cap VI of felony by conjuration witchcraft sorcery or enchantment the first  Act of parliament that make any of these offence felony be the statute a of h  which be repeal by the statute of e cap and mariae but b before the Conquest  it be severe punish sometime by death sometime by exile c c and after it be  make felony by the statute of Elizabeth and again by James which repeal  Elizabeth a conjurer be he that by the holy and powerful name of almighty God  invoke and conjure the devil to consult with he or to do some act a Witch be a  person that have conference with the devil to consult with he or to do some  act a enchanter incantator be he or she who song or  song spirit swear by they  be of ancient time call Carmina because in those day their charm be in verse  song Circe associate to move Ulyssis by charm in rhyme oh cruel fate Circe  transform Ulysses mate and again Carmina de sky to be able to thrust away moon  by rhyme they can pull down full soon from lofty sky the wander moon a  sorcerer soothsayer because act. chance in singing spirit thou shall not  suffer a witch to live non be augury  in Jacob nec predicting in Israel and  the holy ghost have compare the great offence of rebellion to the sin of  witchcraft and here it just may be demand what punishment be against these  devilish and wicked offender before these statute which be make of very late  time and it appear by our ancient d book that these horrible and devilish  offender which leave the everliving God and sacrifice to the devil and thereby  commit idolatry in seek advice and aid of he be punish by death the mirror say  and sorcery et devinal be member de heresy and there he describe heresy heresy  be un maeuvase et faux creance surdant de error en la droit foy christien and  after say Le judgement de heresy be de arse in cendre and herewith agree  Britton sorcerer sorceresses c et miscreant soient arse and Fleta Christiani  autem apostate fortilegi et hujusmodi to draw violently to withhold et  to burn up and burn then be and yet be the punishment for heretic so as the  conusance of these offence if they be branch of heresy as the law be then take  belong as to this day heresy do to ecclesiastical judge in which case when  they have give sentence there lie a writ de heretic to burn up I have see a  report of a case in a ancient register that in October year  h Margery  Gurdeman of eye in the county of Suffolk wasforwitchcraft and consultation  with the devil after sentence and a relapse burn by the king writ de heretic  to burn up e and this agree with antiquity for witch c by the law before the  conquest be burn to death a man be take in Southwark with a head and a face of  a dead man and with a book of sorcery in his male and be bring into the king  bench before sir John knevett then chief justice but see no  indictmentwasagainst he the clerk do swear he that from thenceforth he shall  not be a sorcerer and be deliver out of prison and the head of the dead man  and the book of sorcery be burn at Tuthill at the cost of the prisoner so as  the head and his book of sorcery have the same punishment that the sorcerer  shall have have by the ancient law if he have by his sorcery pray in aid of  the devil the holy history have a most remarkable place concern the  reprobation and death of king Saul corpse be ergo Saul near unfairness urge  she quad to be a false advocate sit mandatum domini et non to watch mock say  insuper Pythonissam to meet and consider nec to hope in lord near quoth  to put out of the way the dawn et to bear kingdom he and David son isaiah so  Saul die for his transgression which he commit against the lord even against  the word of the lord which he keep not and also for ask counsel of one that  have a familiar spirit to inquire of it and inquire not of the lord therefore  he fly he and turn the kingdom unto David the son of isaiah therefore it have  be a great defect in government if so great a abomination have pass with  impunity and this be the cause that we have prove how and in what manner  conjuration witchcraft c be punishedby death c before the make of the say late  statute but now let we peruse the statute make in the first year of king James  which only stand in force and divide itself into five several branch a if any  person or person shall use practice or exercise any invocation or conjuration  of any evil and wicked spirit here the devil by the holy and powerful name of  almighty God be invoke as have be say and this invocation or conjuration of a  wicked spirit be felony without any other act or thing save only the  apparition of the spirit see wonder cap in the oath of the champion c a or  shall consult covenant with entertain employ feed or reward any evil or wicked  spirit to or for any intent or purpose by this branch if any consult c  howsoever the wicked spirit appear and come these action here mention with or  to that wicked spirit to or for any intent or purpose be felony without any  other act or thing a or take up any dead man woman or child out of his her or  their grave or any other place where the dead body rest or the skin bone or  any part of a dead person to be employ or use in any manner of witchcraft  sorcery charm or enchantment albeit the offender that commit these barbarous  and inhumane dealingswith the body of the dead do not actual employ or use  they in witchcraft sorcery charm or enchantment yet if he do they of purpose  to use therein it be felony for the word of this branch be to be employ or use  in any matter of witchcraft c a or shall use practice or exercise any  witchcraft enchantment charm or sorcery whereby any person shall be kill  destroy waste consume pine or lame in his or her body or any part thereof by  this branch no other witchcraft enchantment charm or sorcery then be before  specify be felony unless by mean thereof some person be kill destroy waste  consume pine or lame c which word have reference only to this last general  clause a that then every such offender or offender their aider abetter and  counsellor be of any the say offence due and lawful convict and attaint shall  suffer pain of death as a felon or felon and shall lose the privilege and  benefit of clergy and sanctuary albeit accessary before be here special nam  yet accessary after may be of this felony as afterward be say upon the statute  of h for take away of woman and upon the statute of h for steal of record the  second part of this Act concern felony in a second degree and the branch  thereof be also in number five a if any person or person take upon he or they  by witchcraft enchantment charm or sorcery to tell or declare in what place  any treasure of gold or silver shall or may be find or have in the earth or  other secret place the mischief before this part of this Act be that diverse  impostor man and woman will take upon they to tell or do these five thing here  specify in great deceit of the people and cheat and cousin they of their money  or other good therefore be this part of the Act make wherein these word take  upon he or they be very remarkable for if they take upon they c though in  truth they do it not nor can do it yet be they in danger of this first branch  a or where good or other thing lose or steal shall be find or become herein  they become offender if they take upon they as aforesaid and note the take  upon they to tell and declare govern both these branch a or to the intent to  provoke any person to unlawful love herein also they become offender by take  upon they as be aforesaid here be the change of a new verb videlicet to  provoke so as the sense be if any person or person shall take upon he or they  by witchcraft enchantment charm or sorcery to the intent to provoke any person  to unlawful love a or whereby any cattle or good of any person shall be  destroy the letter of this branch be this if any person shall take upon he by  witchcraft enchantment charm or sorcery whereby any cattle or good of any  person shall be destroy although this be not sententious yet the meaning  thereof be to be take by supply these word after sorcery any thing and not to  turn destroy into the infinitive mood as the rest be for then it satisfy not  the meaning of the maker for a take upon they to destroy cattle c if they be  not destroy be not within the danger of this Act and therefore must be supply  as be aforesaid a or to hurt or destroy any person in his or her body although  the same be not effect or do as in the case of cattle or good the destruction  must be as be aforesaid effect and do so in case of the person of man woman or  child though the hurt be not effect or do yet be the take upon he c to hurt or  destroy any person c within this branch a be therefore lawful convict here  convict be take in a large sense for attaint and the rather for that after in  this Act the word be lawful convict and attaint as isaforesaid a shall for the  say offence c here be express the punishment inflict upon these impostor  mountebank and cheat quacksalver videlicet to suffer imprisonment by the space  of a whole year without bail or mainprize once every quarter of the year these  mountebank be to mount the pillory and to stand thereupon in some market town  six hour and there to confess his or her error and offence a and if any person  be once convict of the same offence c here be also convict take for attaint  for he shall not be draw in question for the second offence to make it felony  till judgement be give against he for the first for the indictment of felony  recite the former attainder and the second offence must be commit after the  judgement and so it be in the case of forgery upon the statute of Elizabeth  and in case of convey of sheep alive out of this realm and some other a save  to the wife of such person as shall offend in any thing contrary to this Act  her title of dower and also to the heir and suc cessor of every person his or  their title of inheritance succession and other right as though no such  attainder of the ancestor or predecessor have be make the judgement against a  felon be that he be hang by the neck until he be dead and albeit nothing else  be express in the judgement yet by the commonlaw many thing be therein imply  as the lose of his wife dower the lose of his inheritance corruption of his  blood forfeiture of his good c now a save will serve for any thing that be  imply in the judgement as in this case for the wife dower and also for the  heir inheritance and for all the rest of the thing imply in the judgement but  a save will not serve against the express judgement in case of felony for that  shall be repugnant as save the life of the offender shall be void because it  be repugnant to the express judgement videlicet that he be hang by the neck  until he be dead also where the save be to the heir it be well save by the  name of the heir because notwithstanding the forfeiture imply in the judgement  his inheritance be save and by consequent the blood not corrupt for if the  blood be corrupt he can not inherit as heir but notwithstanding this save the  land be forfeit during his life the statute at Elizabeth for preservation of  the wife dower and the heir inheritance in case of forgery be pen in this from  provide always that such attainder of felony shall not in any wise extend to  take away the dower of the wife of any such person attaint nor to the  corruption of blood or disherison of any heir or heir of any such person  attaint the word of the statute of Elizabeth be provide always that this Act  shall not extend to corruption of blood or be prejudicial or hurtful to any  woman claim dower by or from any such offender c wherein it be to be observe  that by the avoidance of corruption of blood the inheritance be impliedly save  see the manner of the pen of the Act of Elizabeth concern this matter and  diverse other and sure it be very convenient that when new felony be make by  Act of parliament that such save or provision be make both for the wife dower  and the heir inheritance as be have and make in these precedent