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48. imersible, how came they to dy by drowneing in _Bohemia_? besides it hath been knowne [letter t over letter y] persons who have floated on [letter e over letter y] water, [letter n over letter w] the hangman has made [letter e over letter y] Experiment on [letter m over letter y] have sunk downe like a stone [letter n over letter w] others have made [letter e over letter y] Tryall. The Reasons Comonly alledged for [letter e over letter y] superstition are of no moment. It is said they hate [letter e over letter y] water, [letter n over letter w] as they have many times desird y't they might be cast on ye water in order to their Purgatid. It is alledged [letter t over letter y]is used in Baptisme, therfore Witches Swim; [illegible] weake phansy. All ye water in ye world is not Consecrated water. But (say some) [letter e over letter y] [Donille?] by sucking of them makes [letter m over letter y] so light [letter t over letter y] [letter e over letter y] water bares them. Whereas some witches are [illegible] [illegible]as [heavy?]as many an innocent [son?]. Wel, but [letter n over letter y] they are possest by [letter e over letter y] Devill, suppose so, as ye Devill afraid if they sinke, he should be drownd [letters th over w] them, but why [letter n over letter y] were ye [Gadarns?] boys drowned, [letter n over letter w] [letter e over letter y] Devill was in them. These things being [premised?], I Answer ye Question Affirmatively _There are proofs for ye Conviction of Witches, [letters ch over letter w] jurors may [letters th over letter w] a safe Conscience proceed upon so as to bring themm Guilty_ The scripture [letters ch over letter w] saith, _Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to Live_ clearly implyes {letter t over letter y] some in ye world may be knowne and proved to be witches. For untill they be so they may & must be suffered to Live. Moreover, wee find in ye Scripture, [letter t over letter y} some have bin convicted & Executed for Witches. For _Saul cut of those [letter t over letter y] had familiar spirits & [letter e over letter y?] Wizards out of [letter e over letter y] Land._ [Sam. 28:9] It may be wonderd at, [letter t over letter y] Saul who did like him [letter t over letter y] said, _[Flectere Sinequeo Superos, Acheronta Monebo]_, should cause ye wizzards in ye Land to be put to death The Jewish Rabbies say, ye Reason was because those Wizzards fortold if David should be King. It is (as Mr _Gaul_ (k) observes) ye opinid of some Learned Protestants [letter t over letter y] Saul in his zeal did overdo; And [letter t over letter y] under ye (L) Pretext of Witches he slew ye [Gideonites?], for [letters ch over letter w] [letter t over letter y] Judgment followed 2: [letters el over Sam]. 21:1. Neither (saith Mr _Gaul_) _want we ye storied Examples of Gods judgments upon those, [letter y over letter y] [word crossed out: diformed?] defamed, persectued, & executed tho in for witches, that indeed were nor_ & But we [word crossed out] have [letter t over letter y] Scripture [letter e over letter y] [be?] condemned, and some [words obscured by scan] [Margin note: (k) in his Tales about Witchcraft p: 281. (L) So [letter n over letter D?] Will at Con=jectures on 2. Sam. :1.]