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Satan's Invisible World Discovered: $b or a choice collection of modern relations, proving evidently, against the atheists of this present age, that there are devils, spirits, witches, and apparitions, from authentic records, and attestations of witnesses of undoubted veracity. To which is now added, that marvellous history of Major Weir and his sister, the witches of Bargarran, Pittenweem, Calder, &c.Sinclair, George

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Satan's Invisible World Discovered: $b or a choice collection of modern relations, proving evidently, against the atheists of this present age, that there are devils, spirits, witches, and apparitions, from authentic records, and attestations of witnesses of undoubted veracity. To which is now added, that marvellous history of Major Weir and his sister, the witches of Bargarran, Pittenweem, Calder, &c.

Name: Satan's Invisible World Discovered: $b or a choice collection of modern relations, proving evidently, against the atheists of this present age, that there are devils, spirits, witches, and apparitions, from authentic records, and attestations of witnesses of undoubted veracity. To which is now added, that marvellous history of Major Weir and his sister, the witches of Bargarran, Pittenweem, Calder, &c.
Author: Sinclair, George

Sinclair, George

Occultism; Superstition; Witchcraft

XIII.—_King Duff, the 78th King of Scotland, bewitched._


Though this be well known to all who read our Scots Histories, yet
it will not be amiss to insert it here, as in its own place, for
their sakes especially who have not heard of it. While the king was
about the settling of the country, and punishing the troublers of
the peace, he began to be sore afflicted in his body with a new and
unheard of disease, no causes of his sickness appearing in the least.
At length, after several remedies and cures were made use of to no
purpose, a report was spread, the authors thereof being uncertain,
that the king was brought to that sickness and trouble by witches.
The suspicion arose from an unusual sweating he was under, his body
pining and withering away by little and little, and his strength
failing day by day; and since all his physicians had done their
utmost, and yet no appearance of recovery, it was supposed his case
was extraordinary. Therefore all men being vehemently intent upon
the event, news came to the court, that night-meetings were kept
at Forres, a town in Murray, for taking away the life of the king.
This was presently received and believed for truth, because no other
thing did occur for the present more probable. Whereupon trusty and
faithful men are presently sent away to one Donald, governor of the
castle there, in whom the king had the greatest trust and confidence.
This man having gotten some knowledge of the business from a certain
young wench, whose mother was under a bad report of being skilful in
this black art, found out and discovered the whole matter. The young
harlot is taken, because she had spoken some words rashly anent the
king’s sickness, and that within a few days his life would be at an
end. Some of the guard being sent, found the lass’s mother, with some
haggs such as herself, roasting before a small moderate fire, the
king’s picture made of wax. The design of this horrid act was, that
as the wax by little and little did melt away, so the king’s body, by
a continual sweating, might at last totally decay. The waxen image
being found and broken, and those old haggs punished with death, the
king did in that same moment recover. Compare this with the first
relation, and you will find them jump and agree exactly.




XIV.—_The Apparition of Edward Avon to his Son-in-law, Thomas
Goddard._

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