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JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
And so with the Charity founded under his will, May 2nd, 
1668, by Stephen Ollaver, or Ollavean, or Ollivier, merchant, of 
Exeter, who left a rent-charge of £5 4s. on his houses in that city, 
to be distributed by 2s. weekly in wheaten bread in either of the 
parish churches of Plymouth on every Lord's-day, immediately 
after the service, to poor people, preference being given to the 
widows of mariners and seamen. This and other Charities estab- 
lished under his will Ollivier kept up during his life, but it had 
been lost long before 1820. 
The poor of Charles have been more fortunate touching £50 
left by Mary Collins, or Gosling, for distribution in bread ; for the 
payment of £2 10s. in respect of this is still kept up by the 
Corporation. The liability was admitted, like that in respect of 
John King's endowment, in the deed by which the Corporation 
properties were transferred, pending the grant of the new charter 
under Charles II. 
No doubt there are other Charities that should be included in 
the list, but with the exception of a few trifling bequests no record 
has been preserved of them. Enough has been said, however, to 
show that we must not rely on the Official Reports either for fullness 
or accuracy. 
MODERN WITCHCRAFT. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY JOHN RICE. 
(Read October 23rd, 1884.) 
Limitation of the word "modern" to witchcraft of the Christian era. 
Essential idea in modern witchcraft : compact between a human 
being and Satan. Witchcraft declared a crime by the Early Church. 
Laws against it. The " Sorcery Bull " of Pope Innocent VIII. The 
Malleus Malificarum, or commentary on the Bull by the Inquisitors 
appointed under it. The principles of witchcraft; the criminal code 
and mode of procedure, as laid down by the Malleus. Typical trials : 
at Arras, in France ; at Mora, in Sweden. Removal of witchcraft 
from the English statute-book in 1736. Last execution in Germany 
in 1749. Last persecution in America in 1692, in Massachusetts. 
That persecution the only one fully and faithfully recorded. 
Analysis of it. Inferences. Some confirmatory facts. 
