[580]. See O. M. Hueffer, The Book of Witches. London, 1908.
[581]. See action of Richard III.
[582]. The full indictment against Lord Hungerford, who was beheaded on Tower Hill along with Thomas Cromwell, by Henry VIII.
[583]. P. de l’Ancre, Seconde Considération. As to the kind of offences “qui se trouvent enveloppés dans le sortilège,” Tableau de l’inconstance des Mauvais Anges. Paris, 1612.
[584]. J. Bodin, Démonologie, p. 60. Paris, 1580.
[585]. Shamanism, etc. See, for instance, Elie Reclus, Primitive Folk, pp. 68, 70. London, 1889.
[586]. The most tainted or prejudiced evidence was received in these kinds of cases. See Concilium Biterrense of A.D. 1246, c. 12. Labbé, tom. xxiii. p. 718.
[587]. Scot, Discoverie, bk. i. chap. iii.
[588]. Mostly poor, miserable old women, Glanvil admits.—Saducismus, p. 29.
[589]. “None ever talked to themselves who were not witches,” asserted one of the common prickers.—Mackay, Delusions, p. 147.