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UNto this the Major of Maidston, with divers of his brethren sob••••∣bed, chiefly by the perswasion of Nicasius Vander Sceure, the ••••••nister
of the Dutch church there, Iohn Stikelbow, whom (as it is there said) God made the instrument to cast out the devils, and four other cre∣dible persons of the Dutch church. The history is so strange, and so cunningly performed, that had not his knavery afterwards brought him into suspicion, he should have gone away unsuspected of this fraud. A great many other such miracles have been lately printed, whereof divers have been bewraied: all the residue doubtlesse, if triall had been made, would have been found like unto these. But some are more finely hand∣led than othersome. Some have more advantage by the simplicity of the audience, some by the majesty and countenance of the confederates: as namely, that cosening of the holy maid of Kent. Some escape ut∣terly unsuspected, some are prevented by death; so as that way their exa∣mination is untaken. Some are weakly examined: but the most part are so reverenced, as they which suspect them, are rather called to their answers, than the others.