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A short treatise declaringe the detestable wickednesse, of magicall sciences as necromancie. coniurations of spirites, curiouse astrologie and such lyke. Made by Francis Coxe
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Coxe, Francis, fl. 1560.
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1561
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of whome all the worlde speaketh whose woorkes remayne vnto this daye of whose ende are diuerse opinions some rumors haue ben that whaÌ„ he rode abrode he had alwayes a blacke dogge waytinge vpon him whiche dogge one day in iourneinge caryed hym awaye body and soule some say that the sworde seperate his headde from the bodye soo that hys ende is vncertayne and moste like it is that he endid after some straunge sorte that the trueth therof is no more manifest Fabiane in hys Cronicles the seuenth parte and where he writeth of Carolus the eyghte speaketh of a certayne mayde experte in these sciences called La pucelle de dieu that is too saye the mayde of God who by her knowledge caused the Frenchmen marueylouslye too preuayle in their marciall affaires as more copiously doeth in the alleged place appeare But almightye God whiche forâ—â—â—â—son suffereth suche sorcerye and dyuelishe wayes too prospere and raygne too the correction of sinners lastely too showe hys power and that no good Christen menne shoulde falle intoo anye erroure he sheweth the clearnes of suche misticall thinges and so he did in this for she by a knight Burgonion was taken and after sent to Roane in Normandye too the duke of Somerset and there brente for her de merites Sainct Dunstane of whom Bale in his boke intituled the actes of the English votaries writeth sufficiently beinge one of this sorte and facultie after diuers sondry prodigeous signes in the element sene departed this lyfe a swarme of deuels coÌ„uaying away hys corps Ihon Grecian that coniuringe Pope after he had doon many deuelish thinges as testifieth Martinê° Carsulanus Platina in vitis Pontificum was of the deuell as he was dooinge his feates in a forest strangled to death What maye we saye of Stansholde of late time whiche was experte in these scieÌ„ces whiche for robbinge of a colledge in the vniuersitie of Oxforde was hanged at the townes ende for his demerites Many haue ended their lyues after these suche lyke sortes of whome if I shoulde write it wolde conteyne an infinite volume and that is most horrible where thou seest one repent a numbre are soo soddenly taken that they haue no tyme of repentaunce Wherefore I saye to suche of that sorte repent and ameÌ„de your lyues you Adders brode and learne by hym that hath felt the smarte to fle from greater mischeues too come for euen now is the axe put vnto the rote of the tree therefore deferre no tyme. And now 〈…〉 thâ—â—e that hereafter shalbe moued by the prouocation of the deuell either to practice the lyke or to seke for counsayll or aduice of them that do vse and practise these blasphemous sciences knowe ye that euen as the good corne is with the fan purged from the chaffe so all those be separated from the elect and chosen of God as in the former parte of my treatice I shewed by thexample of kynge Saule God him selfe hath promised in his most holy and sacred scriptures no lesse to do also for the punishment of suche hathe by his owne decre in the .xx. of Leuiticus appointed sharpe correction sayinge And if a man or woman haue a spirite of diuination or sothsaying in them they shall dye the death they shall stone them to deathe their bloudde shalbe vpon them A moste worthy punishemente for suche rebellious traitours For if we iudge him worthy of death that euel reporteth of an earthely prince what shall we saye by him that blasphemeth the kynge of all kinges his Lorde and onely sauiour They can not saye that ignoraunce is y cause of their euel disposed lyfe for God hath manifestly forbidden the vse therof not in one or two places but in sondrye Thus he sayeth Deuteronomie the .xviii. when thou shalt come into the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee thou shalte not lerne to do after the abhominations of those nations let none be founde amonge you that maketh his sonne or his doughter to go through the fyre or that vseth wytheraft or a regarder of times or marker of the fleinge of foules or a sorcerer or a charmer or y â— counsayleth with spirites or a soothsayer or that asketh counsayll at the dead For all that do suche thinges are abominatioÌ„ vnto the Lorde c. Lo here he not onely forbiddeth the vse but commaundeth that those whiche wilbe his people and of his flocke shall not seke helpe at the sorcerers handes Rede the. xxx of the prophet Isaiah and ther shal ye find how he reproueth the chyldren of Israell for sekinge too the Egiptians for helpe who were counted experte in deuelishe artes Ieremiah in hys .x. Chapiter sayeth Heare the worde of the Lord that he speaketh vnto you O house of Israell Thus sayeth the Lorde learne not the waye of the Heathen and be not a fearde for the signes of heauen thought the Heathen be afrayde of suche for the customes of the people are vanitie O how directé are the lawes of the Lord how playne are his pathes how swete are thei to them that fulfille them for it preserueth them from endles deathe and payne If we do embrace and folowe theym we shall not only be sure here in this world to lyue withoute dredde or feare safe from oure enemies both boddely and ghostely but after this lyfe we shalbe crouned with the croune of euerlastinge ioye and felicitie Where as the contrarie and suche as will take no admonission but lyue inordinately shalbe condemned to euerlasting terrour whose tormentes no tonge is able to expresse This God of mercye hathe offred hys grace wherfore refuse it not but with all humble heartes embrace it beseching him so to strengthen you with his holy spirite that this lyfe endid we maye heare thys confortable sayinge of oure Sauioure Come ye blessed children of my Father possesse ye the kyngedome prepared for you froÌ„ the beginning of the worlde Too the which Father SoÌ„ne and holy Spirite be eternall laudes prayses empire and glorie worldes without ende AMEN ¶ Finis
haue any thing broughte to effect they do it by one of these .ij. meanes either besides the horrible greuous blasphemies thei commit in their coÌ„iuratioÌ„s thei must fall to some coÌ„positioÌ„ w t y â— deuell that is too promise him for his seruice he wil abstayn froÌ„ wynes or some certayne meates or drinkes As I my self knew a Priest not farre froÌ„ a toun called Bridgewater whcih as it is wel knoweÌ„ in the contrye was a great magiciaÌ„ in all his lyfe time after he once begaÌ„ these practises he neuer wolde eat bread but in stede thereof did eat always chese which thing as he coÌ„fessed diuers times he did because it was so coÌ„cluded betwene him the spirit which serued hiÌ„ for at what time he did eat bread he should no loÌ„ger lyue Yea he wolde not blusshe to say y â— after a few years he should dye that the deuel for his payns y â— he toke with him should haue in recoÌ„peÌ„ce his soul O moste miserable maÌ„ wretched creatur that wolde in hope of any earthly treasure forsake his Lord God which had so tenderly bought him These are thei of whom Paul speaketh in his .vi. .x. chapters to the Hebrews these are thei y â— crucifie Christs agayn vnto them selues and therfore it is impossible they should be reuewed agayne by repentaunce The seconde waye whiche is as euel as the firste or rather worse is thus For wheÌ„ the spirite is once come before the circle he forthe with demaundeth the exsorciste a sacrifice whiche moste commenlye is a pece of waxe coÌ„secrated or hallowed after their owne order For they haue certayn bokes called bokes of consecration or els it is a chickeÌ„ a lapwing or some liuinge creatur whiche when he hath receyued then doeth he fulfill the mynd of the exsorcist for oneles he hath it he will neither doe neither speake any thinge Of this testefieth bacon in his boke of Necromancie where he telleth also this storie After so long tyme traueled in these sciences at last ioyned hym selfe with a Turke whiche was moste excelleÌ„tly sene therin and longe conferring together they wente aboute too call a certayn she deuell named Egippia which spirite wolde by no meanes make theym aunswer to any their demaunds wherevppon Bacon whiche knewe that nothinge coulde be done withoute sacrifice cruseth the Turke to be baptised and after the baptisme they both entred the circle called the spirite whiche when she came for all their conuirations she woulde not God of his iustice caÌ„ neither leaue y â— workmaister neither yet him that seketh to any suche for helpe vnpunished For as wel deserueth he execution that seketh to theym as they them selues Example of this we haue in the firste boke of Samuel called communly the first boke of the Kinges in the .xxviij. Chapiter For after y â— Saule went once to wytches sorcerers to learn his state God gaue him vp quite into vtter ruin If then he were so precise with his owne peculier people that the spared not their kinge and annointed what will he do vnto vs How muche more thinke ye will he execute his righteous iudgementes on vs that are but the brauÌ„ches of the wylde Olyue tree grafted in by his mercye and grace I can not se how they maye excuse them selues of cryme by Goddes woorde that either seke too them or procure theym too worke for bothe by the scripture deserue lyke payne and punishement Yea the Deuell hym selfe is of that condicion that he will not suffer them longe to reygâ—â— that vse him as an instrument for their necessities I remembre a very notable historie writteÌ„ in Frosarte but the tyme is so long since I read it I wel remeÌ„bre not the place but who so listeth to loke in y â— tables of his boke maye easly finde it where he writeth of OrthoÌ„ a spirite Theffect is this a prieste a certayn gentleman falling at variauÌ„ce and the gentleman seming styll too perseuer in his purpose the priest to abate hys corage and to make him yeelde sendeth vnto him the foresayde spirite Orthon to molest and trouble hym whiche comming about the quyet tyme of the night wheÌ„ all things are moste styllest he clappeth the wyndowes and dores as though he wolde haue toren them to peeces The gentlemaÌ„ regardeth it not the next night he doth lykewise but a great deale more fearsly in so muche that it seemed he wolde haue entred the gentlemans bed chaumbre wherwithall his spirites moued soddenly asked who was there The spirite aunswereth telleth his name sheweth hym froÌ„ whom he was sent and to what ende as is aforesayde Well sayeth the gentle man wilt thou be conteÌ„tid to serue me and leaue thy maister the priest He aunswereth yea and so they concluded The office of this spirite was to bring hym newes oute of all places of the worlde what was done within the space of .xxiiij. houres whiche thing he did After a whyle this gentleman beinge very desirouse to se his new man for as yet though he hearde him he neuer sawe hym requested him earnestly that he mighte see hym whiche thinge at the laste he graunted and sayeth when ye arise in the morninge the firste straunge thinge you se after you be vp the same is I so he departed In the morninge the gentleman arisinge and casting on hys nighte goune he might se three russhes stande vprighte and moue informe as though they daunced the haye but this pleased him not wherfore at night when he came to him agayne he chalengeth the spirite with the breache of hys promise whiche he coulde in no wise a byde for though he be neuer so vntrewe deceitfull yet may ye not charge him therwith And therfore asketh his maister what straunge thinge he sawe he auÌ„swered nothinge but .ij. or .iij. russhes driueÌ„ vp doun with a wynde The same quod Orthen was I. Naye sayeth his maister I woulde se the more neare thy shappe whiche after earnest request he graunted and sayeth the firste lyuing thinge that ye se out of youre gallery in the morninge in youre courte the same am I. The morninge comming he goeth vntoo his gallery whiche loketh into his courte and beholde there he sawe the moÌ„steroust sowe and leane that coulde be wherupon moued with the sight caused dogges to be set at her and so he bayted her but immediatly he falleth sicke and so from tyme to tyme pyneth awaye A worthy seruaunte too serue a noble man full well he rewarded hys maister in the ende Neither was it any otherwais but as they are wonte all to do For thys is no new or rare thinge amongest those that vse societie with Deuelles for all haue the like ende though not after one forme yet to one effecte Bakons ende was muche after the lyke sorte for hauinge a greadye desire vntoo meate he coulde cause nothinge to enter the stomack wherefore thus miserablye he sterued to death Cornelius Agrippa