Thirdly, they[h] cure not diseases but in shew, except such as themselues haue inflicted, otherwise those doe returne, as is reported of Adrianus the[i] Emperour, who troubled with a dropsie, by magicall charmes did oftentimes empty the water thereof, but in a short space increased againe; and perceiuing the same to grow worse & worse, sought to dispatch and rid himselfe of life, by poyson, or the sword, or some other desperate attempts.  Or a worse malady (the first being abated) followeth:  as I haue knowne one, who vsing the help of a wisard for the cure of a sore in his breast, prescribed in this sort:  crossed the place affected with his thumb, and mumbled to himself some words in secret, after gaue the patient a powder like the ashes of wood, which was to be boiled in running water, and with it to wash the vlcer, after certaine clouts were to be applyed, with speciall care to lay that side of the clout vnto the sore, which was by him crossed, and marked; and all these clothes must at once be bound vpon it, and euery day the lowest remoued or taken away:  thus in short time that anguish and griefe ceased; but not long after the party fell into a more grieuous infirmity, and still continueth therein.  Or if the euill be taken from the[k] person presently afflicted, then is it layd vpon his friends children or cattell, and sometime it falleth to the lot of the witch herselfe, so that alwayes the diuell is a diuell, doing euill, and working mischiefe.

    [Footnote h:  Tatianus oratione tertia contra Graecos.]

    [Footnote i:  Xiphilinus ex Dion. in Adriano +manganeiais men te
    se kai goetiais ekeonto pote tou hugrou, palin de autou
    epimplato.+]

    [Footnote k:  Bodine proueth this by many examples in his
    Daemonomania, lib. 3. cap. 2.]

Fourth, a [l]wisard, witch, or sorcerer can not releeue any but by his or her inuocation, and help of the diuell, but this fact is absoluteIy, and without exception, wicked, and can by no limitation or circumstance bee made tolerable:  Therefore they who require this at their hands, which they cannot performe without committing of sinne, be liable to the same vengeance and wrath of God to which they are; for not only the principall offenders, but the [m]accessaries, and consenters to their euill, are worthy of death, Rom. 1. 32.

    [Footnote l:  Binfeldius de confessionibus maleficorum.  Cardinalis
    Caietanus in summula titulo de maleficio.  Toletus in summa casuum
    conscientiae, sine instructione sacerdotum li. 4. c. 16.]

    [Footnote m:  Gratianus in Decretis parte 2, causa 26. qu[e,]st.
    2. sect.  Qui sine saluatore, &c.]