Part IV

Re Se Nr pee
Of ‘Practical Phyfick.
or want of care inthe Phyfician, whoadmi- [times by reafon of Errors committed by the niftred Medicaments ite were wi ao ea iY the pect his liye ea he. ly drying. And therefore what Flefh we eatethall manner of bad and corrupt food; findé bo ie fuperfluous we mufttake ic away, rm Cabbage and Cole-worts, falc F ith,Swines that fo the W ound may be fhut up witha Ci- flefh, or the like; whiles he expofech the catrice. t F wounded part unt the cold Air, and moveth But now this isthe work of the Phyfitian, FS overmuch by exercife. And fomtinies al- who is to confume the fuperfluous Flefh fothis pain happeneth by the Carelefnefs of with Medicaments that are fufficiently |the Chirurgeon, who adminiftreth Medica~ ftrong in their drying, cleanfing, and (if | ments that are overhor, and toe fharp; bind- need fo requite) fomwhat Corroding like- eth the parc too hard and ftreight, placethic wife. not aright, chrufteth incothe Wound Tents But now what thofe Medicaments are with | over long, or thick; leavech the Pus over which this may be done, we have told you! long in the Wound, and fuffereth fome piece before, in the 2. Part, and 7. Chapt. whi- of bone to prick and moleft the partcchac lie ther werefer you. Of all which Medicaments| ethnextunctoit. Andfomtimesalfo, with= Sd oe oes ae moft ee pene ae aa Re by tid ar sae) Ayu may be ek al is che Green Water there f{poken of; : umors 3; and hich both confumeth the fiper abit fleth, this pain oftentimes invadeth the wounded and likewife bringech the Cicatrice over the; petfon fuddenly, and wirh a cercainunwon- Wound whenic is cured. ced. coldnefs and Chilnefs $ and this is often-
Of the Hemorthage: arn avery fhrewd fign of fome great In- s H
flammation inftantly to follow, or even ofa
There happen alfo many Symptoms! Gangrene very nigh at hand; and this efpe-
unto Wounds; which parcly deject che|cially, if together with the pricking pain |
ftreneth of the Patient, and partly render the Curing of che Wound more difficult chen. otherwife ic would have been. And firft of all, there oftentimes happeneth indeed an extraordinary great Hzmorrhageand pro- fufion of the Blood; which doch not only deje the ftrength and. Spirits, (depriving the Patient ofcentimes of his Life) bur it like- wife very much hindereththe Cure. For fo Jong as che Flux of Blood lafteth, there can nothing at all be done in the Cure. Now that faid' Hamorrhage happeneth upon the wounding of the greater Veins, as alfothe Arteries, noc only the greater of them, but the mean and middle fort of thefe Arteries. Buc touching this Symptom we have already fpoken aboveinthe 14. Chapter. where you may fee furcher.. Of pain with the VVound. * And oftentimes likewife there is an extra- ordinary vehement pain following and ac- companying the’ Wound, For although there beindeed hardly any Wound without pain; yet neverchelefs very afually this pain astollerable, and fuch asthe Patient can wel bear. But fomtimes ie is vehement andal- together intolerable: which happeneth mose efpecially, when the Nerves and:the Nervous Patts are hart and: Wounded: and anex- tream vehement painatifing immediatly up- on the inflicting of the Wound isa fure and certain Sign and’ coken that either a Nerve or. a Nervous part is wounded. TheCamfe. Now this painis excited in Wounds, fom-
there be perceived a certain heat in. che W ound.
Prognofticks.
Now thefe extraordinary and over vehe- ment pains in Wounds:ate wont to be the Caufes of grievous Evils. For belides that they caufe a reftle{nefs and want of feep,y and dejec che ftengch of the fick perfony. they are likewife the Caufes of the affiux of Humors unto the wounded part 5 whereupon Inflammations, a Feaver, iomcimes alfo che Gangrene, are exciced and brought upon the party. Touching which Galen alfo very fre- quently giveth us notice. There is nothing’ (faith he) that more increafetb the Phlegmone then pains. as he wriceth in his 5. B, of the ‘Meth. of Curing, and.4.Chapt. and in the 3-B. of bis Method, Cbhapt.2. and.6. By. rea- fon of pains (faith he) the parts are troubled with and lieunder fluxious. Andinthe 13.0f
tbe member in which the Ery fipelas-refdetb,( al-
‘Excrements) become the Caufes of a Fluxi- on.
That therefore the pain may be taken a- \way, we areto make diligent enquiry, and finde out, whether chis pain proceed from any Errour and faule in the fick perfon, of elfe fromthe Carelefnefs of rhe Chirurgeon:
is co be-removed before any ching elfe bei done. But ifno fuch Caufe thall appear, buc only that fomching extraneous fticketh in’ the Wound, this is without any delay tobe drawn’ forth. Ifthe pain proceed fromche
abundan¢
bis Method, Chapt.5. Pain, and.the beat of — though the whole Body be pure and free from |
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TS). Bue if ic proceed from the overgrearc Afflux of Ph | ste tre humors ( like asit is wont-co bein.an In- eat | flammation)then we areto make ufe of thofe mM ahh
tletret J Medicaments that reftrain the immoderate & i | - exceflive afflux of the humors; as alfo we are "Ned | to adminifter Medicaments borh rabifying aD bing
| -andAnodyne. And very ufeful here is che Phaceti | Oyl of Rofes with the mbite of an ove, and Duad Teas theyelk of an EEgge (according asthe Cafe Tuo thal require and in which Earth worms have foe iad | been boyled: as likewifethe Oy] of Camo- ith) mile, of Linfeed, of feet Almonds, of Barth fo, with worms,and of Elder. A Cataplafin of che iy ecag |. Leaves of Mallows, the Roots of ‘Marfbmal- Nits; wi) lows, Barly meal, Bean Meal, and bran. Wounded §=©$Bur if the pain be greacer then ordinary, we my | may then make ufe ofthe Oy! of Poppy,and ssotea) of Water-Lilyesas likewife of the Cataplafm ‘gletI) chac is made of the Leaves or ‘Root o
‘eee = Night{fhade, and Hoges greafe. As for Exam-
if; And Galen © in Art.
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on Wounds. 7 Caufes. ae : As for the Caufes of che Convulficn ; Con- vullions are caufed in Wounds, either from a pricking of the Nerves, and their extreme vehement pain, or elfe from {ome fharp and Malignanc, eicher humor or vapour, pulling and twinging fome Nervous part,orthe Meni- branes of the Brain’: for the exputtion of which when Nature beginneth to beftir her felf, fhe then exciceth chis Goncr action, and Convulfive Motions. Touching which Hip- pocrates ( in his 65 Aphborifm of the fitch Sec. ') thus wricech : Dhofe ( faithvhe ) that together with their Wounds bave conf picuous Tumors, thefe are -not greatly, troubled with Convulfion fits, but they are taken with akind of Madnef. But thefe tumors {tiddenly van- ifhing Cf this indeed ha ppen onthe binder part) then Convulfions and Cramps follow thereupon. ‘M:dica,, Chap. 92. ) faith, that the pricking of a Nerveand Tens
| don,€ by reafon of the vebement y of the fenfe,and
knit together with the pring
| Clpium, (that is, the Brain ) it is therefore ves
ry aptto excite and caufea Convulfion of the nerveszand then efpecially when notbing breath- etb forth outwardly, the wound of the shin be-
Andindced che matcer exciting 4 Convul. lion doth ic fometimes only by ics Acrimo. hy, and fomtimes alfo by its malignicy 3 like as we fee the very fame to happen in Wounds
and bitings of venemous Crea-
Now thefe Convulfions o¢ Convulfive Mo-
|cions are very dangerous ih wounds:couching
this efpe-am le: king a Take Oyl of frceet Almonds, Oy! of Rofes, | becaufethis pare is Lin the -andof Camomil, of each one ounces the yelh ) of one Ege, and Saffron balf a feruple, ) Mingle them tc. or, | over vehi Take Root of Marfbmallows balf an ounce’ etl tobe th «Mallow Leaves one bandful;Elder flowers treo | ing clofed and {hut up. cides hal) puis; boyltbem all unto a foftnels, and then tof ep) | pagtbem thorow aba yre fieve,adding unto them | k perfong | the powder of Camomile flowers balf an ounce ; | eaux “Barley “Meal one ounce ; Bean ‘Meal and ‘hereupote =6tbe “Meal of Linfeed; oy each balf an ounce 3, and ftrokes, wali | Make a Cataplajm bereof. ‘Unto which ( if | tures. | tuponthili syO%e pleafe_) there may be added the Oyl of Rofes, | Prognoftick. wvetyliety Of Camomile, of wbite Lilyer, of Maftick , and | js nothin © #be “Unguent Dialtbea. : ) : Pbeg |. ifthe pain be not aflwaged by all thefe |which ‘Hippocrates ( Sett. 95. Apbor. 2. )
ad
9 (ti Medicaments, icis a fign that fome Nerve faythchus; Ihe Convulfion: that folloreeth y-
inallrefpedcts co be carryedon, as that we mentioned above in the 15. Chapter couchin
hp eh (4 Of (oncvulfions, and Cououlfion fie foo Fits. oF taken
) avery grievous and dangerous fymptom un- | c
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ei) “S yulfive motions ) touching whichfymptom ig many are wont co creat at large, touching ie ME -Wounds. But in regard that we have alrea- y lle dy Cin the firft Book of our Prattife, Part. peat be) Chapt. 20. ){poken enough of a Convul-
chet RS) tion ingencral; we fhall here only fec’ be- yo fore you thofe things chat are proper unto from shun |
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isgreatly hure. Andfothenche cure onghe | pona Wound is Mortal. and in the 5, Seé. Apbor. 3. The Convulfion that followeth up- g )0n an extraordinary Fiux of the blood, Cora C | figbi afobbing upon the {ame occalion ) iz heute the wounds of the Nerves. fiebing and fobbing upon the {ame oc “ASLOTE ) a. I ee ie very evil and dangerous.
Cure. ! But now, as for the manner and method of
Curing thefe Convulfions,we have fhewed it : unto you, inourr GB. » . There happeneth likewife now and then land there you may fee enough hereof.
Part. 2 Chapt. 2%
And
herefore here in this place we fhall only
© to Wounds; co wit, a Convulfion, or Con- ‘give you notice of thefe things following, ; | vulfion Fits, ( the Latines term chem Con- abe ofal, chacin Convulfions and Convul-
live Motions that happen unto W ounds( whe- ther ic be of chemfelves; or by Confenc wich. fome other parr, foever it be.) we oughtto havea {pecial re. gard unto che Brain, {pinal Marrow, and, the Nerves that proceed from thefe ; and thereupon we-are to-anoynt the Neck Cboth
héw andin what manner
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Chap. 23. of the Difeafes, and Symptoms that happen unto Wounds, 27" 2
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before and behind ) aud, the whole fpinal'/themfelves altogether: inviolable 5 -) ‘before
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‘ Z ; = si diysct . Sin i Matrow,with Convenient Medicaments 5 fuch weend thisdifcourfe touching Wounds, awe as we have already mentioned inthe place think it not amils C for a Conclution) to add alleadged. Cefar Magatus ( in his firtt B, |and difcuts this queftions whether abe law-
Chap. 77.)Commendeth this following.
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Take O;lof Bays,. of . Funiper Wood, | of Funtper Berryes, , Mans Fat, and Oyl of Eath Worms, . of cach four
ounces 5 Oy! of Rofemary flowers, Laven- der flowers, and Sace flowers, of each two ounces, Oyl of Peter, and of Turpentine, of each balf apound, Oy of Tale, andthe oyl af | ‘Been, of each three ounces and an balf;Myrrb, Frankincenfe, Ladanum, Benzoin, and Guin Funtper, of each. three ounces; Oyl of Cina- mom, of Cloves, Mace, Nutmeg, of each one ounce and half 5 Bdellium tvo ounces : Am- moniacum, Opopanax, Galbanumy of each | one ounce; Indian Lacamabaca, and Car- anna, of each four oxnces 5 Caftoreum, and Saffron, of each fix drams 3; the Root of tbe | berb “Mafterwort. Angelica, . Valerian, Acorus, Coftus, of each balf anounce; Fat | fiyrax Calamiteoneounce andbalf; thefarof a | Lion, and ‘Bulls fat, of each two ounces 3 the | beft burning Water one quart; and minglethem srel together.
And Laitly, if the Convulfion happen from the Retention of the Pus or other ex- crements; then we are to endeavor that by all waies and means a paflage forth may be made for both the thin and thick excrements and that there may be fome liquor dropt into the Wound chat hath init a power and vir- tue to cleanfe and confume. And outwardly alfo there ought fomewhat to be impofed that hath a power of drawing fromthe depth and bottom of the Wounds; which kind of Medicaments may. fufhciently be known from what we have written before, and more elpecially, touching che Wound of the Nerves.
Chap. 24. Whether it be lawfull fora Chriflian by Amulets, (the Greeks call them Petiapta; we Prefervatives ) or elfe by hangs ing of Seals atout their bodyes, er by the like means,' to defend and preferve them/elves from all danger by Weapons ¢
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G@ Incethat there is notchingnow adays more xy frequently psadctife@ by Soldiers, then by certain Amulets ( or Periapta ).asalfoby Seals and Characters, to fence and Guard
| fall for a Chriftian, and whecher-he may
witha fafe Confcience, Cand withont breaich of Piety ) inany fuch manner as aforefaid make his body weapon-proof, and «atipene- trable by Gunfhor. | For although I neither delire pomake any inquiry into the decret and private practifes of theie kind of Perfons, norchimk ic werch
ithe whilefoco do 3 yet notwithftanding chis
isa thing very well and commonly knowa,
‘that thefe men cannot Guard and forcify
themfelves foom all kind of violence what- foever 5 buc only againft the rhrofts and ftrokes of Swords, and’orher the like Wea.
| pons, as alfo from Musket and Piito! bul ters,
fothat fuch like Weapons, and fmaller Gun- fhot fhallnot byahby means beable vo pe- netrate their skin. uc yec thefe perfons may by Clubs be dry-beaten, and by bullets fhoc forth of the greater Guns ( as Ordnance, andthe hike )be hurt and violated; yea they may hereby likewife be deftroyed, although ic be true, that their skin cannet eafily be wounded. Yeamoreover ( even as them- felves confefs ) there are fome certain parts chat cannot thus be fafe-guarded and prefer-
ved impenetrable and inviolable ; andimore ~
e{pecially their Eyes. And moreover this is likewife commonly reported, that fome of
‘them can make: not only themfelves, but thacthey can render even the bodies ofo-.
thers{o impenetrable and inviolable, thac they fhall not beburt by any kind of Wea- pons 5 yea that fome of them are ableto
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caufe, that butter fhallnot be cuc, either by knife,Sword, or by hatcher. And thirdly
they reporcthis alfo that {uch as are altoge-
ther ignorant and unwittingunto any fuch
practife,may likewife by others be made in-
violable, and proof againft all kind of
Weapons and Darts.
Thevarious — | & means of making themfelves ayes ana mn \ chs impenetrable and weap-
ner by which form . : .
Mike chenicots | on proof,which [ neither know
impenetrable by | Or defire co know. weapons. general, Ifhall only acquaint
| you with one or two of chofe things that are commonly carryed about by them; that fo by them you may likeiwife know howthe better to Judge of all the reff. And firft of all, it is {carcely unknown co any, that there are certain Seals or Pentacu- la.(.as they-callthem ) that are graven with figures and Characters, and ignorantly let-
rhemfelves again all rhrufts and Scrokes of | tered Cas Apuleius {peaketh )and thefeare Weapons; and Gunfhor, Cand fo rorender ! cacriedupanddown, and by che Souldiers
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hung about their Necks; and they ate wont} from the Skul of one that was hanged:o
Whether it be lawful for a Cbriflan by Amuletsy ees
alfocobe bound unto their Body s that fo|.broken uponthe wheel, (and this with cerrain by themthey may render themfelves inviol-\-prayérs) which if fewed into. the Garment able, and not tobe hurt by any Weapons. | under the Jefe Arm-pit,, and worn, willih And fome there be, that only infcribe thefe | like manner preferve theman Inviolable,and
kind of Characters upona piece of paper, and fo hang chem unto their Bodies. And Imy felf knew aman, whoreported that he hung one of thefe fheets of Paper abouc the Neck ofa Dog; andthen he fhoct him clofe at hand with a bullet out ofa:hand-Gun, and yer the Dog was hot at all any whic burc thereby, And there are fome likewife, who {wallow down thefe fheets or pieces of paper thus Fi- gured and Charactered. Andthereis extant an acertain publique writing an inftance of the like Artifice (if we may fo call thefe de- lufions and impoftures of the Devil by which a certain Gentleman fenced and guarded his Body againft all kinde of Wea- pons... Which--practife of that renowned Commander (that fo valiancly and fucces- fully fought many batcles againft che Turks, |
in the behalf of the Chriftiansin Hungary)
not to'be hure by any W ound.
And there arefome alfo who Wound thei; Skin; and then chey ‘put upon the Wout 'chefe kinde:of:Parchnients, or tome orher jthings Chanacttered (as before) and fo they Conglutinacte che faid wound, and clofe it up.
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| And thereare hkewife(Cwichoutdoubt) ma-
by other fuch like wates: and means welt known co Souldiers; imthe difcovery of which Lintend not at allco be'Curious, or in the leaft co crouble my felf.
| [fenquity be made after the Au- ths a thors of chefe Diabolical Practifes, iit ral? the prime and chief of them are for fife. the moft parc unknown 3 and.thefe
) things are by the ancaucious Soul- diers derived trom ‘one to another, and from hand co hand. And if we fhould trace the
| Authors outieven'unto the very firlt of them,
whether it make more for his praife or iba honor, Ileave ic free unto any one to judg | thereof. I fhall only fay chis, chat ofcen-|
we fhall finde che firft Auchor hereof was €-doubclefs ) fome Deviland wicked Spiric, as we fhall anon fhew yotno. They do @e-
times even great perfons (Princes and wor-| knowledg that ofcentimes lhang-meén sor the thies) have been deceived inthis kinde, and! common Extcutioners: are the Authors Of have coo incauteloufly given Credit unto | this wicked Artifice, as being ageneration o£ thefe Cheaters and deceivers (who ‘go up| Men for the moft parc much addicted unto and down ielling thefe things, and often-jMagick. And fothe Paffavian Art (asthey
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times putting them off at very dear rates) | and have not fufficiencly weighed and confi- dered the dangerous cenfequence of what they go abour. And therefore, as for the | Courfe chac thefe menrake (feeing that it is | alcogether fuperfticious & impious) Ido not ; think it any waies fic for meby my wricings | to propagate it unto Pofterity : and yet not- wichftanding, that the fuperfticion and wickednefs of this practife may appear, I will in the general ipeak fomwhat thereof, and delineateit infome particulars. Acthe facred time of our Saviours Nativity Cor as we callit, Chriftmas) about midnight in a fheet of V ellom or Parchment there are thefe Jetcers infcribed. 1.N.R.1I. and this fame fheet of Parchment is clofed up.in certain bals or Lumps of Wheaten dough, which are pri- vily put upon the high Altar, thac fo at cer- tainand diverstimes three Maffes may be ce- lebraced over them. And then one of thefe little balls¢with cercain fuperftitious prayers they have for that purpofe) muft be eaten in the morning 3 and this wil for thac day pre- ferve che man fafe and found from all kinde of W ounds whatfoever. _
In the feme little Book, (the wricing be- fore mentioned) we are taughr, in what man- nec onthe day any wound is inflicted, before Sunrifing, the Mofs isto be caken and fhaved
cal tw becaufe that ic firft came tobe known in that Army which being raifed aboutPaffa- vium afterwards inthe yeer 1611. brake into Bobenia,& tookPrague,and was every where divulged up and down che Country, and throughout Germany) at the firft was com- municated and made known’unto the Soul- diers by the common Executioner of that place.
if you enquire into the reafon hereof ; they firft of all pretend experience, and they al- leadg likewife great perfonsPrinces and wor- thyes,who haveby their Experiments found thectruth hereof, andfo have lefc icunto ws asa Probatum, that any one may in this man- ner and by this means render hinifelfinviol= able andfo as notcto be hurt by any kinde of Weapons. And moreover, fome thereare that derive the virtue and Caule of this effec from the Conftellations; and therefore itis that chey teach us tomake thole Seals(which they cal Periapta and Pentacula) under cer- cain Conftellations.
But in very truth, wedeny not this indeed, thac fuch things as this may thus be done, and chat they have been made ufe of by great per- fons, (Princesand others : }) bur che Quefti- on isnow. touching this, whecher fuch hke practifes as chele may be wrought by any Natural means; and whether a Ghee
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Impiery in chis manner render himfelf inviol- able’and impenetrable; or elfe whether or no whatfoever fhall be done in this kinde be not-done by Magick and the Diabolical Art, and by a compact with the Devil; and fo therfore that it is alcogerher unlawful, im- pious, andwicked; for any one inthis man- ner to make his Body impenetrable,
In which Queftion we indeed defend the latcer opinion; and we pofitively aflert, chat all the power, vircue and efficacy of the
fimply xn-
€ Means aforefaid proceed from a compact and
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agreement with che Devil, and fo confe- quently from the Devil himfelf ; and chere- upon that he @whofoever he be) that fhal by this kinde of Means endeavour to fence and guard his Body againft the violence of Wea- pons, fhall by chus doing atcempt a ching alcogether impious and unbefitcing a Chrifti-
} an. For Firft of al,moft certain
Reafons pro-| ir-is, thacchereis no {uch virtue
ving the un- thi Drabife Paper or Parchment, of chem- felves and intheir own Nature | but that they perform whatfoever is done, as they ate marked with the aferefaid Chara- cers. But now there can beno fuch virtue or efficacy in Figures.and Characters: and eherefore ic will neceffarily follow, thacic procecdeth from:fome higher power; and this muft beeitcher from God, andthe good Angels; or elfe from che Devil, that wicked Spiric.. But itis no where extant in Holy Writ, that ever God did Ceither by himfelf, or the Miniftery of the good Angels) work any fuch thing 5 or that he ever promifed fo to do. And whois there thac can beleeve, that fiach an abufe of facred Words, and o- ther fuch like fuperftitious practifes as have been before related, fhould be approved of by thofe good Angels : and therefore we muft Beleeve that chey proceed from the Devil. And thus the Devil that he may feduceand withdraw men frum the Worfhip and Service of Almighty God, and devote them unto himfelf, he maketh an Agreement and com- pact with any one cleat will hearken unto
~ Of Praétical Phyfich.
Man or Woman may lawfully and without
explicite is, when any one fhall} | makeufe of means immediatly delivered into
him, that if he wil forfake God, and become his, he will chen make him free and inviol- able from the violence of all Weapons what- foever, fo long: as he fhall carry about him fuch like Seals Cor Periapta as they are com- monly called) or fhall devour the aforefaid Characters infcribed) upon: Paper. Unto which Compact they render thenvfelves Ob- noxious, and give their Confents, whoever they becthat make ufe of the above menti- oned Characters. Forthofe Characters are
Pare IV, and as it were the Milicary pawn and Engages ment by. which he knows and acknow ledg- eth them, when they implore his help and affiftance. For albeit there are fome who here conceive themfelves co be altogether free from allidolatry, fuperftition, and im. piety, and that they have herein no compact nok commerce with the Devil 5. yer nevercthe- le{s they are herein greatly deceived, fo long as they make ufe of Means that were nevey ordained by God, but fuch as are of the De= vils Infticution. Kp Forthere isatwofold compact | with the Devil, to wit, Mediate, andimmediate; or explicite, and implicite. The immediate and |
4 Compas with the Divil two
fold:
his Hands by the Devil himfelf. Buc the Mediate or Implicite Compact is then, wheg any perfon fhall make ufe of fuch means as wereat firft prefopibed by the Devil, buc yer fuch as he hath not received immediatly
either in Metals, or in fheets of |from the Devil himfelf, buc hath had them
by others and from Hand to Hand delivered unto him. Both which we finde forbidden, and contrary.cothe Law of God, which fora biddethus to have any other Gods. Neither isic any whit tothe putpofe,thact which ma- ny object, when they fay, that itis no way probable, chac compacts which others have entered into with che Devil, rhe cuile thereof fhould become theirs,and bring them under the like impiety 3 feeing (faith they ) thac ic 1s che confenc of che Covenanters that miakes che compact: for in thac Compadt implicite or Mediate (as L have faid) the con- fentis not alcogethér wanting. For whereas every one thac hath but fo much foundnefs of minde yet lefc him (that beknows bow to fhun Rocks and avoid the pit that fiands wide open, and ready to devour bim) will ealily acknow- ledg, that thofe Characters or Words have no fuch virtue in themfelves; and therefore before ever he make ufe of them he oughr to.inquire, by what power and virtue it is that they perform whactthey do. Which if he neglect todo, he then implicicely enters into a compact wich the Devil, who hath
made that promule that he will perform this.
for fuch.as fhal,make ufe of chofe Characters and form of Words according to his pre- {criprion; and fo confequently {uch a one cannot atalbe free fromimpiety. And that thisis.a truth chofe two Hiftories following will fufficienthy make good. “Martinus dei io in the 2. B. of his ‘Magic. Difquifition. Quefh. 27. Set. 1.) relareth of Henricus Cor~ nelius Agrippa,who having at Lovain a youth boarding in his Houfe that was over curiou#
the Devils Alphabet Gif I may fo termi ic)\and: prying, it fo came to pats, chat during
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lone, te his home, he delivered the keyes of his Study “Ni unto his Wife (whom he afterward put away
-§ Iby divorce) with this prohibition and charge
thet into in his abfence. But this youth having by ‘} his imporcunity and earneft intreaty gotcen } leave to gointo the ftudy, and lighting upon
me/fwering, the Divel entereth in, and askerth Mu: Wi) wherefore he was called 5 ac which the youth von... Pein aftonifhed and fo far aftrighted that he *li) could not make any ready anfwer, the Divel ‘\iammediately choaked and ftrangled him ...(Foras he chat readeth any thing in an un- ; tls i known Language,he himfelfhaply may not } ‘uty ynderftand what he reads which yet one that ‘nedith | #tandech by may underftand ; fo ic was heres ‘adcheall) att¢hough this youth knew not that he called delivered for the Devil; yet nocwithftanding che Devil i} wel knowing his own watch-word, andthe ite) engagement or Compact he had encered into, am ‘§) foon came upon calling. WAICH Mas ‘sn The othet Hiftory we have related by cil oh lenricus Brucews ( in che Mifcellanies of , ie QU Smetius, B. 5. Epift. 17. _-) whichhe cells bing then was chat he received from Doff. Nevius 3 and ith they) that the truth of chis Hiftory was there con- acels thal) firmed by many of the’ Citizens. Ac Leip{wich Compal) a liccle Girl not underftanding what fhe did theca) by reafon of her Childifhnefs and want of i where) Age, whilft fhe was imitating all the Actions ndiels0il carriage and behavior of her Nurfe ( which vw tom) Me had feen her oftentimes ufe in che raifing wile, §) of ftorms and cempefts })caufech chunder and vatknotl) Lightening, by whicha villagenot far dift- ordsttel anc from this City wasfeton fire. The lictle ‘belo young Girl being brought before the Senate, he oui!) ac was there with much deliberation debated ine itil) Whether they might legally proceed againft Wid) hers Bucic was decided by che opinions of ly ais) all che Counfellors there prefent, that they vo hath Could no way proceed againft her, neither foi) punith her, by reafon of her nonage, and tail ignorance of what fhedid. Which Hiftory tis pt) Goth fufficiently teach us that any one may chao) evenunwittingly; incatiteloufly,and almoft Anda) Without his confent, caft himfelf into lowiit#| fuch a like compact with the Devil. For igs | When as the aforefayd Girl ( although by iii}, Beaton of her cender Age fhe underftood not ial (o-@| What the did )madeufe of thofe Ceremonies yaya) hac were delivered and ptefcribed by the wif} Deviluntothe Witch her Nurfe 5 the Devil x | Was ptefently ready at hand, according to (hs ay y
we }/alictle Conjuring book, while he was read-
ned ing therein, loa knocking at the Study doors , §ibur he perfifting ftil in his reading thereis | emf |another Knocking heard at. ghe.Scudy door, [midi | 'which che youth ftill reading. on and noc an-
Chap. 24. Whether it be lawful for a Chriftian by Amulets, ec.
S| chat fhe fhould not fuffer any to enter rhere-|
that nowof along time, &' for thefe many Ages
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the Compact becwixc them
aforefaid. _Tempeft. Which if any, one of
/ariper age € which might eafily underftand,
chat in chefe kind of Ceremonies themielves there can be no fuch power and virtue ) had done, fuch a one ( _ withoug doubt -) had nor been .acquitted by the Counfellours, nor gone unpunithed by the Senate, And therefore we conclude thac there is none (unlefs he be out of his wits ) that wil make ufe of the means aforefaid ¢ feeing that he may eafily underftand thac fuch like Ceremonies, Words, and Charaét- ers, do not perform thofe things they are fayd to do, eithey by any Natural power and virtue of their own, or elfe by any power given chem from God, or the good. Angells,
-but chat they have this their power from chat
wicked f{piric.And he whofoever he be that fhal make ufe of them cannot be acquicced and freed from grofs impiety, Magick, and Idolatry.
But whereas there are fome that endeavor to derive thefe virtues from the Conftellations; ( and cherefore teach how toa make divers of chefe Seals under fome certain poficion of che Stars ; we are therefore inthe hexc place to examine chat opinion alfo.
Andthe very crutch is. chat among all the Seals of Arnoldus de villa Nova, and of Pa- racelfus ( inhis B. Archidox Magic. )there ig none at allco be found chat wil render a man inviolable, andfoas notto be hurc by any. kind of Weapons 3 and therefore this inven- tion of the Devil feémeth tobe newer and fince their times. But. now in. regard, that chere is one and the fame reafonfor all thofe aforefaid effects ( that are promifed from thefe kind of Seals_) we conceive ic therefore very fitto {peak fomching,«in the General, touching the aforementioned Seals. Forif we fhall (in the general) demonftrate unto you, that thefe Seales have: in them- felvesnofuch natural vityue or efficacy, we fhall chereby withall fhew unto you, thac thefe Seals likewife ( that ate made ufe of az gainft Wounds >) have not their virtue and power from the Conftellations.
wheiber ibere be any Virine in the feals. |
Thatunder thename of Aftro. logy fuch like Magical Trum- | | pery fhould be expofed to fale, isnonew thing; foric was of old chus wonc co be done in the Eaftern Countryes. Tou- ching which Pliny (42 the 30. B. of bis Na- tural Fiftory,and Ghapt. 1.) faytb thus. Mag- gickthat moft fraudulent of all the Arts bath very much prevayled all the world over, -and
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mire at this the fo great authority of Magick:
in regara that fhe alone of alltbe Arts, adding
unto ber felf and comprebending within ber felf three otber of the moftfameus and fovereign of them (and fucb as bave the greate{t command
wpon tbe mind of Man } bath reduced them into | alfo propounded very many of :thefe like | Characters, (in his Book Archidox. Magic.) |
one only, to wit, ber felf alone. or firft of alltbereis nonetbat doubteth and that wil not readily grant, that fhebath ber birth and ort- ginal from Phyfick, and that fhefo crept in un- der a fair and {pecious pretence of fafety and bealth, as a higher and more facred Art then Phyfickit felf. Andfohath fhe likervife by ber blandifhments and large admirable promifes added unto her felf the ftrengtb and power of re- ligion; with which now adays mankind is fo ftrangely blinded. And that fhe migbt tbe more eafily fugaeft thefebér promifes, fhe interminel- eth tbe ‘Matbematicall Arts 3 there being none that is not very greedily defirous to know things future as concerning bimfelf 5 verily believing that thefe things are fetcbt and brought unto bim from beavenit felf. And thus the fenfes of Men being poffeffed,and lying under a threefold Obli- gation bath increafed and grovn up unto fo great a beighth, tbateven at this day tt is very prevalent in moft Nations ; and in the Eaft e{pe- cially it bath a commanding power over {uch Kings as have Kings for their fubjetts.
And I could heartily wifhchat the faid fuper- ftition had there only had its refidence and abodeinthe Eafterly Countryes ; andchat Monarchy there perifhing, fhe had likewife perifhed together with it. But afterwards this {uperfticion became propagated likewife inro other Regions. For even Galen alfo Cin hisg. B. of the facult.of finple Medicam. in bis Chapt. of Stones, $ the Fafp. tellethus that ic was avery ufual cuftome even in his days toingrave a Dragon upon the Jafper ftone; andtofet and wear itinrings for the comforting of the Scomack. And Alexan- der Trallianus ( in his tenth B, about the end ) wriceth, thacthey. were.wontto carve upon the Fa(per {tone the efhgies of Hercules ftanding upright, and killing the Lion; and this they fecina Goldring, and wore it for theCwing- of che Collick. And in che fame place, he commendeth asa thing facred and not to be communicated but unto facred Perfons, this Ring, againft theColick. On the fevenreenth or the one and twentieth. day of the Moon, he appoints.us to takea Ring of Iron; and to make the Circle thereof eight-angled; and uponthe Eight Angles co inferibe thefe words, fuge, fuge, beubilts : @'auda querebat. And chis. Sign or Mark following, Q»¥ phe commandeth us to write upon the \ head.of the Ring, Andin his tenth ©’ Y Book, and Chapt. x.. againft the Gout inthe feet andtoes,he commendeth
‘athin plate of Gold, in which ( the Moon, | then being in Libra or Leo) is tobe inferibed
that verfe of Homer : zergn'xe1 J” aryopa’ vmod | ik
‘@sovex'Cero yeiz And many more befides of ithis nature we likewife meec with very fre- | quently in Trallianus. And Paracel(us hath
And yee neverche lefs he himielf Cin his B, |
of occult Philofopb. in the Chapt. of Charac- ters ) before ail other Charadters, Signs, Pentacula, and Seals, he preferreth two of them: one, that wherein( ina certain figure there is infcribed the name Adonai. Theo- cher is chatin which likewife (ina peculiar figure ) there is inf{cribed the Tetragrammick name of God, confifting of five ty llables,
And he wriceth that thefe feals are very ufeful |] andavaylable againft at Devills andalfoa. | 7 gainft all Charms. and inchancments, and |¥ that they perform things wonderful and ad+ |? And therefore again I wifh hearti- | * ly,and [would to God thac the fayd fuperfti- |} tion which hath had a commanding power o- |/ ver great kings inthe Eaft who have had even | Kings for their Subjects, had not likewife | 9 born too great a {way over Chriftian Princes, |
mirables
Nobles,and great perfonsjor that there were not foundto be fuch as fold unto thefe Prin-
ces & Nobles thofe Magical Charms and fpels | under che name & pretence of Aftrologicall | Rarities: and likewife that chele great per= |
fons would more diligently inquire intothofe
prefervatives when they are profered unto |} them: for they might eafily find and difcos |) ver that chofe things had not fo much as any |! probability of Reafon to ground upon. For |) aithough fome have endeavoured co derive |} the caute of thefe effects fromthe Heavens 5 |) yet notwithftanding as for the manner how | this is done, therein they agree not 3 neither |) do they bring any thing of probabilicy roy |
prove the fame. : ge The Reconeiler(Difference tor yfcom chat
of Ptolomy, € imhis Centiloguy, that tbe fa-
ces of (ublunaries are fubjett unto the Celeftial.
Afpetts, thatistofay, the {pecies of the Lie |i
ving Creatures of this inferior world are fub= ject co the Czleftial images, }) concludech
and poticively decerminech, that theCalcftiz | J
al lign Scorpio hath the predominance over al inferior Scorpicns, and the Serpent over all Serpents here upon Earth.
But grant indeed chat it be fo, ( which yet Neverthelefs they have no way proved ) that thefe inferior Earthly. Scorpions arefubje&
unto the fign of che Scorpioninthe Heavens; 4 yet what is all this to the Scorpion carved. |
and engraven upon the precious Stone ? Cer-
cainly aDog, or Scorpion, engraver or pic- |
tured, is noc of the fame kind, nor under
the fame Genus, with the living Creature, | 9
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