Heerevnto is added a treatiſe vpon the _nature and ſubſtance of ſpirits and diuels_, &c: all latelie written _by Reginald Scot_ Eſquire. 1. Iohn. 4, 1. _Beleeue not euerie ſpirit, but trie the ſpirits, whether they are of God; for manie falſe prophets are gone out into the world, &c._ 1584 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |**********************************************************************| |*+------------------------------------------------------------------+*| |*| SCOT’S |*| |*| Diſcovery of VVitchcraft: |*| |*| |*| |*| PROVING |*| |*| The common opinions of Witches con- |*| |*| tracting with Divels, Spirits, or Familiars; and |*| |*| their power to kill, torment, and conſume the bodies of |*| |*| men women, and children, or other creatures by diſeaſes |*| |*| or otherwiſe; their flying in the Air, &c. To be but imaginary |*| |*| Erronious conceptions and novelties; |*| |*| |*| |*| WHEREIN ALSO, |*| |*| |*| |*| The lewde unchriſtian practiſes of Witchmongers, upon aged, |*| |*| melancholy, ignorant, and ſuperſtious people in extorting con- |*| |*| feſſions, by inhumane terrors and tortures is notably detected. |*| |*| |*| |*| { The knavery and confederacy of Conjurors. |*| |*| { The impious blaſphemy of Inchanters. |*| |*| { The impoſture of Soothſayers, and Infidelity of Atheiſts. |*| |*| { The deluſion of Pythoniſts, Figure-caſters, Aſtrologers, |*| |*| ALSO { and vanity of Dreamers. |*| |*| { The fruitleſſe beggerly art of Alchimiſtry. |*| |*| { The horrible art of Poiſoning and all the tricks and |*| |*| { conveyances of juggling and Liegerdemain are fully |*| |*| { deciphered. |*| |*| |*| |*| With many other things opened that have long lain hidden: |*| |*| though very neceſſary to be known for the undeceiving of |*| |*| Judges, Juſtices, and Juries, and for the preſervation |*|