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and the like,that fhonld Melt by little,and lictlejOr fome ocher Things 
Buried in Much , that fhould Putrifie by little and little 5 Or the like ; 
For lo oft as the Imagimnt doth thinke of thofe Things, I'o oft doth lie 
reprefent to his Imagination, the Ejfeft of that he defirethi 
If there be any Power in Imagination ,it is Iefle credible,that it Hi ould 
| be lo Incorporca ll and Imateriate a Hertue ,as to work at great D 1 (lance s- 3 
; Or through a\\ Mediums,Or upon all Bodies :But rhat the Dijtance muft 
[ be Competent. The Medium not Aduerfc; And the Body Apt and Pro- 
I porcionare. Therefore if there be any Operation Vpon Bodies , in Ab- 
5 lencc,by Hature.it is like to be conueyed fr 6 m Man to Manias Fame is 3 * 
| As if a Witch by Imagination, fhould hurt any afarre off, it cannot bee 
| naturally, but by Working vpon the spirit of fome, that commeth to 
the Witch • And from that Party vpon the Imagination of Another, And 
j lo vpon Another ; till it come to one that hath refort to the Party Inten¬ 
ded j And lo by Him to the Party intended himfelfe. And although they 
l fpeake, that it fufficeth,to take a Point, ora Peece of the Garments* the 
. Name of the Party , or the like 5 yet there is lelfc Credit to be giuen to 
[ thofe ThingSjexcept it be by Workingo$em\{ Spirits . 
The Experiments , which may certainly demonflrate the 
Power of Imagination, vpon other Bodies , are few, or none • 
For the Experiments of Witchcraft , are no cleare Proofes > 
For that they may bee, byaTacitc Operation of MaligneSpi¬ 
rits : Wc (Mil therefore be forced, in this Enquirie , to refort to 
New Experiments : Wherein wee can giife only Directions of 
Trials > and not any Toftiue i Experiments. And if any Man 
thinke, that we ought to'hauc ftaied, till We had made Ex¬ 
periment, of fome of them our- felues ( as wee doe com¬ 
monly in ocher Titles) the Truth is, that the icEffeCls of Ima¬ 
gination vpon other Bodies , baric fo little Credit with vs, as we 
ihall cry them at leifurc : Bat in the meane Tittle, we Will lead 
others the way. 
When you workeby the Imagination of Another, it is neceffary,that 
Hee, by whom you workc, hauc a Precedent Opinion of'you, that you 
can doe Strange Things-, Or that you are a Man of Art, they call it 3 
Forelfe the Simple Jjfirmation to Ailother, that ibis or that-(Hall be, 
can worke but a weake Imprejs'iori in his Imagination. 
It were good, becaufe you cannot dilcerne fully o( the Strength pi 
Im iginationyn one Man more than another,that you did vfe the Imagi¬ 
nation of more than One •, That fo you may light vpoii a Strong One. As 
if a phyfttian fhould tell Three, or FoUre, of his Patients Seruams, that 
their Mafter ihall ftirely recouer. 
The Imagination of One, thatyou fhall vfe 5 ( fuch is the Variety of 
Mens Mindcs ,) cannot be alwaies alike Conjtant, and Strongs At\d if the 
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