Demonology -- Early works to 1800; Magic -- Early works to 1800; Witchcraft -- Early works to 1800
The manner and circumstance of their communication, or of hir
conjuration, is not verbatim set downe and expressed in the text; but
the effect thereof breeflie touched: yet will I shew you the common
order of their conjuration, and speciallie of hirs at this time used.
When _Saule_ had told hir, that he would have _Samuel_ brought up to
him, she departed from his presence into hir closet, where doubtles she
had hir familiar; to wit, some lewd craftie preest, and made _Saule_
stand at the doore like a foole (as it were with his finger in a hole)
to heare the cousening answers, but not to see the cousening handling
thereof, and the couterfetting of the matter. And so goeth she to
worke, using ordinarie words of conjuration, of which there are sundrie
varieties and formes (whereof I shall have occasion to repeat some in
another place) as you see the juglers (which be inferior conjurors)
speake certeine strange words of course to lead awaie the eie from
espieng the maner of their conveiance, whilest they may induce the
mind to conceive and suppose that he dealeth with spirits; saieng,
_Hay, fortune furie, nunq; credo, passe, passe, when come you sirra_.
So belike after many such words spoken, she saith to hir selfe; Lo now
the matter is brought to passe, for I see woonderfull things. So as
_Saule_ hearing these words, longed to knowe all, and asked hir what
she sawe. Whereby you may know that _Saule_ sawe nothing, but stood
without like a mome, whilest she plaied hir part in hir closet: as
may most evidentlie appeere by the 21. verse of this chapter where
it is said; Then the woman came out unto _Saule_. Howbeit, a little
before she cunninglie counterfaited that she sawe _Samuel_, and thereby
knewe it was _Saule_ that was come unto hir. Whereby all the world may
perceive the cousening, and hir dissimulation. For by that which hath
beene before said, it must needs be that she knew him. And (I praie
you) why should she not have suspected aswell him to be _Saule_ before,
when in expresse words he required hir to bring unto him _Samuel_, as
now, when _Samuel_ appeered unto hir?
♦The maner of the witch of Endors cousening of Saule.♦
♦1. Sa. 28, 13.♦
♦1. Sa. 28, 21.♦
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