I neuer had speach with him in priuate vntill about 9. weekes af∣ter his ••ispossession, neither is there any thing deposed to the contra¦ry, (no not by So. himselfe) and that was to my remembrance only once, as I haue deposed, the occasion whereof I can shew, & vpō his fa¦ther in lawe Robert Coopers request I did it. But be it, diuers times. why might I not lawfully speake with him apart? I thinke in some respect better then others both in regard of his former affliction, and the dan¦ger he was in aboue others, and that he was one ouer whose soule I was by my calling to watch. Yf this be a good circumstaunce against me, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 will likewise be of some strength against some others in Nott. whome I could name, who talked with him apart as well as I, and of∣ter too, especially meeting with the other circumstances: as, that they knew him, dwelt in the same towne with him, so as they might haue sufficient opportunity to meete togither, were o••t with him, with many cir∣cumstances more as strong as these obiected against me, But I will shew wherein this circumstance is defecliue, whereby the weaknes of it may yet better appeare. Yf they which haue deposed to our secret & diu••rs conferences had gone a little further, and said that they harkning heard 〈◊〉〈◊〉 commend him for doing such a trick well, and such a feate excellently well so as my selfe could not haue bettered it, or to some such purpose: then had there bine a circumstance indeede, euen a
A detection of that sinnful, shamful, lying, and ridiculous discours, of Samuel Harshnet. entituled: A discouerie of the fravvdulent practises of Iohn Darrell wherein is manifestly and apparantly shewed in the eyes of the world. not only the vnlikelihoode, but the flate impossibilitie of the pretended counterfayting of William Somers, Thomas Darling, Kath. Wright, and Mary Couper, togeather with the other 7. in Lancashire, and the supposed teaching of them by the saide Iohn Darrell.
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- A detection of that sinnful, shamful, lying, and ridiculous discours, of Samuel Harshnet. entituled: A discouerie of the fravvdulent practises of Iohn Darrell wherein is manifestly and apparantly shewed in the eyes of the world. not only the vnlikelihoode, but the flate impossibilitie of the pretended counterfayting of William Somers, Thomas Darling, Kath. Wright, and Mary Couper, togeather with the other 7. in Lancashire, and the supposed teaching of them by the saide Iohn Darrell.
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- Darrel, John, b. ca. 1562.
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- [England?] :: Imprinted [by the English secret press?],
- 1600.
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- Harsnett, Samuel, -- 1561-1631. -- Discovery of the fraudulent practises of John Darrel -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
- Demonic possession -- Early works to 1800.
- Exorcism -- Early works to 1800.
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"A detection of that sinnful, shamful, lying, and ridiculous discours, of Samuel Harshnet. entituled: A discouerie of the fravvdulent practises of Iohn Darrell wherein is manifestly and apparantly shewed in the eyes of the world. not only the vnlikelihoode, but the flate impossibilitie of the pretended counterfayting of William Somers, Thomas Darling, Kath. Wright, and Mary Couper, togeather with the other 7. in Lancashire, and the supposed teaching of them by the saide Iohn Darrell." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A19855.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.
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