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it is like to be conveyed from Man to Mari> as Fame is • h/i if a Wiuh, by /T 

 maoination, fhould hurt any afar off,it cannot be naturally ,but by Work- 

 ins upon the Spirit of fome, that cometh to the Witch A nd from that part) 

 upon the Imagination of Another; And fo upon A nother; till it come to one 

 that hath refort to the Partie intended ; and fo by Him to the Party intended 

 himfelf. And although they fpcakthat it fufriceth, to take a Pointpr a Peece 

 of the Garment^* the Name of the party,or the like j yet there is lefs Cre- 

 dit to be given to thofe Things, except it be by working of evil Spirits. 



The Experiments , which may certainly demonftrate the 'Po^- 

 er of Imaginathn, upon other , are few or none ; for the Ex- 

 periments of Whtchcraft , are no clear Proofs ; For that chey may 

 be, by aT^crt Operation of Malign Spirits t We fliall therefore be 

 forced in this Enquiries refort to New Ex/wfWwfr-Wherein we 

 can give onely VireElkns of TWafr , and not any ToJkiVe Experi- 

 ments. And if any man think < that we ought to have flayed, till 

 we had made Experiment of ibmc of them our (elves, (as we do 

 Commonly in other Titles , ) the truth is, that thefe EffeSls of Ima- 

 gination upon other Bodies, have fo little Credit with us 9 as we 

 fhall trie them atleifure : But in the mean time, we will lead o- 

 thers the way. 



When you work by the Imagination of another,it is neceffary, that He, 

 by whom you work , have a Precedent Opinion of you , that you can doe 

 Strange Things Or that you arc a M An oiArt&s they call it For elfe the 

 Simple Affirmation to Another, that this or that fhall be, can work but a 

 weak Imprefsion in his Imagination. 



It were good, becaufe you cannot difceflrt fully of the Strength of Imagi 

 nation, in one Man more than another, that you did ufe the Imagination of 

 more than Oney That fo you may light upon a Strong One. As if a Pbyfician 

 {hould tellfrhree, or Four of his Patients Servants, that their (JMafter fliall 

 furely recover. 



The Imagination of one, that you fliall ufe (fuch is the Varietie of Mens 

 Minds) cannot be alwaies alike Constant, and Strong 5 And if the Succeffc 

 follow not fpeedily, it will faint and leefe Strength. To remedy this, you 

 rauft pretend to Him, whofe Imagination you ufe, fcveral degrees of Means 

 by which to Operate* As to prefcribe him, that every Three Daies, if he 

 find not the Succefs Apparent , he doe ufe another Hoot, or Part of a Beajl, 

 or Ring,&c.ks being of more Force-, And if that fail. Another^ And if that, 

 Another, till Seven times. Alfo you mult prefcribe a good Large Time for 

 the EfjeB you promifc ; As if you fhould tell a Servant of a Sick man,thax 

 his Mafler fhall recover, but it will be Fourteen daies, ere he findeth it ap- 

 parently,^. All this to entertain the Imagination, that it waver lefs. 



It is certain, that Potions, or Things taken into the Body i Incenfes and Per- 

 fumes taken at the Naftfiis A nd Ojntments of fome Parts , doe (naturally) 

 work upon the Imagination of Him that taketh them. And therefore it 

 muft needs greatly Cooperate with the Imagination of him,whom you ufe,if 

 you prefcribe him, before he doe ufe the Receiptor the Work which he de- 

 fireth, that he doe take fuch a Pill, or a Spoonfull of Liquor 5 Or burn fuch 

 an Ince/fe-jOr Annoint his T tmj>ltS 3 ot the Soles ofhiS Feet, with fuch an Oint- 

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