The Examination of John Walsh

To the Reader.

...murdered and poisoned his mother and step-nephew original: "step-new"; a variant of step-nephew., so that he might enjoy his inheritance the sooner. He also poisoned his own sister's husband, so that he might more freely have her at his wicked commandment.

Pope Clement VIII was also part of this fraternity, as is declared in the Commentaries upon the Articles of the Doctors of Paris Referring to the theological faculty of the University of Paris, known as the Sorbonne.. There, his reputation original: "style" is set forth as follows: that he was a bastard, a poisoner, a murderer original: "homicide", a pimp original: "Bawd", a Simoniac someone who buys or sells church offices or sacred things., a sodomite, a perjurer, a womanizer original: "Whoremaister", a necromancer original: "Nigromancer"; traditionally one who communicates with the dead, but used here for a practitioner of black magic., a church robber, and a practitioner of all kinds of wickedness.

These men, along with many others of that abominable group original: "sex"; used here in the archaic sense of a "sect" or "faction." of Rome, were occupied in this way. Their ends were most terrible, just as their lives were most wicked. And their inferiors—such as monks, friars, and priests—also used these skills original: "faculties". They would teach the same witchcraft and sorcery to those men and women with whom they had committed evil acts. For example, it was recently confessed by a woman who used witchcraft and sorcery that she learned it from a priest whose mistress original: "harlot" she had been for many years.

Therefore, I urge all men to flee from them and these devilish practices as they would from devils incarnate. Otherwise, by following them and living pleasantly here for a little while, they will be tormented with them in hell perpetually. May God, for the sake of His Christ, prevent this original: "withdraw and let"; 'let' here means to hinder or prevent. now and forever. Amen.