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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19523	A short treatise declaringe the detestable wickednesse, of magicall sciences as necromancie. coniurations of spirites, curiouse astrologie and such lyke. Made by Francis Coxe	Coxe, Francis, fl. 1560.	1561 (1561)	STC 5950; ESTC S105100	9,432	34

of whome all the worlde speaketh whose woorkes remayne vnto this daye of whose ende are diuerse opinions some rumors haue ben that whā 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 for●●●●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 cōuaying away hys corps Ihon Grecian that coniuringe Pope after he had doon many deuelish thinges as testifieth Martinꝰ 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 sciēces 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 amēde 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 〈…〉 th●●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 ● counsayleth with spirites or a soothsayer or that asketh counsayll at the dead For all that do suche thinges are abominatiō 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 frō the beginning of the worlde Too the which Father Sōne and holy Spirite be eternall laudes prayses empire and glorie worldes without ende AMEN ¶ Finis

did bear to the trew prophetes of God his afflicted flock woorde of the crosse yet did the people so wauer the whole realm was so troubled so moued with the blinde enigmatical and deuelish prophestes of that heauen gaser Nostravamus in such sort that euen those whiche in their heartes coulde haue wisshed the glory of God and his worde moste florishing to be established were broughte into suche an extreme coldenes of faythe y ● they doubted God hadde forgotten hys promise yea they hong so choysly betwéne the heauenly fountayne of hope the bottomlesse pytte of vtter desperation that in doubt it was to which they woulde adhere or stick so great was thinfectiō of this pestilēciall poysoned lying prophesies Of all poysons moste difficulte to auoyde by mea nes of the sweete and pleasaunte myxture therof wherfore it may be called dulce venenū Aswete and delicious poyson but as the prouerbe sayeth sweete meats haths sower sauce so is this sweetnes tempered with an euerlastinge bitternes or gall For in these sciences Arologie Geomācis Necromancie and such like infinite contayned vnder the general name of Magick but especially Necromancy of which here chiefly I purpose to speake is one thinge promised but an other performed for why lest they seke ryches they finde beggerye for hope of good reporte they haue euel fame open shame for health diseases and grief for quyet myndes wandring wittes Of Christians they becomme infideles ●urninge the temple of y ● holy Ghoste into ●●agoge of Sathan Therfore deare cōtrymen flee frome these mooste wicked and damnable sciences of diuination manifestly prohibited by the sacred Scriptures and eternall woorde of God lette the loue of him whiche for thy sake sweate bothe water and bloudde and had his flesh rent vpon a crosse cause thee to withdraw thy mynde from the snares of vtter despayre But if that maye not preuayle with thee let the feare of reuenge at least wise abate thy corage therin and learne this lesson Felix quē faciunt aliena pericula cautum Happye and fortunate are thei whome other mens harmes do cause to be ware The God of Godds who suffereth no good deed tobe vnrewarded no wicked offence vnpunisshed whiche hathe said heauen and earth shall perish but his word shall endure hath not only manifestly in diuers sundry places of the scriptures forbidē the vse and exercise of suche curious sciences but also hath appointed sharp punishment to the vsers thereof that is no lesse then death This godly and wholsom law was in tyme past executed within this realme by the terrour whereof many were feared from these practises But now whilest this lawe for lacke of execution hath lyen a slepe and thoffendors nothinge punished it was in suche sorte encreased that it was made a berye handycrafte so that manye lyued therby yea thought they did as honestly gette and gather their substaunce as he whiche dayly swet for the same The people were growen vnto suche a folly that scant wolde thei ryde or go anye iorney onelesse thei cōsultide either with these blynde prophetes or at the least with their prophecies whiche yearly to no litle hurt bothe in the fayth of Christ wealth of the realme were without all shame deuulgid What hurt it did in the faith before I haue shewed what damage it procurid to y ● commun wealth mai easly be iudged for what with their comminacions of warres and dearth they so tickled the myndes of vnsatiable niggards that without al neede euē a middest the plentye we liued yet in pen●urie Wel to my purpose I promised to open the wicked and blasphemous secretes of these deuelish sciences And although I bende my selfe wholy to write agaynste y ● superstitious and hellishe practises of Necromancie I do not exempte the curious parte of Astrologie frome the number of them whose vtter deuastation and cōfoūding before God I most earnestly desire wishe for this I am able to iustifie haue the like in my selfe experimented that of a truthe it is Malorum esca the very bayte or trayne to fer greater mischeues Neuer was there any that coulde yet holde hym selfe content with the simple knowledge of Astrologie but wolde wade furder in those sciences of prediction hauing this as ● grounde worke to ser hygher matters I neede not here to speake any more of it for who list to reade the commendable worke of fulce vttered too the same intent shall finde of what force it is But this I knowe that what euer is conteyned within their bokes whiche they esteme as principall rules and pillers of their knowledge to be nothing els but meare fables and toyes that in them there is no truth at all Experience therin haue I had diuers and sondry kyndes not by the iudgement of one or .ij. but a number yea euen of the chefest and mooste experte amongest whome I shall recyte the iudgement of one forme of his calculation The question was moued for stolen goddes the houre was by an instrument exactly takē the Astrologer draweth the fourme of y ● .xij. houses so calculateth for the time which had he domineth now in his forsayde calculation moued w t talke and forgetting hym selfe as he afterward confessed where he shoulde haue subtracted he added and by that meanes placed y ● signe that shoulde haue ben ascendinge in the .vii. house and so contrarely that signe whiche shoulde haue ben in the .vij. house placed he in the firste wherby all his work was turned vpsidedoun as we properly terme it the carte set before the horse yet he not finding this his great errour gaue iudgement that it shoulde be had agayne so fell it out that it was recouered Whervppon maye easly be gathered that if he had calculated right according to the rules of arte he shoulde haue quite missed the cusshion O how certayn a science is this trow ye and of how good a grounde Yet will they presume to enter in iudgements of the secrete motions of men whiche God hath reserued to his owne proper knowledge I wolde suche did remember this disticon of wise Cato Mitto arcana dei celūqque inquirere quid fit Cū sis mortalis que sunt mortalia cures He teacheth them wherein to be accupied and not to medle with y ● misteries of God Yea this he sayeth more vnto them euē in the same boke folowing thus Quid deus intendat noli perquirere sorte Quid statuat de te sine te deliberet ipse These are the presumptious imps of Sathan which cā not yet be cōtēt here to seke out according to y ● hardnes of their hearts as Paul to the Romains the .ij. Chapter testifieth sease not to heap vnto them selues wrath against the day of wrath For y ● starres skyes are not sufficiēt for their future prediction but they muste adioyne therevnto moste detestable partes or societye with spirites Which thing when they go about wolde