. [sic] of Thomas Stretton, of ware in the county of Hartford, who hath been visited in a strange kind of manner by extraordinary and unusual fits, her abstaining from sustenance for the space of 9 months, being haunted by imps or devils in the form of several creatures here described the parties adjudged of all by whom she was thus tormented and the occasion thereof with many other remarkable things taken from her own mouth and confirmed by many credible witnesses.
    keywords: eebo; english; god; hartford; stretton; tcp; text; ware
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        item: #41 of 54
          id: A70086
      author: Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.
       title: A further account of the tryals of the New-England witches with the observations of a person who was upon the place several days when the suspected witches were first taken into examination : to which is added, Cases of conscience concerning witchcrafts and evil spirits personating men / written at the request of the ministers of New-England by Increase Mather ...
        date: 1693.0
       words: 28934
      flesch: 65
     summary: i Anastas●●● Q● . He has frequently appeared to Men pretending to be a good Angel , so to Anatolius of old ; and the late instances of b D● .
    keywords: account; afflicted; book; case; death; devil; divine; england; fits; god; good; house; man; men; new; persons; power; satan; shape; spirits; things; time; touch; truth; viz; water; witchcraft; witches; world; ● ●
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        item: #42 of 54
          id: A70179
      author: Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680.
       title: A blow at modern Sadducism in some philosophical considerations about witchcraft. To which is added, the relation of the fam'd disturbance by the drummer, in the house of Mr. John Mompesson, with some reflections on drollery and atheisme. / By a member of the Royal Society..
        date: 1668.0
       words: 32337
      flesch: 55
     summary: Indeed , as things are for the present , the LAND of SPIRITS is a kinde of AMERICA , and not well discover'd Region ; yea , it stands in the Map of humane Science like unknown Tracts , fill'd up with Mountains , Seas , and Monsters : Whereas on the other side , those that are able to judge , and would incourage , are commonly reserv'd and modest , in passing judgments ; or , if they should endeavour to do right to things that are worthy , they are sure to be out-voiced by the rout of ignorant contemners .
    keywords: account; apparitions; bed; belief; body; evidence; evil; fancy; god; good; hand; hath; house; imagination; like; matter; men; mompesson; nature; night; power; reason; room; sir; spirits; things; time; witchcraft; witches; world
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        item: #43 of 54
          id: A76359
      author: Bell, John, 1676-1707.
       title: Witch-craft proven, arreign'd, and condemn'd in its professors, professions and marks by diverse pungent, and convincing arguments, excerpted forth of the most authentick authors, divine and humane, ancient and modern. By a Lover of the truth.
        date: 1697.0
       words: 7701
      flesch: 55
     summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. Seventhly , A Charmer , Enchanter , or Conjurer , comes from the Hebrew word CHOBER , which signifies conjoyning or consociating , in Chaldee they be called RATIM , of mutering , or mumbling , the Greek word is Emphaidon , charming or enchanting , he speaks Words of a strange Tongue , and without sense , firmly believing that such words are profitable to cure , prevent , or remove sickness , and to cause to prosper ; thus sometime they repeat verses out of the Bible & to y t effect make the Bible medicine to the Body , which is the medicine and food of the Soul x such kind of Cattle with Fortune-readers , and such wicked and unhallowed Stuff frequently abound amongst us , so that I need not tell you what they are , would to God we had not so frequent occasions and access of knowing them .
    keywords: devil; eye; god; lord; men; satan; spirit; tcp; text; things; time; truth; witch; word
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        item: #44 of 54
          id: A77144
      author: Bower, Edmund.
       title: Doctor Lamb revived, or, VVitchcraft condemn'd in Anne Bodenham a servant of his, who was arraigned and executed the lent assizes last at Salisbury, before the right honourable the Lord Chief Baron Wild, judge of the assise. Wherein is set forth her strange and wonderful diabolical usage of a maid, servant to Mr. Goddard, as also her attempt against his daughters, but by providence delivered. Being necessary for all good Christians to read, as a caveat to look to themselves, that they be not seduced by such inticements. By Edmond Bower an eye and ear witness of her examination and confession.
        date: 1653.0
       words: 18679
      flesch: 31
     summary: And my friendly Reader , not to detein thee from thy more serious imployment any longer , I say , thou hast this relation , truly and faithfully related unto thee ; for what good or advantage would it be to me , to give a false relation of the same ? which if I should , many hundred spectators can disprove me ; but my own heart knows , and all observers can testifie , that the foregoing History , is the birth and true issues of the life and death of the Witch ; neither hast thou it penned or illustrated with counterfeit colours of curious language , for I know it matters not what Speech we use in telling truth , and I obliged my self in my undertakings to use the same words and expressions as both the Witch and Maid used , and have not made them speak my words in this relation . She was a woman much adicted to Popery , and to Papistical fancies that she commonly observed , and would declare to her neighbours ; she would often tell those , that had converse with her of lucky and unlucky days , which she would have them observe in their employments ; she was likewise addicted much to Gossipping ( as the vulgar call it ) to tell strange unheard-of tales and stories of transactions , and things that have been , and might be done , by cunning and wise people ; she was one that would undertake to cure almost any diseases , which she did for the most part by charms and spels , but sometimes used physical ingredients , to cover her abominable practices ; she would undertake to procure things that were lost , and to restore stoln goods , upon which employments she was made use of by many people , and amongst the very many that came to her , there came one Anne Styles ( then a servant to Richard Goddard Esquire , of the Close in new Sarum ) who had lost a silver Spoon of her Masters , and it was suspected by many servants of the house , that the Spoon was stollen , who amongst themselves resolved to send this Anne Styles to Anne Bodenham , or the cunning woman , to discover the person that had stoln the spoon ; she whereupon having receiv'd from the Cook Maid Bread and Meat to give the VVitch , went to the Witches house , where she was entertain'd very kindly , and at her comming the VVitch shaked her by the hand , rubbed her Head and Temples , and told her she knew wherefore she came , but said the wind did not blow , nor the Sun shine , nor Jupiter appear , so that she could not help her to the spoon ; withall told her , that she should shortly have occasion to come again to her about a greater matter ; And then the VVitch took of the Maid 12. pence , and also bid the Maid give her a Jug of Beer , which she did ; after which the VVitch told the Maid the spoon should be brought again shortly , by a little Boy which did use to her Masters house ; And when the Maid came home , she told the Cook Maid , and Elizabeth Roswel an other of the servants in the same house , what the VVitch , had told her ; At which time then Elizabeth Rosewel told Anne Styles , that Master Thomas Mason , Son in Law to Master Goddard , had lost three pieces of gold , of 22. shillings a piece , and that Master Mason desired her to go to the VVitch to know who had the same , and withall bid her give the VVitch what mony she demanded , and he would repay her ; whereupon the Maid went to the VVitches house again , who bade her come in , and told her she was welcome , and asked her wherefore she came ; to whom the Maid answered , for gold that was lost ; and the VVitch immediatly replyed , it was Mr. Masons gold , and that Master Goddards Boy , Robert Beck-ford , had been twice before with her about it ; the VVitch put on her Spectacles , and demanding seven shillings of the Maid which , she received , she opened three Books , in which there seemed to be severall pictures , and amongst the rest the picture of the Devill , to the Maids appearance , with his Cloven feet and Claws ; after the VVitch had looked over the book , she brought a round green glass , which glass she layd down on one of the books , upon some picture therein , and rubbed the glass , and then took up the book with the glass upon it , and held it up against the Sun , and bid the Maid come and see who they were , that she could shew in that glass , and the Maid looking in the glass saw the shape of many persons , and what they were doing of in her Masters house , in particular shewed Mistriss Elizabeth Rosewel standing in her Mistriss Chamber , looking out of the Window with her hands in her sleeves , and another walking alone in her Masters Garden , one other standing in a room within the Kitchin , one other standing in a matted room of her Masters , against the Window , with her Apron in her hand , and shewed others drinking with glasses of Beer in their hands ; after the Witches shewing this to the Maid , she then bad her go home , which when she came home , she asked the people ( she so saw in the Witches glass ) what they had been doing while she had been wanting , and by their answers to her she found that they had been doing what she saw they were in the glass , and the Maid relating this to Elizabeth Rousewel , she replyed , that Mistriss Boddenham , ( meaning the said Witch ) was either a Witch , or a woman of God .
    keywords: devill; doe; god; goe; good; hath; house; maid; mistriss; room; self; thing; time; vvitch; witch
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        item: #45 of 54
          id: A85153
      author: R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.
       title: VVitchcraft cast out from the religious seed and Israel of God. And the black art, or, nicromancery inchantments, sorcerers, wizards, lying divination, conjuration, and witchcraft, discovered, with the ground, fruits, and effects thereof: as it is proved to be acted in the mistery of iniquity, by the power of darknesse, and witnessed against by Scripture, and declared against also, from, and by them that the world scornfully calleth Quakers. Shewing, the danger thereof, ... Also, some things to clear the truth from reproaches, lies and slanders, and false accusations, occasioned by Daniel Bott and his slander-carriers, ... / Written in Warwickshire, the ninth moneth, 1654. As a judgement upon witchcraft, and a deniall, testimony and declaration against witchcraft, from those that the world reproachfully calleth Quakers.
        date: 1655.0
       words: 11686
      flesch: 59
     summary: Heb. 10. 26 , 27. R. F. THE BLACK ART , Or , Nicromancery Inchantments , Sorcerers , lying Divinations , Wizards , and Conjurations , Magicians , and Witchcrafts discovered , to be of the Devill , and to be acted out of the power of darknesse , in the mistery of iniquity , according to the workings of the prince of darknesse , the prince of the power of the aire , the spirit that ruleth in the children of disobedience , the familiar spirit , that acteth in the Divels Instruments according as it is written , and proved by Scripture , &c. THe Witchcrafts is acted in that nature which is accursed from God , and in the seat of darknesse , is wickednesse and mischief invented : and the witches and sorcerers , Inchanters , and devisers of lyes , and wizards were in that seed , that was cast out and accursed from God , and they were of the power of darknesse , and were acted by the spirit of the Devill , according to the working of the prince of darknesse , and king of the bottomlesse pit , in the working of the mistery of iniquity , with signs and lying wonders , and all deceiveablenesse of unrighteousnesse , in the sorcery , witchcraft , and the abominations which God was and is against , and all those that act in those sorceries and abominations shall not enter into the kingdom of God , but be cast into the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone , which is the second death : Gal. Shewing , the danger thereof , that it may be avoided , by all that fear God , as they will answer it in the Great and Terrible day of the Lord , for he is utterly against those abominations and wicked practises , and those that hold them up , are upholders of the Devil's Kingdome , therefore a warning to you all for going to wizards for Counsell , for you go from God , to the Devill , that go to take Counsell of a wizard .
    keywords: art; counsell; god; light; lord; lying; thee; thou; thy; truth; wizards
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        item: #46 of 54
          id: A85292
      author: Filmer, Robert, Sir, d. 1653.
       title: An advertisement to the jury-men of England, touching witches. Together with a difference between an English and Hebrew vvitch.
        date: 1653.0
       words: 10663
      flesch: 60
     summary: Though there be neither mention of Spirit , or Devill in this Psalme , yet Mr. Perkins would have us believe that there can be no conjoyning or consociating but with the Devill : I should here desire to have known whether Mr. Perkins had thought that God doth permit farther power to the Devill upon his contracting with the Witch , then he had before the Contract ; for if the Devill had the same permission before the Contract , then he doth no more mischiefe upon the Contract , then he would have gladly done before , seeing as Mr. Perkins saith , The Devills malice towards all Men is of so high a degree , that he cannot endure they should enjoy the World , or the benefits of this life ( if it were possible ) so much as one houre .
    keywords: craft; devill; doth; god; hath; hee; man; perkins; proofe; saith; spirit; text; things; witch; witches
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        item: #47 of 54
          id: A85451
      author: E. G., gent.
       title: A prodigious & tragicall history of the arraignment, tryall, confession, and condemnation of six witches at Maidstone, in Kent, at the assizes there held in July, Fryday 30. this present year. 1652. Before the Right Honorable, Peter Warburton, one of the Justices of the Common Pleas. / Collected from the observations of E.G. Gent. (a learned person, present at their conviction and condemnation) and digested by H.F. Gent. To which is added a true relation of one Mrs. Atkins a mercers wife in Warwick, who was strangely caried away from her house in July last, and hath not been heard of since.
        date: 1652.0
       words: 2179
      flesch: 66
     summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A85451 of text R202164 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason E673_19). They confessed they had bewitched a child , that had been languishing along time ; this child died about the time of their trials , whose pourtraicture in wax was found , where they had laid it , under the Threshold of a doore .
    keywords: anne; gent; july; text; time
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        item: #48 of 54
          id: A85867
      author: Gaule, John, 1604?-1687.
       title: Select cases of conscience touching vvitches and vvitchcrafts. By Iohn Gaule, preacher of the Word at Great Staughton in the county of Huntington.
        date: 1646.0
       words: 22285
      flesch: 73
     summary: M. N. MY service to your Worship presented , I have this day received a Letter , &c. — to come to a Towne called Great Staughton to search for evill disposed persons called Witches ( though I heare your Minister is farre against us through ignorance ) I intend to come ( God willing ) the sooner to heare his singular Judgment on the behalfe of such parties ; I have known a Minister in Suffolke preach as much against their discovery in a Pulpit , and forc'd to recant it ( by the Committee ) in the fame place . And the sin it selfe appeares ( by direct literall deduction ) to be a malicious imputation of the works of the Devill to God ; and of the works of God to the Devill : which who are so guilty of as are Witches , that make God their Divell , and the Divell their God ? as is evident to be observed , in their solemn and explicite pact or League .
    keywords: act; bee; case; church; conscience; covenant; devill; doe; faith; god; good; hath; hee; kind; man; men; nature; owne; power; thing; way; wee; witch; witchcraft; witches; word
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        item: #49 of 54
          id: A86157
      author: Pope, Mary, fl. 1647-1649.
       title: Heare, heare, heare, heare, a vvord or message from heaven; to all Covenant breakers (whom God hates) with all that hath committed that great sinne, that is, as the sinne of witch-craft. The great God that is most high and infinite, that hath the command of heaven and earth, and of all therein; who hath taken to himselfe that liberty as not to give an account of any of his matters to any of his creatures; and this is the power of his excellency which he holdeth forth for all our learning in his word, and his liberty God hath given to kings on earth: and none may say to the King, what dost thou? And now that Gods commandements hath not been observed, but the power resisted, it is high time that they were.
        date: 1648.0
       words: 8547
      flesch: 59
     summary: what dost thou ? Prov. 8. 15 , 16. Further Elisha convincing Job hath this expression ; Is it fit to say to a King , thou art wicked ? and to a Prince thou art ungodly ? Speak not against the King , no not in thy Bed-chamber , for the Birds of the Ayre shall carry the voice , and that which hath wings shall tell the matter : Ecl. 10. 26 Here we see what care God hath taken for the preservation of supremacy of Kings ; for indeed the supremacy of the 5 Commandment is the foundation , and therefore God hath a tender care of his own honour , and of the honour of his own Word , and of the supremacy of Kings : and here is the double fountain from whence all true and dew dutie doth proceed by divine designation ; Fear God and honour the King , and this is the whole dutie of man ; and this is the fountain from whence all supremacy doth redound to arents and Masters . 3. 2. And now if you will yet be Vassels , I speak to the good party ( disband immediately ) for God himself will end the war : And there is a party will be brought down wonderfully ; and I feare , that some will hardly die the common death of all men : and now let us wait to see the salvation of God , farewell fellow Souldier , God hath warned the twise by me , and too much writing is a wearisomnes to the brain : Fear God and keep his commandements , for this is the whol dutie of man : For God will bring the work to judgement with every secret thought whether it be good or evill .
    keywords: army; doe; earth; god; hath; heare; king; lord; parliament; thou; time; word
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        item: #50 of 54
          id: A86550
      author: Hopkins, Matthew, d. 1647.
       title: The discovery of vvitches: in answer to severall queries, lately delivered to the judges of the assize for the county of Norfolk. / And now published by Matthevv Hopkins, witch-finder. For the benefit of the whole kingdome.
        date: 1647.0
       words: 4321
      flesch: 68
     summary: 2008-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-11 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion Matthew Hopkins Witch Finder Generall depiction of Matthew Hopkins interrogating witches My Imps names are 1 Ilemauzar 2 Pyewackett 3 Peck in the Crowne 4 Griezzell Greedigutt Holt Jarmara Sacke & Sugar Newes Vinegar tom THE Discovery of Witches : IN Answer to severall QUERIES , LATELY Delivered to the Judges of Assize for the County of NORFOLK . M.DC.XLVII . Certaine Queries answered , which have been and are likely to be objected against MATTHEW HOPKINS , in his way of finding out Witches .
    keywords: devill; doth; quer; text; witch; witches
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        item: #51 of 54
          id: A88821
      author: Lakeland, Mother.
       title: The lawes against vvitches, and conivration. And some brief notes and observations for the discovery of witches. Being very usefull for these times, wherein the Devil reignes and prevailes over the soules of poore creatures, in drawing them to that crying sin of witch-craft. Also, the confession of Mother Lakeland, who was arraigned and condemned for a witch, at Ipswich in Suffolke. Published by authority.
        date: 1645.0
       words: 3388
      flesch: 65
     summary: They have often pictures of clay or wax ( like a man , &c. made of such as they would be witch ) found in their house , or which they roast , or bury in the earth , that as the picture consumes , so may the parties bewitched consume , 4. There are other presumptions against these Witches ; as if they be given to usuall cursing , and bitter imprecations , and withall use threatnings to be revenged , and their imprecations , or some other mischief presently followeth , Ber. 61.205 . And for the better restraining the said offences , and more severe punishing the same , be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid ; That if any person of persons , after the said Feast of St. Michael the Archangell next comming , shall use , practise , or exercise any invocation or conjuration of an evil and wicked spirit : or shall consult , covenant with , entertaine , imploy , feed , or reward any evil and wicked spirit , to or for any intent or purpose ; or take up any dead man , woman , or child , out of his , her , or their grave , or any other place where the dead body resteth ; or the skin , bone , or any other part of any dead person , to be imployed , or used in any manner of Witchcraft , Sorcery , Charme , or Inchantment , or shall use , practise , or exercise , any Witchcraft , Inchantment , Charme , or Sorcery , whereby any person shall be Killed , Destroyed , Wasted , Consumed , Pined , or Lamed , in His or Her body , or any part thereof ; that then every such Offender , or Offenders , their Ayders , Abetters , and Councellors , being of any of the said offences duly and lawfully Convicted and Attainted , shall suffer paines of death as a Felon or Felons , and shall lose the priviledge and benefit of Clergy and Sanctuary .
    keywords: devil; party; person; text; witch; witches
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        item: #52 of 54
          id: A89263
      author: Moore, Mary, fl. 1650.
       title: Wonderfull newes from the north. Or, A true relation of the sad and grievous torments, inflicted upon the bodies of three children of Mr. George Muschamp, late of the county of Northumberland, by witch-craft: and how miraculously it pleased God to strengthen them, and to deliver them: as also the prosecution of the sayd witches, as by oaths, and their own confessions will appear, and by the indictment found by the jury against one of them, at the sessions of the peace held at Alnwick, the 24. day of April, 1650. Novemb. 25. 1650. Imprimatur, John Dovvname.
        date: 1650.0
       words: 11727
      flesch: 66
     summary: After this she continued well till Candlemas . ON Candlemas Eve , betwixt the houres of one and two in the afternoone , being the Sabboth , her mother with most of her servants being at Church , onely her two Brothers , and two Sisters with her , she was suddainely striken with a great deale of torment , called for a little beere , but ere they could come with it , the use of her tongue was gone , with all her limbs , pressing to vomit , and such torments , that no eyes could looke on her without compassion : Her mother comming home with a sad heart , beheld her childe , using what meanes could be , but no ease , till eleaven or twelve a Clock at night she fell into a slumber and slept till six in the morning ; as soon as Berwick gates were opened her mother sent for Phisitions , both of soule and body , with the Lady SELBY , Colonell FENVVICKS Widow , with other friends , who forth with came to behold this sad fight , with many others that came to the childe waking out of her sle●pe , which was without present torment , but had lost the use of both limbs , tongue , stomacke , onely smiled on them , and signed , that we could understand she had all her other senses very perfect , but would let nothing come within her mouth of any nourishment , for her Jawes were almost closed : Physitians gave their advice , with other friends ; and what could be had , was gotten for her : but her signes from the beginning were , away with these Doctors Drugs , God had layd it on her , and God would take it off her . It is a great mercy that he granted me patience to endure my payne ; if it had pleased God I should have beene content as well with torment as releasement .
    keywords: angels; brother; cause; day; death; god; hath; justice; life; lord; mother; mrs; power; sayd; sister; svvinovv; time; torment
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        item: #53 of 54
          id: A95860
      author: Vernon, Samuel.
       title: A brief relation of the strange and unnatural practices of Wessel Goodwin, Mehetabell Jones the wife of Edward Jones, and Elizabeth Pigeon the wife of John Pigeon.
        date: 1654.0
       words: 13634
      flesch: 53
     summary: A brief relation of the strange and unnatural practices of Wessel Goodwin, Mehetabell Jones the wife of Edward Jones, and Elizabeth Pigeon the wife of John Pigeon. A brief relation of the strange and unnatural practices of Wessel Goodwin, Mehetabell Jones the wife of Edward Jones, and Elizabeth Pigeon the wife of John Pigeon. Vernon, Samuel.
    keywords: children; estate; father; god; goodwin; hath; house; husband; jones; knowles; man; mrs; pigeon; son; time; wife; women; young
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        item: #54 of 54
          id: A96125
      author: G. H.
       title: We have brought our hogs to a fair market: or, Strange newes from New-Gate; being a most pleasant and historical narrative, of Captain James Hind, never before published, of his merry pranks, witty jests, unparallel'd attempts, and strange designs. With his orders, instructions, and decree, to all his royal gang, and fraternity; the appearing of a strange vision on Munday morning last, with a crown upon his head; the speech and command that were then given to Cap. Hind; and the manner how it vanished away. As also how he was enchanted by a witch at Hatfield, for the space of three years; and how she switch'd his horse with a white rod, and gave him a thing like a sun-diall, the point of which should direct him which way to take when persued. With his speech; the old hags charm; and the raising of the Devil in the likeness of a lyon; to the great admiration and wonder of all that shall read the same.
        date: None
       words: 3116
      flesch: 65
     summary: We have brought our hogs to a fair market: or, Strange newes from New-Gate; being a most pleasant and historical narrative, of Captain James Hind, never before published, of his merry pranks, witty jests, unparallel'd attempts, and strange designs. We have brought our hogs to a fair market: or, Strange newes from New-Gate; being a most pleasant and historical narrative, of Captain James Hind, never before published, of his merry pranks, witty jests, unparallel'd attempts, and strange designs.
    keywords: hind; horse; men; money; text; way
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