= The magic circle is one of the things
most frequently
mentioned
among the arts of the conjurer.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
The former act
of Elizabeth was repealed. This act of James was not repealed
until 9 George II. c. 5.
_Social England_, p. 270, quotes from Ms. Lansdowne, 2. Art.
26, a deposition from William Wicherley, conjurer, in which he
places the number of conjurers in England in 1549 above five
hundred. A good idea of the character of the more disreputable
type of conjurer can be got from Beaumont and Fletcher's
_Fair Maid of the Inn_. See especially Act 5, Sc. 2.
=1. 2. 26 circles.
= The magic circle is one of the things
most frequently
mentioned
among the arts of the conjurer.
Scot
(_Discovery_, p. 476) has a long satirical passage on the
subject, in which he enjoins the conjurer to draw a double
circle with his own blood, to divide the circle into seven
parts and to set at each division a 'candle lighted in a
brazen candlestick.'
=1. 2. 27 his hard names.= A long list of the 'diverse
names of the divell' is given in _The Discovery_, p. 436,
and another in the Second Appendix, p. 522.
=1. 2. 31, 2 I long for thee. An' I were with child by him, ...
I could not more.
