From Thomas Potts's
A Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster, the official trial transcripts:
Mother Demdike's family charm "to get drink":
Crucifixus hoc signum vitam
Eternam. Amen.
(Literal translation: the crucifix is the sign of eternal life.)
This charm to cure bewitchment is attributed to Chattox:
A Charme
Three Biters hast thou bitten,
The Hart, ill Eye, ill Tonge:
Three bitter shall be thy Boote,
Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost
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Published on March 30, 2010 06:21