Part.J.Sect. 2, M em b. 1 .Sub f. 2, commtat complexionem ad chol~ram pigram, & flt. cau[a ej~t< propinqt~a chole- 53 ranigra; the immediate caufe 1scholkr aquft, wh1ch * Pomponattu. hkew1fe • Lib.deinc.,.t. labours to make good : Gai.gerandr" of Malii M a famous Phyfitlan,fo cured a d:rmoniacall wbman in his rime, that fpakealllanguages,by purging black 'choller, and thereupon belike this humor ofMelancholy, is called B•lncttm DiAboti the devils Bath; rhe devil! fpying his opportunity of fuch humours drives them many times to defpaire, fury, rage, &c. mingling himfelfe a. mongft thole humours. This is that which Tcrtullian averres, Corporibw in. fligunt acerbos cajiu,anim«rj, repenti110J, membra diflorqnent, occulte r~pentcs, C,-c. and which Lemniut gots about to prove,Immifccnt fl•ali Genii pravl< . humoribU<,•ttJt atr .e bili, &c. And' I.jon Fratenjh,th.e_thedevi/1 being a jlen- r c•p. dt -i• der incomprehenftblt fPirit, can c•Jily tnjinuate and wmde htmfllfe tRio hu- ~~;;:~!:,. mane bodres,and mnningly couched in our bowels ,vtttalt 011r healths, terrific our "", 1 ' ""' fiot fo~ies .vithfwrfidl dreames,autlfl,.ke our minde 'iilith furia. And i.n another '"',~'~Jb:r,:;~ , place, Thc(e rmclcane (ptrtts (et led tn DUT bodus, andmrr~ nma wtth Dur me/an- ~us,fi infin""· choly hmnours, d.e trit~mph M tt IVtre, and j}ort them[elves M tn A/fother Hca. ""'!"rib'"''"· :'en. thus he argues, and that they goe in and out o~ our bodies,as Bees d,oe ~~~;~f,:f:~:: ma H1ve,and fo provoke and tempt us as they perceive ourtemperature m. fmib~Mopmi, dined ofit felfe,and moft_ aptto be deluded.: Agrippa and t L_a:'a!er are pe:- ;;:;~"~':::;; ' ': fwaded,that th1s humourmv1tes thedevillto It,wherefoever 1tJs mextrem1.• ;,.,;,~""'" ty,and ofall orher,mdancholy perfons are moft fubjec:t to diabolicall temp· "· mmtrs[Hrotations,and illulions,and mofiapttoemeqamethem,and the Devill befta- ;;;;:,~fi'' ble to worke upon them, But whether by obfetlion, or polfeffion, or other- mekncholimum wife,! will not determine, 'tisa difficult quefiion.De/riothe Jefu.ite, rom, 3 , P'"'"'.uib•s,inlih.6.Springcr and his colleague, maU.malef.Pet, rhyre"' the Jefuite, lib. de ~":~~i'd~;;{: d.emoniacis,de loci& infoftis, de Terrijicattonib~M nofiurnis, HicrsnymU< Meng"' @Sw! t~~~~qll(lm Flagel.do£m . and others ofthat rankc ofPontificiall writers, i~ f~emes, by '~"ff'"""' their exorcifmes and conjurations approve of it, having forged mony ftories ~'f::;,%";..f!t~ to thatpurpo{c. ANunnedideate 'a Lcttice 'withDul Gr.ce,or[ig11ingitwith. nimumfwm. •ut the figne oftheCroffe,and was infiantly polfelf~d. Durtnd. f is. R4tionaP, t, ~,;~i.'i>:Jt,f~' 86.nt4m.8.rebtes that he faw a wench polfclfed m Bonopia witb two devils Pm.s.«p.s. by e•ting an unhallowed Pomegranate, as fh~ did afterwards cpnfdfe whe~ tk JPeflris. 1he was cured by_~ xorcifmes. And therefore our Papills doe lig!U! ~hem- j;:';;;:;.;;;:. felves fo often With the figne of the Crolfe,N ed4mon ingredi .zujit,and <txor. ficJ d'"''"' •b· cife all manner of meat~s,as being unckane or accurftd otherwif~,as Beliar- fi!f•. '"'1• Greg; mine defends. Many fuch Stories I finde amongft PonrificaU writers ro P•g·"P-9· prove their alfertions, let them f,eetheir owne credits; fome few I wiU recite in this kir.deour of mofi approved Phylitians.Cornelim Gemm4/ib. 2,dt 11J1t. mirac.cap.4. relates ofa y0ung maid,calle.d Katherine GuAlter a Cou- . pe.rs daughter,v.tn. 1571.. that had fuch ftrange pa·fiions and cC>nvulfions, three men could not fomeumeshold her; fhe purged a liveEele whithhte faw a foot and a halfe long,and touched himfelfe;but the Eele af;erward vanifhed,fhe vomited fome 24 pounds of fulfome ftuffe ofall colours, twice a day for I 4 dayes; and after that iliee voided great bals~fhaire peeces of wood,Pigeons dung, Parcht?ent,Goofe dung,coals;and after the~ 2 pound ofpure blood, and then agamecoalesand ftones,of which fome had infcriptwns ~1gger than a ~alnur, f0I?e of them peeces of glalfe,braife,&c.lbdides paroxtfmesof laughmg, weepmgand extafies,&c. Et h~e (inquit) cum h~r- . rort
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