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A09156	The Isle of Man: or, the legall proceeding in Man-shire against sinne Wherein, by way of a continued allegorie, the chiefe malefactors disturbing both Church and common-wealth, are detected and attached; with their arraignment, and iudiciall triall, according to the lawes of England. The spirituall vse thereof, with an apologie for the manner of handling, most necessary to be first read, for direction in the right vse of the allegory thorowout, is added in the end. By R.B. ...	Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641.	1627 (1627)	STC 1947; ESTC S101708	79,283	417

and is a Witch and hath by his or her owne wayes brought this euill vpon him or her without the practice of any other Witch 4. Whether they might proceed vpon meere presumptions against the suspected or rather stay till they had more certaine and grounded pro●fet 5. Whether they could none of them being read in any learned Tractates touching the practices of Witches rightly examine the suspected to finde out a Witch and so to bring him or her deseruedly vnder the power of Authority There is now come forth by the leaue of Authority a Guide to Grand-Iury men in cases of Witch-craft my suit is that they would be pleased to accept of my well-meaning therein In which all these points before are fully handled as also That there are witches who are most subiect to be made Witches How they prepare themselues for the Deuill How Satan draweth thē to a league becommeth familiar with them That there are good Witches and the signes to know them That there are bad Witches and how then practise and what it is that they can doe and how many things must concurre in bewitching What are the signes to know one to be bewitched That Witches may be detected What are strong presūptions of a Witch What are the certaine euidences against such an one How throughly to examine a Witch With many other particulars set forth in 28 distinct Chapters fully and yet with great breuity The death of fiue brethren and sisters lately condemned and executed for Witches one more yet remaining formerly brought before a Iudge and now in danger to bee questioned againe hath mooued mee to take this paine not to preuent Iustice nor to hinder legall proceedings but that I may not be mistaken nor wronged as I was once and more should haue beene had not the wisdome and goodnesse of so reuerend a Iudge accepted graciously of my vpright Apologie against vaine Accusers I made a Petition then to my Lord the Iudge to the worthy then M. Sheriffe and to all the Worshipfull of the Bench then present which I am bold to renew againe more publikely and that now this third time because it pleased that reuerend Iudge so well to like thereof to second it and is wished of many to finde some good effect at the length The state of poore prisoners is well knowne and how their soules safety is neglected and yet our Sauiour gaue such a testimony to a penitent theefe as hee neuer gaue to any mortall man else for he told him that he should be that day with him in Paradise How blessed a worke would it be to haue maintenance raised for a learned godly and graue Diuine that might attend to instruct thē daily Twelue pence a quarter of one parish with another in our Countie would encourage some compassionate holy man thereunto And what is this Not a mite out of euery mans purse to saue soules If with this instruction there should bee meanes to set them also on worke they might get somewhat for food for raiment They might so preuent the miserable fruits of sloth their mindes would bee imployed their bodies bee preserued in health and not pine away and be consumed with vermine Yea enforced labour there would terrifie loose vagrants lazie wanderers and the idle rout from turning the eues more then either imprisonment or death hitherto hath done And besides such as should escape would by this heauenly meanes of instruction and bodily labour become through Gods mercy more profitable members in the Commō-Weale afterwards whereas now they become twice more the children of Belial than they were before Oh let me be hold earnestly to beseech you and in all humility to craue your mercifull and tender bowels of compassion towards them And first of you right Honourable my Lords the Iudges who sit as Gods among men to giue iudgement vpon this so wretched and so miserable a generation of mankinde that if they die they may be more ready with all patience and submission of spirit to receiue their iust reward and your doome of death vpon them or if they be acquitted and so liue they may learne afterwards to liue the life of good Christians and so make a good vse of their deliuerance And would not this reioyce your hearts to forward such a worke when your Lordships doe know that the blessed Angels doe reioyce at the conuersion of Sinners Next of you Worthy Master Sheriffe vnder whose wisedome religious affection tender mercies and powerfull habilities the Prison and the Prisoners be for the time present Shall not this worke set forward by you be vnto you an euerlasting remembrance Then of all you Right Worshipfull the worthy Iustices of our Country by whose authority these offenders are sent vnto prison Oh that it might not displease you to heare me calling vpon you by name who I hope are well-minded to such a blessed and charitable a worke Yee deseruedly honoured Knights Sir George Speke Sir Iohn Stowel Sir Francis Popham Sir Henry Barkley Sir Iohn Windham Sir Iohn Horner Sir Edward Rodney and Sir Robert George And may I not here also name the worthily esteemed of their Country though not at this present in Commission with you Sir Ralph Hopton Sir Robert Philips Sir Charles Barkley and Sir Edward Barkley All to be graciously pleased to commiserate their lamentable case and to helpe forward this worke of pietie and pitie towards prisoners O yee other worthies of your Country no lesse generously affected Iohn Powlet Robert Hopton Edward Rogers George Lutterell Iohn May Fra. Baber Ro. Cuffe Tho. Breerton Io. Coles William Francis Rice Dauys Thomas Windham Iohn Harrington Io. Harbin William Capel and Anth. Stocker Esquires let the bowels of compassion compasse you about that you may affect this so good a deed and be honoured for euer in bringing to passe so rare a charitie The worke surely would blesse you all Alas the Prison now is a very picture of Hell and more is the pitie as the case now stands is no lesse than a preparatiue thereto for want of daily instruction It would be by a faithfull ministery and bodily imploiment of them a house of correction with instruction and so happily the way of life Then might charity quicken vp iustice to send offenders obstinately persisting in euill and abusing their liberty vnto prison in good hope of their reformation The losse of their corporall liberty might through Gods mercy then gaine them spirituall freedome Health by labour would be preserued and their soules by wholsome instruction saued The Father of our Lord Iesus Christ perswade your well-disposed hearts to such an vnbegun worke among so many good deeds very famous in this renowned Nation The spirit of the Lord God of Heauen and Earth rest vpon you to cause you to affect this and in time to effect the same by stirring vp the Country and by your owne mercies in your life times you giuing

thine age it procureth thee no pittie at all because thou hast beguiled vndone and bewitched so many Thine age should haue taught thee better things but thy obstinacy in wickednesse would not suffer thee Heare therefore thy Sentence Thou Mistresse Heart hast beene indited by the name of Mistresse Heart of those Fellonies Murthers Conspiracies and rebellions and for the same hast beene arraigned thou hast pleaded not guilty hast put thy selfe to the triall and beene found guilty hauing nothing iustly to say for thy selfe This is the Law Thou shalt be carried back from whence thou camest and there liue condemned to perpetuall imprisonment vnder Master Newman the Keeper without baile or maine prize Gaoler take her to thee look to the prisoner and keepe this Heart diligently and take heed lest there be at any time in you an heart of Infidelity to depart from the liuing God Master Sheriffe Religion and the Vnder Sheriffe Resolution doe see it performed very carefully and speedily according to the sentence giuen After Mistresse Hearts arraignment and condemnation wilfull Will is commanded to the Barre and to hold vp his hand and his Inditement was read Wilfull Will thou art indited by the name of wilfull Will of the Towne of Free and in the County of Euill that thou partaking with Old-man and lewdly liuing at the bent of Mistris Heart hast beene a Champion for them ready to act all their villanies and vpon euery motion of theirs or any sollicitation of those her harlotrie maids her passions hast from time to time gathered together all the powers thou couldest make within this Isle of Man to raise rebellion and by force and armes hast often attempted to rush in and vpon this Maiesties Garrison appointed for the safe keeping of the Towne of Soule so of the whole Iland and thereby hast giuen occasion to the Enemies to seeke to inuade the same contrary to the peace of our Soueraigne Lord the King his Crown and dignitie What sayest thou to this Inditement guilty or not guilty His answer was not guilty my Lord and so put himselfe vpon his triall by God and the Countrey Then were witnesses called out and the first of them was the Captaine of the Garrison which was one Captaine Reason This Captaine comming before the Iudge was asked what he could say for the King against the prisoner at the Barre My Lord saith he by my Soueraignes appointment I was made Captaine of this Garrison in Soule and his Maiestie also was pleased to place this Prisoner in the same for his seruice but yet vnder mee and at my command and not to doe what hee himselfe listed But he hauing conceited himselfe to be free and not vnder controlment being growne Full hee hath by the bewitching of Mistrisse Heart and her Maids endeuoured to beare all the sway treading downe with contempt all my lawfull commands I made many fortifications against his violent courses to restraine his out-roades lest thereby he should haue made way for his Enemies breaking in vpon vs to the danger of the whole Iland but all these fortifications very often he hath defaced and by the force of strong passions hath borne them downe before him without any regard of supreme or subordinate authority whatsoeuer He may well my Lord be called wilfull Will for except hee be more vnder subiection neither I his Captaine no● euer an Officer in the whole band will be obeyed yea assuredly my Lord if he be not curbed the whole Towne of Soul will be ouerthrowne and all the Iland fall into the Enemies hand to the great dishonour of his Maiestie And this is that which haue for the present to say My Officers if it please your Lordship to haue them called can say very much against him Then saith the Clerke Cryer call in Captain Reasons Lieutenant What 's his name saith the Cryer He is saith the Clerke called Discourse Lieutenant Discourse come into the Court Vous aues the Lieutenant Lieutenant what can you say touching this wilfull Will the prisoner at the Barre My Lord my Captaine and I haue had many occasions of much conference vpon very serious busines into which this Prisoner hath often intruded himselfe and thereby hath greatly hindred our designments For say wee what we could hee would haue all things goe after his pleasure and onely to satisfie the lust of Mistresse Heart and some of her drabs on whom hee hath attended and by whom he hitherto hath beene too much ruled and I may say most strangely bewitched hauing no power to denie them any thing Our Ancient my Lord can further informe you How call you him saith the Iudge Hee is called my Lord Profession Then saith the Cryer Ancient Profession come into the Court Vous aues Profession Ancient What can you say for the King against the Prisoner at the Barre My Lord when I bare my colours of a Holy conuersation and displaid the same in Word and Deed before the company he hath attempted and that not seldome to rend and teare them and this not onely within our selues but sometime also before and in the very sight of the Enemy hath sought to deface my Colours through his violent disposition vntamed nature with the helpe of enraged passions to my vtter disgrace and not to mine onely but to the whole band of good qualities gifts and graces in the Towne of Soule So heady he is and so peruersly bent to his owne will that hee neuer regardeth for the present what may happen afterwards Our two Sergeants can more at large discouer him if it please your Lordship to heare them Here they stand by me What do you call them saith the Iudge My Lord saith the Ancient the one is Sergeant Vnity and the other is Sergeant Order worthy Souldiers my Lord and very seruiceable for good gouernment Sergeant Vnity come in What can you say of this Prisoner My Lord when all the whole band louingly as one man were obedient in all things hee vpon euery least discontent did mutinie and endeuoured to set vs at ods one against another He hath adhered to secret Conspiracies of inbred Corruptions yea and hath not beene only found to fauour but also to stand for and to grace our open enemies euen Satans suggestions and the pompes and vanities of this wicked world to whom hee hath beene so seruiceable as if he had beene a prest Souldier for them forgetting his faith and allegiance to his owne Soueraigne If he be not my Lord suppressed he will at the length be our vtter ouerthrow My fellow Sergeant Order can say more Sergeant Order What is that you haue to witnesse against the Prisoner My Lord whensoeuer he commeth out of that lewd Harlots house Mistresse Hearts and from among her young Strumpets hee is so enraged as hee behaueth himselfe more like a sauage beast than a man All is by him put out of order our Captaine cannot

or the property of new Vpstarts neuer hauing had the right breeding of true Gentry nor the vnderstanding of the true qualities of a Gentleman indeed But seeing thou art humble and penitent and maist doe his Maiesty good seruice hereafter thy deserued sentence shall bee deferred off till his Maiesties pleasure be further known concerning thee yet in the meane space thou art to be bound to thy good behauiour and be carried back againe to remaine vnder the custody of Master Newman Gaoler take him to thee and see him forth comming whensoeuer he shall be called for Then said he I humbly thanke your Lordship and so bowing himselfe to the Bench he is carried away from the Barre to the place from whence hee came to remaine Prisoner vntill hee should bee released After hee was remoued the Gaoler was commanded to set Mistresse Hearts Maids to the Barre But vpon deliberation they were sent to Ward againe vnto another time The reason was for that two great Traitors and Rebels chiefe amongst the damned crue were presently to bee arraigned which would take vp the allotted time before the Court should breake vp and the Bench arise These two were Couetousnesse and Idolatry Capitall Theeues pestilently mischieuous against God his Worship and Seruice against the Church and against the Cōmon-weale Couetousnesse was ioyned with Idolatry because he is also called Idolatry Now all other Prisoners remoued and the Iudge with the Bench ready for these the Clerke willeth the Crier to command the Gaoler to set Couetousnesse to the Barre which the Gaoler doth forth with Then saith he vnto him Couetousnesse hold vp thy hand and heare thy Inditement Couetousnesse thou art here indited by the name of Couetousnesse in the Towne of Want in the County of Neuerfull that from the day of thy first being thou hast beene the root of all euill hauing made some to play the Theeues others to commit Treason against our Soueraigne Lord the King others to murther Innocents for their inheritance Thou art also here indited for bribery extortion oppression vsurie iniustice cousenage vnmercifulnesse and a multitude of outragious Villanies besides thy hindering men in holy duties and meanes of Saluation forcing them headlong to their destruction contrary to the Peace of our Soueraigne Lord the King his Crowne and Dignity What sayest thou to this Inditement guilty or not guilty He answereth not guilty my Lord and so hee puts himselfe vpon the triall After this the parties that can giue Euidence are called in and first Repentance is commanded to produce his Witnesses Repentance what can you say My Lord since the Prisoner was committed to prison and put into Ward some of my witnesses are dead as Achan Ahab and Iudas Then saith the Iudge looke the Records Clerke and reade them My Lord I reade here that Acan confessed that by Couetousnesse hee was moued to looke vpon a wedge of gold and so coueting stole it and with it a Babylonish garment to the death and destruction of him and all his Also I here finde how through Couetousnesse Ahab longed for poore Naboths Vineyard and so eagerly as hee fell sicke for it because hee could not haue his will But Iesabel procured by his leaue and liking the death of Naboth and his sons and so got possession of the Vineyard Moreouer I finde here that Iudas confessed how hee betrayed the innocent bloud of our Sauiour through couetousnesse and desire of money This is all the Confession my Lord in the Records Then the Iudge willeth the Constable and his Assistants which were at the apprehending of him to bee called who make their appearance Constable what can you say and those that were with you against this prisoner at the Barre My Lord when wee went to make search for him hee hid himselfe so close as wee had much adoe at first to finde him in Mistresse Hearts house who had almost perswaded vs that hee had not beene there vntill I learned it from Dauid the man of God whom I had found petitioning the Lord Chiefe Iustice for a Warrant of the good behauiour against the Couetousnesse of the Heart Then thought I certainly hee is here in this house for if Dauid feared to haue him in his Heart that gaue so many millions of gold and siluer 3300. Cart-load of Treasure for the building of the Temple can I thinke him not to bee here I sought therefore diligently my Lord and found him but before I could attach him hee was got into a darke corner and attempted to blow out my Candlelight and to haue escaped mee But I and my Company tooke such diligent heed to him as hee could not get from vs yet before we could binde him and bring him away hee endeuoured to mischiefe as many as came neere him would by no meanes obey my Warrant as the rest here my Lord can tell if you please to heare them Then began euery one of them to speak Care complained that hee had almost choaked him with the world and worldly businesses so as hee had no leasure to minde heauenly things Clearing accused him that he had so vndermined his vnderstanding at vnawares as almost hee had broken the necke of his good name and reputation of his profession and Religion Indignation complained that hee had well nigh lost his life by him for whereas before hee could not behold Sinne but with an holy anger now profit of Sinne through this cursed Couetousnesse made him looke cheerefully vpon it and heartily welcom it for profits sake Feare complained that he did bewitch him for said he whereas before I was tender hearted and trembled at Gods Word desire of gaine made mee loth to lose my commodity though I got it with Sin Vehement desire did greatly complaine of his violent setting vpon him to make him eager after earthly things so as he could hardly take any rest Zeale complained that hee strucke himselfe hard vpon the head as the blow made him in hope of gain almost without sense of Gods glory which before hee preferred aboue all things in the world Lastly Reuenge complained that the Prisoner had attempted to murther him and so wounded him as whereas before hee could master sinne now hee was growne so weake as any gainfull sinne was able to master him and to bring him vnder command When these had spoken what they could the rest were brought to giue euidence and these also were men of very good account and of great worth in their Country Master Church Master Common-Weale Master Houshold Master Neighbour-hood and Master Good-worke who hauing answered to their names they giue in Euidence one by one Master Church what can you say against the prisoner at the Barre My Lord I am not able to reckon the particular mischiefes hee hath done against me There falleth neuer a Benefice of any reasonable value but hee sets many

to watch ouer their waies and to find out their sinnes set out by Watchmen p. 10. to 13. 3 That God hath giuen vs helpes in his holy word to find out and to know sin to bee sinne set out vnder the name of an Hue Cry p. 14. to 18. 4 That some people are so wickedly bent to sin that to hide their owne sinfull courses they become deadly Enemies to most excellent vertues set out vnder the names of Master Outside Master Worldliwise and the rest p. 18. to 25. 5 That sinne escapeth often vnder the name and cloake or habite of vertue set out vnder the shifts which theeues vse to make to escape their pursuers p. 26. to 28. 6 That sinne hath many to fauour it and who chiesty they bee set out vnder seuerall names p. 29. to 36. 7. That yet for all these shifts and these Fauourites a godly man wil in obedience to Gods Commandement search it out set foorth vnder the Constables Warrant from the Lord chiefe Iustice p. 37. to 38. 8 That to search out sin is required Vnderstanding set out by an officer which hath authoritie to search p. 39. 9 That not euery vnderstanding but the vnderstanding illuminate by grace is that which can find out sin set out by the Deputy Constable the Tythingman the Petie Constable chiefe Constable p. 39. 46. 10 That where such vnderstanding is there is a gracious reformation set out by the chiefe Constables familie p. 47. to 50. 11 That this vnderstanding to apprehend sinne needeth other graces to assist it in his spirituall search set out by the name of the Constables men seruants his Neighbor and his Neighbours children p. 50. to 53. 12 That truly and vprightly to proceed in search of our sinnes we must before hand remoue selfe-loue and selfe conceit set out by two busie companions p. 54. to 56. 13 That the place in the soule where principally sinne is to be searched out is the heart set out by a Common Iune p. 57. to 58. 14 That the fiue senses are so many inlets for sinne into the heart and what kinds of sinnes enter in at euery seuerall sense set out by the Iune-doores p. 59. to 62. 15 That sinnes possesse not the heart foorthwith from the sense but in a naturall order and by degrees set out by the Hall Parlour Chamber and Dining roome p. 63. 16. That the passions of the heart are many what is their force and effects set out vnder Mistris Hearts Maids p. 84. to 69. 17 That the will of man is miserably misled made as a very slaue to the deceit of the heart and passions thereof set out by the name of Will her master p 69. 70 18 That sinnes once entertained into the heart do there finde matter of nourishment there to abide and rest set out by an Hostesse entertaining plentifully her Guests from a Table well furnished diligent attendance lodging roomes and beds p. 71. to 80. 19 That ill ordred affections and ouerswaying passions are accompanied with many euils set out by Guests lodged in seuerall beds p. 80. to 83. 20 That where the heart doth nourish vp sinnes there the sinners liue securely without repentance through hardnesse of heart set out by lodging in a bed securely after full dyet p. 83 21 That where the vnderstanding is sanctified there the heart is strucke with Gods feare to shake off security set out by the Constable attaching a Fellon p. 83. 22 That vpon this feare of God a well informed iudgement will fall to a true and serious examination of all a mans wayes whereby godly sorrow is wrought to follow sinne vnto the death set out by a Iustice of Peace his office his examining a fellon binding some ouer to prosecute against him and sending him to prison p. 84. to 95. 23 That a regenerate man horne anew getteth at length masterie ouer his own heart and bringeth his body into subiection set out by Master Newman the Goaler p. 95. to 97. 24 That the new man is renewed in knowledge holynesse and righteousnesse by the heauenly power whereof he is kept and preserued from all the euils of sinne wickednesse against either God or his neighbour set out by the three vnder Goalers p. 97 98 99. 25 That a godly man vseth all holy meanes to curb sinne and to keepe in corruptions of nature that they breake not foorth to the disgrace of Religion set out by fettering of Prisoners and carefully looking to the Prison house p. 100. to 105. In the second part 1 That there ought to be a time of trial and a iust condemning of sin in our selues set out by an Assises p. 107. 2 That God hath set in euery man a Conscience to iudge of his own wayes without all partialitie set out by the Iudge of Assises p. 108. to 113. 3 That Conscience must bee well informed of all the particulars whereof it is to iudge else it will not nor cannot iudge aright set out by the Iustices and others sitting in Commission with a Iudge p. 113. to 117. 4 That the holy Scriptures are the onely rule to proceed by against sinne set out by a Grand Iurie p. 117. to 124. 5 That he which would proceed strictly against all and euery sinne is a man to be qualified with many vertues set out by a Pettie Iurie p. 124. to 130. 6 That as vices be so vicious persons are opposite to vertues and vertuous men set out by the prisoners challenging the Iurie p. 130. to 135. 7 That there are a generation of men setting themselues wholly for the world which are neither true louers of vertue nor haters of vice but so as either may be vsefull for thēselues set out vnder a full Iurie of indifferent Gentlemen p. 135 136. 8 That there is in euerie one an inbred corruption foule and euill set out vnder the name of Oldman p. 137 to 145. 9 That the heart is desperately wicked most deceitfull and vaine ●et out by the name of Mistresse Heart arraigned and condemned p. 145. to 160 10 That the will of man is most rebelliously bent against all due subiection set out by Wilful Will arraigned p. 160. to 184. 11 That Couetousnesse is a most cursed sinne the root of all euill euery where set out by all the Witnesses produced against it p. 184. to 187. 12 That Couetousnesse is a deceitfull sinne hauing many pretences subtilly to couer it selfe set out by the answers thereof at the arraignment p. 187. to 232. 13 That Couetousnesse is not honest thrift as is cleare by proofe and the euident signes of Couetousnesse set out by witnesses Master Proofe and master Signes p. 232. to 263. 14 That Papistrie is Idolatry a patcherie of heresie Iudaisme and Paganisme set out in the arraignment thereof p. 263. to 265. 15 That there are twelue wayes to confute Papistrie set out by the impanelled Iurie against it p. 265. to 269 16 That Veritie it selfe and true Christianitie