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.

BOOK. XI.

• CHAP. I. THe Hebrew word Nahas expoun∣ded; of the art of Augury, who invented it; how slovenly a Science it is; the multitude of Sacrifices and Sacri∣ficers of the Heathen, and the causes thereof. Page. 106
• CHAP. II. Of the Jews Sacrifice to Moloch; a discourse thereupon, and of Purgatory. ibid.
• CHAP. III. The Canibals cruelty; of Popish Sa∣crifices exceeding in tyranny the Jews or Gentiles. Page. 107
• CHAP. IV. The superstition of the Heathen about the Element of Fire, and how it grew in such reverence among them; of their corruptions, and that they had some ink∣ling of the godly Fathers doings in that behalf. ibid.
• CHAP. V. Of the Roman Sacrifices; of the esti∣mation they had of Augury; of the Law of the Twelve Tables. Page. 108
• CHAP. VI. Colledges of Angurers, their Office, their number, the signification of Au∣gury, that the practisers of that Art were coseners, their profession, their places of Exercise, their Apparel, their Super∣stition. ibid.
• CHAP. VII. The times and seasons to exercise Au∣gury, the manner and order thereof; of the Ceremonies thereunto, belonging. Page. 109
• CHAP. VIII. Upon what signs and tokens Augurers did prognosticate; Observations touching the inward and outward parts of Beasts, with notes of Beasts behaviour in the slaughter-house. ibid.
• CHAP. IX. A Confutation of Augury; Plato his reverend opinion thereof; of contrary e∣vents, and false predictions. Page. 110
• CHAP. X. The cosening Art of Sortilege or Lotary, practised especially by the Egyptian vaga∣bonds; of allowed lots; of Pythagoras his lot, &c. ibid.
• CHAP. XI. Of the Cabbalistical Art consisting of Traditions and unwritten Verities learned without Bock, and of the Division thereof. Page. 111
• CHAP. XII. When, how, and in what sort Sacrifices were first ordained, and how they were pro∣phaned; and how the Pope corrupteth the Sacraments of Christ. Page. 112
• CHAP. XIII. Of the Objects whereupon the Augu∣rers used to prognosticate, with certain cautions and notes. Page. 113
• CHAP. XIV. The division of Augury; persons ad∣mittable into the Colledges of Augury; of their Superstition. ibid.
• CHAP. XV. Of the common peoples fond and su∣stitious Collections and observations. Page. 114
• CHAP. XVI. How old Writers vary about the Matter, the Manner, and the Means, where things augurifical are moved. Page. 115
• CHAP. XVII. How ridiculous an Art Augury is; how Cato mocked it; Aristotle's reason against it; fond Collections of Augurers; who allowed, and who disallowed it. Page. 116
• CHAP. XVIII. Fond Distinctions of the Hea∣then Writers concerning Augury. Page. 117
• CHAP. XIX. Of Natural and Casual Augury, the one allowed, and the other disallowed. ibid.
• CHAP. XX. A Confutation of Casual Augury which is meer Witchcraft, and upon what uncertainty those Divinations are ground∣ed. ibid.
• CHAP. XXI. The Figure-casters are Witches; the uncertainty of their Art, and of their con∣tradictions; Cornelius Agrippa's sentence against. Judicial Astrologie. Page. 118
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• CHAP. XXII. The subtilty of Astrologers to main∣tain the credit of their Art; why they re∣main in credit: certain impieties contained in Astrologers assertions. Page. 119
• CHAP. XXXIII. Who have power to drive away Devils with their only presence, who shall receive of God whatsoever they ask in Prayer, who shall obtain everlasting life by means of Constellations, as Nativity-cast∣ers affirm. Page. 120