A01981:307
The saints sacrifice
The saints sacrifice: or, a commentary on the CXVI. Psalm Which is, a gratulatory psalm, for deliverance from deadly distress. By William Gouge, D.D.The saints sacrifice: or, a commentarie on the CXVI. Psalme Which is, a gratulatory psalme, for deliverance from deadly distresse. By William Gouge, D.D.
London: printed by George Miller for Edward Brewster, 1632
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Calasir. You need not marvel At this, for I believe some envious eye Hath over looked her.
Calasir. You need not marvell At this, for I believe some enuious eye Hath over look'd her.
Caric. I must laugh at this, Then you believe as commonly men do, That there is witch craft
Caric. I must laugh at this, Then you beleive as commonlie men doe, That there is witch craft
Calasiris. Yes as I believe That any thing is true, and for this cause, The empty air that is about us round On every side, entering in by our eyes, Our mouth, our ears our nostrils, all our pores, Carrying such outward qualities with it As tis indew'd with, doth engraft a like Infection in the man who hath received it; As when a man hath enviously beheld Something that's excellen▪ forthwith the air Is filled with that poisonous quality, Which entereth into that is near at hand, This same air being a slender subtle thing Pierceth even to the bones and very marrow, And by that cause hath envy been the means Of that disease, which by a propter name We call bewitching.
Calasiris. Yes as I beleive That any thing is true, and for this cause, The emptie aire that is about us round On everie side, entring in by our eyes, Our mouth, our eares our nostrills, all our pores, Carrying such outward qualities with it As tis indew'd with, doth ingraffe a like Infection in the man who hath receiv'd it; As when a man hath enviously beheld Something that's excellen▪ forthwith the aire Is filled with that poisonous qualitie, VVhich entreth into that is neere at hand, This same aire being a slender suble thing Pierceth even to the bones and very marrow, And by that cause hath envie beene the meanes Of that disease, which by a propter name VVe call bewitching.