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more then once or twice. Nor is it Ordina ry for _Demons _to Steal money out of mens pockets & purses or wine and cyder out of their Cellars. Yet Some Such Instances have ther been among ourselves. It is not usuall for Providence to permitt a Divel to Come from Hell and to throw fire on the Top of Houses and to Cause whole Townes to be Burnt to Ashes therby. Ther would (it must be confessed) be no Liv- ing in the world if Evill Angells Should be permitted to doe this when ever they had a mind to it Nevertheless, Authors worthy of Creditt Tell us that this has Sometime happened. Both Erasmus [underlined] & Cardano (d) Write that the Towne of Schiltack in Germany was in the moneth of April 1533 Set on fire by the Divel and burnt to the ground in an Hours Space. Tis also reported by Sigibert A- ventimus and others, that some Cottages and Barnes in a Toune Called Bingus were fired by a wicked ge- nius. That Spitefull Demon Said it was for the impieties of Such aman whom he named that he was sent to molest them. The poor man to Satisfie his neighbours who were Ready to Stone him Carried an Hott Iron in his hand but Receiving no hurt therby, he was judged to bee inocent. It is not Ordinary for a Divel upon the Dying Curse of a Servant to have a Commission from Heaven to Tear and Torment a bloody Cruel maister. Yet such a thing may possibly come to pass. Ther is a

d) De Subtil. Lib. 19