E-text prepared by Clare Boothby, Linda Cantoni, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) Transcriber's note: The following symbols are used in this e-text: ^ before a letter indicates that the letter is superscripted in the original = before a vowel in brackets indicates that the vowel has a macron over it in the original, indicating a final n or m Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester Published by the Chetham Society. Vol. VI. Printed for the Chetham Society. M.DCCC.XLV. [Illustration: THE CHETHAM SOCIETY] Council. EDWARD HOLME, ESQ., M.D., PRESIDENT. REV. RICHARD PARKINSON, B.D., CANON OF MANCHESTER, VICE-PRESIDENT. THE HON. & VERY REV. WILLIAM HERBERT, DEAN OF MANCHESTER. GEORGE ORMEROD, ESQ., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S., SEDBURY PARK. SAMUEL HIBBERT WARE, ESQ., M.D., F.R.S.E., EDINBURGH. REV. THOMAS CORSER, M.A. REV. GEORGE DUGARD, M.A. REV. C.G. HULTON, M.A. REV. J. PICCOPE, M.A. REV. F.R. RAINES, M.A., F.S.A., MILNROW PARSONAGE, NEAR ROCHDALE. JAMES CROSSLEY, ESQ. JAMES HEYWOOD, ESQ., F.R.S. WILLIAM LANGTON, ESQ., TREASURER. WILLIAM FLEMING, ESQ., M.D., HON. SECRETARY. [Illustration] POTTS'S DISCOVERY OF WITCHES In the County of Lancaster, Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1613. With an Introduction and Notes, by JAMES CROSSLEY, ESQ. Printed for the Chetham Society. M.DCC.XLV. Manchester: Printed by Charles Simms and Co. INTRODUCTION.