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ters haue heertofore paſſed in print, which hath wrought much incredulitie in ye harts of all men generally, inſomuch that now a daies fewe thinges doo eſcape be it neuer ſo certain, but that it is embaſed by the tearm of a lye or falce reporte. In the reading of this ſtory, therfore I doo firſt requeſt reformation of opinion, next patience to peruſe it, becauſe it is publiſhed for examples ſake, and laſtly to cenſure thereof as reaſon and wiſdome dooth think conueniēt, conſidering the ſubtilty that Sathan vſeth to work the ſoules deſtruction, and the great matters which the accurſed practiſe of Sorcery dooth effect, the fruites whereof is death and deſtruction for euer, and yet in all ages practiſed by the reprobate and wicked of the earth, ſome in one ſort and ſome in another euen as the Deuill giueth promiſe to perfourme. But of all other that euer liued, none was comparable vnto this helhound, whoſe tiranny and cruelty did well declare he was of his Father the deuill, who was a murderer from the beginning, whoſe life and death and moſt bloody practiſes the diſcourſe following dooth make iuſt reporte. In
