sunk under the Water.
_Godelmannus_[81] giveth an account of six notorious and clearly
convicted Witches, that when they were brought to their _vulgar
Probation_, sunk down under the Water like other Persons; _Althusius_
affirms the like concerning others; in the _Bohemian_ History[82] it is
related, that _Uratslaus_ the King of _Bohemia_, extirpated Witches out
of his Kingdom, some of which he delivered to the Ax, others of them to
the Fire, and others of them he caused to be drowned: If Witches are
immersible, how came they to die by drowning in _Bohemia_? Besides, it
has sometimes been known that Persons who have floated on the Water when
the Hangman has made the Experiment on them, have sunk down like a
Stone, when others have made the tryal.

6. The Reasons commonly alledged for this Superstition are of no moment:
It is said they hate the Water; whereas they have many times desired
that they might be cast on the Water in order to their purgation: It is
alledged, that Water is used in _Baptism_, therefore Witches swim: A
weak Phansie; all the Water in the World is not consecrated Water.
Cannot Witches eat Bread or drink Wine, notwithstanding those Elements
are made use of in the Blessed Sacrament: But (say some) the Devils by
sucking of them make them so light that the Water bears them; whereas
some Witches are twice as heavy as many an innocent Person: Well, but
then they are possessed with the Devil: Suppose so; Is the Devil afraid
if they should sink, that he should be drowned with them? But why then
were the _Gadarens_ Hogs drowned when the Devil was in them.

These things being premised, I answer the Question affirmatively; _There
are Proofs for the Conviction of Witches which Jurors may with a safe
Conscience proceed upon, so as to bring them in guilty._ The Scripture
which saith, _Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to live_, clearly implies,
that some in the World may be known and proved to be Witches: For until
they be so, they may and must be suffered to live. Moreover we find in
Scripture, that some have been convicted and executed for Witches: For
_Saul cut off those that had familiar Spirits, and the Wizzards out of
the Land_, _1 Sam. 28.9._

It may be wondered that _Saul_ who did like him that said, _Flectere si
nequeo Superos Acheronta Movebo_, should cause the Wizzards in the Land
to be put to death. The _Jewish Rabbies_ say, the reason was, because
those Wizzards foretold that _David_ should be King. It