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A19406 The triall of vvitch-craft shewing the true and right methode of the discouery: with a confutation of erroneous wayes. By Iohn Cotta, Doctor in Physicke.; Triall of witch-craft Cotta, John, 1575?-1650? 1624 (1624) STC 5836.5; ESTC S116293 114,816 176

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THE TRIALL OF VVITCH-CRAFT SHEWING THE TRVE AND RIGHT METHODE of the Discouery WITH A Confutation of erroneous wayes By IOHN COTTA Doctor in Physicke LONDON Printed by I. L. for RICHARD HIGGENBOTHAM and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Angel in Pauls Church-yard 1624. ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE To the Editor of the Northampton 〈◊〉 Caronia● THE TRIAL OF WITCHCRAFT Sir In A Brief History of Witchcraft Taylor and Son 1366 I find that in 1616 Dr. John Cotta an eminent physician of Northampton published a thoughtful work decidedly in advance of his age entitled The Trial of Witchcraft and a foot-note gives the following The Triall of Witch-craft shewing the Trve and Righte Methode of the Discouery with a Confutation of erroneous wayes By John Cotta Doctor in Physicke London Printed by George Pvralowe for Samuel Rand and are to be solde at his shop neere Holburne Bridge 1616 4 to The following is the title of the second edition ' The Infallible Trve and Assvred VVitch or the Second Edition of the Tryall of Witch-craft Shevving the Right and Trve Methode of the Discoverie with a Confutation of Erroneovs Waies carefvlly Reviewed and more fully Cleared and Augmented By Iohn Cotta Doctor in Physicke London Printed for I.L. by R.H. and are to be solde at signe of the Grey-hound in Pauls Church-yard 1625 4 to I have a copy of this work which contains the two title pages which read as follows The Triall of VVitch-craft Shewing the Trve and Right Methode of the Discouery with a Confutation of erroneous wayes By Iohn Cotta Doctor in Physicke London Printed by I.L. for Richard Higgenbotham and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Angel in Pauls Church-yard 1624. Second title page The Infallible Trve and Assvrerd VVitch or the Second Edition of the Tryall of Witch-craft shevving the Right and Trve Methode of the Discoverie with a Confvtation of Erroneovs VVaies Carefvlly Reviewed and more fully cleared and Augmented By Iohn Cotta Doctor in Physicke London Printed by I.L. for Richard Higgenbotham and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Angel in Pauls Churchyard 1624. Were there two issues of second edition of this book in 1624 and 1625 or is the quotation in The History of Witchcraft incorrect Yours truly ANTIQVS THE TRIAL OF WITCHCRAFT Sir If your correspondent Antiqvs would refer to the copy of my Bibliotheca Northantonensis recently purchased by the Northampton Public Library he would see that my edition of the History of Witch-craft is perfectly correct and his own letter wrong Surely a correspondent who cannot correctly copy a title page that is before him should not be mistakenly hypercritical about other people's books JOHN TAYLOR Sir In reply to Mr. Taylor 's hasty 〈◊〉 I 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●y that although the Bibliotheca Northampton 〈◊〉 verifies the quotation in the History of Wit● it does not show my letter to be wrong On 〈…〉 my letter with the title pages I find it to be correct in every detail the only difference being that in the words sold shop and signe s's are tried 〈◊〉 place of the long s's used in the title page As 〈◊〉 edition or variety of second edition appears to be unknown to Mr. Taylor I presume the British Museum and other large libraries do not possess one Yours truly ANTIQVS 1047 WITCHCRAFT COTTA John M.D. THE TRIALL OF WITCH-CRAFT shewing the Trve and Right Method of the Discouery with a Confusation of erroneous wayes By JOHN COTTA Doctor in Physicke George Pvrslowe for Samvel Rand 1616. FIRST EDITION sm 4to sewn RARE £6 15s Cotta's most celebrated book The erroneous ways of proving a witch confuted by Cotta are those by means of fire and water and the like which are convincingly shown to be foolish and misleading but the author would have deserved more credit had he not at the same time expressed the interested opinion that the best method of discovering witchcraft is to take a Physician 's advice on the subject THE INFALLIBLE TRVE AND ASSVRED VVITCH OR THE SECOND EDITION OF THE TRYALL OF WITCH-CRAFT SHEWING THE RIGHT AND TRVE METHODE OF THE DISCOVERIE WITH A CONFVTATION OF ERRONEOVS VVAIES CAREFVLLY REVIEWED AND more fully cleared and Augmented By IOHN COTTA Doctor in Physicke LONDON Printed by I.L. for RICHARD HIGGENBOTHAM and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Angel in Pauls Church-yard 1624. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE SIR IAMES LEY KNIGHT and BARONET Lord chiefe Iustice of ENGLAND and to the rest of the Honourable Right Reuerend and worthy Iudges RIGHT Honourable Lords I formerly Dedicated a small Treatise vnto the Honourable Societie of the reuerend Iudges who then filled the awfull seates of Law and Iustice I aduenture the second time to present it reuiewed augmented and cleared from some part of that darknesse which haply hath hitherto clouded it from bright acceptance Information tending vnto truths discouerie though from the meanest wit or person vnto your Lordships cannot be vnacceptable whom Law doth make the Sentensers of Trueth which is the Soule and Sentense of the Law The matter and subject propounded is not trifling or vnworthy nor can be any disdaine vnto Noble greatnesse nor is vnto any Honourable order more proper then to your Lordships Indeede the difficultie of the matter presseth a studious consideration an orderly continuall linking and holding together of all materiall circumstances vnto the maine scope a faithfull and strong memorie quicknesse of apprehension and solide iudgement but in the end vnto such as are industrious and desirous of Trueth will yeeld a delightfull and thanke-worthy compensation thereof I presume not to direct or prescribe nor doe purposely oppose any other different opinion but inoffensiuely tender my owne vnto the publique good and hauing meerely deuoted it vnto truth doe humbly submit it vnto your Lordships the vowed Patrons of right and truth Your Lordships in all humble dutie and desire IOHN COTTA The Printer to the Reader THE Author perceiuing his former Tractate or first edition thereof either not diligently read or not truly by many men vnderstood he hath now by a second edition thereof offered more ease and light vnto such as are willing to search after truth both by the addition of many things before omitted as also by this plaine direction vnto all the most speciall points in the whole Treatise as followeth The contents of the first Chapter 1. How Knowledge doth come vnto man 2. How mans Knowledge is confined and limited CHAP. II. 1. That many things are hidden from the Knowledge of all men indifferently by the decree of God and Nature 2. That many things are reuealed vnto the industrious learned which are hidden from the slothfull and vnlearned CHAP. III. That witchcraft cannot bee discouered or knowne but by the common waies and meanes of all other Knowledge and discouery CHAP. IIII. 1. The Knowledge and power of Spirits how exceeding the Knowledge and power of man 2. Good Spirits and euill