❧
The
Examination
of
Iohn
Walsh
,
before
Maister
Thomas
Williams
,
Commissary
to
the
Reuerend
father
in
God
William
bishop
of
Excester
,
vpon
certayne
Interrogatories
touchyng
Wytchcrafte
and
Sorcerye
,
in
the
presence
of
diuers
gentlemen
and
others
.
¶
The.
xx
.
of
August
.
1566.
¶
Imprynted
at
London
by
Iohn
Awdely
,
dwelling
in
litle
Britain
streete
wythout
Aldersgate
.
1566.
The.
xxiij
.
of
December
.
(
⸫
)
¶
The
Printer
to
the
Christian
Reader
.
HEre
hast
thou
(
gentle
Reader
)
the
examination
of
Iohn
Walsh
of
Netherbery
in
Dosetshiere
,
touching
Sorcerie
and
Witchcraft
,
which
he
learned
(
as
hereafter
is
shewed
)
of
a
certayne
Priest
named
syr
Robert
of
Dreiton
.
Wherein
thou
mayest
see
the
fruites
of
Papistes
and
papistrye
,
and
their
yll
exercises
of
their
ydle
lyues
,
which
hath
bene
no
small
hurt
to
all
common
weales
.
For
hereby
not
onely
the
simple
people
haue
bene
falsly
seduced
and
superstitiously
lead
:
but
all
estates
haue
beene
sore
greeued
and
troubled
by
these
their
practises
of
Sorcery
and
Witchcraft
.
It
would
be
to
tedious
to
shew
but
a
few
histories
of
their
diuelish
practises
,
and
to
to
horrible
factes
in
murthers
and
other
mischiefes
:
which
not
onely
the
fat
belly
fed
Moonkes
,
flattering
Friers
,
and
idle
lusty
Priestes
practised
and
vsed
:
but
also
the
holy
fathers
them selues
Popes
,
Cardinals
,
and
Bishops
were
chiefly
and
wholye
geuen
to
the
studye
and
exercise
of
these
most
wicked
and
diuelish
sciences
,
and
by
these
meanes
did
worke
to
come
to
the
Papall
seate
,
hie
dignities
,
and
great
wealth
.
Which
was
(
as
the
histories
declare
)
wyth
the
murthering
and
poysoning
priuely
one
of
anothrr
.
As
first
Pope
Alexander
the
sixt
,
hauing
societis
with
wicked
Sprites
and
Diuels
,
gaue
hymselfe
body
and
soule
vnto
them
,
vpon
condicion
he
might
attaine
to
the
Popes
seate
,
and
dignity
:
which
they
promised
him
and
fulfilled
,
but
he
enioyed
it
not
long
,
contrarie
to
his
expectation
.
For
he
being
priuely
conueyed
into
a
chamber
in
a
certain
place
called
Mount
Cauillus
,
and
ther
questioning
with
his
Demon
how
long
hee
shoulde
raygne
Pope
,
was
aunswered
that
he
should
raigne
.
xi
.
and.
viij
.
which
this
holy
father
vnderstood
to
be
so
many
yeares
:
but
he
was
deceiued
.
For
after
he
had
raigned
Pope
xi
.
yeares
and.
viii
.
monethes
,
this
Diuel
would
no
lenger
be
without
hys
praye
,
but
strayght
came
to
the
Popes
court
deckt
like
a
Courtier
,
and
at
the
Popes
chamber
doore
dyd
knock
very
loudlye
,
saying
that
he
must
needes
speake
with
his
Fatherhood
.
The
doore
being
opened
,
he
came
and
spake
with
the
Pope
,
al
others
being
bid
to
auoyde
.
But
they
were
so
earnestlye
talking
together
,
that
many
did
rightly
confect
that
they
were
at
contention
.
For
the
Pope
stoutlye
affirmed
his
time
not
to
be
expired
.
For
(
sayd
he
)
I
had
promised
me
.
xix
.
yeares
(
for
.
xi
.
and.
viij
.
is
.
xix
.
)
and
of
these
.
xix
.
yeares
,
I
haue
raygned
but.
xi
.
yeares
and.
viij
.
monethes
.
But
this
courtierlike
Deuil
replied
and
sayd
,
that
he
mistooke
his
wordes
,
for
I
sayd
not
(
sayde
he
)
xix
.
yeares
,
but
I
ment
.
xi
.
yeares
and.
viij
.
monethes
,
and
therefore
nowe
thou
must
needes
dye
.
Whereat
the
Pope
being
abashed
,
fall
to
entreating
,
but
all
was
in
vayne
.
For
assoone
as
this
Deuil
was
gon
,
the
soule
of
this
Pope
departed
miserably
from
his
body
wyth
horrible
cryes
,
fearefull
groninges
,
and
deadly
bewaylinges
.
In
this
sort
dyed
this
horrible
Sorcerer
(
as
sayeth
Hieronimus
Marius
in
his
worke
intituled
Eusebius
Captiuus
.
)
In
which
worke
the
history
of
this
wicked
Pope
Alexander
is
very
lyuely
set
foorth
,
both
as
touching
his
wycked
lyuing
and
horrible
factes
.
Whose
terrible
ende
may
be
an
example
to
all
Sorcerers
,
Cuniurers
,
and
Witches
.
Like
vnto
hym
was
Pope
Gregory
the.
vij
.
otherwyse
called
Hellybrand
(
Hildebrande
I
should
say
)
who
was
also
a
great
Sorcerer
and
Nigromancer
,
as
Benno
the
Cardinal
doth
declare
in
his
worke
of
this
Gregories
life
.
Saying
that
he
also
had
a
Familiar
sprite
,
whereby
he
wrought
manye
mischiefes
in
the
common
weale
of
Rome
,
as
well
for
the
satisfieng
of
his
fleshly
and
beastlye
lust
,
as
also
for
to
encrease
hys
ryches
and
dignitie
.
Platina
also
writeth
the
lyke
of
Pope
Iohn
.
8.
Pope
Siluester
,
Pope
Bennet
.
8.
with
dyuers
others
,
which
were
better
practised
in
those
diuelish
sciences
,
then
in
godly
diuinitie
.
Much
like
to
these
was
Pope
Paul
the
third
,
who
as
Sleidan
declareth
,
exercised
sorcerye
and
Witchcraft
,
and
therby
committed
.
ij
.
horrible
murthers
,
and
poysoned
his
Moother
and
Neuew
,
that
he
might
enioye
hys
inheritaunce
the
sooner
.
He
poysoned
also
his
own
Sisters
husband
,
that
he
more
freelyer
might
haue
her
at
hys
wycked
commaundement
.
Pope
Clement
the.
8.
was
also
of
this
Fraternitis
,
as
in
the
Comentaries
vpon
the
Articles
of
the
Doctors
of
Paris
is
declared
:
where
hys
style
is
thus
set
foorth
:
that
he
was
a
Bastard
,
Empoysoner
,
Homicide
,
Bawd
,
Symoniacke
,
Sodomite
,
Periurer
,
Whooremaister
,
Nigromancer
,
Church
robber
,
and
a
practiser
of
all
kinde
of
wyckednes
.
These
with
a
great
many
moe
of
that
abhominable
sea
of
Rome
wer
thus
occupied
,
whose
endes
were
most
terrible
,
as
their
lyues
were
most
wicked
.
And
these
faculties
their
inferiour
sorte
,
as
Moonkes
,
Friers
,
and
Priestes
also
vsed
,
and
would
teach
the
same
witchcraftes
and
Sorceries
to
such
men
and
women
,
as
they
had
committed
euyll
wyth
.
As
of
late
was
confessed
of
a
woman
which
vsed
Witchcraft
and
Sorcerye
,
that
she
learned
the
same
of
a
priest
,
whose
harlot
she
had
bene
many
a
yeare
.
I
exhort
all
men
therfore
to
flee
from
them
and
these
dyuelish
practises
,
as
from
Deuils
incarnate
,
least
in
following
them
with
lyuing
here
pleasantly
a
litle
while
,
they
be
tormented
with
them
in
hell
perpetually
.
Which
God
for
hys
Christes
sake
wythdraw
and
let
now
and
euer
.
Amen
.
Finis
.
¶
The
examination
of
Iohn
Walsh
of
Dorsetshere
,
touching
Witchcraft
and
Sorcerie
.
THe
Tewsday
being
the.
xx
.
daye
of
August
.
1566.
there
was
examined
before
maister
Thomas
Williams
(
Commissary
to
the
reuerend
Father
in
God
William
Bishop
of
Excester
)
one
Iohn
Walsh
,
vpon
certaiue
Interrogatories
touchyng
Wytchcraft
,
in
the
house
of
Mayster
Thomas
Sinkeler
,
keeper
of
the
Shiriffes
warde
,
in
the
presence
of
Iohn
Butler
,
and
Robert
Buller
Gentlemen
,
William
Blachford
and
Iohn
Bordfield
.
¶
He
being
first
demaunded
of
his
habitacion
,
he
said
that
he
dwelt
in
a
parish
called
Netherberry
in
Dorsetshere
.
Secondly
,
beyng
asked
whether
he
were
euer
syr
Robert
Draitons
man
,
he
said
that
he
was
retaining
vnto
him
by
the
space
of
.
vii
.
yeares
.
Thirdly
,
being
demaunded
whether
he
did
practise
any
Phisicke
or
Surgery
:
he
sayde
that
he
doth
practise
both
,
for
the
Tisicke
and
the
Agues
,
and
that
he
hath
practised
thys
Phisicke
by
the
space
of
these
.
v.
yeares
,
sithens
his
maister
syr
Robert
of
Dreiton
died
.
Fourthly
,
being
demaunded
of
whom
he
learned
his
Phisicke
and
Surgery
:
he
aunswered
that
he
learned
it
of
hys
maister
syr
Robert
of
Dreiton
.
Fiftly
,
being
demaunded
whether
he
doth
it
by
Arte
naturally
,
or
els
by
anye
other
secrete
or
priuy
meanes
:
He
aunswered
that
hee
vseth
hys
Phisicke
or
Surgerie
by
Arte
,
naturallye
practised
by
him
as
he
sayth
,
&
not
by
anye
other
yll
or
secrete
meanes
.
And
yet
he
being
demaunded
whether
he
knew
the
natural
operation
of
the
herbs
,
as
whither
thei
wet
hot
or
cold
and
in
what
degre
they
wer
hot
or
cold
:
he
answered
he
could
not
tel
Sixtlye
,
he
being
demaunded
whether
he
had
a
Familiar
or
not
:
he
aunswered
and
denied
vtterlye
that
he
had
none
about
hym
,
neyther
in
anye
other
place
of
this
worlde
,
eyther
aboue
the
ground
,
or
vnder
the
ground
,
either
in
any
place
secrete
or
open
.
Seuenthly
,
he
being
demaunded
how
he
knoweth
when
anye
man
is
bewytched
:
He
sayth
that
he
knew
it
partlye
by
the
Feries
,
and
saith
that
ther
be
.
iii.
kindes
of
Feries
,
white
,
greene
,
&
black
.
Which
when
he
is
disposed
to
vse
,
hee
speaketh
with
them
vpon
hyls
,
where
as
there
is
great
heapes
of
earth
,
as
namely
in
Dorsetshiere
.
And
betwene
the
houres
of
.
xii
.
and
one
at
noone
,
or
at
midnight
he
vseth
them
.
Whereof
(
he
sayth
)
the
blacke
Feries
be
the
woorst
.
Also
he
saith
that
he
had
a
booke
of
hys
said
maister
,
which
had
great
circles
in
it
▪
wherein
he
would
set
two
waxe
candels
a
crosse
of
virgin
waxe
,
to
raise
the
familiar
spirite
.
Of
whom
he
woulde
then
aske
for
any
thing
stollen
,
who
dyd
it
,
and
where
the
thing
stollen
was
left
,
and
thereby
did
know
,
and
also
by
the
Feries
he
knoweth
who
be
bewitched
.
Eightly
,
he
being
demaunded
whether
he
had
euer
any
Familiar
or
no
:
he
sayth
that
he
had
one
of
his
sayde
mayster
.
Which
Familiar
(
after
his
booke
of
Circles
was
taken
from
him
by
one
Robert
Baber
of
Crokehorne
,
then
beyng
Constable
,
in
the
yeare
.
1565
)
he
coulde
neuer
do
any
thing
touching
his
Familiar
,
nor
the
vse
thereof
,
but
hys
Familiar
dyd
then
depart
from
him
,
and
wyll
neuer
come
to
him
agayne
,
as
he
sayth
.
And
further
he
sayth
vpon
his
oth
,
that
his
Familiar
would
somtyme
come
vnto
hym
lyke
a
gray
blackish
Culuer
,
and
somtime
lyke
a
brended
Dog
,
and
somtimes
lyke
a
man
in
all
proportions
,
sauing
that
he
had
clouen
feete
.
Ninthly
,
he
being
demaunded
howe
long
he
had
the
vse
of
the
Familiar
:
He
sayd
one
yeare
by
his
sayd
maisters
life
,
and.
iiii
.
yeres
after
his
death
.
And
when
he
would
call
him
for
a
horse
stollen
,
or
for
any
other
matter
wherein
he
would
vse
him
:
hee
sayth
hee
must
geue
hym
some
lyuing
thing
,
as
a
Chicken
,
a
Cat
,
or
a
Dog
.
And
further
he
sayth
he
must
geue
hym
twoo
lyuing
thynges
once
a
yeare
.
And
at
the
first
time
when
he
had
the
Spirite
,
hys
sayd
maister
did
cause
him
to
deliuer
him
one
drop
of
his
blud
,
whych
bloud
the
Sprite
did
take
away
vpon
hys
paw
.
Tenthly
,
he
sayth
that
when
the
Familiar
should
doo
any
thing
at
his
commaundement
,
in
going
anye
arrant
:
he
would
not
go
,
except
fyrst
two
wax
candels
of
Uirgin
waxe
shoulde
first
haue
bene
layd
a
crosse
vpon
the
Circle
,
wyth
a
little
Frankensence
,
and
saynt
Iohns
woorte
,
and
once
lighted
,
and
so
put
out
agayne
:
which
Frankensence
must
be
layd
then
at
euery
end
of
the
candel
,
as
he
saith
a
crosse
,
and
also
a
litle
Frankensence
with
saynt
Iohns
woort
burned
vpon
the
grounde
,
or
euer
the
Familiar
would
go
,
and
that
would
force
hym
to
go
the
message
,
and
returne
agayne
at
the
houre
appoynted
.
Eleuenthly
,
he
being
asked
whether
they
that
do
good
to
such
as
ar
bewitched
,
cannot
also
do
hurt
if
they
list
.
Whereto
he
answered
,
he
that
doth
hurt
,
can
neuer
heale
againe
any
man
,
nor
can
at
any
time
do
good
.
Howbeit
he
saith
that
he
whych
hath
but
the
gyft
of
healyng
,
may
do
hurt
if
he
list
,
but
his
gift
of
healyng
can
neuer
returne
agayne
to
anye
vther
persons
vse
.
Twelftly
,
he
being
demaunded
whether
that
any
of
the
three
kindes
of
Feities
,
when
they
did
hurt
,
dyd
it
of
theyr
own
malignity
,
or
of
the
prouocation
of
anye
wicked
man
?
He
aunswered
that
they
doo
hurt
of
their
owne
malignitie
,
and
not
prouoked
by
anye
manne
,
and
that
thei
haue
power
vpon
no
man
,
but
vpon
suche
as
onelye
doo
want
fayth
,
which
is
the
cause
why
they
haue
power
more
of
some
persons
,
then
of
anye
others
.
Furthermore
,
he
being
demaunded
to
what
end
the
Familiar
dyd
serue
them
?
He
aunswered
that
hee
serueth
for
no
purpose
,
but
to
search
out
things
theft
stollen
,
&
for
no
other
purpose
at
al.
He
being
further
demaunded
to
what
end
the
Spirits
,
in
the
likenes
of
Todes
and
the
pictures
of
man
or
woman
made
in
wax
or
clay
,
doo
serue
?
He
sayde
,
that
Pictures
made
in
wax
,
wyll
cause
the
partye
(
for
whom
it
is
made
)
to
continue
sycke
twoo
whole
yeares
:
because
it
will
be
two
whole
yeares
ere
the
wax
wyll
be
consumed
.
And
as
for
the
Pictures
of
claye
,
their
confection
is
after
this
maner
.
They
vse
to
take
the
earth
of
a
new
made
graue
,
the
ryb
bone
of
a
man
or
woman
burned
to
ashes
,
if
it
be
for
a
woman
,
they
take
the
bone
of
a
woman
,
if
for
a
man
,
the
bone
of
a
man
,
and
a
blacke
Spider
,
with
an
inner
pith
of
an
elder
,
tempered
all
in
water
,
in
the
which
water
the
sayd
Todes
must
fyrst
be
washed
.
And
after
al
ceremonies
ended
,
they
put
a
pricke
,
that
is
,
a
pyn
or
a
thorne
in
any
member
wher
they
wold
haue
the
party
greued
.
And
if
the
sayde
pricke
be
put
to
the
hart
,
the
party
dieth
within
nine
daies
.
Which
Image
they
burne
in
the
moste
moystest
place
they
can
finde
.
And
as
touching
the
vsing
of
the
Todes
,
the
which
he
sayth
haue
seueral
names
:
som
they
cal
great
Browning
,
or
little
Brownyng
,
or
Bonne
,
great
Tom
Twite
,
or
litle
Ton
Twite
,
with
other
like
names
:
Which
Todes
being
called
,
the
Witches
strike
with
.
ii
.
withie
sperres
on
both
sydes
of
the
head
,
and
saith
to
the
Spirit
their
Pater
noster
backward
,
beginning
at
the
ende
of
the
Pater
noster
,
but
they
wyll
neuer
say
their
Creede
.
And
when
he
is
stricken
,
they
commaunde
the
Tode
to
hurt
such
a
man
or
woman
as
he
would
haue
hurted
.
Whereto
if
he
swell
,
he
will
goo
wher
he
is
apointed
,
either
to
the
deiry
,
brewhouse
,
or
to
the
dry
kill
of
malt
,
or
to
the
Cattel
in
the
field
,
to
the
stable
,
to
the
shepefold
,
or
to
any
other
like
places
,
and
so
returne
agayne
to
his
place
.
The
bodies
of
men
or
women
bee
hurt
by
the
Images
before
named
,
&
mens
goods
&
Cattels
be
hurt
by
the
Todes
,
in
commaunding
and
vsing
them
,
as
aforesaid
,
as
he
sayth
.
And
if
the
Tode
called
forth
,
as
afore
said
,
do
not
swell
,
then
will
the
Witch
that
vseth
them
cal
forth
an
other
to
do
the
act
,
which
if
hee
do
not
,
then
will
they
spy
an
other
tyme
when
they
maye
cause
the
partye
to
be
found
lacking
fayth
,
or
els
to
bee
more
voide
of
grace
,
where
he
or
they
may
be
hurt
.
Furthermore
he
saith
,
that
who
so
doth
once
a
day
saye
the
Lordes
prayer
and
his
Creede
in
perfite
charitie
,
the
Witch
shall
haue
no
power
on
hys
body
or
goodes
for
that
day
.
Xiii
.
He
beyng
demaunded
whether
that
those
which
doo
heale
men
or
women
,
being
hurted
by
Witches
,
can
find
out
those
Images
vnder
ground
,
wher
with
they
were
tormented
?
He
affyrmeth
they
can
And.
xiiii
.
he
being
demaunded
whether
he
him selfe
eyther
hath
or
had
at
any
time
any
such
Tode
,
or
that
euer
he
made
anye
suche
Images
to
hurt
man
,
woman
,
or
childe
?
He
affirmeth
by
the
othe
which
he
hath
taken
,
that
he
neuer
had
suche
Todes
,
or
euer
made
suche
Images
.
And.
xv
.
he
being
demaunded
,
whether
that
euer
he
dyd
anye
hurt
to
man
,
woman
,
or
childe
,
or
to
their
goodes
or
Cattels
?
He
sayth
by
the
othe
that
he
hath
taken
,
that
he
neuer
did
any
such
hurt
either
in
body
or
goodes
.
(
⸫
)