c. Hor. Epod. 18. Possum rematos excit•• mortuos desideri{que} temperare poculum. The raising of Ghosts, and transforming themselves and others, all Witchmongers both ancient and modern affirm. Virg. Aeneid. the place before quoted, Necturn••{que} cit mnes. Id Eclog. 8. Hs herbas at{que} haec Ponto mihi lecta vnaena ipsa dedit. Meris nascuntur, plurin Ponto, His ego saepe lupam fieri & se condere sylvis Maerim saepe animas exire sepulchris vidi, &c. Proper∣tius before cited, Audax, &c. & sua nocturno 〈◊〉 terga lupo. You may see Lucan make Erictho raise a Ghost, Seneca's untrix in Hec. Oteus: And Tresias in Oedipus do the same, all Witchmongers are full of it. In Bodin Daemon. lib. 2. cap. 6. There is a great deal of stuff about Transformations; he says, Witches transform themselves into Wolves, and others into Asses; and I think those are they that be∣lieve im 'em: He is very angry with Physicians that callycanthropia disease; he says, divers Witches at Vernon turn'd themselves into Cats, and tells a story of three Witches at Agentine that turn'd the∣selves into Cats, and beat and wounded a Faggot-maker. This also Petr. de Lover de spectris mentions in English Translation, p. 128. He says there, that in his time a Hermit of Doe was turn'd into a Wo•• and was going to devour a little Child, if he had not been surprifd and discovered; and a Merchant o Cyprus was turn'd into as Ass; indeed, he says, the Devil does not change the body, but only abuse and delude the fancy; and quotes Thomas Aquinas in 2 〈◊〉. distinct. 8. Aug. lib 18. de Civit. Dei, says, he himself knew the Father of one〈◊〉who was changed into Mule, and did carry upon hi•• back Bag and Baggage for Soldiers; but he says this was an illusion of the Devil, and that the Father of〈◊〉was not really changed into a Mule, but the eyes of the beholders were enchanted. Bodin 〈…〉 in the shape of a Wolf, kill'd a Child of Twelve years old, eat up her Arms and Legs, 〈…〉 And Peter Burgis, and Michael Werdon, having turn'd 〈…〉 of people: Such impossible Stories does this helluo 〈…〉 him, swallow himself, and disgorge to us. He says, the matter of Transformation〈…〉 Seventh, and by him were all judged possible. Wierus ultimo libro 〈…〉 quo{que} refertur quod se in Lupos 〈…〉I should have mentioned the transformations of Lucian and Apuleius, which Bodin 〈…〉the Seventh made Canonical: I could cite many more Authorities for this, and for most of 〈…〉 in the fore-written Speech; but I shall ire the Reader and my self: I have not endeavour∣ed 〈…〉 the Poets so much as to take thoughts from them. For the manner of their Musick, see〈…〉 quest. 10. p. 13. and Remigius Daemonolat, lib. 1. cap. 19. Miris modis illic 〈…〉 &c. strepant sous inconditis absurdis ac discrepantibus canit hic Daemon 〈…〉 aliquod quod forte humi repertum buccam seu tibiam 〈…〉 lib. 2. cap. 4. who says they Daunce with Brooms. And Remigius, lib. 1. 〈…〉 18. Omnia fiunt ritu 〈◊〉 & ab omni hominum consuetudine alienum, dorsis invicem 〈…〉

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