hings
that they had baptized many children in the devil's name. It must
be stated that these confessions were made under tortures of the
most fearful kind, far more so than anything that was practised
in France or other countries.... The number brought to trial in
these terrible proceedings were so great, and they were treated
with so little consideration, that it was usual not even to take
the trouble of setting down their names; but they were cited as
the accused Nos. 1, 2, 3, &c. The Jesuits took their confessions
in private, and they made up the lists of those who were
understood to have been denounced by them.'

More destructive still were the burnings of Wuerzburg at the same
period under the superintendence of Philip Adolph, who ascended
the episcopal throne in 1623. In spite of the energy of his
predecessors, a grand confederacy of sorcerers had been
discovered, and were at once denounced.[130]

[130] 'A catalogue of nine and twenty _braende_ or burnings
during a very short period of time, previous to the February
of 1629, will give the best notion of the horrible character
of these proceedings; it is printed,' adds Mr. Wright, 'from
the original records in Hauber's _Bibliotheca Magica_.' E.g.
in the Fifth Braende are enumerated: (1) Latz, an eminent
shopkeeper. (2) Rutscher, a shopkeeper. (3) The housekeeper
of the Dean of the cathedral. (4) The old wife of the Court
ropemaker. (5) Jos. Sternbach's housekeeper. (6) The wife of
Baunach, a Senator. (7) A woman named Znickel Babel. (8) An
old woman. In the Sixteenth Burning: (1) A noble page of
Ratzenstein. (2) A boy of ten years of age. (3, 4, 5) The
two daughters of the Steward of the Senate and his maid. (6)
The fat ropemaker's wife. In the Twentieth Burning: (1)
Gobel's child, the most beautiful girl in Wuerzburg. (2) A
student on the fifth form, who knew many languages, and was
an excellent musician. (3, 4) Two boys from the New Minster,
each twelve years old. (5) Stepper's little daughter. (6)
The woman who kept the bridge gate. In the Twenty-sixth
Burning are specified: (1) David Hans, a Canon in the New
Minster. (2) Weydenbusch, a Senator. (3) The innkeeper's
wife of the Baumgarten. (4) An old woman. (5) The little
daughter of Valkenberger was privately executed and burned
on her bier. (6) The little son of the town council bailiff.
(7) Herr Wagner, vicar in the cathedral, was burned
alive.--_Narrat