To this agreeth that of St. Paul — Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth, but a new creature. [Galatians, vi. 15.]
There is a custome enjoynd by some Witches and Wizards for nocents to leap three times over a rivulet.
And one of mine Acquaintance B. G. Cramer says that he once saw in Germany, in Anhalt, the Boys throwing before an old woman suspected to be a witch, an old used broom in her way, to see whether she would pass over it or no, which if she dos not, take it for a proof to be a witch. — [See p. 25.]
Fertility of Women.
nie capram mactat: jnass sna terga pnell
FeUibns exsectis percatienda dabant. — [F. ii. 446-6.]
Meibomius hath writt a little Treatise de Usu Plagrorum in revenered.
[Phantoms.]
The phantome of Romulus that appeared to Julius Proculus as he walked by a Hedge by moonlight. A single testimony.
et in tennes ocnlis eyannit auras ;
Convocat hie popnlos, jnssaq' verba refert — [F. ii. 509-10.]
Fooles holy day.
We observe it on ye first of April.
Lux qnoq' car eadem stnltoram festa yocetnr
Farra tamen yeteres jaciebant, farra metebant;
Frimitias Cereri farra resecta dabant. — [F. ii. 513, 519-20.]
And so it is kept in Germany everywhere.
Nam modo yerrebant nigras pro farre fayillas;
None ipsas igni corripnere casas.— [F. ii. 523-4.]
Purgatorie.
Est honor et tamnlis: animas placate patemas;
Faryaq* in extinctas mnnera ferte pyras.
Parya petunt Manes: pietas pro diyite grata est
Mnnere: non ayidos Styx habet ima deos.
Tegnla projectis satis est yelata coronis:
Et sparsffi fmges, parcaq' mica salis:
