[4] Dasent’s ‘Norse Tales,’ Introd. ciii.
[5] ‘Chips,’ ii.
[6] ‘Chester Plays,’ 1600.
[7] ‘Declaration of Popish Impostures,’ 1603.
[8] So Shakespere, ‘The Devil damn thee black.’
[9] In an account, 1568, we find:—‘pay’d for iij li of heare ijs vjd.’
[10] The Directions for the ‘Castle of Good Perseverance,’ say: ‘& he þt schal pley belyal, loke þt he have guñe powdr breñng̃ in pypysĩh’s hands & ĩ h’s ers & ĩ h’s ars whãne he gothe to batayle.’
[11] This notion was widespread. I have seen an ancient Russian picture in which the Devil is dancing before a priest who has become drowsy over his prayer-book. There was once a Moslem controversy as to whether it was fair for pilgrims to keep themselves awake for their prayers by chewing coffee-berries.
[12] ‘Liber Revelationum de Insidiis et Versutiis Dæmonum adversus Homines.’ See Reville’s Review of Roskoff, ‘The Devil,’ p. 38.
[13] See M. Maury’s ‘Magie,’ p. 48.