An history of apparitions, oracles, prophecies, and predictions with dreams, visions, and revelations and the cunning delusions of the devil, to strengthen the idolatry of the gentiles, and the worshipping of saints departed : with the doctrine of purgatory, a work very seasonable, for discovering the impostures and religious cheats of these times / collected out of sundry authours of great credit, and delivered into English from their several originals by T.B. ; whereunto is annexed, a learned treatise, confuting the opinions of the Sadduces and Epicures, (denying the appearing of angels and devils to men) with the arguments of those that deny that angels and devils can assume bodily shapes ; written in French, and now rendred into English ; with a table to the whole work.

The Table of Mocks of the Devil, to streng∣then the Idolatry of the Gentiles.

• THe power of Vesta, 1
• Aeneas placeth houshold-gods, brought from Troy at Lavinium, 2
• The Egyptians worship Isis for her Mira∣cles, 3
• In the Temple of Aesculapius amongst the Epidaurians, those who pray to the god sleeping, learn the reason of reco∣vering health. 4
• Aristides a Rhetorician of Smyrna, com∣manded by Aesculapius, 5
• An Ensign speaketh with a low voyce, 6
• A whale of an incredible bigness swim∣meth to a bulwark in the Sea at Tyre, 7
• The god Pan promiseth to ayd the Athe∣nians in the fight at Marathon, 8
• Strange Visions at Cyzicum, Minerva was seen in visions to many. 9
• The Boetians their dream, when enslaved by the Thracians, 10
• The King of the Spartans after the Ar∣gians were vanquished, sacrificeth in Juno's Temple, 11
• The Image of victory which stood in Mi∣nerva's Temple, turns its back towards the door, 12
• The Images of gods appear not onely in the night, but in the day, commanding every one to pray, 13
• Before the demolishment of Troy, the fire in Minerva's Temple spares to burn the sacrifices, 14
• Caesar Augustus his vision. 15
• Ladened Ships could not arrive at By∣zantium, 16
• Olive-Trees dedicated to Pallas, 17
• Aesculapius reported not to be born of the Nymph Coronis, but of an egg of a little Crow, 18
• Jupiter's anger for Antonius Maxi∣mus his cruelty to his servant, 19
• The Argonautes tossed with a Tem∣pest, call upon Orpheus, 20
• Thophinius and Agamedes build a Temple to Apollo. 21
• C••oesus King of the Persians overcome by Cyrus, invocates Solon, 22
• The Athenians received by Oracle, that they should invoke the North wind to help them. 23
• A Vulcanian hillock near Agrigentum, 24
• Romulus vows to build a Temple to Ju∣piter, 25
• Numa Pompilius his devotion to Jupi∣ter. 26
• Tullius Hostilius vows to sacrifice 12 Samians to Mars. 27
• Counterfeiting of piety, 28
• A Miracle manifested about Claudius, 29
• Adrian punished for his unjust shedding of blood, 30
• The Oracle from Pythia to the Atheni∣ans, infected with the Plague. 31
• Apollo answers the Grecians. 32
• Hercules the son of Alcmena, offers sa∣crifice to Jupiter. 33
• Aurelian the Emperour consults the

• ... Sibyllaean books, 34
• The Persians spoyl all the Temples of the Greeks. 35
• Without Cratonis, a Temple dedicated to Juno. 36
• A great barrenness coming to Pelasgus, they devote the Spring to their gods, 37
• A Miracle at the Rock of the Posido∣niacorians. 38
• Diana being angry sends a Calydonian Boar to destroy the grain in Oetolia, 39
• A Miracle in Arcadia, 40
• Glaucus the son of Sisiphns, 41
• Hercules erects a magnificent Temple to Iolaus his Nephew. 42
• Ciana kills her Father for deflowring her. 43
• The Temple of Isis. 44
• The Thebans their severity against those who violated their Religion. 45
• Pentheus King of the Thebans, was torn in pieces by the Priestsesses of Bac∣chus, for abusing his father, 46
• The Potilians extinct for abusing the consecrated things of Bacchus, 47
• C. Terentius Varro Overseen of the Temples, 48
• Hannibal and Himilco two Carthagi∣nian Captains, command their Souldiers to cast down Monuments. 49
• The Image of Pallas falls from Heaven, 50
• The Athenians neglect their god, 51
• The Captains of the Japignians take the Images out of the Temple, 52
• The Aeginetae invading the Epidau∣rians, carry away the Olive-Tree Ima¦ges of Damiae Auxesiae. 53
• Artabarus a Persian, rushes into Nep∣tune's Temple, and falleth upon his Image. 54
• A Souldier of Scipio Africanus minor, attempteth to bereave the Image of Apollo of its golden Vestment. 55
• Agamemnon smote a Goat with a dart near Diana her grove. 56
• The Fish Pompilus in esteem with Nep∣tune. 57
• A certain man steals a piece of money out of the Temple of Apollo at Delphos, 58
• Sambicus throwes down brazen Statues, and sells them. 59
• Consecrated things taken out of the Tem∣ple to pay Souldiers, 60
• Q. Fulvius Flaccus heavily punished for carrying Marble tiles which were to mend the Temple of Juno, to the Tem∣ple of warlike Fortune, 61
• An horrible slaughter of the Persian comming with intent to spoyl the Tem∣ple at Delphos. 62
• The Judgment which followed Theron King of the hither-Spain, upon his abolishing the Temple of Hercules, 63
• The judgment which followed the Scy∣thians for their spoyling the Temple of Venus in Urania, 64
• The revenge which Alexander received for suffering his Souldiers to throng in∣to the Temple of Ceres, 65
• Pyrrhus his punishment for sacriledg, 66
• The punishment of Himilco Prince of Carthage, for his spoyling of Temples, 67
• The misery which befell Mithridates for his sacriledg, 68
• The misery which befell the Graecians for their spoyling the Temple of Neptune, 69
• Sparta shaken with frequent impulsions of the Earth, 70
• Cytharoedes flyes with his stole to the Altar of Juno, 71
• The Temple of warlike Neptune built by Trophimus and Agamedes, 72
• The Temple of Jupiter Lycaeus in Ar∣cadia, 73
• The Temple of Eumenides dedicated by Orestes in Cenycaea, a City of A∣chaia. 74
• The punishment of Erisichthon for cut∣ing down the grove of Ceres, 75
• The heavy Judgment which befell Cam∣byses King of Persia, and his Army, for burning the Oracle of Jupiter Am∣mon, 76
• The destruction of the Persians, who burn∣ed the Temple of Ceres. 77
• ...

• The sad event of revenge, 78
• A Grove dedicated to Aesculapius at Coos, 79
• The ceremonies which the Virgins dedi∣cated to Diana used. 80
• The ceremonies which the Boetians used the feast day of Mercury. 81
• A Well, consecrated to the Vestal Virgins for the ceasing of the Pestilence. 82
• Phalesius a private man buildeth the Temple of Aesculapius, 83
• The god of Heliopolis, 84
• A man blind from his birth receives his his sight by touching Adrian, 85
• Ladices sendeth an Image to Venus at Cyrena, for recovering her husband, who was disabled to perform nuptiall rights, 86
• Laodomia daugter of Pyrrhus, 87
• A Goat offers it self a sacrifice to Jupi∣ter, 88
• The Temple of Ceres Micalessia, 89
• The Temple of Pluto and Juno, the den of Charon, 90
• The Temple of Aesculapius at Epidau∣rus, a City of Peloponnesus, 91
• The Temple of Minerva Ilias, 92
• The Temple of Hercules in the Beast-Market at Rome, 93
• The Temple of Pallas at Methon, 94
• Greece troubled with a drought, consults Pythia, 95
• The Sepulchre of Aristomenes at Mes∣sene, a City in Achaia in Greece, 96
• Apollo Libistinus at Pachinum, a Promontorie of Sicily, 97
• The Chappel of Minerva before the Tem∣ple of Delphos, 98
• The Sabine War waged against the Ro∣mans for ravishing the Virgins, 99
• The Holy Sheep of the Sun, 100
• The superstition of the Philippi inhabit∣ing the furthest part of Scandinavia, 101