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Reginald Scot, çala (6 June 1818) Scot, ReginaldScot's Discovery of witchcraft. Proving the common opinion of
witches contracting with divels, spirits, or familiars; and their
power to kill, torment, and consume the bodies of men[,] women,
and children, or creatures by diseases or otherwise; their flying
in the air, &c. To be but imaginary, erroneous conceptions and
novelties. Wherein also, the lewde unchristian practices of
witchmongers, upon aged, melancholy, ignorant, and supersti[ti]ous
people in extorting confessions, by inhumane terrors and tortures
is notably detected. Also the knavery and confederacy of
conjurors. The impious blasphemy of inchanters. The imposture of
soothsayers, and infidelity of atheists. … The horrible art of
poisoning and all the tricks and conveyances or juggling and
liegerdemain are fully deciphered. With many other things opened
that have long lain hidden. … whereunto is added, a treatise upon
the nature, and substance of spirits and divels &c. all
written and published in anno 1594. By
Reginald Scot, Esquire. 1651Mentions in the Diary
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