[6] Ibid., ch. VI.
[7] Ibid., ch. VII, sect. II.
[8] Ibid., ch. VII, sect. II.
[9] James Mason, "Master of Artes," whose Anatomie of Sorcerie ("printed at London by John Legatte, Printer to the Universitie of Cambridge," 1612), puts him next to Perkins in chronological order, needs only mention in passing. He takes the reality of sorcery for granted, and devotes himself to argument against its use.
[10] ... Shewing the True and Right Methode of the Discovery. Cotta was familiar with the more important trials of his time. He knew of the Warboys, Lancaster, and York trials and he probably had come into close contact with the Northampton cases. He had read, too, several of the books on the subject, such as Scot, Wier, and Perkins. His omission of King James's work is therefore not only curious but significant. A second edition of his book was published in 1625.
[11] See Triall of Witchcraft, ch. XIV.
[12] See ibid., p. 48.
[13] Ibid., 66-67.
[14] See ibid., ch. VI. Cotta speaks of the case as six years earlier.
[15] Ibid., 62, 66.