The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to the present time including a number of curious cases never before published Embellished with fifty-two engravings, from original drawings by "Phiz" [pseud.] . s. The reign of James the Sixth of Scotland, and First of England, may besaid to have been the witchcraft age of Great Britain. Scotland hadalways been a sort of fairy land ; but it remained for that sagacious prince,at a time when knowledge was beginn
The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to the present time including a number of curious cases never before published Embellished with fifty-two engravings, from original drawings by "Phiz" [pseud.] . s. The reign of James the Sixth of Scotland, and First of England, may besaid to have been the witchcraft age of Great Britain. Scotland hadalways been a sort of fairy land ; but it remained for that sagacious prince,at a time when knowledge was beginning to dispel the mists of supersti-tion, to contribute, by his authority and writings, to resolve a prejudice ofeducation into an article of religious belief amongst the Scottish wrote and published a Treatise on Damonologie ; the purpose ofwhich was, to resolve the doubting hearts of many, as to the fearfulabounding of those detestable slaves of the Devil, witches, or authority of Scripture was perverted, to show, not only the possibility,but certainty, that such detestable scenes do exist; and many mostridiculous stories of evil enchantment were added, to establish their fearful abounding. The treatise, which is in the form of a dialogue,treats also of the punishment which such crimes deserve; concluding, that. ^(^^. cfT&^e LandoaJubTishcd tyThoxnaa Tcgg,Cheapside,J^ovfl,1840. THE NEW NEWGATE CALENDAR. 469 * no sex, age, nor rank, should be excused from the punishment of death,according to the law of God, the civil and imperial law, and the municipallaw of ail Christian nations. In answer to the question, What to judgeof deathe, I pray you ? The answer is, It is commonlie used by fyre,but there is an indiftercnt thing to be used in every country, according tothe law or custume thereof. Such, in fact, was the cruel and barbarous law of Jamess native country ;and such became the law also of England, when he succeeded to the sceptreof Elizabeth. Many hu
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