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A briefe description of the notorious life of Iohn Lambe otherwise called Doctor Lambe. Together with his ignominious death.
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1628
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STC 15177; ESTC S120018
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A BRIEFE DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTORIOVS LIFE OF IOHN LAMBE otherwise called Doctor LAMBE Together with his Ignominious DEATH Printed in Amsterdam 1628. A DESCRIPTION OF the Life and Death of Iohn Lambe otherwise called Doctor LAMBE THis Lambe commonly called Doctor Lambe whose Scandalous life hath beene a long subiect of discourse in this Kingdome and whose tragicall and vnexpected death of late happening hath giuen cause of a sadde Example to all such wicked persons To passe by his Childehood and to come to the beginning of his life after he was at mans estate was for the most part spent in the houses of diuers Gentlemen whose Children he taught to write and reade the English tongue The first steppe that euer hee made towards that wicked course which hee was afterwards accused for was the profession of that noble and deepe Science of Physicke a colour which many base Impostours haue vsed to lewde and iuggling practises as the best things are subiect to the greatest abuses Whether this Doctor Lambe for so wee will now call him had any abilitie of learning in him or no I will relate the iudgements of some honest and able men which haue talked with him he seemed to them how euer hee would talke highly to ignorant people to be altogether vnlearned and silly of discourse or else to affect that way of speaking as a colour of his mischeuous pra ctises and rather to be thought by them an Impostour whom the credulous ignorance of the common people had raysed to that Fame then to be truely and guiltily learned in those wicked Mysteryes But whether hee were truely the man which the people conceiued him to bee or not I referre you to the proofes vpon Inditement at Assises against him and those other stories of him iustified by men and women of credit He began within short time after he professed Physick in the Country to fall to other mysteries as telling of Fortunes helping of diuerse to lost goods shewto young people the faces of their Husbans or Wiues that should be in a Christall glasse reuealing to wiues the escapes and faults of their Husbands and to husbands of their wiues By which meanes whether truly or falsely told he wrought so much vpon their credulitie that many mischiefs and diuisions were wrought betweene marryed people But his fame was neuer truely great till he came to bee questioned by the Lawes of the Kingdome at Assises and Sessions For the condemnation of his lewdnesse in those assâ—mblies of Iustice did raise an opinion of his abilitie among people no lesse then some vnlearned and foolish Bookes in our time haue gotten credit among the people onely because Authoritie hath censured them bad which in steede of hurting the Authors hath blowne them vp with a vaine pride and honoured them in the iudgement of their ignorant admirers The first tryall in a Court of Iustice against Doctor Lambe of any note was at the Assifes at Worcester In which he was found guilty of two seuerall Inditements one for vnchristian and damnable practises against the person of an Honourble Peere of this Realme and the other for damnable inuocation and worship of euill Spirits as will in the following discourse more at large appeare And because I would not trouble euery vnlearned person to finde out such as are learned to expound Indictements Therefore for the better vnderstanding of all persons I haue herein set downe the true effects of the said Indictments in English An Indictment preferred against Iohn Lambe otherwise called Doctor Lambe at Worcester Worcester ss The Iury for our Soueraigne Lord the King do vpon the holy Euangelists present That Iohn Lambe late of Tardebigge in the County aforesaid Gent. not hauing the feare of God before his eyes but by a Diabolicall instigation being mooued and seduced the 16. day of December in the yeere of the raigne of our Soueraigne Lord King Iames of England France and Ireland King defendor of the Faith c. the fifth and of Scotland the one and fortieth At Tardebigg aforesaid in the said County of Worcester certaine euill Diabolicall and execrable arts called Witchcrafts Enchantments Charmers and Sorcerers in and vpon the right Honourable Th Lo. W. Deuelishly Maliciously and Feloniously did vse practise and exercise to the intent by the same euill deuillish and execrable Arts to disable make infirme and consume the body and strength of the said Th Lo. W. And further the Iury aforesaid vpon the sayd holy Sacrament doe say that by the said euill deuillish and execrable Arts and by force and pretext of the same euill diuellish and execrable Arts by him the said Iohn Lambe as aforesaid vsed practised and exercised the foresaid Th. Lo W. the said 16 day of December in the yeares aforesaid at diuerse other dayes and times afterwards at Tardebigg in the said County of Worcester in his body and strength was greatly wasted and consumed conrary to the peace of our said Soueraigne Lord the King his Crowne and dignitie And also against the forme of the Statute in this case made and prouided c. Vpon which Indictment hee was arraigned seuerall times and pleaded not guilty to the same but was found guilty of the same by proofe there made But Iudgement was suspended After which Inditement so found the said Doctor Lambe was againe Indicted vpon another Indictment then preferred against him for inuoking and entertaining of euill Spirits The effect of which Indictment followeth in these words Woreester ss The Iury for our Soueraigne Lord the King doe vpon the holy Sacrament present that Iohn Lambe late of Henlipp in the County of Worcester aforesaid Gentleman not hauing the feare of God before his eyes but by Diabolicall instigation being moued and seduced the thirteenth day of May in the yeere of the Raigne of our Soueraigne Lord Iames by the grace of God of England France and Ireland King Defendor of the Faith c. the sixth and of Scotland one and fortieth and at diuerse other dayes and times aswell before as after at Henlipp aforesaid in the County of Worcester aforesaid vnlawfully diabolically and feloniously against the profession of the Christian Faith and holy word of God certaine euill and impious Spirits did inuoke and entertaine with the intent that hee the said Iohn Lambe by the same impious and wicked spirits should follow the euill determinations by him the said Iohn Lambe vnlawfully maliciously and diabolically then determined or from thence to be determined to the great Displeasure of the omnipotent God and to the manifest perill of his soules health and to the euill and pernicious example of all other the Subiects of our said Soueraigne Lord the King in such case to be delinquents And contrary to the peace of our said Soueraigne Lord the King his Crowne and Dignitie And also contrarie to the forme of the Statute in this case made and prouided c. Vpon this indictment hee pleaded not guilty but by the Iury he was found
guiltie but Iudgement was stayed Here followeth some particulars of the proofet against him vpon this last indictment That Doctor Lambe did meete with one master Wayneman by chance and entring into some discourse with him he tolde him that although hee neuer had seene him before yet he could tell him what secret markes he had on his body and what Acts he had done in his life which he did and also told him that he vpon sight of any man or woman could doe the like to them And did practise to drawe the said Mr. Wayneman into the Deuillish Art of Coniuration and told him that he had the command of spirits and said he would presently shew to him an Angell Which Master Wayneman for curiositie sake was content to seet Thereupon Doctor Lambe tooke out of his pocket a round Christall Classe and sett on the crown of his Hatt vpon a table and then hee kneeled downe on his knees before the same saying I addure thee Benias Wherevpon Master Waineman answered should you not say I admire thee No quoth Lambe Then Master Waineman said to him sure you would not say I adore Yes said Doctor Lambe otherwise he will not appeare and although I said to you it was an Angell I would shew you I did deceiue you for it is a Spirit I vse to call vpon whereupon Mr. Wayneman did depart And at another time he met with Mr. Wayneman and perswaded him to the said art of coniuration and told him that he could doe strange things as intoxicate poyson and bewitch any man so as they should be disabled from begetting of children And that he had 4. spirits bound to his christall but said Benias was his chiefe spirit All these Mr. Wayneman proued against Doctor Lambe At another time a gentleman of the County of Yorke was present with the sonnes of the right honourable the Earle of Moultgraue a few dayes before their death where Doctor Lambe was shewing of tricks at which there was great laughter amongst whom the Lady Fairefax being present and sister to the said Earles sonnes did at the said trickes laugh very heartily whereupon Doctor Lambe said to her Madam your Ladyship is very merry and pleasant but within this few dayes your heart will ake by occasion and accident of water and within three dayes after the said Earles sonnes were all drowned and vpon his Examination in other matters laid to his charge he confessed that he knew of this accident before it befell by their complexions and the Planets which gouerned them This was confessed vpon his examination taken before Mr. Iustice Daniel Doctor Lambe being at a gentlemans house in the County of Worcester playing of Iugling tricks and diuers persons being with him he fell into discourse with some of them and left his christall ball vpon a table a gentleman called Mr. Anthony Birch tooke vp the same and the shape of a hand appeared in it and looking still on the said ball he see a shepheard with a sheepehooke and tarbox on his backe whereat Master Birch being amazed did presently aske what that was he did see in the christall and Doctor Lambe seeing him haue the same in his hand snatched it away in great discontent and put it vp in his pocket This was proued by the same gentleman by all which it manifestly appeareth that the said Doctor Lambe was an absolute Witch a Sorcerer and Iugling person absolutely giuen ouer to lewd wicked and diabolicall courses an invocator and adorer of impious and wicked Spirits By his Art and skill in coniuration or rather by the information and instigation of his diabolicall spirits he would vndertake any difficult thing and did very often discouer and bring to light goods and chattels although they had for a long time beene lost Hee could also tell by the view of any person suspected for witchcraft whether hee or shee were a witch or not Hee could tell the disease of any although hee neuer see the partie and this was discouered by a Seruingman who comming amongst diuers others to see Doctor Lambe tould him that his Maisters Daughter did then languish of a certaine disease which hee then punctually related and tould him her complexion which gentlewoman hee did neuer see neither was he asked any question concerning her disease This was the Daughter of one Mr. Iohn Atwood There was amongst diuers other Gentlewomen that resorted to Doctor Lambe whilest hee was a Prisoner one Gentlewoman that was very earnest with him to know who should bee her husband and Doctor Lambe after hee had delayed her diuers times with promises to shew her what shee desired appointed her a peremptorie day to come to him on which day shee accordingly came and enquired of the keeper for him and hee directed her to the chamber where hee lay where when shee came she called Doctor Lambe who answered her and bid her draw neere to his bed vpon which he was with his wearing apparell on when shee was neere him hee bid her looke in his Chrystall which hee laid on the ground and asked her if shee did see any that shee did know shee answered that shee did see diuers of her acquaintance there there beeing then none in the Chamber but them two who vanished away and the Chrystall beeing cleere from any further obiect shee turned her face towards Doctor Lambe and tould him that then there were no other sight shee could see in it wherevpon hee bid her pervse the Chrystall againe and thereupon shee casting her eyes towards the same shee said to him now I see a Gentleman all in greene he bid her marke him well for that same party within a short while would come to her Fathers house and although his comming thither should not bee with any intent to become a suiter vnto her yet there so it would fall out that before his departure hee would haue cause to expresse himselfe and that he in the end should bee her husband shee therevpon answered that she did not know the Gentleman nor did euer see any such man before that apparition in the Chrystall hee answered that it was not materiall it would come so to passe as hee had said Wherevpon shee at that time departed reasonably well satisfied and comming home some of the Gentlewomen knowing of her beeing with Doctor Lambe enquired the newes and as Gentlewomen are often inquisitiue and very earnest especially to know such rarieties shee therevpon did make all knowne what had passed and did describe to them what apparell and of what stature and complexion the partie was that she had seene and was informed by Doctor Lambe should bee her husband and not many dayes passed after this discouery but the Gentleman whom shee had so descrybed came to the Gentlewomans Fathers House being a Counsellour at Law as a Client and hauing had his advise and taking his horse at the doore something did affright the horse as the Gentleman was getting vppe which caused the horse to