Page:The Examination and Confession of certain Witches at Chelmsford in the County of Essex.djvu/12

6 of witchcraft, becaue in winter he gave a banquet to the Roman emperor in his garden, which bore a pring-like appearance. An incautiouly uttered word, a boat, led to the torture; the misfortune to have a mole, to have had a dog or cat diliked by a malicious neighbour, paved the way to tortures, ordeal of water, death by fire, in which thouands breathed their lat, and all this was done ad majorem Dei gloriam. The world was eized by a dieae called forth and propagated by elifh priets. The path is not yet known which thee fearful trials in Europe and on the other ide of the ocean took, and the threads entwined round Chritianity are yet undicovered. It is, therefore, our duty to collect materials for the future hitorian; and the trials carried on in behalf of witchcraft, orcery, etc. are of the greatet importance.