The discoverie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected; the knaverie of conjurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falshood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practises of Pythonists, the curiositie of figure casters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of Alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conveiances of Legierdemaine and iuggling, are deciphered, and many other things opened which have long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne. Heereunto is added a treatise upon the nature and substance of spirits and divels, &c.; all latelie written by Reginald Scot, Esquire. 1584. Many copies of this book were burnt by order of King James I. 19. A Lamentable Complaint of the Commonalty, by way of Supplication to the High Court of Parliament for a learned ministry, 1585. For printing this tract Robert Waldegrave was kept prisoner in the White Lion for twenty weeks, as asserted by Martin Marprelate in "Hay any worke for a cooper." 20. Martin Marprelate Tracts. 1.--The Epitome, 1588. 2.--Hay any worke for Cooper; penned and compiled by Martin the Metropolitane; no date. 3.--Martyn Senior. 4.--Martyn Junior. For printing and publishing these books, Sir Richard Knightly, Mr. Hales, and Sir ---- Wickstone and his wife, were cited into the Court of Star Chamber on Friday, the 13th February, 31 Elizabeth, 1588. Knightley was many times member of Parliament for the County of Northampton in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He was a great favourer of the Puritan party, and at the expence of printing these libels, as was reported, being influenced by Snape and some other leading ministers of this County. These libels were printed by one Walgrave, who had a travelling press for this purpose, which was once brought down to Fawesley, and from thence by several stages removed to Manchester, where both the press and the workmen were seized by the Earl of Derby. Sir Richard and his confederates were cited into the Star Chamber, and received the following sentences: himself for allowing _The Epitome_ to be printed in his house, fined £2000; Mr. Hales for allowing _The Supplication to Parliament_ and _Hay any worke for Cooper_ to be printed in his house, 1000 marks; Sir ---- Wickstone, for obeying his wife and not discovering it, 500 marks; Lady Wickstone for allowing _Martyn Senior_ and _Martyn Junior_ to be printed in their house, £1000; and all of them imprisonment at her Majesty's pleasure. Upon the intercession however of Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, whom they had most insulted, they were set at liberty, and had their fines remitted. 21.