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Rh helliſh arts to this purpoſe, he was carried away alive by the devil, and never after heard of.

XI. It is not long ſince that there was a man called Coulen, living in Lorrain, who was given over to this curſed art of necromancy, and amongſt other wonderful feats, he would ſuffer muſkets and piſtols to be ſhot at him, and would catch the bullets in his hands without receiving any hurt; but one time it happened, that one of his ſervants being angry with him, ſtruck him ſuch a blow with a piſtol, that notwithſtanding all his cunning, he was killed therewith.—Beard's Theatre.

XII. There was within the memory of our fathers (ſaith Camerarius) John Fauſtus of Cundligon, a German, who had learned the black art at Cracovia in Poland, he meeting one day at the table with ſome who had heard much of his magical tricks, was earneſtly entreated by the company to ſhow them ſome ſport, and being overcome in the end by the importunity of his pot-companions, who were alſo well armed in the head, promiſed to ſhew them whatſoever they would have; they, with a general conſent, require him to bring into the place a vine laden with ripe grapes, ready to be gathered; for they thought, becauſe it was in the month of December, Fauſtus could not ſhow them that which was not; yet he condeſcended to them, ſaying, That immediately before they ſtirred from the table, they should ſee the vine they deſired; but upon this condition, that they ſhould not ſpeak a word, nor offer to riſe from their places, but ſhould all tarry till he bid them eat the grapes, and that whoſoever ſhould do otherwiſe, was in danger to loſe his life: they having all promiſed to obey him, Fauſtus ſo charmed the eyes of theſe drunken revellers, that