Introduction (1928
version)
Introduction (1948 version)
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Part One
Question
I
Whether the Belief that there are such Beings as Witches is
so Essential a Part of the Catholic Faith that Obstinacy to
maintain the Opposite Opinion manifestly savours of Heresy.
Question
II
If it be in Accordance with the Catholic Faith to maintain
that in Order to bring about some Effect of Magic, the Devil
must intimately co-operate with the Witch, or whether one
without the other, that is to say, the Devil without the
Witch, or conversely, could produce such an Effect.
Question
III
Whether Children can be Generated by Incubi and Succubi.
Question
IV
By which Devils are the Operations of Incubus and Succubus
Practised?
Question
V
What is the Source of the Increase of Works of Witchcraft?
Whence comes it that the Practice of Witchcraft hath so
notably increased?
Question
VI
Concerning Witches who copulate with Devils. Why is it that
Women are chiefly addicted to Evil superstitions?
Question
VII
Whether Witches can Sway the Minds of Men to Love or
Hatred.
Question
VIII
Whether Witches can Hebetate the Powers of Generation or
Obstruct the Venereal Act.
Question
IX
Whether Witches may work some Prestidigatory Illusion so
that the Male Organ appears to be entirely removed and
separate from the Body.
Question
X
Whether Witches can by some Glamour Change Men into Beasts.
Question
XI
That Witches who are Midwives in Various Ways Kill the
Child Conceived in the Womb, and Procure an Abortion; or if
they do not this Offer New-born Children to Devils.
Question
XII
Whether the Permission of Almighty God is an Accompaniment
of Witchcraft.
Question
XIII
Herein is set forth the Question, concerning the Two Divine
Permissions which God justly allows, namely, that the Devil,
the Author or all Evil, should Sin, and that our First Parents
should Fall, from which Origins the Works of Witches are
justly suffered to take place.
Question
XIV
The Enormity of Witches is Considered, and it is shown that
the Whole Matter should be rightly Set Forth and Declared.
Question
XV
It is Shown that, on Account of the Sins of Witches, the
Innocent are often Bewitched, yea, Sometimes even for their
Own Sins.
Question
XVI
The Foregoing Truths are Set out in Particular, this by a
Comparison of the Works of Witches with Other Baleful
Superstitions.
Question
XVII
A Comparison of their Crimes under Fourteen Heads, with the
Sins of the Devils of all and every Kind.
Question
XVIII
Here follows the Method of Preaching against and
Controverting Five Arguments of Laymen and Lewd Folk, which
seem to be Variously Approved, that God does not Allow so
Great Power to the Devil and Witches as is involved in the
Performance of such Mighty Works of Witchcraft.
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Part Two
Question
I
Of those against whom the Power of Witches availeth not at
all.
Chapter
I
Of the several Methods by which Devils through Witches
Entice and Allure the Innocent to the Increase of that Horrid
Craft and Company.
Chapter
II
Of the Way whereby a Formal Pact with Evil is made.
Chapter
III
How they are Transported from Place to Place.
Chapter
IV
Here follows the Way whereby Witches copulate with those
Devils known as Incubi.
Chapter
V
Witches commonly perform their Spells through the
Sacraments of the Church. And how they Impair the Powers of
Generation, and how they may Cause other Ills to happen to
God's Creatures of all kinds. But herein we except the
Question of the Influence of the Stars.
Chapter
VI
How Witches Impede and Prevent the Power of Procreation.
Chapter
VII
How, as it were, they Deprive Man of his Virile Member.
Chapter
VIII
Of the Manner whereby they Change Men into the Shapes of
Beasts.
Chapter
IX
How Devils may enter the Human Body and the Head without
doing any Hurt, when they cause such Metamorphosis by Means of
Prestidigitation.
Chapter
X
Of the Method by which Devils through the Operations of
Witches sometimes actually possess men.
Chapter
XI
Of the Method by which they can Inflict Every Sort of
Infirmity, generally Ills of the Graver Kind.
Chapter
XII
Of the Way how in Particular they Afflict Men with Other
Like Infirmities.
Chapter
XIII
How Witch Midwives commit most Horrid Crimes when they
either Kill Children or Offer them to Devils in most Accursed
Wise.
Chapter
XIV
Here followeth how Witches Injure Cattle in Various Ways.
Chapter
XV
How they Raise and Stir up Hailstorms and Tempests, and
Cause Lightning to Blast both Men and Beasts.
Chapter
XVI
Of Three Ways in which Men and Women may be Discovered to
be Addicted to Witchcraft: Divided into Three Heads: and First
of the Witchcraft of Archers.
Question
II
Introduction, wherein is Set Forth the Difficulty of this
Question.
Chapter
I
The Remedies prescribed by the Holy Church against Incubus
and Succubus Devils.
Chapter
II
Remedies prescribed for Those who are Bewitched by the
Limitation of the Generative Power.
Chapter
III
Remedies prescribed for those who are Bewitched by being
Inflamed with Inordinate Love or Extraordinary Hatred.
Chapter
IV
Remedies presribed for those who by Prestidigitative Art
have lost their Virile Members or have seemingly been
Transformed into the Shapes of Beasts.
Chapter
V
Prescribed Remedies for those who are Obsessed owing to
some Spell.
Chapter
VI
Prescribed Remedies; to wit, the Lawful Exorcisms of the
Church, for all Sorts of Infirmities and Ills due to
Witchcraft; and the Method of Exorcising those who are
Bewitched.
Chapter
VII
Remedies prescribed against Hailstorms, and for animals
that are Bewitched.
Chapter
VIII
Certain Remedies prescribed against those Dark and Horrid
Harms with which Devils may Afflict Men.
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Part Three
General
and Introductory
Who are the Fit and Proper Judges in the Trial of Witches?
Question
I
The Method of Initiating a Process
Question
II
Of the Number of Witnesses
Question
III
Of the Solemn Adjuration and Re-examination of Witnesses
Question
IV
Of the Quality and Condition of Witnesses
Question
V
Whether Mortal Enemies may be Admitted as Witnesses
Question
VI
How the Trial is to be Proceeded with and Continued. And
how the Witnesses are to be Examined in the Presence of Four
Other Persons, and how the Accused is to be Questioned in Two
Ways
Question
VII
In Which Various Doubts are Set Forth with Regard to the
Foregoing Questions and Negative Answers. Whether the Accused
is to be Imprisoned, and when she is to be considered
Manifestly Taken in the Foul Heresy of Witchcraft. This is the
Second Action
Question
VIII
Which Follows from the Preceding Question, Whether the
Witch is to be Imprisoned, and of the Method of Taking her.
This is the Third Action of the Judge
Question
IX
What is to be done after the Arrest, and whether the Names
of the Witnesses should be made Known to the Accused. This is
the Fourth Action
Question
X
What Kind of Defence may be Allowed, and of the Appointment
of an Advocate. This is the Fifth Action
Question
XI
What Course the Advocate should Adopt when the Names of the
Witnesses are not Revealed to him. Ths Sixth Action
Question
XII
Of the Same Matter, Declaring more Particularly how the
Question of Personal Enmity is to be Investigated. The Seventh
Action
Question
XIII
Of the Points to be Observed by the Judge before the Formal
Examination in the Place of Detention and Torture. This is the
Eighth Action
Question
XIV
Of the Method of Sentencing the Accused to be Questioned:
and How she must be Questioned on the First Day; and Whether
she may be Promised her Life. The Ninth Action
Question
XV
Of the Continuing of the Torture, and of the Devices and
Signs by which the Judge can Recognize a Witch; and how he
ought to Protect himself from their Spells. Also how they are
to be Shaved in Parts where they use to Conceal the Devil's
Masks and Tokens; together with the due Setting Forth of
Various Means of Overcoming the Obstinacy in Keeping Silence
and Refusal to Confess. And it is the Tenth Action
Question
XVI
Of the fit Time and of the Method of the Second
Examination. And it is the Eleventh Action, concerning the
Final Precautions to be Observed by the Judge
The
Third Head
Which is the last Part of this Work. How the Process is to
be Concluded by the Pronouncement of a Definite and Just
Sentence
Question
XVII
Of Common Purgation, and especially of the Trial of Red-hot
Iron, to which Witches Appeal
Question
XVIII
Of the Manner of Pronouncing a Sentence which is Final and
Definitive
Question
XIX
Of the Various Degrees of Overt Suspicion which render the
Accused liable to be Sentenced
Question
XX
Of the Firth Method of Pronouncing Sentence
Question
XXI
Of the Second Method of Pronouncing Sentence, when the
Accused is no more than Defamed
Question
XXII
Of the Third Kind of Sentence, to be Pronounced on one who
is Defamed, and who is to be put to the Question
Question
XXIII
The Fourth Method of Sentencing, in the Case of one Accused
upon a Light Suspicion
Question
XXIV
The Fifth Manner of Sentence, in the Case of one under
Strong Suspicion
Question
XXV
The Sixth Kind of Sentence, in the Case of one who is
Gravely Suspect
Question
XXVI
The Method of passing Sentence upon one who is both Suspect
and Defamed
Question XXVII
The Method of passing Sentence upon one who hath Confessed
to Heresy, but is still not Penitent
Question XXVIII
The Method of passing Sentence upon one who hath Confessed
to Heresy but is Relapsed, Albeir now Penitent
Question
XXIX
The Method of passing Sentence upon one who hath Confessed
to Heresy but is Impenitent, although not Relapsed
Question
XXX
Of One who has Confessed to Heresy, is Relapsed, and is
also Impenitent
Question
XXXI
Of One Taken and Convicted, but Denying Everything
Question
XXXII
Of One who is Convicted but who hath Fled or who
Contumaciously Absents himself
Question
XXXIII
Of the Method of passing Sentence upon one who has been
Accused by another Witch, who has been or is to be Burned at
the Stake
Question
XXXIV
Of the Method of passing Sentence upon a Witch who Annuls
Spells wrought by Witchcraft; and of Witch Midwives and
Archer-Wizards
Question
XXXV
Finally, of the Method of passing Sentence upon Witches who
Enter or Cause to be Entered an Appeal, whether such be
Frivolous or Legitimate and Just
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