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notorious_a lie_n and_o commit_v many_o injurious_a execution_n whereby_o the_o pope_n themselves_o also_o may_v just_o be_v detect_v of_o error_n strigib_o contrary_a to_o the_o catholic_a belief_n in_o that_o behalf_n marry_o he_o say_v that_o although_o the_o word_n and_o direct_a sense_n of_o this_o counsel_n be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o truth_n and_o his_o opinion_n yet_o he_o will_v make_v a_o exposition_n thereof_o that_o shall_v somewhat_o mitigate_v the_o lewdness_n of_o the_o same_o and_o this_o he_o say_v be_v not_o only_o allowable_a to_o do_v but_o also_o meritorious_a mark_v the_o man_n word_n and_o judge_v his_o meaning_n chap._n xvii_o witchmonger_n reason_n to_o prove_v that_o witch_n can_v work_v wonder_n bodins_n tale_n of_o a_o friesland_n priest_n transport_v that_o imagination_n proceed_v of_o melancholy_n do_v cause_n illusion_n phâ—risi_n old_a m._n malificarum_fw-la also_o say_v that_o the_o counsel_n and_o doctor_n be_v all_o deceive_v herein_o and_o allege_v 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the_o threaten_n and_o curse_n pronounce_v by_o god_n and_o express_v in_o his_o word_n and_o thus_o much_o touch_v the_o word_n kasam_n the_o ten_o book_n chap._n i._n the_o interpretation_n of_o this_o hebrew_n word_n onen_fw-mi of_o the_o vanity_n of_o dream_n and_o divination_n thereupon_o onen_fw-mi differ_v not_o much_o from_o kasam_n but_o that_o it_o be_v extend_v to_o the_o interpretation_n of_o dream_n and_o as_o for_o dream_n whatsoever_o credit_n be_v attribute_v unto_o they_o proceed_v of_o folly_n and_o they_o be_v fool_n that_o trust_v in_o they_o for_o why_o 5._o they_o have_v deceive_v many_o in_o which_o respect_n the_o prophet_n give_v we_o good_a warning_n not_o to_o follow_v nor_o harken_v to_o the_o expositor_n of_o dream_n for_o they_o come_v through_o the_o multitude_n of_o business_n and_o therefore_o those_o witch_n that_o make_v man_n believe_v they_o can_v prophesy_v upon_o dream_n as_o know_v the_o interpretation_n of_o they_o and_o either_o for_o money_n or_o glory_n abuse_v man_n and_o woman_n thereby_o be_v mere_a cousener_n and_o worthy_a of_o great_a punishment_n as_o be_v such_o witchmonger_n as_o believe_v they_o attribute_n unto_o they_o sâ—chdivine_a power_n 〈◊〉_d only_o belong_v to_o god_n word_n as_o appear_v in_o jeremy_n the_o prophet_n chap._n ii_o of_o divine_a natural_a and_o casual_a dream_n with_o their_o differ_a cause_n and_o effect_n macrobius_n recount_v five_o difference_n of_o image_n or_o rather_o imagination_n exhibit_v unto_o they_o that_o sleep_n which_o for_o the_o most_o part_n do_v figniâ—ie_v somewhat_o in_o admonition_n somnijs_fw-la there_o be_v also_o many_o subdivision_n make_v hereof_o which_o i_o think_v needless_a to_o rehearse_v in_o jasper_n percer_n they_o be_v to_o be_v see_v with_o the_o causeâ—_n and_o occasion_n of_o dream_n there_o be_v woâ—â—_n to_o be_v deliver_v from_o god_n himself_o oâ—_n his_o angel_n certain_a dream_n and_o vision_n unto_o the_o prophet_n and_o holy_a father_n 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surfeit_n hunger_n thirst_n etc._n etc._n galen_n and_o boetius_fw-la be_v say_v to_o deal_v with_o devil_n because_o they_o tell_v so_o just_o their_o patient_n dream_n or_o rather_o by_o their_o dream_n their_o special_a disease_n howbeit_o physical_a dream_n be_v natural_a and_o the_o cause_n of_o they_o dwell_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o man_n for_o they_o be_v the_o inward_a action_n of_o the_o mind_n in_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o brain_n while_o the_o body_n be_v occupy_v with_o sleep_n for_o as_o touch_v the_o mind_n itself_o it_o never_o sleep_v these_o dream_n vary_v according_a to_o the_o difference_n of_o humour_n &_o vapour_n there_o be_v also_o casual_a dream_n 5._o which_o as_o solomon_n say_v come_v through_o the_o multitude_n of_o business_n for_o as_o a_o lookingglass_n show_v the_o image_n or_o figure_n thereunto_o opposite_a so_o in_o dream_n the_o fantasy_n and_o imagination_n inform_v the_o understanding_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o haunt_v the_o outward_a sense_n 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light_a belief_n give_v we_o
hold_v and_o write_v that_o the_o bone_n which_o stick_v in_o one_o throat_n be_v avoid_v and_o cast_v out_o with_o the_o violence_n of_o charm_n and_o enchant_a word_n yea_o and_o that_o thereby_o the_o stone_n the_o colic_n the_o fall_a sickness_n and_o all_o fever_n gout_n flux_n fistula_n issue_n of_o blood_n and_o final_o whatsoever_o cure_n even_o beyond_o the_o skill_n of_o himself_o or_o any_o other_o foolish_a physician_n be_v cure_v and_o perfect_o heal_v by_o word_n of_o enchantment_n marry_o m._n ferrarius_fw-la although_o he_o allow_v and_o practise_v this_o kind_n of_o physic_n yet_o he_o protest_v that_o he_o think_v it_o none_o otherwise_o effectual_a than_o by_o the_o way_n of_o constant_a opinion_n so_o as_o he_o affirm_v that_o neither_o the_o character_n nor_o the_o charm_n nor_o the_o witch_n nor_o the_o devil_n accomplish_v the_o cure_n as_o say_v he_o the_o experiment_n of_o the_o toothache_n will_v manifest_o declare_v wherein_o the_o cure_n be_v wrought_v by_o the_o confidence_n or_o diffidence_n as_o well_o of_o the_o patient_a as_o of_o the_o agent_n according_a to_o the_o poet_n say_v nos_fw-la habitat_fw-la non_fw-la tartara_fw-la sed_fw-la nec_fw-la cider_n coeli_fw-la spiritus_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la qui_fw-la viget_fw-la illa_fw-la facit_fw-la a_o not_o hellish_a fury_n dwell_v in_o we_o nor_o star_n with_o influence_n heavenly_a fleming_n the_o spirit_n that_o live_v and_o rule_n in_o we_o do_v every_o thing_n ingenious_o this_o say_v he_o come_v to_o the_o unlearned_a through_o the_o opinion_n which_o they_o conceive_v of_o the_o character_n and_o holy_a word_n but_o the_o learned_a that_o know_v the_o force_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o imagination_n work_v miracle_n by_o miracle_n by_o mean_n thereof_o so_o as_o the_o unlearned_a must_v have_v external_a help_n to_o do_v that_o which_o the_o learned_a can_v do_v with_o a_o word_n only_o he_o say_v that_o this_o be_v call_v homerica_n medicatio_fw-la because_o homer_n discover_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o word_n suppress_v and_o the_o infection_n heal_v by_o or_o in_o mystery_n chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o effect_n of_o amulet_n the_o drift_n of_o argerius_n ferrarius_fw-la in_o the_o commendation_n of_o charm_n etc._n etc._n four_o sort_n of_o homerical_a medicine_n and_o the_o choice_n thereof_o of_o imagination_n as_o touch_v my_o opinion_n of_o these_o amulet_n character_n and_o such_o other_o babble_n i_o have_v sufficient_o utter_v it_o elsewhere_o and_o i_o will_v bewray_v the_o vanity_n of_o these_o superstitious_a trifle_n more_o large_o hereafter_o and_o therefore_o at_o this_o time_n i_o only_o say_v that_o those_o amulet_n which_o be_v to_o be_v hang_v or_o carry_v about_o one_o if_o they_o consist_v of_o herb_n root_n stone_n or_o some_o other_o metal_n they_o may_v have_v diverse_a medicinable_a operation_n and_o by_o the_o virtue_n give_v to_o they_o by_o god_n in_o their_o creation_n may_v work_v strange_a effect_n and_o cure_n and_o to_o impute_v this_o virtue_n to_o any_o other_o matter_n be_v witchcraft_n and_o whereas_o a._n ferrarius_fw-la commend_v certain_a amulet_n that_o have_v no_o show_n of_o physical_a operation_n as_o a_o nail_n take_v from_o a_o cross_n holy_a water_n and_o the_o very_a sign_n of_o the_o cross_n with_o such_o like_a popish_a stuff_n i_o think_v he_o labour_v thereby_o rather_o to_o draw_v man_n to_o popery_n than_o to_o teach_v or_o persuade_v they_o in_o the_o truth_n of_o physic_n or_o philosophy_n and_o i_o think_v thus_o the_o rather_o for_o that_o he_o himself_o see_v the_o fraud_n hereof_o confess_v that_o where_o these_o magical_a physician_n apply_v three_o seed_n of_o three-leaved_a grass_n to_o a_o tertian_n ague_n and_o four_o to_o a_o quartain_a that_o the_o number_n be_v not_o material_a principal_a but_o to_o these_o homerical_a medicine_n he_o say_v there_o be_v four_o sort_n whereof_o amulet_n character_n and_o charm_n be_v three_o howbeit_o he_o commend_v and_o prefer_v the_o four_o 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