Scot's Discovery of vvitchcraft proving the common opinions of witches contracting with divels, spirits, or familiars ... to be but imaginary, erronious conceptions and novelties : wherein also, the lewde unchristian all written and published in anno 1584, by Reginald Scot, Esquire.

CHAP. X.

To know of treasure hidden in the earth.

WRite in paper these characters following, on the saturday, in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of ☽, and lay it where thou thinkest treasure to be: if there be any the paper will burn, else not. And these be the characters.

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This is the way to goe invisible by these three sisters of Fairies.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. First goe to a fair parlor or chamber, and an even ground, and in no lost, and from people nine dayes; for it is the better: and let all thy clothing be clean and sweet. Then make a candle of Virgine wax, and light it, and make a faire fire of charcoles, in a fair place, in the midle of the parlour or chamber. Then take fair clean water, that runneth a∣gainst the east, and set it upon the fire: and yet thou wathest thy selfe, say these words, going about the fire three times holding the candle in the right hand ✚ Panthon ✚ Craton ✚ Muriton ✚ Lisecognaton ✚ Seston ✚ Diaton ✚ Maton ✚ Tet••agrammaton ✚ Agla ✚ Agarion ✚ Tegra ✚ Pentessaron ✚ Tendicata ✚ Then rehearse these names ✚ So thie ✚ Sor∣thia ✚ Sortheos ✚ Milia ✚ Achilia ✚ Sibylia ✚ In nomine patris, & filii, & spiritus sancti; Amen. I conjure you three sisters of fairies, Milia, Achi∣lia, Sibylia; by the Father, by the Son, and by the Holy Ghost, and by their vertues and powers, and by the most mercifull and living God, that will command his angell to blow the trump at the day of Judgement; and he shall say, Come, come, come to judgement; and by all angels, arch∣angels, thrones, dominations, principats, potesta••es, virtutes, cherubim and seraphim, and by their vertues and powers. I conjure you three sisters, by the vertue of all the riall words aforesaid: I charge you that you doe appeare before me visibly, in form and shape of faire women, in white vestures, and to bring with you to me, the ring of invisibility, by the which I may goe invisible at mine owne will and pleasure, and that in all houres and minutes: In nomine patris, & filii, & spiritus sancti, Amen.

* Being appeared, say this bond following.

O blessed virgins ✚ Milia ✚ Achili•• ✚ I conjure you in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Ghost, & by their vertues I charge you to depart from me in peace for a time. And Si∣bylia I conjure thee, by the vertue of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the ver∣tue of his flesh and pretious bloud, that he took of our blessed Lady the Virgine, and by all the holy company in heaven I charge thee Sibylia, by all the vertues aforesaid, that thou be obedient unto me, in the name of God; that when, and in what time and place I shall call thee by this foresaid conjuration written in this book, looke thou be ready to come unto me, at all houres and minutes, and to bring unto me the ring of in∣visibility, whereby I may goe invisible at my will and pleasure, and that at all houres and minutes; Fiat, fiat. Amen.

And if he come not the first night, then doe the same the second night and so the third night, untill they doe come, for doubtlesse they will come, and lie thou in thy bed, in the same parlor or chamber. And lay thy right hand out of the bed, and look thou have a faire silken kercher bound abound thy head, and be not afraid, they will doe thee no harm. For there will come before thee three fair women, and all in white clothing: and one of them will put a ring upon thy finger, wherewith thou shalt goe

invisible. Then with speed bind them with the bond aforesaid. When thou hast this ring on thy finger, looke in a glasse, and thou shalt not see thy self. And when thou wilt goe invisible, put in on thy finger, the same finger that they did put it on, and every new ☽ renew it again▪ For after the first time thou shalt ever have it, and ever begin this work in the new of the ☽ and in the houre of ♃ and the ☽ in ♋ ♐ ♓.

Notes

• This would be much practised if it were not a cousening knack.
• The three si∣sters of the fairies, Milia, Achilia, and Sibylia.
• The ring of invisibility.
• Such a ring it was that ad∣vanced Giges to the kingdom of Ly••ia, Plato lib. 2. de justo.