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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A81077	The kingdom of darkness: or the history of dæmons, specters, witches, apparitions, possessions, disturbances, and other wonderful and supernatural delusions, mischievous feats, and malicious impostures of the Devil Containing near fourscore memorable relations, forreign and domestick, both antient and modern. Collected from authentick records, real attestations, credible evidences, and asserted by authors of undoubted verity. Together with a preface obviating the common objections and allegations of the sadduces and atheists of the age, who deny the being of spirits, witches, &c. With pictures of several memorable accidents. By R. B. Licensed and entred according to order.	R. B., 1632?-1725?; Drapentier, Jan, fl. 1674-1713.	1688 (1688)	Wing C7342; ESTC R224752	121,198	192

he with much importunity got the Keys of his Closet and then entring the room and viewing the Books he perceived among the rest a Manuscript of Agrippas own writing which seemed a Compendium of the mystery of the Black Art in which while he greedily reads he in a short time raises an ill favoured Devil who entring the Study asked him what he would have that he conjured him so to appear The man being unexperienced and affrighted at this dreadful Apparition knew not what answer to make but remained silent whereupon the Devil instantly choaked him and left him dead on the ground Not long after Agrippa returns home and finds the Devil dancing and rejoicing on the top of the house at which being astonished he goes into his Study and finds the dead Body Whereupon he commands the Daemon to enter into it and carry it to the place where the Students used to meet which being done and the Spirit then quitting the body it fell down dead and the Person was thought to have died of some sudden disease and was accordingly buried without any observation of his misfortune only some marks of strangulation were perceived about his throat But not long after the whole matter was discovered and Agrippa was forced to fly into Germany for his security Pil. Gu. p. 298. LXXVIII A Countrey Peasant in France in his wooden shoes leather doublet and high-crowned hat with his Scythe on his shoulder and his Bag and Bottle by his side going one day to a piece of ground two or three miles from his habitation to Mowing was overtaken by a man on Horseback as he thought in the shape of a Countreyman who falling into discourse with him about their Journey and finding they were both going the same way he at length offered him the use of his Horse if he was willing to ride behind him The honest Mower glad to ease his legs seated himself behind him much at ease and thinking now to proceed in his Journey he is carried up into the Air with such swiftness that his astonishment gave him no time to speak and fear made him and fast by the Rider Thus they passed over many Countreys and Towns till at last they came just over a great Market-place in a City belonging to the Great Turk where seeing a multitude of people in strange habits he cryed out Good God what people are these and whither am I going At that word the wicked Dae mon let him fall down in the midst of them but by reason of the Tents and Cloths that were set up by the Market people to shelter them from the scorching heat of the Sun the vehemency of his fall was abated and at length he came to his Sences By this time a vast number of Turks were gathered in a Ring at a great distance about him some supposing he was a God dropt from Heaven others that Old Time was come down with his Scythe on his shoulder In short all were extreamly amazed as well at his strange and unusual clothing as at his wonderful coming thither And their astonishment was yet more increased when they heard him speak in a strange Language which none of them understood who thinking they did not hear him approaches toward them and they fly as fast away from him By this time the news of this rare accident came to the Grand Seignior and Interpreters were sent to take a full account of the matter to whom the poor man gave an exact relation of all particulars After which by the French Ambassadors means he was sent back again to his own Countrey Ibidem p. 286. LXXIX I Shall conclude these Relations with one History more of the appearance and assistance of a Good Spirit among all the Evil Ones we have mentioned which a Learned English Divine hath thought worth translating out of Bodinus a famous Author in his Book of Witches c. The main reason why the Society of Good Spirits is so seldom found in History is as I conceive because so few men are heartily and sincerely good and the following Narrative is the more considerable because he who writ it had it from the man 's own mouth whom it concerns and is as follows The Person was as it seems an holy pious man and an acquaintance of Bodinus who freely told him that he had a certain Spirit which did continually accompany him and which he was first sensible of about the thirty seventh year of his age but he conceived that this Spirit had been with him all his life time as he gathered from certain monitory Dreams and Visions whereby he was forewarned as well to avoid several dangers as many vices and sins That this Spirit discovered himself to him after he had for a whole year together prayed earnestly to God to send a Good Angel to him to be the Guide and Governor of his life and actions adding also That before and after Prayer he used to spend two or three hours in meditation and reading the Scriptures diligently inquiring and considering with himself what Religion among those many that are controverted in the world might be best beseeching God that he would please to direct him to it and that he did not allow of their way who at all adventures pray to God to confirm them in that opinion they have already imbraced be it right or wrong While he was thus busy with himself in matters of Religion he lighted on a passage in Philo Judaeus in his Book De Sacrificus where he writes That a good and holy man can offer no greater nor more acceptable Sacrifice to God than the oblation of himself And therefore following his counsel he offered his Soul unto God After this amongst many other Divine Dreams and Visions he once in his sleep seemed to hear the voice of God saying to him I will save thy Soul I am he that before appeared unto thee Afterwards the Spirit would knock at his door every morning about three or four a Clock though he rising and opening the door could see no body but the Spirit persisted in this course and unless he did rise would thus rouze him up This trouble and boisterousness made him begin to conceit that it was some Evil Spirit which thus haunted him and therefore he daily prayed earnestly to God that he would be pleased to send a Good Angel to him and often also sung Psalms having most of them by heart Therefore the Spirit afterward knocked more gently at the door and one day discovered himself to him waking which was the first time that he was assured by his sences that it was he for he often toucht and stirr'd a Glass that stood in his Chamber which did not a little amaze him Two days after when he entertained a certain friend of his who was Secretary to the King this friend was much astonisht to hear the Spirit thumping on the bench hard by him but he bid him be of good courage there was no hurt