King James: Daemonologie (1597 First Edition)

by the testing original: "tryall" of the patient and the reform original: "amendment" of the faithful, who are awakened by that rod of correction. Having thus declared my full intention in this treatise to you, I have no doubt you will easily excuse my decision to omit original: "pretermitting" a description of all the specific rites and secrets of these unlawful arts. I have also omitted their infinite and extraordinary original: "wounderfull"; meaning full of wonder or supernatural power practices, as neither of these is relevant to my purpose. The reason for this is given at the end of the first chapter of the third book.

For anyone who wishes to be curious about these things, he may read about their practices in Bodin’s On the Demon-mania of Sorcerers original: "BODINVS Dæmonomanie"; referring to Jean Bodin's De la démonomanie des sorciers (1580), an influential but controversial French work on witchcraft. That work was compiled with greater diligence than it was written with sound judgment. He may also read the confessions of those who have been arrested at this time. If he would like to know what has been the opinion of the ancient—