, to wit, the consultationes and the outward meanes, they are so
wounderfull as I dare not allege anie of them, without ioyning a
sufficient reason of the possibilitie thereof. For leauing all the small
trifles among wiues, and to speake of the principall poyntes of their
craft. For the common trifles thereof, they can do without conuerting well
inough by themselues: These principall poyntes I say are these: They can
make men or women to loue or hate other, which may be verie possible to
the Deuil to effectual, seing he being a subtile spirite, knowes well
inough how to perswade the corrupted affection of them whom God will
permit him so to deale with: They can lay the siknesse of one vpon an
other, which likewise is verie possible vnto him: For since by Gods
permission, he layed siknesse vpon IOB, why may he not farre easilier lay
it vpon any other: For as an old practisian, he knowes well inough what
humor domines most in anie of vs, and as a spirite hee can subtillie
walken vp the same, making it peccant, or to abounde, as he thinkes meete
for troubling of vs, when God will so permit him. And for the taking off
of it, no doubt he will be glad to reliue such of present paine, as he may
thinke by these meanes to perswade to bee catched in his euerlasting
snares and fetters. They can be-witch and take the life of men or women,
by rosting of the Pictures, as I spake of before, which likewise is verie
possible to their Master to performe, for although, (as I saide before)
that instrumente of waxe haue no vertue in that turne doing, yet may hee
not verie well euen by that same measure that his conjured slaues meltes
that waxe at the fire, may he not I say at these same times, subtilie as a
spirite so weaken and scatter the spirites of life of the patient, as may
make him on th'one part, for faintnesse to sweate out the humour of his
bodie: And on the other parte, for the not concurrence of these spirites,
which causes his digestion, so debilitat his stomak, that his humour
radicall continually, sweating out on the one parte, and no new good suck
being put in the place thereof, for lack of digestion on the other, hee at
last shall vanish awaie, euen as his picture will doe at the fire. And
that knauish and cunning woorkeman, by troubling him onely at some times,
makes a proportion so neare betuixt the woorking of the one and the other,
that both shall ende as it were at one time. They can rayse stormes and
tempestes in the air