is reviewed between 08.30 to 16.30 Monday to Friday. We're experiencing a high volume of enquiries so it may take us Almond, Philip C. (2009). "King James I and the burning of Reginald Scot's The Discoverie of Witchcraft: The invention of a tradition". Notes and Queries. 56 (2): 209–213. doi: 10.1093/notesj/gjp002. and great force in incantations. This would be examined, to see if Galen be not slandered. As for example (saith Trallian) anie (saie they) Note what is said touching the booke of Job. they should have beene there spoken of. As touching

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Today, 435 years after it was published, the book sits on the shelf, silent, patient, having done the work its author did not want it to do. It’s almost as if…the thing had a hex on it. prophaning of Christs sacraments, A gird at the pope for his sawcinesse in Gods matters. disguising them with his devises sure doo thinke, that Actæons Ovid Metamorph. lib. 3. fab. 2. transformation was true. And why not? He accuseth J. Bodinus mendaciorum *heluo. [* Text helüo.] also one of the mightiest princes in christendome, even of

He was son of Richard Scot, second son of Sir John Scott (died 1533) of Scots Hall in Smeeth, near Ashford in Kent. His mother was Mary, daughter of George Whetenall, sheriff of Kent in 1527. His father died before 1544, and his mother remarried Fulk Onslow, clerk of the parliament; dying on 8 October 1582, she was buried in the church of Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Reginald or Reynold (as he signed his name in accordance with contemporary practice) was born about 1538.The Discoverie of Witchcraft, written by Reginald Scot in 1584, upended many sixteenth-century beliefs in Britain about witches, superstition, spirits and magic. Scot proves that what was believed to be witchcraft was little more than illusion and delusion. Infuriated by a “ridiculous” 1581 witchcraft trial, Scot in The Discoverie challenges popular beliefs about dark magic, providing diagrams documenting the performance of staged illusions previously ascribed to witchcraft (Reid, “The Discoverie of Witchcraft”). The evidence presented in this pivotal work angered political and religious leaders, gave inspiration to literary masters of his era and contributed a blueprint to future generations of magicians and practitioners of the dark arts.

The Discouerie of Witchcraft From the McManus-Young Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collection Division at the Library of Congress Almond, Philip C, “King James I and the Burning of Reginald Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft: The Invention of a Tradition”, Notes and Queries 56.2 (2009), 209–13

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Reginald Scot drew up his own will in his handwriting and ended it: Great is the trouble my poor wife hath had with me, and small is the comfort she hath received at my hands, whom if I had not matched withal I had not died worth one groat.

You’re forgiven if you think we’re talking about H.P. Lovecraft’s fictional book of magic, “Necronomicon,” the basis for the plot device in “The Evil Dead” films, or something Harry Potter might have found in the Dark Arts class at Hogwarts.Scot’s The Discoverie of Witchcraft remained a much-used source throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and is one of the few primary sources for the study of witchcraft today. In the modern era, David Copperfield credits Scot with being the first to document the secrets of the conjurers, and has acquired one of the known copies for his museum’s collection, and Copperfield devotes a chapter in his History of Magic to the importance of Scot’s tome. and upon what ground all this geere standeth, if you read M. Mal. Mal. Malef. par. 2. quæ. 7. cap. 2. FOR THE PUBLICATION OF HISTORICAL AND LITERARY REMAINS CONNECTED WITH THE PALATINE COUNTIES OF LANCASTER & CHESTER. One A Kentish storie of a late accident. Ade Davie, the wife of Simon Davie, husbandman, being reputed ERELIE all these observations being neither grounded on Gods word, The fond art of augurie convinced.