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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. Weras 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 [illegible] so, as ye Devil 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 Conscienc 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 impyes {letter t over letter y] some in ye world may beknowne 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 of of [letter e over letter y] Land._ [Psam 28:9?] It may be wonderd at, [letter t over letter y] Saul who did like him [letter t over letter y] said, _[Illegible (to me) Latin]_, sould cause ye wizzards in ye Land to be put to death The [Jouish?] 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.]