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.

A Table of the first Part of this Book, being the Apparitions of Devills, and Evill Spi∣rits.

The severall heads are to be found by the figures in the Margin.

• MArcus Brutus his Vision. 1
• Marcus Antonius his Visi∣on. 2
• Dion of Syracusa his Vision. 3
• Alexander King of Scots his Vision. 4
• The Apparition of an old Woman at Tor∣tils in Parma. 5
• Antonius Urceus Codrus, his Vision. 6
• Jacobus Patricius of Venice his Visi∣on. 7
• Cursius Ruffus, his Vision. 8
• Edwinus his Vision. 9
• The Vision of Machabaeus, and Banquho Stuart. 10
• Hotharus King of Swedes, his discourse with Nymphs. 11
• An Apparition to Julius Caesar. 12
• Pelopidas Generall of the Theban Ar∣my. 13
• An evil spirit forc't away by the sign of the Crosse. 14
• An Apparition to Matthaeus the Great. 15
• An Apparition of the spirit of Galeaci∣us to two Merchants. 16
• The Apparition of Ludovicus Alodisi∣us. 17
• Apparitions at a City called Come near France. 18
• An Apparition before the destruction of Antiochus. 19
• An Apparition to a Factour of Sicily be∣fore the bursting out of horrid flames from the top of Mount Aetna. 20
• A vision to one of the retinue of Dama∣scus going into Persia. 21
• The Vision of King Edward the third. 22
• An Apparition to Aurelianus the Empe∣rour. 23
• The appearing of the Devil to St. Mar∣tin. 24
• St. Germans detecting of evill spirits which appeared in the habits of Men and Women. 25
• Menippus invited by the Devill in shape of a maid, to a rich house. 26
• The Apparition of the Ghost of a Fencer to Jamblicus. 27
• Julianus drove away Devills by the sign of the Crosse. 28
• A Mediolanensian Boor afflicted by a Ghost. 29
• An Apparition to Comandrus before his being drowned in the Hellespont. 30
• The appearing of a Succubus to Apelles a Monk of Aegypt. 31
• Datius Bishop of Mediolana, delivers a house from the haunting of Evill

• spirits. 32
• A wonderfull Spectrall related by Phle∣gon in his Book de mirabilibus et longaevis. 33
• A Monk deluded by the embraces of the Devill in form of a beautifull Woman. 34
• Vincentius his story of one who married a phantasm. 35
• Of a young Lady of the Countrey Marra who kept company with an evill spirit. 36
• A Woman who had accompanied the De∣vill in form of a man, being at Sea cau∣seth a great storm. 37
• Of a Priest who had for forty years lain with an evil spirit. 38
• Jacobus Ruffus in his fifth Book, his relation of a Woman ravished by the De∣vill. 39
• The Devill had commerce with a Mer∣chants Wife seven Miles from Witten∣burg. 40
• The Apparition of Benedictus the 8th, Pope. 41
• The Apparition of Theophylact who called himself Benedict the ninth. 42
• The appearing of an ugly Ghost to Saint Martin Bishop of Tours, where an un∣known Martyr was worshipped. 43
• Scopas and his companie's sudden death by the falling of a room upon them as they were feasting. 44
• The raining of ashes. 45
• An Earthquake round about Palestine and Syria. 46
• The representation wherewith Theodo∣ricus King of the Ostrogoths affright∣ed dies. 47
• A strange report by the Castrobians concerning Aristaeus the Poet. 48
• The relation of one Leonard's going into a Cave at the City Basil. 49
• Of a Swan which by a Silver chain fast∣ned to her neck, hal'd a Bark along the River Rhene. 50
• By Dianaes will, a great darknesse per∣plexed the Persians. 51
• The Athenians assisted against the Per∣sians by one in the habit of a rustick fel∣low. 52
• Lightning fell down from Heaven upon the Persians at Minervaes Temple. 53
• Aeacides assists the Greeks fighting against Xerxes at Salamin. 54
• A naked child placed before an army in battle aray. 55
• Two unknown young men assisted the Lo∣crensians against the people of Sibaris, leading their army, upon milk-white Horses, and subduing their Enemies. 56
• Mercury, when a youth, leading some striplings, chased the Eubaeans. 57
• Castor and Pollux appeared champions for the Roman party. 58
• Mars was propitious to the Romans. 59
• Bacchus's feasts solemnized at Empusa, or O••acle, an evill Ghost sent by He∣cate to them that are in distresse. 60
• In Lybia; shapes of several living crea∣tures. 61
• The Orthomei their report of a Goblin. 62
• Parnassus a Hill in Boeotia. 63
• Gellus his maid who dying young, her Ghost walks at Lesbos. 64
• Temissaeus his Ghost. 65
• The Isle of Aega troubled with Phantasms. 66
• Spirits appeared at the death of Caligu∣la. 67
• Nero after murthering his Mother, trou∣bled with her Ghost. 68
• Otho the Emperour troubled with Galba his Ghost. 69
• A Diabolicall spirit appearing in the like∣nesse of a wild Boar. 70
• Hobgoblins driven away from haunting of a place, by the Sacrament and pray∣ers. 71
• The Devill appearing in the shape of an Angell to a Monk. 72
• A demoniall spirit driven away, by de∣vout Prayers and holy-water. 73
• ...

• Prodigious and wonderfull sights of di∣vers kinds. 74
• At New-Castle in the coasts of Finlan∣dia, one in the night appears playing upon an Harp before the death of any Souldier. 75
• In Ilandia, an Island under the Artick Pole, a promontory like the Hill Aetna. 76
• Night-Ghosts representing an Army in a hostile manner. 77
• In Cracoviensis a spatious lake distur∣bed by Evill spirits. 78
• A Priest troubled with the Incubus or Mare. 79
• Alexander his dead friend came to bed to him. 80
• Gordian and his comrades saw fearfull sights as they went to the City Arezzo. 81
• A Devill seized upon one who had been a despiser of God, and disobedient to his Parents, but was driven from him by calling upon God. 82
• The Devils appearing to Thomas Mo∣nachus in the shape of a Man. 83
• The Devill appeared to a wicked young fellow, who upbraided, defamed, and taunted his father. 84
• A spectrall in the form of a beautiful Wo∣man. 85
• The harmlesse spirits, called Lares; the cruel, Larvae. 86
• Mettal-mines frequented with both kinds of spirits. 87
• A tall Woman of a most dreadfull counte∣nance seen in the Ayre before a Massa∣cre at Antioch. 88
• A Prisoner agreed with the Devill to be delivered out of Prison and view Hell. 89
• One in form of a child breaking out of the ground, spoke as wisely as a Senatour to a Ploughman. 90
• The Devill in the shape of a tall Woman appeared to Drusus made Consull, and warring by the name of Augustus Cae∣sar. 91
• An Hobgoblin leaping and skipping before Dunstan an English Abbot. 92
• The overthrow of the Sicilians made known to shepheards by the speaking of Spirits to one another in the night. 93
• An Hermophrodite born at Aetolia. 94
• Pompeius Galienus the stoutest man of Caesars army. 95
• Castor and Pollux appear in the shape of two young gallants. 96
• The Devill transformed into an Angel of light, appeared to Rathbodus com∣mander of Frisia. 97
• Valentinius the Arrian Bishop his dead Corps dragged out of the Temple by evill spirits. 98
• A Monk adjures by vertue of the holy and undivided Trinity, spirits appear∣ing like troops of armed men, to tell what they were. 99
• A Ghost appeared to Cicero his Nurse. 100
• The Prognosticks of the death of the Em∣perour Annius Tacitus. 101
• Constantius the Emperour his strange visions. 102
• Marcellus the Bishop by earnest prayer repelled the Magick of the Devill. 103
• An innumerable company of spectralls amongst the Pilappii. 104
• A noble Gentleman of Bavaria grieved for the death of his Wife, she appeared to him. 105
• Bruno Bishop of Herbipolis, his Vision before his sudden death. 106
• The Devill in shape of a Monk walks in the Mountains of Bohemia. 107
• A Fisherman taking a Sea-Monster of the shape of a beautifull woman, marri∣ed her, and had a child by her, 108
• A Satanical phantasm by the Devil in form of an Hare in the sight of Luther, 109
• Martin Luther his tale at a Supper, 110
• ...

• The bodies of dead men entred by Devils, 111
• An innocent Fool brought an Infant safe out of the company of a multitude of De∣vils. 112
• A Bird melodiously singing adjured in the name of Christ, confesseth herself a spirit, 113
• Two noble men long before dead, appear∣ed to Nicolaus Amsdorffius Bishop of Ciz, when he was a Priest at Maiden∣burg, 114
• In the year 1545. an evill spirit strag∣led about the City Rotwill. 115
• The Devill comes in shape of a man de∣siring a Priest to take his confession, 116
• The Devill appearing to a good old man upon his death-bed, was driven away by a Text of Scripture, 117
• A Doctour of Divinity of Lower-Ger∣many caught up by the Devill on hors∣back, then into the Ayre, whence he was cast down; 118
• In the lower Germany, a Monster of the bignesse of a man formed like a Dog, 119
• The Devill in form of a servant waits up∣on a nobleman who lived by plundering, 120
• Luther's relation of certain Monks, their imploying the Devill in the Kitchin of their Monastery, 121
• Crescentius the Popes Nuncio in the Councill of Trent, his Vision. 122
• Spectralls after the death of a rich Epi∣cure at Haberstade, 123
• In the year 1559. in Marhia appeared spirits in form of men without heads, reaping corn, 124
• A notable Vision near Spira in the year 1530, on the 18th, 19th, and 20th, of July, 125
• Magdalena Crucia Hispania, of the chief City of all Corduba, Boetica, married her self to the Devill, whereby she performed wonders, 127
• The Devill appeared to a Clown to help him perform his Lords unreasonable command, 128
• The dead Husband of a Kins-woman to Phillip Melancthon, appeared to her, 129
• In the year 1555. a Spectrum appeared at Brunsviga, in the Village of Ge∣hern, 130
• Stephen Hubener a rich Citizen of Trawtenaw in Bohemia, his body af∣ter death entred into by the Devill, 131
• The Devill in likenesse of a man, enticing many children, stole them away from Hammel, 132
• The Devill appearing, pretending him∣self the spirit of a deceased man, 133
• The Devill appearing in form of a dead man, and his appearing to a maid, seek∣ing commerce with her. 134
• A maid possessed by the devill, Prophesy∣eth, 135
• A man troubled with the Worms, spoke Dutch, a language utterly unknown to him, whereof being cured by a Physi∣tian, he was not able to speak a word of that language, 136
• Exorcisms for the dispossessing of the de∣vill, 137
• The devill speaks in a Maid possest, 138
• In the Wildernesse of Tingut the voyces of devils are heard, 139
• The devill speaks out of a Crow, 140
• The devil disputed with Hieronymus Cardanus, 141
• The devill out of a Crow predicted things to come, 142
• A most certain argument to detect one pos∣sessed, 143
• In the time of Agyropolis Emperour of Rome a miserable dolefull noise was heard at the bottome of the Fountain Curena. 144
• Calligraphus of Alexandria his Visi∣on, 145
• Hircanus Captain of the Jews had news by Oracle from the high Priest of his Sons victory, 146
• A strange prodigy, 147
• ...

• Cornelius of Patavia, an Augur, 148
• One and the self-same day, a day of Tro∣phies and fame too, in places distant 2500. miles, 149
• Sosipatra of Alexandria wrapt suddenly by a fury, 150
• An Aegyptian Pilot as he was sailing to Rome, heard an unknown voice, which called him by his name. 151
• Monabazus King of the Adiabenians, heard a voice as he lay in his Bed, 152
• A prediction to Nicephorus Phaeus the Emperour, 153
• A Prodigious voice called aloud to Opici∣nius Cacia Novaria, 154
• A confused murmure mixed with laugh∣ing, heard in the Theatre before Neroes death, 155
• A voice crying Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, in Eu∣pilus Lake, 156
• Hircanus Captain of the Jews, his visi∣on, 157
• A voice to a vulgar man foretelling the approach of the French against the Tri∣bunitian souldiers, 158
• A voice rebuking Lycurgus, 159
• A voice calling to Cassius, and others, conspiring against Caligula, 160
• Pertharis, King Arithpertus his Son, warned by an unknown voice. 161
• Chostilius Maucius Consull, going into Spain, heard a voice sounding in his ear, stay Maucius. 162
• The Devil was heard to cry aloud through the Temple, I have made this day quar∣relsome, 163
• Constans the Emperour, his death divul∣ged by a voice in the Ayre far from the place where he died, 164
• Alchymists mocked by the Devil, 165
• The Devil seizeth upon a souldier who de∣frauded the poor, 166
• A young man delivered from the Devill who haunted him in form of a Woman; by fasting and prayer. 167
• A melancholly maid fancying her self haunted with a Ghost, cured by Physick, 168
• A Monk of the Abbey K••etchtenstine, an upright person, tortured with a Ghost, 169
• One Brugus a woman, troubled with an evill Genius. 170
• Judith driven to Convulsion fits by the Devill, 171
• Helena in a village called Loes near Auden••ovia haunted with a Devill, 172
• The Nuns of Ventetus in the County of Horn cruelly handled by an evil spi∣rit, 173
• The Virgins of the Monastery of Naza∣reth haunted with Devills, 174
• A virgin of the Nunnery of Saint Brid∣get being mad, was mounted up into the Ayre by the Devill and strangled, 175
• The Devill playing melodiously upon an Harp at the Nunnery of Neognagus, 176
• The Devill in shape of a Dog at a Col∣ledge in the Coloniensian Province, 177
• The Nuns of the Kentorpian Monastery infested by the Devill, 178
• John Fernelius his relation in his se∣cond book of Occult causes, 179
• The Town of Schiltach in Germany set on fire by a Witch, 180
• A maid dispossest of the Devill by the prayers of the Church, 181
• A Fishermans daughter at Urcad in Franckford, possest with the Devill, 182
• A Smiths daughter near Joakims val∣ley possest with the Devill, 183
• The dead corps of a rich man entred into by the Devill at Trawtenaw in Bohe∣mia, 184
• A Priests daughter tormented by the De∣vil, 185
• Bodinus his relation of Boyes and Girls, possessed, 186
• John Vierus his relation in his fifth Book, of a maid possessed with the De∣vill, 187
• ...

• The Lady Rosse from the eighth year of her age bound with an Evill spirit, 188
• The Brachman Philosopher of India, 189
• Families in Africa who bewitch by immo∣derate praise, 190
• Wizards at Rhodus, 191
• Ephesian characters, 192
• Magicall Women banished to Wildernes∣ses, 193
• The Northern Botnici Zappi and Fin∣nones Magitians, 194
• Zoroastes King of the Bactrians thought to have found out the Art of Magick, 195
• Hecate sprung from Perses, her cruelty and immanity, 196
• Pasetis Farthing, a Proverb, 197
• Pythagoras his magicall whispering, 198
• Simon Samaritanus his wonderfull arts, 199
• In Galeotide a man who did wonders, 200
• Apollonius Tyanaeus the Philosopher, 201
• Sedetins a Jewish Physitian, 202
• A Princesse a notable Witch. 203
• A woman strangled and devoured a boy, 204
• Iohn Fernelius his strange relation, 205
• Facius Cardanus had an aeriall devill to his familiar, 206
• James Jodoci had a ring wherein he thought the devil was tyed by exorcisms, 207
• Margaret the daughter of Iohn Veme∣rus of Eslingensis had her belly swelled to an immense greatnesse by her Mo∣thers means being a Witch, 208
• The devill appearing in the shape of a man, calling himself Moses, deluded many Iews, 209
• Archus an Indian Wiseman, 210
• Apollonius his prediction, 211
• Iamblicus returning from sacrifices, 212
• Govarus King of Norvegia skillfull in the Art of divination, 213
• A relation how Magicians teach Hus∣bands to make their wives hate Adultery, 214
• Philometor his using Magicall verses, 215
• Crata Regneri the wife of a Danish Champion, a Witch, 216
• Clerus Sethus enticed a virgin by a Per∣sian Apple, 217
• Cajanus by Magick could transform him∣self into the shape of any beast, 218
• Italian Women lethargized mens minds by some kinds of meat, 219
• In Prussia, Livonia, and Lituania a great number of Witches, 220
• A Witch foretold the issue of the battle 'twixt Uratislaus Prince of Luca, and Grecomislaus Prince of Bohe∣mia, 221
• Apollonius Thioneus his strange cures, 222
• Magicall Inchantments, 223
• Witches by the black art afflicted Duffus King of the Scots, 224
• Utolfus chief Ruler of the Helsingians, 225
• The Lappones and Finni their manner of revenge, 226
• Johannes Galleacius by Magick dis∣abled to perform conjugal rights, 227
• Pythagoras seen at Criton and Meta∣pontus the same hour, 228
• Apollonius vanished out of the custody he was under, 229
• Jamblicus, praying, lift up from the ground, 230
• Oddo Danicus a Pyrat, roved up and down the Sea without a Ship, 231
• Othnius by Magick brought Hadingus King of Denmark, through a great part of the Sea, on horseback, 232
• Thespetion his incantations, 233
• The Image of Jupiter made by Magick to utter Oracles, 234
• Appion, with the hearb Cynocephalea prevails against all manner of Witch∣crafts,

• ... 236
• The ghost of Achilles presents it self to Apolonius Tyanaeus, 237
• Jamblicus raiseth out of Bathes two in the form of beautifull young men, 238
• A phantasm wrought by the Devil, 239
• A notable Prodigie, 240
• The Bulgari use Magical devices, 241
• The Hunni use inchantments, 242
• Aquinus Prince of Norway useth in∣chantments, 243
• The Wood-Finni or Tores, 244
• The Magick-Vesture called Indusium, 245
• An inchanted Ensign, 246
• Inchanted verses, 247
• Empedocles the Magitian his verses concerning himself, 248
• The Magick Idolatry of the Persici, 249
• Theti Magitians allay tempest by sacri∣fices, 250
• Inspired Persians walk upon burning coals, 251
• A Virgin at Rome accused of incest, clears her innocence by prayers, 252
• Armiplus an Aegyptian Magitian, 253
• A Northern people called Finni, sell winds to Merchants, 254
• Wicked blasphemous Priests, 255
• Near Elton Pagum, a spirit that vexed travellers, 256
• Pelopsin an Olympick Charrioter his in∣chantment, 257
• Pythagoras made tame a savage Bear, 258
• Apollonius Tyancus his expelling of Serpents, 259
• The Abrathimins their Magitians cal∣led Brachmans, 260
• Fishers of Rotterdam deluded by Witch∣craft, 261
• Pasetus by famous for his skill in Ma∣gick, 262
• Numa the Roman King, 263
• William Earl of Holland made King, 264
• The Pythagorian sport by a Looking-glasse, 265
• A Chevalier swallowes a sharp dart, 266
• Philumena the Harlot of Apelles the Heretick, 267
• Magitians come out of Egypt to Byzan∣tium, to shew their art, 268
• Wonderful tricks shewed by some of them for money, by others for ostentation, 269
• Michael Sicidites, Magnus Manuel Comnenus being Emperour, would allow no such Sights. 270
• Gregory the seventh his Miracles, 271
• In the cave of an Ile belonging to the Ostrogothians strange Inchantments, 272
• Antonius Heliogabalus his Magicall inchantments, 273
• The Emperour Atrian when he under∣stood by Magick, that one whose name begun with Theta, should succeed him in the Empire, commanded all to be slain whose names begun with that letter, 274
• Andronicus Comnenus Tyrannus con∣sulteth a Magitian, 275
• Euphrosina Wife of Alexius Angelus the Emperour, gave up her mind to di∣vinations, 276
• Theotecnus of Athens, an Inchanter, and cruel persecutoe of Christians, 277
• Jason's Enterprize with fifty four more young gallants. 278
• Johannes Teutonicus by Magicall art causeth Spectrum to appear. 279
• An Arabian after drinking Cocks-blood, conjured an East wind for three dayes, 280
• A young gallant of the Town of Gaza consulteth Magitians for the obtain∣ing of a Ladies love with whom he was enamoured, 281
• Demetrius Spartanus deludes the peo∣ple of Rome by his Magick, for which he is worthily punish'd, 282
• ...

• A Maid of sixteen years of age possessed with a Devil, 283
• Cardanus his Relation out of his fifteenth book, of one possessed with a Devill, 284
• Vierus his strange relation of a Maid be∣witched, 285
• His wonderfull relation of an Husband∣man bewitched, 286
• Fulgosus his miraculous report of a reli∣gious man, 287
• Boccatius a noble Lombard, 288
• Johannes Baptist. Port. Neapolitan, his relation of a Witch, 289
• Jarcka his gift to Apollonius Tyaneus, 290
• Witches by giving men cheese, turn'd them into beasts, 291
• Witches transforming men into beasts, sell them to Merchants, 292
• Michael Verdunus and Peter Burgot∣tus contract with the Devil, 293
• An horrible Earthquake in Norway, in the year 1348. 294.
• A Bull charmed with Magical incanta∣tions, 295
• A Virgin of Bononia conversant with men two years after her death, 296
• A studious young man of Sfordia inamou∣red of a Virgin, 297
• Andreas an Italian, a notable Satanical jugler, 298
• A dunghill Cock divines, 299
• John Faustus carried about with him an evil spirit in shape of a dog, 300
• The Devil comes to Frederick of Au∣stria, being prisoner in a Castle near Naburg, offering to set him free, but he drives the devil away by the sign of the Cross, 301
• John an Almain Priest at Habersta∣dium, a Magitian, 302
• A Magitian who cut off his servants head, uniting it to his body again, 303
• Enchantresses who desired and endeavou¦red to destroy the fruits of the earth, 304
• A Magitian of a Neighbour Town of Ahena, 305
• Martin Luther his tale of his Mothers being vexed with an Inchantress, 306
• Without the permission of God the Devil can hurt no man, 307
• Pope Alexander a Magitian, 308
• Of a Virgin, who instead of tears wept drops of blood, 309
• A Magitian being hanged vanished away, and a bundle of straw remained in his stead, 310
• How to arm our selves against the power of the devil, 311
• Of the commixtion and commerce of the devil with Witches, 312
• A Witch useth means to seduce a chaste Virgin to lie with the devil, 313
• A young Virgin signing her self with the sign of the Cross, driveth away devils, 314
• A woman prostitutes her self to the devil, 315
• In the Brixiensian Diocess, a young Wife bewitched to death, 316
• A young Noble-man deprived by Witch∣craft of natural strength to beget chil∣dren, 317
• Devils appear in form of young gallants, 318
• A Priest who formerly thought there was no Witches bewitched, 319
• Barrenness in a family by Witchcraft, 320
• A Mid-wife a Witch, 321
• A poor Labourer set upon by Gentlewomen Witches in the shape of Cats, which he grievously hurt, 322
• A woman to perpetrate her malice, con∣tracteth with the Devil, 323
• A woman afflicted with a Leprosie by witchcraft, 324
• A Witch infects an hangman with Lepro∣sie, 325
• Inchantments hid under the threshold of a door, 326
• A woman by constant and fervent pray∣ers to Almighty God, delivered from Witchcraft, 327
• ...

• Witches devote their Children to the De∣vil, 328
• Witches make it rain, hail, or cause a tempest at their pleasure, by the power of the devil, 329
• A Witch causeth loathsome stinks, to the terrour of her apprehenders, 330
• A Witch being to be hang'd, spits upon the face of the hang-man, whereupon he fell down dead, 331
• The History of Job evidenceth the power of the devil, 332
• They who get unjustly, labour for the de¦vil, 333
• A Witch cures a woman afflicted with sickness, by praying to the devil, 334
• Witchcraft by Spells, and using of a sieve, 335
• Two verses out of the Psalms being pro∣nounced, no Butter will be produced by art, 336
• Ring-Magick, by putting a ring upon a bowl of water, 337
• Rod-magick. 338
• Amasis King of Egypt so bound by Ma¦gick, that he could not perform Nuptial rights to his Wife Laodice, 339
• Witchcraft performed by tying of a knot many wayes, 340
• A woman accuseth a Witch for binding her Husband, that he could not per∣form marriage rites, 341
• It passeth the power of the Devil to bind men from eating or drinking, by in∣tercepting the power of their stomach, 342
• Insulanus Lord of the Novallians, de∣sirous to know the number of his dayes, 343
• John Charterius an Historiographer, and Guilhelm a Doctor of Sorbon, ••emned for Sorcery. 344
• A ••naus Witchcraft detected by her hus∣band. 345
• A great Lady of Lugdunum, her Witch∣craft discovered by her stallion, 346
• A Nobleman of Maldunum, who for curiosities sake went amongst Witches, 347
• A woman accused of Witchcraft by her Husband, 348
• A great company of Witches vanished away by a young maids calling upon God, who was seduced to their society, 346
• The devill obligeth witches by an oath to renounce God, 350
• The devill seated upon a Throne, 351
• The devill lyeth as men use to do with Wo∣men, with a Witch. 352
• Confessions of Witches. 353
• Witches by their Husbands taken in the manner with the devill, 354
• A Noblewoman of Spain seduced by a witch, had to do with the devil at eigh∣teen years of age, 355
• A whole family bewitched to madnesse, 356
• A Woman by Magick cures Feavers, 357
• A Witch counterfeits holinesse, 358
• A Witch who had bewitched a man, could not cure him again though she earnestly endeavoured it, 359
• A Witch cureth the Horse of a Nobleman, and transfers the Horses disease to a ser∣vant, 360
• A Magitian promised to transfer the disease of the father to his sucking In∣fant, 361
• A witch commanded by a Judge to touch a woman whom she had bewitched, falls down dead, 362
• A Magitian bidding a man sick of a Fea∣ver, give it his enemy, he answering he had not any, but transferring it to the Witch, he died, and the sick man reco∣vered, 363
• A great number of Witches burned for Witch-craft, 364
• A disease which comes to a man by a na∣turall cause, and not by witchcraft, can∣not be cured by Magick. 365
• A house troubled with an evill spirit, 366
• A spirit in shape of a horse, kills twelve men, 367
• ...

• The treasure Arcolius near Lutetia dis∣covered by Magick, 368
• A Lawyer and his companions seeking by Conjurations for treasure, are af∣frighted by spirits from their enterprise, 369
• Satan deludes many by binding fast their eyes, 370
• A Witch who enfeebled an Horse by witch∣craft, 371
• A way to free Cattle from sorcery by using a sieve, 372
• Witchcraft, 373
• A Mason tormented by Witchcraft, 374
• White witches or those who cure and deli∣ver from harm, 375
• A Witch cures a sick woman whom she had bewitched, 376
• A Sorcerer of Flanders. 377
• A Bishop bewitched, 378
• Triscalanus a witch whom the King of France pardoneth, confesseth the way by which sorceries are conveyed, 379
• Satan enters a man mortally wounded, 380
• A Butcher discovers many witches in a Wood in the night. 381
• The confession of three witches who were condemned to dye for witchcrafts which they had committed, 382
• The Sorcerers of Potezana their confessi¦on, 383
• The confession of a Witch at Biturgum, 384
• The confession of a Witch who could not rest unlesse she did some evil every day, 385
• The Devills declare what is done in divers Nations at a convention, 386
• There is no meeting of Witches and De∣vills without dancing, 387
• A witch anointing her self, lyes void of sense for three hours after, which retur∣ning to her body, relates things from divers Countreys. 388
• A witch departs from her body for a whole night to the convention of Devills and witches, and her spirit returns to her body in the morning, 389
• The Devill in form of a great Hee-goat adored by Witches, 390
• The admirable judgment of seven Magi∣tians, 391
• Baro of Razii who was condemned for using Magick, his confession. 392
• A most diabolicall bloudy Mid-wife, 393
• Cazereis a cursed Witch of Tholossa, 394
• A Magician who upon a sudden often∣times flew, 395
• Articles against Aegidius Garnerius, whereof he was accused and Convicted, 396
• Peter Burgottus, and Michael Verdu∣nus, their confessing their sacrificing to the Devill, 397
• A Witch taking the form of a Wolf, woun∣ded with an arrow, 398
• Witches in the forms of Wolves and Cats, 399
• The Lappi sell calms and storms, 400
• A Jew who at any time when he pleased could transform himself. 401
• Nothing more clear by History, then that many have been transformed into beasts, 402
• An English Souldier at Cyprus turned into an Asse by a Witch, 403
• A dialogue betwixt a stage-player and an Asse in Aegypt, 404
• Two witches turn men into beasts, trans∣form a Player into an Asse, 405
• Atheisticall men turned into Asses, 406
• Witches raise lightnings, storms, and tem∣pests, 407
• How a witch caused a storm, 408
• How some wicked Priests caused showers, 409
• How witches kill Cattle, 410
• Children killed in the wombs of their Mothers by witches, 411
• A cursed witch Christneth two Toads. 412
• Witches with a powder kill Hearbs, 413
• A witch who by his voice could kill men. 414
• ...

• The Devil teacheth a Conjurer to shoot darts at a crucifix, 415
• An Hermophrodite a Witch attached, dis∣covers the conjuration, conventicles, and diabolical acts of Witches, 416
• A Witch at Laodunum who debilitated, and screwed men awry, and destroyed beasts and fruit, 417
• A Conjurer in the sight of the people fly∣ing up towards Heaven, snatch'd his Wife with him, laying hold on him, and a Maid also who stood by them, to the great wonder of the amazed people, who beheld them wavering in the Ayr, 418

The Table to the Second Book, being of Oracles, Prophecies, &c.

The severall heads are to be found by the figures in the Margin.

• THe counsel which Telephus re∣ceives from the Oracle at Delphos for cure of his wound, 1
• Croesus King of the Lydians consults the Oracle at Delphos, for the cure of his son being dumb. 2
• The Minyae, the Plague raging upon man and beast, consult the Oracle. 3
• Atheniensis son of Craterus King of the Persians, consulting the Oracle, was told, That he should kill his own fa∣ther, 4
• Oedipus kills his father according to the prediction of the Oracle. 5
• The strange death of Eumelus King of the Bosphorean Cymerians, 6
• Cyrus King of the Persians, consults Orpheus his head at Lesbos, 7
• Polycrates the Samian Tyrant consults the Oracle at Delphos, 8
• Great slaugter to happen revealed to Ju∣lius Caesar, by evident and wonderful Prodigies. 9
• Titus the Emperour his death foretold by the Oracle. 10
• Mauritianus the son of Justinianus the Emperour being slain by the Goths, the Oracle was fulfilled, 11
• Manuel Comnenus after he had reigned 38 years excepting 3 moneths, hoping to prolong his life, put himself into Monastical habit. 12
• Polycrates the Theban consults the Oracle at Delphos for the finding of treasure, 13
• Psameticus encouraged by the Oracle, gains the King of Egypt, 14
• Manuel Comnenus Emperour, nameth his son Alexius, in observance of the Oracles doubtful speech. 15
• Boetia being spoyled, those of that Coun∣trey who escaped, run to the Oracle, 16
• The Teucri Cretensians seek themselves new habitations, by the advice of the Oracle, 17
• The Phrygians carried by Aeneas their Captain into the Lawrel field, were not willing to go any further, but hearkned to the Oracle, 18
• The prediction of the Oracle at Delphos to the Lacedemonians, 19
• Codrus King of the Athenians, in ob∣servance of the Oracle, voluntarily sa∣crificed himself for the safety of his people. 20
• ...

• The Oracle predicteth the overthrow of the Athenians by the Persians, 21
• Valerius Torquatus swallowed up by the ground, in which place an Altar is built according to the advice of the Oracle, 22
• In the Cimbrick Warr the goddess, mo∣ther of great Idaea, declared victory to the Romans, 23
• The Oracle at Delphos declares victory to the Romans against the Vientians, 24
• The Dorienses obeying the command of the Oracle, got Elea, 25
• The Oracle's advice to the Lacedemo∣nians, how to overcome the Tegeans, 26
• An Oracle given out in the time of Ti∣berius Emperour of Rome, 27
• The Devil speaketh in the Idol of Zemus, 28
• An Oracle given to the Ancestors of Sar∣danapalus. 29
• An Oracle given to the Poet Hesiod. 30
• Epaminondas his charge from the Ora∣cle at Delphos. 31
• The Oracle given to Cambyses the Per∣sian King. 32
• Pythia predicteth the death of Philip King of Macedon, 33
• The doubtful Oracle given him at Del∣phos, 34
• Aescylus the Athenian tragick Poet, his death foretold by the Oracle. 35
• Daphidas the Sophister Ironically con∣sults the Oracle at Delphos. 36
• Dionysius senior, Tyrant of Syracusa, acted a Tragedy to the Athenians in their Bachanalian feasts. 37
• Fatal necessity unavoidable, 38
• Hannibal the famous Carthaginian Captain, his death predicted by the Oracle. 39
• Appius Claudius consults the Oracle, 40
• The Antianaean Oracles their advice to C. Caligula, 41
• Parhonius foretold by the Oracle to suc∣ceed in the Empire, 42
• A Shepherd, laid down by Orpheus his Tomb, falling asleep, chants forth Or∣pheus his verses in a sweet tone, 43
• The Scythian Islanders send the tenth of their treasures they get out of the silver and gold Mines, yearly to Apollo at Delphos, 44
• An aequivocal Oracle given to the Mes∣sanensians, 45
• The answer of the Oracle at Delphos to the Phocenses, 46
• The Lacedemonians consult Pythia, 47
• Cleomenes King of the Spartans, con∣sults the Oracle at Delphos, 48
• Philomelus having taken the Delphick Oracle compells Pythia to tell him somewhat of future events, 49
• The Oracle's answer to Croesus at Del∣phos, 50
• Arcesilaus being driven from his King∣dome, sent to Delphos, to consult the Oracle, 51
• Nero the Emperour, warned by Mathe∣maticians, that the ruine of the Em∣pire was portended by the Stars. 52
• Xerxes the son of Darius finds an Urn, 53
• Silvester the Pope reported to have ob∣tained the Popedome by evils works, 54
• Whas encouragement the Aeginetians re∣ceived by the Oracle at Delphos to Warr, 55
• The wisdom of the Persian Magies, 56
• An huge beard groweth upon the chin of the Priest of Minerva at Pedesensia, upon a sudden, immediately before a diverse fortune seizeth upon the peo∣ple, 57
• Beleses a Chaldean encourageth Ara∣bes General of the Medes, to invade the Babylonians, 58
• Thales the Milesian discovers the plen∣ty one year, and scarcity another, by the rising of the seven Stars, 59
• Boeotius the son of a common cryer, his fortune told by a Chaldean, 60
• ...

• The birth-day of the Emperour Augustus, observed, 61
• Scribonius the Mathematitian, 62
• Tiberius Caesar makes use of Thrasil∣lus, a cunning Chaldean, 63
• Claudius the Emperour predicteth the time of his own death, 64
• An Astronomer foretold Nero his being Emperour, and his killing his Mother at the time of his birth, 65
• Ascletario a Mathematician, foretel∣leth his own death. 66
• Domitian the Emperour, superstitiously given to Mathematical predictions, 67
• Hadrian the Emperour, an excellent Astronomer, 68
• Septimius Severus Pertinax a skilfull Mathematician, 69
• A Midwife of Constantinople at the birth of Ablabius, foretells his being Praetor, 70
• Two Jews, Astrologers, promise Zira Prince of the Arabians Empire, and long life, if he would demolish the Chri∣stian Temples and Images of Saints, 71
• The advice of John, an Astronomer and Magitian to Lucapenus the Roman Emperour, 72
• Nicolas son to Guido Earl of Patavia, predicted pernition to his Countrey, by Jambonus Andreas, an Astrologian, 73
• Guido Bonatus foretold the Earl of Mountferrat, that he should receive a wound in his Hip, by a salley which he should make the day before the Ca∣lends of May, 74
• Antiochus Tibertus foretells Guidon, that he should be killed by his intimate friend, upon suspition of Infidelity, 75
• Petrus Leonius, a dextrous Astronomer, discovered, by his Art, that sudden death was portended to him by water, 76
• Predictions by Bartholomeus Coclecles, an excellent Physiognomist, 77
• An Astrologer foretells Rodulphus the Haspurgensian Earl his being Empe∣rour, 78
• The Mathematitians predicted Sfortia his high Empire, 79
• Braccius the Montenensian Duke, see∣ing the body of his Enemy Sfortia drowned, praised him with exquisite Encomiums, 80
• Henry a Bohemian an Astronomer, his predictions, 81
• Basil a Southsayer foretells the death of Alexander Medices Duke of Flo∣rence, 82
• John Liechtenberg his prediction, 83
• The tenth day of September fatall to Pe∣ter Alois, 84
• Brazen tables wherein was engraven a prediction, That the Grecians were to overcome the Persians, 85
• A wonderful thing in the second Car∣thaginian War, 86
• Verses found in a table of stone, when the walls of Chalcedon were made equal with the ground, 87
• A table of stone found in the bank of the River Scirtus, with Hierogliphical Egyptian letters written on it, 88
• Chaldeans foretell Alexander's dan∣ger if he went to Babylon, 89
• What Aretas King of the Persians ga∣thered by Southsayings, 90
• Apollonius an Egyptian foretold the death of Caius Caligula the Empe∣rour, 91
• Apollonius foretold Cilix his slaugh∣ter, 92
• Larginus Proclus foretells the death of Domitian the Emperour, 93
• The death of Constance discovered by a Souldier, observing the intrals of beasts and birds. 94
• Alexander Severus Emperour, desiring to begin his speech to his Souldiers with a lucky word, Fortune brought him one clean contrary. 95
• A woman meeting the two Maximines in the Market-place, falls dead, 96
• ...

• Dioclesian his being Emperour is fore∣told by a Woman, 97
• Marian a most wise Earl his predictions, 98
• A Soothsayers prediction to Agilulph Duke of the City Taurina, 99
• Antonine his prediction to his Schollers, 100
• Remex a Rhodian, his prediction, 101
• An old Proverb in Carthage, 102
• Spartan guests ravish the daughters of Scedasus. 103
• The Speech of a Magitian of Egypt to An∣thonie, 104
• The Roman Captains forbid to go with weapons beyond Ctesiphon, by reason of an ancient Prophesie, 105
• Sybill her Prophecie of the destruction of Antichrist, 106
• The god Ammon answereth the Temen∣tes, 107
• Sybill foretells the warlike glory of the Macedons, 108
• A Child having teeth speaketh the same day in which he is born. 109
• A Child within twenty four hours of its birth spoke and made signs with its hands, 110
• A Syrian seeing a Ship running with full sayles, foretold it should be sunk, 111
• Phericides foretold an earthquake with∣in three dayes, 112
• The answer which the Oracle at Delphos gave to Glaucus enquiring counsell concerning unjustly deteyned money, 113
• Alphonsus King of Arragon besieging Neopolis, had the taking thereof fore∣told him by a man of a reverend aspect, 114
• Women who guessed at things to come, by whirl-pools and noyse of Waters, 115
• Abaris of Seuthias a divine of the Hy∣berboreans, 116
• Aedesius the son of Chrysanthus had a body so nimble that it exceeded humane belief. 117
• Agias divined unto Lysander that he should conquer the name of the Atheni∣ans. 118
• Philumena a Soothsaying maid, 119
• Saint Augustine reports of Algibertus, that he knew all secrets, 120
• Basilacius a man of an unaccustomed life a fortune-teller. 121
• Merlin begotten by a spirit called Incu∣bus, and a Brittish Noblewoman, fore∣told many things to come, 122
• An unclean spirit having possessed Jaco∣ba, speaks in her, 123
• A notable Impostor of Peter Brabantius who as oft as he pleased spoke from the bottome of his belly without moving his lips. 124
• Amphiarus a soothsayer, by the gaping of the earth swallowed up, with his Cha∣riot and Horses, 125
• Actius Navius a shepheard boy, a sooth∣sayer, 126
• Posthumus the Sooth-sayer, 127
• Spurina foretells to Julius Caesar his danger of being killed. 128
• A German Prophesyeth to Agrippa thou prisoner, his deliverance, and fu∣ture prosperity, 129
• The Adelittans and Almogonens di∣vine from the flying of Birds, and meet∣ing of Wild beasts, 130
• Alexander the Emperour given to riot and Magick, 131
• Simeon Duke of the Bulgarians. 132
• An Idoll built by Mahomet, whereunto a legion of Devills are ingaged by Ma∣gick, to which Christians cannot come without danger, 133
• The manner how the Biarmians, Bothy∣nians, Finlanders, divine, 134
• How Jannes the master of Theophilus the Emperour, foretold things to come, 135
• Apollonius the Emperour slain at Rome by Stephen according as Apollonius spoke in an extasy at the instant of his death at Ephesus. 136
• Stephen the Hagio-Christophorite, knew from the Devill by Sethus a Ma∣gitian, that destruction hanged over

• the head of Andronicus Comnenus, 137
• William King of the Romans dying unfortunately and suddenly, was buried in a Tomb in Frisia, which had stood long beautifyed, without any man bu∣ried, because it was Prophesyed that a King of the Romans should be laid therein, 138
• Two brothers not knowing one another, kill each other as a soothsayer foretold them, 139
• Sigthune King of Swethland as he sa∣crificed, understood that by fatall neces∣sity, he was to die by Gold, 140
• Two Snakes found in the bed of Sempro∣nius Gracchus. 141
• The Soothsayers answer to Marcellinus, 142
• Agigulph a Soothsayer, counsells Antha∣ris King of the Longobards, to take Tolinda the Virgin to Wife, 143
• Batabaces Priest of the great mother Idea, fore-shew's a great victory to the people of Rome, 144
• A Madman from Bellona, shews to L. Sylla, that he should obtain the palm of conquest, 145
• The builders of Ephesus consult the Ora∣cle for direction where to erect it, 146
• The Locrians wooden Dog, 147
• Melanthus a banished man from his countrey, received an Oracle, 148
• The Oracle Apollo Pythius directs Pausanias where to build Byzantium, 149
• A Sow that had Pigs, made a divination to the Trojans of building a City, 150
• Tarquinius Superbus his founding the Temple of Jupiter, Iuno, and Miner∣va, 151
• Alexander a Priest of Minerva, Pro∣phesies to Alexander that he shall be a Conquerour, 152
• The interpretation of a divination by Calchas a Prophet, 153
• Aristander the diviner, his interpreta∣tion of a Crow's flying when Alexander the Great assaulted Gaza. 154
• A Magpy sits on the head of Coelius Pontius declaring the Law, 155
• At Alexander the great his expedition into Asia, a Cyprus Tree sweateth, 156
• The Siracusians besieged, perform so∣lemn rights to Hercules. 157
• Prodigies appear when Lucius Sylla went with an army to the Sociall war, 158
• The Hilt of P. Scipio Africanus his Sword springs with bloud, 159
• A Ram with one Horn sprung out of the middle of his forehead, brought to Peri∣cles. 160
• The Chaldean Prophets foretel the trans∣lation of the Persian Empire to the Ma∣cedonians. 161
• The Buckler of Maximinus the father set on fire by the Sun, and his spear struck by a Thunderbolt, 162
• A Martin flying amongst a Navy of Ships, lighted upon the very top of the Stern of the Ship wherein Dion was, 163
• An Eagle snatcheth a spear from one of the guard of Dion wherewith sublimely mounting, at length she let it fall into the deep, 164
• The suburbs of Sardis filled with Snakes, which the Horse of Croesus King of the Lydians going to Grasse, devours, 165
• The Sacrifices offered by Dionysius the younger to the gods, portend great pro∣digies, 166
• Tarquinius Superbus his dream, 167
• Strange sights appear to Hippocrates the most valiant Duke of Athens, 168
• Statues sweat, with divers other formida∣ble prodigies, 169
• The prodigious return of a child almost born, to his Mothers belly again, 170
• Archelaus Tetrarch of Judaea and Idu∣mea, his dream, 171
• The Ensign of Barnabas, Lievtenant-Governour, shattered with a Thunder∣bolt. 172
• ...

• Zeno the Emperour flees to a little Castle upon an Hill called Constantinople, 173
• Frederick the second told by one who had a familiar spirit, That he should die at the Florentine field, 174
• Adelheida, a Lady of the noble blood of the Tuscans, of so high a wit, by ob∣serving the Heavens and Stars, that she foresaw things to come, 175
• A fortune-teller's prediction to Macha∣baeus King of the Scots, 176
• Antonius of Leva animates Charls the fifth, Emperour, to war upon France, 177
• A Soothsayer's prediction to Amilcarus Duke of the Carthaginians, 178
• The Velitri consult an Oracle, 179
• Hadrianus Cornetanus Cardinal, con∣ceives hope of obtaining the Papacy by the Oracle of a Fortune-telling woman, 180
• Demophon's advice to Alexander, gi∣ven from his observations in Augury; 181
• A certain Syrian whose name was Eunus, who delighted in Magical enchant∣ments, 182
• Megistas Arcanas his Prophecy, 183
• Domitian the Emperour commands As∣cletario to be burnt, and Larginus Proclus to be hang'd, for that they foretold the day of his death, 184
• Perusinus the greatest Magitian of al Italy, 185

The Table of Dreams, Visions, Reve∣lations, &c.

The severall heads are to be sound by the figures in the Margin.

• JUpiter sendeth a dream to Agamem∣non, 1
• Cyrus King of Persia his dream, 2
• Socrates foresaw in his dreams, that his Scholler Plato would be an excellent Orator and Philosopher, 3
• Hippocrates his dream, 4
• Alexander descended from Hercules by Carinus, and from Aeacus on his Mothers side, by Neoptolemus; his dream, 5
• Sophocles his dream. 6
• Aeneas Seneca his dream, the night af∣ter he undertook the Tutorship of Se∣neca, 7
• Fudemus a Cyprian his dream, 8
• Aspatia the daughter of Hermotimus, her dream. 9
• The Mother of a certain Souldier, her dream. 10
• Aesculapius of Athens his prescription by Oracle to Plutarch an Athenian, 11
• Themistocles his Vision. 12
• Lucullus going to Hellespont, his Vi∣sion, 13
• Marcorius, a Physitian of Augustus Caesar, his dream. 14
• Laodice the Wife of Seleucus, her dream, 15
• Publius Decius, Tribune of the Roman Souldiers, his dream. 16
• Gracchus, brother of Tyberius his dream, 17
• Calphurnia, Wife of Julius Caesar, her vision predicting his death, 18
• Cornelius his foresight of his death, 19
• A beholder of Playes, his dream, 20
• Great Sfortia his dream, 21
• Malgepa, an Archer to Galeacius Sfor∣tia, his dream. 22
• ...

• Mark-Anthonie Taurell, Duke of Gua∣stella his dream, 23
• Horace Perusine, servant of Alexander Medices Duke of the Florentines, his dream, 24
• Baptista & Cardanum his Vision, with a voyce speaking to him at the instant of his Mothers death, she dying far distant from the place where he had this vision. 25
• Ulysses his contrary dreams, 26
• ••indarus a Lyrick Poet his dream, 27
• Phail King of the Phocians, his dream, 28
• Aristomenes King of the Messenians, his dream. 29
• Alexander King of Macedonia, under∣stood by a dream, that the right hand of Cassandra would prove mortal to him, 30
• Alcibiades his dream, 31
• King Croesus his Vision. 32
• Polycrates daughter of a Tyrant of the Samians, her vision, 33
• Verses presented unto Hipparchus, son of Pisistratus in his sleep, 34
• The like dream had Simon of Athens, 35
• Socrates his construction of a verse of Homer read unto him, 36
• Aterius Rufus a Roman Knight, his vision, 37
• Julius Caesar not long before he was murthered, seemed to himself in his sleep sometimes to fly above the clouds, sometimes to joyn his right hand to Jupiter, 38
• Helius Cuma, one of Caesar's friends, his most fearful dream the night be∣fore his murther, 39
• Nero affrighted with dreams and evi∣dent signs of things to come, 40
• Galba the Emperour his dream a little before his death, 41
• Domitian his dreams immediately before he was slain. 42
• Anthonie Carocalla Emperour, his vi∣sion a little before he was murthered, 43
• Himerea her vision, 44
• Cicero his vision. 45
• Quintus Catulus his vision, 46
• Vespasian the Father, his Vision, 47
• Julian his Vision the night before his being declared Emperour, 48
• Stipo the Philosopher his vision, 49
• Hippias the sonne of Pisisttratus his dream, 50
• The Mother of Dionysius of Syracusa, her vision when she conceived him, 51
• Astyages Cyrus his dreams, 52
• Cyrus King of the Assyrians, his dream, 53
• Antigonus his dream concerning Mi∣thridates, 54
• Arcea, Mother of Augustus Caesar, her Vision. 55
• Octavius his dream concerning his son Octavius. 56
• Vespasian his confidence of his sons suc∣ceeding him. 57
• Adrian his vision before his being or∣dained Emperour, 58
• Alexander's visions whilest he assaulted the City of Tyre, 59
• Eumenes his wonderful vision, 60
• The Priests of Proserpina their vision, 61
• Hannibal Captain of the Carthagini∣ans, his vision. 62
• Amandatus, servant of Mardonius, his vision, 63
• Xerxes his dreams. 64
• The Spartans, Collicratidas being Captain, about to fight with the Athe∣nians, the Soothsayers disswade them, 65
• Pyrrhus King of the Epirots, his dream when he besieged Sparta. 66
• Mithridates his vision, which foreshewed things to come. 67
• Cneius Pompeius his vision before the Pharsalian fight. 68
• Hecuba when she was great with child of Paris, her vision, 69
• Cambyses King of the Persians, his vision. 70
• Darius moves out of Susa, against Alexander, encouraged by a dream, 71
• ...

• Domitian his dream, 72
• Eziline, sirnamed Monk, a bloody Ty∣rant, his terrible Vision, 73
• The Mother of Phalaris her vision, 74
• Amilcar Captain of the Carthagini∣ans, his dream falsly expounded, 75
• Jupiter appears to T. Latinus, a man of the common people, 76
• Changius first Emperor of the Tartars, his vision. 77
• Juno appears to Hannibal Captain of the Carthaginians. 78
• Valens the Emperour his vision, 79
• Hippias son of Pisistratus, his vision, 80
• Sabbacus King of the Aethiopians, his vision. 81
• Sethon King of Egypt, Priest of Vul∣can, his vision. 82

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

A Table of Satan's wonderfull impostures for establishing of the Idolatrous invocations of Saints departed this life; contrary to the prea∣ching of St. Paul, 2 Thess. 2.

• THe miraculous restauration of John Damascen his hand (unjustly cut off by Theodosius the Emperor) at the Image of the blessed Virgin Mary, 1
• A Jew delivered from death, by calling upon the god of Sergius, 2
• Many cured by the carrying of the dead body of the Virgin Levinua through part of Flanders, 3
• Many recover health at the Sepulchre of Pope Martin, 4
• One cured at the grave of St. Ladislaus King of Hungary, 5
• The Bishop of Prague his finger cut off for the Faith of Christ and thrown into a River, shines in a Fishes belly, 6
• Genarius of Beneventum, his head cut off for professing the Faith of Christ, 7
• Valens the Emperour an Arrian, 8
• The bodies of eleven thousand virgins, 9
• John, a devout giver of Alms, 10
• Conradus repents heartily of his sinnes, and doth penance, 11
• The head of a dead man speaks, 12
• How the Abbey of the King's right hand, came to be so called, 13
• The blessed Virgin Mary appears to St. Bruno, 14
• Nicolaus sees the shape of the blessed Vir∣gin and her Son in the ayr, on the ve∣ry day wherein her Conception is cele∣brated, 15
• St. Stephen the Martyr appears to Sa∣roltha, the Wife of Grisa Duke of the Hungarians, 16
• The Parents of Nicolas Tolentinates

• vow a pilgrimage to Barium, 17
• Haldricus the Laodiensian Bishop cure•• before the Altar of St. Martin, 18
• Sergius, a Prince in wealth and authori¦rity, cured of a grievous sicknesse at the Temple of St. Michael, 19
• John Orphanotropus, brother to Mi∣chael Emperour of Paphlagonia, cu∣red at Mira of a grievous sickness, 20
• Henry the second, Emperour, cured (by interceding Saints) of the Stone, 21
• Manuel, who disapproved of Images, upon his resolution to restore Images accord∣ing to the decrees of the Ancients, when he was sick, was restored to health, 22
• A Vision, 23
• A Fast held in the Church of the Virgin Mary three dayes, to divert the cruel intention of Julian, prevails with God, 24
• A Ring brought to King Edward the third from Jerusalem, 25
• The Statue of S. Paul weeps, 26
• The Mother of Leo of Iconomarum the fifth King, her Vision, 27
• Bardus durus his Vision, 28
• A Vision discovered to Ambrose the Mediolanensian Bishop, 29
• Pulcheria, sister to Theodosia, her vi∣sion, 30
• An Apparition to Calomerus, 31
• A strange Miracle obtained by fasting and prayer, 32
• Pope Urban his Vision, 33
• A Deacon his vision, 34
• Elford King of England his vision, 35
• St. Andrew's cross seen in the ayr, 36
• Dogar King of the Scots, his vision, 37
• An Apparition to Uladislaus and Gri∣sa, 38
• Theodosius his vision, 39
• Massaclerus his vision, 40
• The appearing of St. Andrew the Apostle to a Priest, 41
• St. Theodore appears in ••efence of the Romans. 42
• Sabinus a most pious Patron of Souldiers, 43
• The great Sfortia his vision, 44
• The vision of a Priest, 45
• James the son of Zebedee appears to Charls the Great, 46
• The appering of St. Benedict to Count Sillogosus in a vision. 47
• The Arch-Angel Michael appears in a vision to Childebert King of France, 48
• Agnes Wife to Leopold Marquess of Austria, desires her husband to design some place to build a Monastery, 49
• St. Ambrose appears threatning miseries to Caesar, 50
• Colanianus King of the Hungarians, his vision, 51
• A voyce out of the Statue of the blessed Virgin salutes St. Bernard, 52
• Medericus Abbot of Edunium, cures a Monk of libidinous cogitations, 53
• Many cured by a candle, which extin∣guished, was lighted by the touch of Ge∣novepha, 54
• Pope Leo quencheth a fire by the sign of the Cross, 55
• The corporal of the Challice thrown into a fire, quencheth it. 56
• A voyce out of the Tomb of S. Martin, 57
• A part of the towel wherewith our Lord wiped his Apostles feet before his last Supper, brought by Monks from Jeru∣salem, 58
• St. Peter restores a Cock dressed and car∣ved, to life again, 59
• The Bishop of Alexandria by the help of Almighty God converts a Philosopher, 60
• At the Monastery of the holy Mother of God in Constantinople, two blind men restored to sight before the Image of the blessed Virgin, 61
• The picture of Christ which Evagrius made, 62
• Herbs taken from the Tomb of Nicetius, cure the Feaver, 63
• A Revelation to Valerius the Cosora∣nensian Bishop, 64
• Miracles wrought at the Sepulchre of Leodegarius, 65
• Uladislaus obtains issue by his Wife, ha∣ving

• been long barren, by fasting and prayers. 66
• The body of Pedastus translated from the place where formerly it lay, works a Miracle, 67
• Methodius, a great respecter of holy Ima∣ges, most unjustly accused by his ene∣mies, is manifestly cleared to the joy of all pious men, 68
• St. Peter cures Agatha, virgin and Mar∣tyr, her breast torn in pieces for her steadfast confession of the Faith, 70
• The Mother of God appeareth to a Carpen∣ter, 71
• The discovery of the bodies of the Martyrs Dionysius Rusticus and Eleutherius, 72
• A woman delivereth her sins in writing to Basil the Great, 73
• The Image of Christ speaks, 74
• The West Goths, assertors of the Arrian Heresie, 75
• Luitprandus King of the Longobards, translates the body of St. Austin out of Sardinia to Ticinum, 76
• Adelbertus cured of a Feaver at the Temple of S. Mary the Virgin, 77
• Genadius Bishop of Constantinople, rebuketh a Priest for disgracing his profession, 78
• Some of the dust of Hospitius his Sepul∣chre carried to the Lirinensian Mo∣nastery as an holy relique, 79
• Boniface Bishop of Moguntium slain by the Pagans, 80
• Eleven hundred virgins martyred by the Huns, 81
• A Leper sees Christ dedicating a Temple, 83
• Genovepha dedicateth a Cathedrall Church to St. Dionysius, 84
• Houses erected by prayers, 85
• The Temple of the divine beautifull vir∣gin at Regenspurg, 86
• The Metensian Bishop, 88
• Constantine adoreth the nayls of Christs Cross given him by his Mother, 89
• Pope Gregory sends three Sponges to Eu∣don, Duke of Aquitane, 90
• A Monk leaving his Religion, marrieth a Wife, 91
• One carrieth the Body of our Lord at a Paschal Feast whole with him in his mouth, 92
• The Sacrament put into a chest by a wo∣man, turns into the shape of flesh and blood, 93
• The reason of the building the Temple, en∣tituled, The Body of Christ, 94
• Abundance of blood flowes from the bles∣sed Sacrament of the Eucharist, being torn in pieces by Jews, 95
• Pope Vigilius institutes, That Mass for the dead should be performed in an ho∣ly place, with holy garments, and a low voyce, 96
• An head cast forth of the grave bleedeth, 97
• Clodoveus King of France, falls mad for his irreligious handling the body of St. Dionysius, 98
• A woman loseth her sight for carrying away the shoes of holy Genovepha, 99
• A woman struck barren for kicking the Tomb of a Saint, 100
• A ••o••••er comes to the Tomb of Wence∣slaus the fourth Honourable King of Bohemia, 101
• The Judgment of God upon one for throw∣ing a stone at the Image of the blessed Virgin Mary, 102
• The Judgment of God upon one who pull∣ed out the eye of an Image, 103
• A Jew smites the Image of the blessed Virgin with a punniard, out of which blood flowes, 104
• Blood flowing from the Image of the bles∣sed Virgin, proves a remedy to many sick people, 105
• A Souldier seeking to lay hold on an Image, it turns towards him, and he falls mad, 106
• Two gamesters, one whereof plaid in the Name of God; the other, in the name of the Devil. 107
• Divine vengeance seizeth on Schelkrop, for slashing and thrusting through the Image of Christ and his Saints. 108
• The Miracles acknowledged, but thought

• by some to be done by the power of the devill, 109
• The Image of Christ abused by the Jews, bleedeth, 110
• The Judgment of God upon a Jew for abusing the Image of Christ, 111
• The Image of Christ shot with an Arrow, bleedeth, 112
• A golden key of St. Peters. 113
• A sacrilegious person struck with a Palsie in the acting of his sacriledg, 114
• An Hermite his vision at the death of Pandulph Prince of Capua, 115
• The Judgment of God upon a sacrilegious person, 116
• Church-cloathes plundered, when they came to be used by prophane hands, ap∣pear bloody. 117
• A man's house by divine vengeance set on fire for profaning an holy-day. 118
• A man's head turned backwards in a fearful manner, for working upon an holy-day. 119
• A Jew's cruelty to the Host, and the mi∣raculous issue thereof. 120
• The tongue of a prejudiced man ••yed, 121
• St. John Baptist relieves the brother of Boleslaus invoking him. 122
• Comnenus the Emperour being sick, is restored by the Image of our Saviour. 123
• Ptolemey seeks for the Cross. 124
• St. Bernard cures a man mortally wound∣ed, by giving him consecrated bread, 125
• Miracles wrought by the bones of Saint Remachus. 126
• One dispossessed of a devil by part of the straw whereon St. Martin lay. 127
• A Noble-woman ignorantly translates the bones of St. Stephen from Jerusa∣lem to Constantinople. 128
• A Noble-man belonging to Otho the Emperour, dispossest of a devil by a chain which had bound St. Peter. 129
• Several cured of Feavers by the herbs strewed about the Tomb of Nicetius, 130
• The Pestilence at Rome ceaseth upon the building up of the Altar of St. Seba∣stian in the Church of St. Peter. 131
• Constantine the Great his vision after his refusing to be cured by the blood of Children. 132
• St. Nicolas delivers Lotharingus at Constantinople, invocating him. 133
• Bituricus, Arch-deacon of Leons, reco∣covers his sight by fasting and pray∣ers at the Church of Martin, upon his Feast-day. 134
• Pambulis a Priest restored to sight at the Image of Albinus in the Church of St. Peter. 135
• One sick of the Palsie restored to health by St. Martin, and St. Alban. 136
• One sick of the Palsie, restored to health at the Tomb of St. Dunstan. 137
• Cosroe's invocating Sergius, obtains the defence of his Countrey and foecun∣dity of his barren Wife, 138
• A man falleth sick of the head-ach, by dri∣ving a nail into St. Peter's picture, 139
• Frenchmen about to translate the body of S. Benedict, are struck blind 140
• St. Michael the Arch-Angel appears to St. Lawrence. 141
• Three Saints appear to a Fisherman. 142
• Stephen King of Hungary Canonized, 143
• Udislaus King of Hungary Canonized, 144
• Cosroes seeking to take the silver Urn, wherein Sergius the Martyr was laid, was driven away by an heavenly Host, 145
• Saints defend the Isaurians from the Sa∣razens, 146
• A Martyr leadeth the Roman Army, 147
• The Cratonensians use a linnen garment of the Virgin Mary for a flag. 148
• Amiarus a Saint, assists Godfrey of Bolleign in the Syriac Expedition, 149
• St. George, S. Lawrence, and S. Adrian, assist Henry the second, Emperor. 150
• The Romans carrying before them the Holy Lance instead of an Ensign, ob∣tain a great victory. 151
• ...

• S. Ambrose the Mediolanensian Guar∣dian Saint. 152
• James the Apostle assists the Christian Army. 153
• The Fathers of the Nicene Council con∣sult Musonius and Crisanthus, 154
• Christ appeared in the Sacrament to Pler∣gilis a Priest, in that body which the Virgin Mary bore. 155
• The vision which a Souldier of Rome, who extinct by the Plague, reviving, at large he declareth. 156
• A noble child dead for seven dayes, revi∣veth. 157
• Vincentius his relation of Tundalus, 158
• Vincentius his relation of one who be∣ing led by the Angel Gabriel after death was restored to life. 159
• Genovepha, a virgin of Paris, in an extasie. 160
• Erasmus Bishop and Martyr. 161
• Ursinus sees S. Peter and S. Paul at his death. 162
• Ezekiel and Daniel app•••••• to a Reli∣gious man. 163
• The vision of Merulus a religious Monk at Rome, 164
• St. Peter the Apostle appears to a Virgin of Christ called Galla, at Rome. 165
• The Mother of God with a company of Virgins, appears to a Maid. 166
• Juvenal and Eleutherius the Martyrs, appear to Probus Reatinus the Bi∣shop. 167
• The body of St. Jerome, when he had gi∣ven up his soul, was surrounded with a suddain glorious light. 168
• A Monk wrapt in spirit sees St. Au∣gustine. 169
• St. Francis Assiatus his soul departs in form of a Star out of his body. 170
• Devils contend with an Angel for the soul of a Monk. 171
• Mass celebrated before a dead Monk. 172
• A soul dragged towards Hell by the de∣vil, is freed by S. Benedict. 173
• Saints speak out of their Tombs, 174
• Paschasius a Deacon of the Apostolical Seat, 175
• The spirit of a dead man waits at the bathes. 176
• Benedict the tenth chief Bishop appearing after his death to John the Portuen∣sian Bishop confesseth, That he was kept from eternal death by Odilones his prayer. 177
• John the Anchorite his vision. 178
• Maurice the Rothamagensian Bishop brought into the Temple after his death, having received his soul, speaks to them about him. 179
• Marcius of Alexandria obtesting the skull of a dead man in the name of Je∣sus, causeth it to speak. 180
• Cyrillus Hierosolymitanus his vision as he was praying. 181
• A young man restored to life by the pray∣ers and tears of Severus. 182
• A man dead revives, relates his vision, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 183
• Stephen a Roman going to Rome, falls sick and dyes, and revives again, and relateth his vision during the time his soul was separated from his body. 184
• William, a boy of fifteen years of age, his vision. 185
• In the Sabine Province a Nun strictly observed chastity, but by procacity de∣files her tongue, as appears by a vision after her death, is condignly punished, 186
• The Sadduces and Epicures confuted, from page 343, to page 358.
• The Arguments of those who deny, that Angels and Devils can take to them a body, confuted; from page 359, to the end.

FINIS.