The history of witchcraft and demonologySummers, Montague
History
The history of witchcraft and demonology
Summers, Montague
Demonology; Demonology -- History; Witchcraft; Witchcraft -- History
[72] Görres, _La Mystique Divine_, traduit par Charles Sainte-Foi. V.
viii. 19. p. 208.
[73] George Sinclar, _Satan’s Invisible World Discovered_, Relation XVII.
[74] _La Mystique Divine_, 1902 (Nouvelle édition). III. p. 381.
[75] _Tractatus_, xxi. c. 11. P. xi. n. 179.
[76] _Disquisitiones Magicæ_, Lib. II. qᵗᵒ x.
[77] _Compendium Maleficarum_, p. 78.
[78] “Solent ad conuentum delatæ dæmonem conuentus præsidem in solio
considentem forma terrifica, ut plurimum hirci uel canis, obuerso ad
illum tergo accedentes, adorare ... et deindo, homagii quod est indicium,
osculari eum in podice.”[K] Guazzo notes: “Ad signum homagii dæmonem
podice osculantur.”[L] And Ludwig Elich says: “Deinde quod homagii
est indicium (honor sit auribus) ab iis ingerenda sunt oscula Dæmonis
podici.”[M]
[K] _Disquisitiones Magicæ_, Lib. II. qto xvi.
[L] _Compendium Maleficarum_, I. 13.
[M] _Dæmonomagia_, Quæstis x.
[79] _Mystery of Witchcraft._
[80] It may be remembered that, as related elsewhere, there is strong
reason to suppose Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell, grandson of James V,
was “the Devil” on this occasion, as he was certainly the Grand Master of
the witches and the convener of the Sabbat.
[81] _Newes from Scotland, declaring the damnable Life of Doctor Fian._
London. W. Wright. [1592].
[82] Dudum ad audientiam nostram peruenit, quod uenerabilis frater
noster G. Conuentrensis et Lichefeldensis episcopus erat in regno Angliæ
et alibi publice defamatur quod diabolo homagium fecerat et eum fuerat
osculatus in tergo eique locutus multotius.
[83] Confessa ledit sire Guillaume ... avoir fait hommage audit ennemy
en l’espèce et semblance d’ung mouton en le baisant par le fondement en
signe de révérence et d’hommage. Jean Chartier, _Chronique de Charles
VII_ (ed. Vallet de Viriville). Paris, 1858. III. p. 45. Shadwell, who
has introduced this ceremony into _The Lancashire Witches_, II, (The
Scene Sir _Edward’s_ Cellar), in his notes refers to “Doctor _Edlin_ ...
who was burn’d for a Witch.”
[84] _Reliquiæ Antiquæ_, vol. I. p. 247.
[85] Il a veu [le diable] quelque fois en forme d’homme, tenant son
cheval par le frein, & qu’ils le vont adorer tenans vue chandelle de poix
noir en leurs mains, le baisent quelque fois au nombril, quelque fois au
cul. De Lancre, _L’Incredulité_, p. 25.
[86] Tum candelis piceis oblatis, vel vmbilico infantili, ad signum
homagii eum in podico osculantur, Liber I. xiii.
[87] _Satan’s Invisible World Discovered_, Relation III.
[88] ... qui apparait là, tantost en forme d’vn grand homme noir,
tantost en forme de bouc, & pour plus grand hommage, ils luy offrent
des chandelles, qui rendent vne flamme de couleur bleüe. _Discours des
Sorciers_, p. 131.
[89]
εἴθε λύρα καλὴ γενοίμην ἐλεφαντίνη,
καί με καλοὶ παίδες φέροειν Διονύσιον ες χορόν.
(Fain would I be a fair lyre of ivory, and fair boys carrying me to
Dionysus’ choir.)
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