f some books on Necromancy, which had been
previously lent to him. After some rambles about the county, he says, "I
went to Norwich, and there remained by the space of a month, and thence
to a town called Felmingham, and one Godfrey and his boy with me, which
Godfrey had a "_shower_," called Anthony Fular, and his said boy did
"scry" unto him (which said spirit I had after myself); but
notwithstanding as we could find nothing, we departed to Norwich again,
where we met one unbeknown to us, and he brought us to a man's house in
Norwich, where he supposed we should have found treasure, whereupon we
called the spirit of the treasure to appear--but he did not, for I
suppose of a truth there was none there."

Stapleton goes on to say that, failing in his efforts, he borrowed money
to buy his dispensation of "his Grace" to be a hermit, and then went to
the "diggings" again. He was then informed that one Leech had a book to
which the parson of Lesingham had bound a spirit, called Andrew Malchus;
"whereupon," he says, "I went to Leech concerning the same, and upon our
communication he let me have all his instruments to the said book, and
shewed me that if I could get the book that the said instruments were
made by, he would bring me to him that should speed my business shortly.
And then he shewed me that the parson of Lesingham and Sir John of
Leiston, with other to me unknown, had called up of late Andrew Malchus,
Oberion, and Inchubus. And when they were all raised, Oberion would not
speak. And the then parson of Lesingham did demand of Andrew Malchus why
it was. And Andrew Malchus made answer, it was because he was bound to
the Lord Cardinal. And they did entreat the parson of Lesingham to let
them depart at that time, and whensoever it should please them to call
them up again, they would gladly do them any service they could.

"And when I had all the said instruments, I went to Norwich, where I had
remained but a season, when there came to me a glazier, which, as he
said, came from the Lord Leonard Marquess, for to search for one that was
expert in such business. And thereupon one Richard Tynny came and
instanced me to go to Walsingham with him, where we met with the said
Lord Leonard, the which Lord Leonard had communicated with me concerning
the said art of digging, and thereupon promised me that if I would take
pains in the exercising the same art, that he would sue out a
dispensation for me that I should be a sec