ke, and the trying the insensiblenes
thereof. The other is their fleeting on the water: for as in a secret
murther, if the deade carcase be at any time thereafter handled by the
murtherer, it wil gush out of bloud, as if the blud wer crying to the
heauen for reuenge of the murtherer, God hauing appoynted that secret
super-naturall signe, for tryall of that secrete vnnaturall crime, so it
appeares that God hath appoynted (for a super-naturall signe of the
monstruous impietie of the Witches) that the water shal refuse to receiue
them in her bosom, that haue shaken off them the sacred Water of Baptisme,
and wilfullie refused the benefite thereof: No not so much as their eyes
are able to shed teares (thretten and torture them as ye please) while
first they repent (God not permitting them to dissemble their obstinacie
in so horrible a crime) albeit the women kinde especially, be able
other-waies to shed teares at euery light occasion when they will, yea,
although it were dissemblingly like the _Crocodiles_.

PHI. Well, wee haue made this conference to last as long as leasure would
permit: And to conclude then, since I am to take my leaue of you, I pray
God to purge this Cuntrie of these diuellishe practises: for they were
neuer so rife in these partes, as they are now.

EPI. I pray God that so be to. But the causes ar ouer manifest, that makes
them to be so rife. For the greate wickednesse of the people on the one
parte, procures this horrible defection, whereby God justlie punisheth
sinne, by a greater iniquitie. And on the other part, the consummation of
the worlde, and our deliuerance drawing neare, (M34) makes Sathan to rage
the more in his instruments, knowing his kingdome to be so neare an ende.
And so fare-well for this time.

FINIS.

NEWES FROM SCOTLAND.

Declaring the Damnable _life and death of Doctor Fian, a_ notable
Sorcerer, who was burned at Edenbrough in Ianuary last. 1591.

_Which Doctor was regester to the Diuell_ that sundry times preached at
North Barrick Kirke, to a number of notorious Witches.

With the true examinations of the saide Doctor and Witches, as they
vttered them in the presence _of the Scottish King_.

Discouering how they pretended _to bewitch and drowne his Maiestie in the
Sea_ comming from Denmark with such _other wonderfull matters as the like
hath not been heard of at any time_.

Published according to the Scottish Coppie.

AT LONDON
Printed for William _Wright_.