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that_o the_o gall_n of_o a_o black_a dog_n will_v drive_v away_o evil_a spirit_n and_o free_a from_o witchcraft_n and_o there_o be_v as_o much_o credit_n to_o be_v give_v to_o these_o thing_n as_o to_o another_o jewish_a fable_n viz._n that_o the_o clap_v of_o a_o cock_n wing_n will_v make_v the_o power_n of_o daemon_n to_o become_v ineffectual_a yet_o that_o this_o fable_n have_v obtain_v too_o much_o credit_n in_o the_o world_n be_v evident_a by_o word_n of_o prudentius_n who_o say_v ferunt_fw-la vagantes_fw-la daemonas_fw-la laetos_fw-la tenebres_fw-fr noctium_fw-la gallo_n canente_fw-la exterritos_fw-la sparsim_fw-la timere_fw-la &_o cedere_fw-la 3._o god_n in_o his_o holy_a word_n have_v forbid_v his_o people_n to_o imitate_v the_o heathen_a nation_n he_o require_v that_o those_o who_o profess_v his_o name_n shall_v not_o learn_v the_o way_n of_o the_o heathen_n nor_o do_v after_o their_o manner_n leu._n 20._o 23._o jer._n 10._o 2._o but_o to_o attempt_v the_o drive_v away_o of_o evil_a spirit_n by_o the_o use_n of_o herb_n fume_n etc._n etc._n be_v a_o heathenish_a custom_n whoso_o shall_v read_v proclus_n his_o book_n de_fw-fr sacrificio_fw-la &_o magia_n will_v see_v how_o the_o ethnic_n teach_v that_o smell_v and_o smoke_n will_v cause_v daemon_n to_o depart_v and_o the_o like_a they_o believe_v and_o practise_v according_o with_o respect_n unto_o several_a sort_n of_o herb_n see_v sennertus_n med._n pract._n l._n 6._o part._n 9_o cap._n 7._o dioscorides_n be_v deceive_v with_o the_o doctrine_n of_o that_o great_a magician_n pythagoras_n say_v that_o the_o sea-onion_n be_v hang_v in_o the_o porch_n of_o a_o house_n will_v keep_v evil_a spirit_n from_o enter_v therein_o in_o that_o book_n which_o pass_v under_o the_o name_n of_o albertus_n magnus_n de_fw-fr mirabilibus_fw-la mundi_fw-la though_o picus_n mirandula_n in_o his_o disputation_n about_o magic_n be_v so_o favourable_a as_o to_o think_v albertus_n be_v not_o the_o author_n of_o it_o but_o that_o the_o true_a author_n have_v abusive_o prefix_v albertus_n his_o name_n there_o be_v many_o superstitious_a vanity_n of_o this_o nature_n which_o in_o time_n of_o popish_a darkness_n be_v receive_v from_o the_o arabian_n and_o other_o heathenish_a worshipper_n of_o the_o devil_n it_o be_v true_a that_o the_o jew_n do_v some_o of_o they_o practice_v this_o kind_n of_o magic_n josephus_n antiq._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 2._o confess_v that_o those_o of_o their_o nation_n in_o special_a one_o who_o name_n be_v eleazar_n do_v by_o hold_v a_o herb_n viz._n that_o call_v solomon_n seal_n to_o the_o nose_n of_o daemoniack_n draw_v the_o devil_n out_o of_o they_o he_o speak_v untrue_o in_o say_v that_o they_o learn_v such_o nefarious_a art_n from_o solomon_n for_o they_o have_v they_o from_o the_o heathen_a who_o receive_v they_o from_o the_o devil_n himself_o as_o be_v evident_a from_o another_o passage_n in_o the_o mention_a josephus_n in_o his_o history_n of_o the_o war_n with_o the_o jew_n 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