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more then once or twice. Nor is it Ordinary for Demons to Steal money out of mens pocket & purses or wine and cyder out of their Cellars. Yet Some Such Instances have there been among ourSelves. It is not usually for Providence to permitt a Divel to Come from Hell and to throw fire on the Top if Houses and to Cause whole Townes to be Burnt to Ashes therby. There would (it must be confessed) be no Living in the world if Evill Angells Should be permitted to doe this when ever they had a mind to is Nevertheless, All [illegible] worthy of Creditt [illegible] us that this [illegible] Sometime happened. Both Erasmus [underlined] & [illegible] Write that the Towne of [Schiltalk?] in Germany was in the month of April 1533 Set on fire by the Divel and burnt to the ground in an Hours Space. Tis also reported by [Sigibert?] aventimus and others, that some Cottages and [illegible] in a Towne Called [illegible] were fired by a wicked [illegible]. That Spitefull Demon Said it was for the impieties of Such aman whom he named that his [illegible] to [illegible] 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. There is a