The discovery of witchcraft proving that the compacts and contracts of witches with devils and all infernal spirits or familiars are but erroneous novelties and imaginary conceptions : also discovering, how far their power extendeth in killing, tormenting, consuming, or curing the bodies of men, women, children, or animals by charms, philtres, periapts, pentacles, curses, and conjurations : wherein likewise the unchristian practices and inhumane dealings of searchers and witch-tryers upon aged, melancholly, and superstitious people, in extorting confessions by terrors and tortures, and in devising false marks and symptoms, are notably detected ... : in sixteen books / by Reginald Scot ... ; whereunto is added an excellent Discourse of the nature and substance of devils and spirits, in two books : the first by the aforesaid author, the second now added in this third edition ... conducing to the compleating of the whole work, with nine chapters at the beginning of the fifteenth [sic] book of The discovery.

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The discovery of witchcraft proving that the compacts and contracts of witches with devils and all infernal spirits or familiars are but erroneous novelties and imaginary conceptions : also discovering, how far their power extendeth in killing, tormenting, consuming, or curing the bodies of men, women, children, or animals by charms, philtres, periapts, pentacles, curses, and conjurations : wherein likewise the unchristian practices and inhumane dealings of searchers and witch-tryers upon aged, melancholly, and superstitious people, in extorting confessions by terrors and tortures, and in devising false marks and symptoms, are notably detected ... : in sixteen books / by Reginald Scot ... ; whereunto is added an excellent Discourse of the nature and substance of devils and spirits, in two books : the first by the aforesaid author, the second now added in this third edition ... conducing to the compleating of the whole work, with nine chapters at the beginning of the fifteenth [sic] book of The discovery.
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Scot, Reginald, 1538?-1599.
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1665.
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Witchcraft.
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"The discovery of witchcraft proving that the compacts and contracts of witches with devils and all infernal spirits or familiars are but erroneous novelties and imaginary conceptions : also discovering, how far their power extendeth in killing, tormenting, consuming, or curing the bodies of men, women, children, or animals by charms, philtres, periapts, pentacles, curses, and conjurations : wherein likewise the unchristian practices and inhumane dealings of searchers and witch-tryers upon aged, melancholly, and superstitious people, in extorting confessions by terrors and tortures, and in devising false marks and symptoms, are notably detected ... : in sixteen books / by Reginald Scot ... ; whereunto is added an excellent Discourse of the nature and substance of devils and spirits, in two books : the first by the aforesaid author, the second now added in this third edition ... conducing to the compleating of the whole work, with nine chapters at the beginning of the fifteenth [sic] book of The discovery." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A62397.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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CHAP. XXVIII.

This Bond as followeth, is to call him into your Crystal-stone, or Glass, &c.

ALso I do conjure thee spirit N. by God the Father, by God the Son, and by God the Holy Ghost, Α and Ω, the first and the last, and by the latter day of Judgement, of them which shall come to judge the quick and the dead, and the world by fire, and by their vertues and powers, I constrain thee spirit N. to come to him that holdeth the Crystal-stone in his hand, and to appear visibly, as hereafter fol∣loweth. Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by these holy Names of God ✚ Letragram∣maton ✚ Adonay ✚ El ✚ Ousion ✚ Agla ✚ Iesus ✚ of Nazareth ✚, and by the vertues thereof, and by his nativity, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension, and by all other things appertaining unto his passion, and by the * 1.1 blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by all the joy which she had when she saw her Son rise from death to life, and by the vertues and powers thereof, I constrain thee Spirit N. to come into the Crystal-stone, and to appear visibly, as hereafter shall be declared. Also I conjure thee N. thou Spirit, by all Angels, Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Prin∣cipates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, and by the ☉ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ♀ ☿, and by the twelve signes, and by their vertues and powers, and by all things crea∣ted and confirmed in the Firmament, and by their vertues and powers, I constrain thee Spirit N. to appear visibly in that Crystal-stone, in fair * 1.2 form and shape of a white Angel, a green Angel, a black Angel, a Man, a Woman, a Boy, a maiden Vir∣gin, a white Greyhound, a Devil with great horns, without any hurt or danger of our bodies or souls, and truly to inform and shew unto us, true visions of all things in that Crystal-stone, according to thine Oath and Promise, and that without any hinderance or tarrying, to appear visibly, by this Bond of words read o∣ver by me three times, upon pain of everlasting condemnation. Fiat, fiat. Amen.

Then being appeared, say these words following.

I Conjure thee Spirit, by God the Father, that thou shew true visions in that Cry∣stal-stone, where there be any N. in such a place or no, upon pain of everlasting condemnation, Fiat. Amen. Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by God the Son Jesus Christ, that thou do shew true visions unto us, whether it be gold or silver, or any other metals, or whether there were any or no, upon pain of condemnation, Fiat. Amen. Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by God the Holy Ghost, the which doth sanctifie all faithful souls and spirits, and by their vertues and powers, I constrain thee Spirit N. to speak open and to declare the true way, how we may come by these treasures hidden in N. and how to have it in our custody, and who are the keepers thereof, and how many there be, and what be their names, and by whom it was laid there, and to shew me true visions of what sort and similitude they be, and how long they have kept it, and to know in what dayes and hours we shall call such a Spirit N. to bring unto us these trea∣sures into such a place N. upon pain of everlasting condemnation ✚. Also I constrain thee Spirit N. by all Angels,* 1.3 Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, that you do shew a true vision in this Crystal-stone, who did convey or steal away such a N. and where it is, and who hath it, and how far off, and what is his or her name, and how and when to come unto it, upon pain of eternal condemnation, Fiat. Amen. Also I conjure thee Spirit N. by the

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☉ ☽ ♄ ♃ ♂ ♀ ☿ and by all the Characters in the Firmament, that thou do shew un∣to me a true vision in this Crystal-stone, where such N. and in what state he is, and how long he hath been there, and what time he will be in such a place, what day and hour: and this and all other things to declare plainly, on pain of Hell fire. Fiat. Amen.

A Licence to Depart.

DEpart out of the sight of this Crystal-stone in peace for a time, and ready to ap∣pear therein again at any time or times I shall call thee, by vertue of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the bonds of words which are written in this Book, and to appear visibly, as the words be rehearsed. I constrain thee Spirit N. by the di∣vinity of the Godhead, to be obedient unto these words rehearsed, upon pain of everlasting condemnation, both in this world and in the world to come. Fiat, fiat, fiat. Amen.

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