Charles Mackay has observed: “It was no unusual thing then, nor is it now, that in aged persons there should be some spot on the body totally devoid of feeling,” p. 137. In Scotland there were a number of witch-finders who were known as “common prickers,” p. 146.—_Popular Delusions_, London, 1869. Footnote 525: Michael Dalton, _The Countrey Justice_, p. 242. London, 1618. James I., _Daemonologie_, p. 80. Matthew Hopkins quoted, p. 33, _ante_. _Sinistrari of Ameno Demoniality_, p. 27. J. Liseux, trans. Paris, 1879. D. Neal, _History of New England_, p. 137. London, 1747. Footnote 526: Hutchinson, _Essay_, p. 138. Footnote 527: T. Wright, _Dame Alice Kyteler_, London, Camden Society, vol. xxiv., 1843. Footnote 528: H. L. Stephen, _State Trials_, vol. i. p. 211. London, 1899. Footnote 529: Hutchinson, p. 34. Footnote 530: See long and interesting essay on witchcraft in the _Ency. Brit._ ninth ed. Footnote 531: The Act is quoted at length in R. Royston’s _Advertisement to Jurymen of England_, in which he criticises del Rio’s and Perkins’ “proofs.” Footnote 532: Alluded to by Cotton Mather, _The Wonders of the Invisible World_. Boston, 1693. Footnote 533: James Williams, _Ency. Brit._ ninth ed. vol. xxiv. p. 622. Kincaid was one of the “common prickers” or professional finders, who in those superstitious times were numerous. Footnote 534: For instance, Michael Dalton, _The Countrey Justice_, p. 242; Richard Bernard, _A Guide to Grand Jurymen_, p. 240. Footnote 535: Whether the story of his immersion is true or not, he undoubtedly died despised and discredited. Footnote 536: _Hudibras_, Part iii. chap. iii. Footnote 537: Coming down, may be, from the prehistoric mother cult. See Karl Pearson, Woman as Witch in his _Chances of Death_. Footnote 538: Exorcism, etc. Paul Regnard, _Les Maladies épidémiques de l’esprit_, is full of engravings of old pictures illustrating the point. Paris, 1887. Footnote 539: Although the Popes, such as John XXII., Innocent VIII., Julius II., and Adrian VI., legislated on witches, the Protestants were quite as vindictive. See, for instance, J. Michelet, _Life of Luther_, bk. v. chap. vi.: “The crazed, the halt, the blind, and the dumb are all possessed with demons. Physicians who treat these infirmities as arising from natural causes are fools who know not the power of the devil.” We shall deal later with the works of Puritan divines in England and America. Footnote 540: Chapters xi., xiv., etc.; French edition of 1579. Footnote 541: This theory was advanced by George Gifford in _A discourse of the subtill practices of Devilles by witches and sorcerers_, etc. London, 1587. Footnote 542: