[225] Sprenger, p. 214. Inquisitoribus Maleficae non possunt nocere. ‘In oppido nempe Ravenspurg, cum a consulibus Maleficae incinerandae interrogarentur, cur nobis inquisitoribus aliqua maleficia, sicut aliis hominibus, non intulissent, Responderunt: Licet pluries hoc facere attentassent, non tamen potuerunt. Et de causa inquirentibus, respondebant se nescire, nisi quod a Daemonibus informatae fuissent.’ Nevertheless, ibid., p. 559, inquisitors should be careful not to allow themselves to be touched by wizards and witches.
[226] Sprenger, p. 549.
[227] Ibid., pp. 552-3.
[228] Ibid., p. 557. The adjuration was by the bitter tears of Christ shed on the Cross for the sins of the world, by the tears shed by the glorious Virgin Mary, by those shed by all the saints and elect of God on earth.
[229] Such enmity had to be really mortal and well authenticated; for the inquisitorial point of view was that of necessity a witch always would excite a great deal of enmity. Allegations of enmity must, therefore, always be carefully sifted. See Sprenger, pp. 542 et seq.
[230] For the whole remarkable story, see Lea, vol. iii, pp. 519-34.
[231] James, i, 3.
[232] 2 Peter, ii, 1.
[233] 2 Corinth., xi, 13.
[234] Galat., i, 8. See also ibid., iii, 1, 3.