Most of the
conjurers
pretended to be able to recover stolen
treasure.
treasure.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
_, 1874, 1.
81: 'If
_Africke_ did produce no other monsters,' etc. The people of London
at this time had a great thirst for monsters. See Alden, _Bart.
Fair_, p. 185, and Morley, _Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair_.
=1. 5. 17 for hidden treasure. = 'And when he is appeared, bind him
with the bond of the dead above written: then saie as followeth.
I charge thee N. by the father, to shew me true visions in this
christall stone, if there be anie treasure hidden in such a place N.
& wherein it now lieth, and how manie foot from this peece of earth,
east, west, north, or south. '--Scot, _Discovery_, p. 355.
Most of the conjurers pretended to be able to recover stolen
treasure. The laws against conjurers (see note 1. 2. 6) contained
clauses forbidding the practice.
=1. 5. 21 his men of Art. = A euphemism for conjurer.
Cf. B. & Fl. , _Fair Maid of the Inn_ 2. 2:
'_Host. _ Thy master, that lodges here in my Osteria,
is a rare man of art; they say he's a witch.
_Clown. _ A witch?
_Africke_ did produce no other monsters,' etc. The people of London
at this time had a great thirst for monsters. See Alden, _Bart.
Fair_, p. 185, and Morley, _Memoirs of Bartholomew Fair_.
=1. 5. 17 for hidden treasure. = 'And when he is appeared, bind him
with the bond of the dead above written: then saie as followeth.
I charge thee N. by the father, to shew me true visions in this
christall stone, if there be anie treasure hidden in such a place N.
& wherein it now lieth, and how manie foot from this peece of earth,
east, west, north, or south. '--Scot, _Discovery_, p. 355.
Most of the conjurers pretended to be able to recover stolen
treasure. The laws against conjurers (see note 1. 2. 6) contained
clauses forbidding the practice.
=1. 5. 21 his men of Art. = A euphemism for conjurer.
Cf. B. & Fl. , _Fair Maid of the Inn_ 2. 2:
'_Host. _ Thy master, that lodges here in my Osteria,
is a rare man of art; they say he's a witch.
_Clown. _ A witch?
