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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

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cruel Executions in those Parts With the manner of the Womens burning themselves with their dead husbands Together with a Description of the Isle of St. Helena And the Bay of Souldania where the English usually refresh in their Voyages to the Indies Intermixt with pleasant Relations and Enlivened with Picture Price one Shilling III. THE English Empire in America or a Prospect of his Majesties Dominions in the West-Indies namely New-found-land New-England New-York New-Jersey Pensylvania Mary-land Virginia Carolina Bermuda's Barbuda Anguilla Montserrat Dominica St. Vincent Antego Mevis or Nevis St. Christophers Barbadoes and Jamaica With an Account of their Discovery Scituation and Product The Religion and Manners of the Indians and other excellencies of these Countreys To which is prefixed a Relation of the first Discovery of this New-World and of the Remarkable Voyages and Adventures of Sebastian Cabot Sir Martin Frobisher Captain Davies Captain Weymouth Captain Hall Captain Hudson Sir Thomas Cavendish the Earl of Cumberland Sir Walter Rawleigh and other English Worthies to divers places therein Illustrated with Maps and Pictures of the strange Fruits Birds Beasts Fishes Insects Serpents and Monsters found in these Parts of the World. Pr. 1. s. V. ENglands Monarchs Or A Compendious Relation of the most Remarkable Transactions and Observable Passages Ecclesiastical Civil Military which have happened during the Reigns of the Kings and Queens of England from the Invasion of the Romans under Julius Caesar to this present Adorned with Poems and the Pictures of every Monarch from King William the Conqueror to our most gracious Soveraign King James the Second with his present Majesties Life Heroick Actions and other Occurrences to this time The names of his now Majesties most Honourable Privy Council The Great Officers of the Crown A List of the Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscounts Bishops Barons and Deans The Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter at Windsor and the Principal Officers Civil and Military in England The number of the Lords and Commons who have Votes in both Houses of Parliament and many other very useful particulars Price One Shilling V. THE History of the Kingdoms of Scotland and Ireland containing 1. An Account of the most Remarkable Transactions and Revolutions in Scotland for above Twelve hundred years past during the Reigns of Sixty eight Kings from the year of our Lord 424. to the Happy Union of both Kingdoms under King James the Sixth of Scotland and first of England of Blessed Memory in 1602 and among other particulars the lamentable Murther of King Duffe with the strange Discovery and Punishment thereof The wonderful History of Mackbeth and the Witches with the many Notable Occurrences in his Reign 2. The History of Ireland from the Conquest thereof unto King Henry the Second to this time With a Relation of the Miraculous Persons and Places in that Countrey A full Account of St. Patrick's Purgatory and divers other memorable Matters Intermixt with Variety of Excellent Speeches Strange Accidents Prodigious Appearances and other very considerable things both pleasant and profitable With a List of the Nobility and Great Officers of State in both Kingdoms Illustrated with near Thirty Pictures and other extraordinary Observables Price One Shilling VI. DElights for the Ingenious In above Fifty Select and choice Emblems Divine and Moral Ancient and Modern Curiously Ingraven upon Copper Plates with Fifty delightful Poems and Lots for the more Lively Illustration of each Emblem Whereby Instruction and Good Counsel may be promoted and furthered by an honest and pleasant Recreation To which is prefixed An Incomparable Poem Intituled Majesty in Misery or an Imploration to the King of Kings written by his late Majesty King Charles the First with his own Hand during his Captivity in Carisbrook Castle in the Isle of Wight 1648. with a curious Emblem Collected by R. B. Price half a Crown VII SUrprizing Miracles of Nature and Art in two parts containing I. The Miracles of Nature or the wonderful Signs and Prodigious Aspects and Appearances in the Heavens Earth and Sea With an Account of the most famous Comets and other Prodigies from the Birth of Christ to this time II. 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another Address to his Mistress but while he is putting on his shoes his dead wife again appears in her ordinary habit and crossing the room in his sight says John will you not come to me and then vanished Upon this he again fell sick and calling for his Friend told him of this second apparition who again intreated him to desist or delay his design of marriage His sickness increasing he died soon after about which time he spoke of a third visit his wife had given him blaming him as if he had too soon forgotten her but gave no distinct account of it and therefore his Comrade could not be positive in it He was buried within a month after his wife One of the Ministers of Edenburgh hearing some whispering of this Apparition sent privately for his Companion who gave him the preceding just and true account adding that he having seen the Vision first some told him he would dye quickly but he lived long after the same Minister having marryed him to two wives since and is probably alive at the writing hereof Invis World. p. VII THere is a Narrative of sundry Apparitions of Satan unto and Assaults upon the Person of Mary the wife of Antonio Hortado dwelling near the Salmon Falls in New-England taken from her own mouth Aug. 13. 1683. Who relates that in June 1682. the said Mary heard a voice at the door of her dwelling saying What do you here About an hour after standing at the door she had a blow on her eye that struck her head against the door post and two or three days after a stone as she judged about a pound weight was thrown along within the house into the Chimney and going to take it up it was gone all the Family were in the house and no hand appearing which might be instrumental in throwing the stone About two hours after a Frying-pan then hanging in the Chimney was heard to ring so loud that not only those in the house heard it but others also that lived on the other side of the River above an hundred rods distant Whereupon she and her husband going in a Canoo over the River they saw something like the head of a man new shaved and the tail of a white Cat about three foot distance from each other swimming over before the Canoo but no body appeared to join head and tail together and they returning over the River in less than an hour the same Apparition followed them back again and disappeared at their Landing A day or two after the woman was struck on the head as she judged with a stone which made it swell and very sore She was then in the yard and going instantly into her house she was bitten black and blew on both arms and one of her breasts scratched the impression of the Teeth being like those of a man were seen by many whereupon leaving their house to sojourn at a Neighbours on the other side the River there appeared to the said Mary in that other house a Woman in a green safeguard a short blue cloak and a white Cap making an offer to strike her with a fireband but did not touch her The day following the same shape appeared again to her but now clothed with a gray gown white apron and white head-cloths and seemed to laugh several times but no voice heard Since when this Mary hath been freed from these Satanical molestations But her husband and she being returned in March after with their Family to dwell again in their house Antonio on his entrance into it hearing the noise of a man walking in his Chamber and seeing the Boards bend under him as he walked though no man to be seen in the chamber for they went on purpose to look he returned with his Family to dwell on the other side of the River yet planting his ground though he forsook his house He hath had five rods of good log fence or pales thrown down at once and the appearance of the feet of Oven plainly to be observed almost between every row of corn in the feild yet no Cattel seen there nor any damage done to his corn nor so much as any of the leaves of the corn cropt It is reported that some who should have been wiser advised the poor woman to stick the house round with Bayes as an effectual preservative against the power of evil Spirits this Counsel was followed and as long as the Bayes continued green she was quiet but when they began to wither they were all by an unseen hand carried away and the woman again tormented But certainly the making use of such remedies is in no wise lawful since men thereby seem to submit to the Devils directions who either operate or cease to do mischeif upon the use of such things Essay Provid p. 165. VIII ANother Accident no less remarkable happened at Portsmouth in new-New-England about the same time On June 11. 1682. being Lords day at night showers of stones were thrown both against the sides and roof of the house of Mr. George Walton some of the people went abroad and found the gate at some distance from the House thrown off the hinges and stones came thick about them sometimes falling down by them sometimes touching them without hurt though they seem'd to come with great force stones flew about the room the doors being shut the glass windows were shattered in peices by stones that seemed not to come from without but within the lead of the glass casements and window bars being driven forcibly outwards and so standing bent while a Gentleman was walking in the room a great hammer came brushing along against the Chamber-floor that was over his head and fell down by him A Candlestick was beaten off the Table They took up nine of the stones and marked them and laid them on the Table some of which were as hot as if they came out of the fire but several of these markt stones were found flying about again and thus it continued about four hours that night The Gentleman then went to bed but a stone came and threw open his Chamber door which was only put to and not lockt a brick was also sent on the same errand The stone that came in the Gentleman lockt up in his Chamber but it was fetcht out and carried with great noise into the next room The Spit was carried up the Chimney and came down with the point forward and stuck in a log on the fire and being removed by one of the Company to one side of the Chimney was by an unseen hand thrown out at the window It thus continued dayly though with some short intermission and then returned again The stones were usually thrown where the Master of the house was whether in the field or barn A black Cat was once seen while the stones flew and was shot at but she was too nimble for them Some of the Family affirm they once saw the appearance of an hand put forth at
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