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}madeit lighterthen Ithought, and faid, I shought ie twas. confederacy berween the 
VFfugler, and the rwo Servants; though (indeed) I had no reafon fo tothink, tor 
‘\they were both my Fathers fervants, and he had never. plaid inthe, Houle 
before. The Fugler alfo did caufe a Garter to be held.up, and took upon 
}him to know thar fuch an one fhould pointin fucha place of the Garter, as 
‘Hit fhoitld be near fo many Inchesto thelongerend, and fo many to the fhort- 
Ter: “and {till hedid itby firft tellingthe imaginer, and after bidding the actor 
Athink. fe iad 4 oy 
P ? Having told this Relation, not forthe weight thereof; but becaufe it 
} doth handfomly open 'the nature of the Qucftion, I return to that I aid, 
| That Experiments of Imagination mult be praGited by others, and not by a Mans 
‘Vfelf. For there be three means to fortifieBelief ; the firft is Experience, the 
T fecond is Réeafon, and the third is Authority, And that of thefe which is 
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|.- For Authority, it isof two kindes: Belief in an Att, and Belief in a 
} Man: And for things of Beliefinan Art. a Man may exercife them by him- 
‘| felf; butfor Belief in a Man, it muft be by another. Therefore if a Man be. 
HlicyeinAftrology, and finde a figure profperous; or believe in Natural Ma- 
i gick, and thata Ring with fucha Stone, orfucha piece of a Living Creacure 
Jeartied, willdo good, it may help his Imagination; but the Belief ina Man 
‘Jis far the more ative. But howfoever all Authority muftbe out of a Mans | 
/felf, turned (as was faid) either upon an Art, or Upon a Man; and where | 
| Authority is from one Man to ancther, there the fecond mutt be Ignorant, | 
| and notlearnéd, or full of thoughts : And {uch are (for the moft parr) all | 
| Witches and fuperttitious perfons, whofebeliefs, tiedto thei¢ Teachers and 
| People, whofe fpirits eafilieft take Belief and Imagination, _ 
|. Now to fortific Imagination, there be three ways: The Authority 
| whence the Belief is derived; Means to quicken and corroborate the Imagi- 
| nation; and Meanstorepeatitandrefrefhic. 
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| the Meansto quicken and corroborate the Imagination.we fee what hath been 
| uled in Magick ; {if there be in thofe practices any thing that is purely Na- 
tural) as Veftments, Charagters, Words, Seals, {ome patts of Plants, or Li- 
| ving Creatures, Stones, choice of the Hour, Geftures and Motions ; ‘alfo In- 
| cenfes and Odors, choice of Society, which increafeth Imagination, Diets 
jand Preparations for fometime before. And.for Words, there have been 
HTanseination 3 or wordsof fimilitude, that may fecond and feed the Imagi- 
| pation: And this waseveras well in Heathen Charms, as in Charms of later 
| Texts and Words have power, may ftrengthen the Imagination. And for the 
| fame tealon Hebrew words (which amongft us is counted the holy Tongue, 
andthe words moremyftical) areoftenufed. Arion ging 
|. For the refrefhing of the Imagination (which was the third Means of 
Exalcing it) we fee the practices of Magick; as in Images of Wax, and the 
Fike, that fhould melt by little and little, or fome other things buried in 
\Muck, that thould purrefie by little andlittle, or the like: .For fo oft asthe 
\Amaginanrdoth think of thofe things, fo oft doth he reprefentto his Imagina- 
jon the effectof thathe defireth, . 
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{far the moft potent, is Authority ; For Belief upon Reafon or Experience |. 
| Traditions, are no whit controlled either by Reafon or Experience> And | 
| upon the fame reafon, in Magick they ufe (for themoft patt) Boys and young | 
For the Authority we have already {poken. Asfor the {econd, namely, | 
ever ufed, either barbarous words of no fenfe, left they fhould difturb the | - 
}times. Thereare ufed alfo Scripture words,forthat the Belief that Religious |, 
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