. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . its of his K power Arts i*. no Dtemono/opie. SecondBooke. power were fet downe before the foundations of the world were laide,which he hath not power in the leaft iote to tranfgreffe. But befide all this,there is ouer great acertaintie toprooue that they are, by the daily experi-ence of the harmes that they doe, both to men, and whatfoeuer thing menpofTefTe, whom God will permit them to be the initruments, (b to troubleor vifite, as in my difcou
. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . its of his K power Arts i*. no Dtemono/opie. SecondBooke. power were fet downe before the foundations of the world were laide,which he hath not power in the leaft iote to tranfgreffe. But befide all this,there is ouer great acertaintie toprooue that they are, by the daily experi-ence of the harmes that they doe, both to men, and whatfoeuer thing menpofTefTe, whom God will permit them to be the initruments, (b to troubleor vifite, as in my difcourf e of that arte, ye fhall heare clearely prooued. Chap. II. Argv. The Etymologie andfignification of thaftoordSorcerie: The firfl entreffe andprentifbip of them that giue themjclues to that craft. Philomathes. Ome on then I pray you, and returne where ye left. E p i. This word ofSorcerieis a Latine word, which istaken from calling of thelot, and therefore he that vfeth it,is called Sortiarivs a forte : As to the word ofWitchcraft, itis nothing but a proper name giuen in our language: T hecaufe wherefore they were called Sortiary, proceeded of. their pratiques, feemingto come of lot or chance, liich as the turningof the riddle, the knowing of the forme ofprayers, or fuch like tokens, ifa perfon difeafed would hue or die: And in generall, that name was giuenthem tor vfing of fuch charmes, andfreits, as that Craft teacheth points of their craft and pra&icques are common betwixt the Magi-cians and them: for they feme both one Malter, although in diuers fafhi-ons. And as I deuidedthe Necromancers into two fortes, learned and vn-learned; fb mult I deny them in other two, rich and of better accompt;poore and of bafer degree. Thefe two degrees now of perfons,thatpra£tifethis Craft, anfwereto thepaflions in them, which (Itoldeyou before) theDiuell vied as meanes to entice them to his feruice: for fiich of them as arein great miferieand pouertie, he allures to follow him, by
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