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Rh he would excuſe him; but the other abſolutely refuſed: being therefore compelled, he ſtands under it, and then the wall ſeemed to open, and he being entered therein, was never afterward ſeen more.

The ſame author ſets down another relation as a matter of undoubted truth; a notable conjurer, for a trial of his great ſkill, had cut off the head of the inn-keeper's ſervant where he lodged; and when he was about to ſet it on again, he perceived he was hindered by the preſence of another magician, that chanced to be by at the time: he therefore beſought him that he would not oppoſe him; but the other not regarding his requeſt, the firſt magician cauſed a lily to ſpring out upon the top of the table, and when he had chopped off the head of it, together with its flowers, upon a ſudden, down falls the magician that hindered him, headleſs to the ground; that done, he ſets on the head of the ſervant again, and ſpeedily conveys himſelf away, leſt he ſhould he queſtioned for the murder of his rival.—''Delrio Diſquiſ. Magic.''

XVI. There was a young man at Friburg in Germany, who, by the help of a magician, hoped to enjoy a young woman whom he earneſtly loved; the devil appeared to him in the likeneſs of the ſame maid, and the young man putting forth his hand without the inchanted circle to embrace her, was preſently graſped of the wicked Spirit, who cruſhed him againſt a wall, and made the pieces of him fly every way round about, and caſt the remainder of the dead body ſo torn in pieces at the conjurer, who therewith fell down in the place much bruiſed, and not able to ſtir from thence, till ſome hearing a cry and noiſe, ran to him, took him up, and carried him away half dead.—''Camorarius Ox. Sul.''