258 1 VECJIV.l. - our Lipfitn,call this people Bb"""":I doubt whether it lhould not rather bewritten A :Ehri1nts; yetwithoutfearch ofany other records, fave my lowne eyes: while yet 1 wouldthofc llreets were more mail! with wine,tben with blood; wherein no day,no night is not difmall to fame.No law,no MagiO:rate,laics hold on the knownmurderp, ifhimfclfelill : forthree da_yes afrer.his_fad, the gates are open, and jullice lhut: private violence may purfue htm, pubhke JU!Itcc cannot: whence, fame ofmore hot temper carve themfelves ofrevenge ; others take up with a fmall pecuniary fatisL· dion. 0 England,thought I,happie for jullice, happic fo~ fecuritic l Ther~ you !hall find in every corner a Maumct; ar everydoore a begger; mevery d11h a Pmll. Fron\ thence we paffed to the Sp•, a village famous for her medicinall and minerall waters, compounded of Iron and Copperice ; the vertu< whereofyet the fimple inhabitant afcribes to their bendiciall Saiot,whofe heavy foot bath wade an ill-fl1aped imprdli- B 0n in aClone ofhis • Savtnir: A water more wholefome then pleafanr, and yet more fJmous then wholefome. The wilde deferts (on w ich it borders) are haunted with three Hndes of ill cattdi;Free- boorers,Wolves,Witches: although thde two !all are • rb~ ,wnt tJ/ thtMpftr wtU •JtbtSp~. Hifioire &: minclcs,&:c. ~~~i:j~ur Scptcmbrc flU did:::tn t60J· cJbntFdl:cdc J:z NativitC de nofireDJme, lcnombrede Pdcrinsadl C c:nviron z.oooo Pag.lf. Virgo Hallcn- (js. oft-times one. For that ravage .ArdtnRA is reputed to yeeld many of thofi: monllers, whom the Greckcs call ,,..,Bf'h-o•; they, M•g•rtiiJ; we (ifyou will)Witch-wolves; Witches that have puron the lhape ofthofc cruel! bealls. We faw a boy rhere,wbofe halfc- face was devoured by oneofthem necrc the village:yet to,as that the eare was rather cut then bitten off. Not many dayes beforeour comming,at Limb•rgh was executed oneofthole mifcreants, who confeffed on the whedc to hav~ dc•·oured two and forty children in that forme. It would aske a large volume, 10 fcan th(s problemc of Lyca•JhTIPJ• The reafons, wherewith their relation furni!ht me on both pms, C \Yould make an Epiflk tedious. This in fl10rt I refolved; a fubllanriall change, is a. bove the reach ofall infernal! powers, proper to the fame hand that created the Cubfiance ofboth: Herein the Devil! playes the doubleSophiller;yea,thc Sorcerer with Sorcerers. He both deludes the Witches conceit, and the beholders eyes. One thing I may noromit,without finfull over-fight; A lhort,bur memorableStory, which the Grtphltr ofthat towne (though of different religion) reported to more cares then ours. When the !all Inquifirion tyrannized in thofe parrs, and helpt to fpend the Faggots ot .Arie•»•; one of the rell,a confident Confdfour,being led farre to his llake,fung Pfalms along the way,in a heavenlycourage and viClorious triumph: the crucll Officer envying his 1<11 mirth,and grieving to fee him merricrthen histormenton,commanded him filence:He fings llill,as dcfirous to improve his !all breath I) to the bell.The view ofhis approaching glory,bred his joy;his joy breaks forth into a cheardull confeflion: The enraged Sheriffe caufes his tongue, dtawne forth to the length,to be cut offneer the roots.Bloody wr<rch! It had beengood mufickc to ha Ye heard his Oueeks: bur, to hearc his muficke was torment. The poore Martyr dies in filcnce, rells in peace. Nor many monerhs after, our burcherly Officer hath a fonne borne with his tongue hanging down< upon his chinne, like a Deer after long chafe1 which never could be gathered up within the bounds ofhis lips. 0 the divine hand, full ofjullicc,fu\1 ofrevenge ! Goenow, Lipfhu, and write the new miracles ofthy Godddfe; and confirm< fuperflirion by llrangeevents. Judge you that have feen, if everthe Chappe\1 of HaUt or Zichtm have yedded ought more notable. We meet< every where Pilgrims to thofe his Ladies :two Ladies lhall I call them, or one Lady E .in two Ouinesdftwo, why doe they worlhip but one! Ifbutone, why doth lhechar cure at Zicb~, which at !/AUt lhc could not!Owhat pitieitis,thar fo high a wit 01ould in the lafl aCl be fubje~to dotage l All the mafculine brood ofthat braine wecherilh. ed,and(ifnced were)J~mired:bur thefe his filly Virgins, the feeble iffueofdiflempered age, who can abide!Oneofhis darlings,at L•v•w,rold me from hisowne mouth, that the elder ofrhefe two daughters was by him in ten dayesgot,concdved, borne, chrillend. 1beleevcd, and wondred nor. Thefe aCls of fupcrllition have an invifible fathcr,and mid-wife: bcfides that it is not for an Elephant to goe three yeares with a Moufe. It was told me in the lhopof his Morttt~~, not wirhour fame indignation, that our King, whenhe had well viewed thebooke, and readfame paffages, threw it to theground,with thiHeufurc;D•mnAiiln 11 himth41 mAdtit,Andll himthill belmm it. Whether
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