Besides those noted by Scot in the margins, I have gathered the
following from Wier, though very possibly some may have been
overlooked. By far the greater number occur in the 12th Book of Scot;
that is, they consist chiefly of various charms and illustrative tales.
I would not be understood, however, as thinking that Scot in all these
cases copied from Wier, any more than I would assert that some later
Astronomer Royal has quoted from Herschel, without mentioning him, the
fact “that the earth revolves around the sun”. The reference in both
to the _Homerica medicatio_ from Ferrerius (in Scot, Ferrarius) is a
notable one in point, and two other instances will be found in Notes
on the Text. I quite agree, also, with Prof. W. T. Gairdner when he
says, _Insanity_, p. 61: “Nothing, however, is more evident than that
Scot, however indebted to Wier (and both of them probably to Cornelius
Agrippa...), was far in advance of either in the clearness of his views
and the unwavering steadiness of his leanings to the side of humanity
and justice.”
N.B.—“&c.” for the words following in the page has been omitted, as
unnecessary.
P. 7. The reader may compare the first, and the first part of par. 2
of ch. 3 with Wier, _De Lamiis_, c. 5, “Quocirca eam”, etc., and judge
whether the remembrance of this latter did not suggest Scot’s words.
P. 53. “One _Bessus_.” From Plutarch. Also given by Wier; but I have
lost the reference.
P. 111. “_Chasaph._” Scot seems to have remembered Wier ii, 1, § 2, but
not to have copied him. Wier gives Exod. 22, 18. οὐ περιβιὠσατε; Scot,
οὔκ ἐπιζεώσετε, a variant I know not whence obtained, not being in the
Oxford 1821 ed. of the Sept.
P. 123. “_Eusebius_ ... poison.” Wier iii, 38, § 2 and 4. Both call
Lucilia Lucilla. Scot omits § 3 regarding Alphonso of Arragon.
P. 126. “This word _Ob_ ... _Ventriloqui_.” Wier ii, 1, § 12.
P. 177. “Onen ... to the interpretation of dreames.” Wier ii, 1, § 8,
“aliquando observara somnia.”
P. 183. “The art ... in digging for monie [... omit]. There must ...
treasure awaie.” Wier v, 11, § 1. Scot adds “bona” after “videre”.
P. 184. “℞ The fat ... impudentlie affirmed them” [close of ch.]. Wier
iii, 17, § 2, 3. But from the first and last words of Scot’s chapter,
he, as well as Wier, took these things from J. B. Porta, though he may
have been led by Wier to consult Porta.
P. 230. “_Balsamus._” Scot’s words at the beginning of the chapter
were suggested by Wier v, 9, § 4, though he has added some descriptive
particulars; then these words are given by both, Wier adding that three
Agnus Dei’s were sent by Pope Urban.
P. 231. “_A wastcote of proofe._” Wier v, 8, § 2. Scot’s “little
virgine girl” is a “junioribus notæ castitatis puelles”, his “hat” is
“galea”.
——— “_Gaspar._” These verses, with a longer proem, are in Wier v, 8 §
1.
P. 240. “_Homerica medicatio._” Wier v, 19, § 1. See note in its place.
Wier quotes at length from Ferrarius, § 2, 3, and 4, gives his name
rightly, and rightly reads in the present passage _verbis_, and not as
Scot, _verbi_.
——— “_Nos habitat._” Wier v, 19, § 3, from Ferrarius.
P. 242. “For the falling evil ... no more.” Wier v, 8, § 2; but he
finishes the charm with “In nomine [etc.]. Amen.”
P. 243. “_Ananizapta_”, v, 9, § 6. Wier gives _Ananisapta_, has “quæ”
instead of “dum”, l. 1, and adds “contra febres a quodam nebulone ...
offerantur”.
——— “Write upon a piece of bread” [for the bite of a mad dog]. This
Scot gives from v, 8, § 6. But Wier has “... Khiriori essera ... fede”.
Afterwards, “Vel hoc scriptum in papiro, aut pane, homini sive cani
in os inseritur”. In the _O rex_, etc., there are crosses after each
person of the Trinity, and a “prax” after Gaspar, while “I max” is
“ymax”.
P. 244. “Against the toothache.” “_Galbes, etc.... persanate._” These
two charms, omitting the intervening one, are in Wier v, 8, § 6, adding
to the _persanate_ one, “hoc scriptum appenditur”. The second, “At
saccaring”, etc., is given v, 4, § 2.
——— “Let a virgine”, v, 8, § 3. Wier preceding this with the words,
“Ita antiquitas credebat, verbascum cum sua radice tusum, vino
aspersum, folioque involutum, & in cinere calefactum, strumisque
impositum, eas abigere, si hoc fecisset virgo jejuna jejuno, & manu
tangens supino dixisset.”
P. 246. “A gentlewoman”, v, 18, § 1. But the charm is a versification,
probably by Scot himself, of a German prose sentence, and it was given
and the story told “a viro Ecclesiastico, non infimi nominis Theologo”.
Scot evidently thought that this description of the perpetrator of so
indecorous a jest might better be omitted, even though he were a German.
——— “_To open locks_.... Take a peece ... _Amen_”, v, 11, § 2; but
“hinder” is anteriore. The essential part of the words just marked as
omitted is in v, 11, § 3.
——— “_A charme to drive ... house._” This and the marginal note are in
v, 14, § 4. But Wier places “vel” between each of the Bible sentences,
therefore Scot’s “this sentence” should have been “any of these
sentences”.
P. 247. “_Another for the same_”, v, 14, § 2, beginning “Item”. Scot
has shortened his “fiftlie”, and omitted that the beggar must pray with
all attention. Also in his haste he omits that the conjuror gave doses
of rhubarb and other herbs twice daily.
P. 247. “The sicke man”, v, 23, § 6. Wier gives the words of the
“gospell” that is to be carried about his neck—“Hoc genus dæmonii non
ejicitur, nisi jejunio & oratione”—taken, though apparently by memory
only, from Matt. 17, 20, Vulg. The names in Scot’s margin are in Wier,
Gualterio, Bernhardo.
Pp. 247-8. “This office or conjuration.” The paragraph is from v, 22, §
6, with a slight condensation of the first words.
P. 248. “_A charme for the bots_”, v, 4, § 8. Scot only omitting the
“sanctus” before “Job”.
P. 249. “There are also”, v, 4, § 7. Wier commences—“Vidi, haud ita
pridem apud magnæ authoritatis virum nobilem, librum conscriptum
execrabilem, flammis dignissimum, plenum exorcismis, frequenti crucis
consignatione, & ex sancta Scriptura formulis in nomine Patris [etc.]
finitis, contra equorum non modo morbos quoslibet,” etc. But he has not
“as it ... Rome.”
——— “Item, the Duke of Alba”, v, 4, § 5. “Equo item Vice-regis in
sacello suum fuisse locum ubi celebraretur Missa. Continebat & dux
exercitus vexillum in manu, quamdiu sollennibus ritibus idipsum
uti campanæ solent, baptizaretur. Ornabat & hunc actum effigies D.
Virginis Mariæ cum filiolo in eodem volans, & duæ complicatæ manus ad
stipulantium morem.”
——— “That wine”, v, 4, § 9. Scot omitting after eager, “eo anno”.
P. 252. “_Mahomets_ pigeon”, i, 19, § 3, 4. Scot omitting all notice of
the apostate confederate Sergius, of the trained bull, and of the words
before rex esto, viz., “Quicunque tauro jugum imponat”.
P. 253, “At Memphis in Aegypt”, i, 19, § 1, faithfully yet freely.
P. 254. “I conjure thee O serpent ... unto the Jewes”, v, 4, § 10.
But Wier has no “otherwise”, nor any signs of the whole being two
conjurations. After Jewes he has, “te vermem a me discedere oportet,
velut a Judæis discessit Deus noster”. His magical words are “Eli
lass eiter, ... eitter, ... eitter”. Scot’s second “I conjure” is
“exorciso”, and for fear of error, Wier’s “Divam Mariam” becomes “S.
Mary”.
P. 257. “A charme ... with images of wax ... afterwards in another.” P.
258, l. 1, is in Wier v, 11, § 6, 7, 8, except that “And if they were
inserted”, etc., is Scot’s. The charm words in Wier are “Alif cafiel
zaza ...” adding “leviatan leutatace”. Scot also gives a sentence which
perplexed me till I turned to Wier, “& ferrum, quo homo necatus fuit,
traditur alteri imagini, [of wax] ut alterius necandi simulachri caput
transigat”. Also, after “angell must be mentioned”, Wier adds, “Non
absimile monstrum fingitur, ut quis tibi in omnibus obsequatur”.
P. 259. “_Imparibus_ ... breake a bone of him”, v, 12, § 1. I doubt,
however, Scot’s dividing “_Jesus autem_” [etc.] from “You shall not”
[etc.] by the last “otherwise”, for Wier does not, and in § 3 tells of
one who silently submitted to all tortures, and on whom was found—“sub
scruffiam inter crines quandam parvam schedulam”, containing “✠ Jesus
autem transiens ✠ per mediam illorum ✠ os non comminueris ex eo ✠”.
P. 260. “_Charmes to ... theefe_”, to end of second paragraph, except
from “even as plainlie” to “confutation hereof”, will be found in v, 5,
§ 1, 2. But there are some additions in Wier (it may be from Cardan)
which I leave to the student reader to look up.
P. 261. “_Another waie ... theefe_”, v, 5, § 6. Wier adds, “ex
sacrifici libro clam a me subtracta”. Scot’s “sea side” is “fluentem
aquam”, the “forme of conjuration” is “per Christi passionem, mortem, &
resurrectionem (quam propter impie curiosus celo)”.
P. 262. “_To put out the theeves eie_”, v, 5, § 7. “A coopers hammar,
or addes”, is “malleo cypressimo”.
P. 263. “_Saint Adelberts cursse_” to “_in morte sumus_”, Wier, v, 6,
§ 1. Scot, evidently by accident, omits after _made orphanes_: “sint
maledicti in civitate”, and by a press or other error the “_& odio
habeantur_”, etc., becomes “or hated of all men living”, a change
slightly injuring the sense. I know not whether it be due to the more
frequent repetition of _maledicti_ in the Latin, but this curse reads
to me more horrible in the original than when translated. I would also
note that here, as sometimes elsewhere, Wier speaks more, and more
strongly, against some of these things than does Scot.
P. 266. “They naile a wolves head”, v, 20, § 3.
P. 267. “_Terque_”, given in Wier, v, 21, § 1.
——— “_Adveniat_”, v, 21, § 6.
——— “_Baccare_”, v, 21, § 4.
P. 269. “_To spoile a theefe_”, v, 5, § 8. But the strange words are in
Wier, “Droch, myrroch esenaroth”, and in the next set of unintelligible
words “_Eson ✠_” is “✠ eson” and “_age_” is “ege”. He also explains
more clearly, I think, that all these conjuring terms are to be thrice
repeated.
P. 270. “Say three severall times”, v, 4, § 6, the final Amen and some
✠s being omitted.
——— “_Charmes against a quotidian_”, v, 8, § 7. With these
differences, the three pieces, “the jejunus”, should “easdem tribus
diebus edat”. Instead of Scot’s “Otherwises” we have “Si minus
successerit, in pane missali scribitur: O febrem omni laude colendam:
in altero, ... in tertio ... Si nec hic modus juverit, denuo in pane
dicto toties pingatur: ... quem diebus, ut supra, mane absumat.” Whence
it would seem that three massecakes were in each instance to be used,
and not one divided into three, a thought probably suggested by the
three pieces of apple.
——— “_For ... agues intermittent._” The whole paragraph is in v, 8, §
7.
P. 271. “_S. Barnard_”, Wier i, 16, § 6.
——— “Take three consecrated ... Trinitie”, v, 4, § 2, “Recipe tres
panes Missales”, etc.
P. 272. “In the yeere.” This paragraph is, with a little freeness of
translation and a slight addition, both in the unimportant parts, from
v, 4, § 5.
P. 273. “Take a cup of cold water.” This paragraph is from v, 4, § 3.
Scot’s English verses are thus in Wier: “✠ In sanguine Adæ orta est
mors: ✠ in sanguine Christi redempta est mors: ✠ in eodem sanguine
Christi præcipio tibi ✠ ô sanguis, ut fluxum tuum cohibeas”. Wier
then goes to “Aliud: De latere ejus” [etc.], and continues: “Item
(Otherwise) ex quacunque corporis parte profluentum sanguinem cohibere
nituntur his verbis: Christus natus est in Bethlehem” [etc.]; and then,
without any Aliud, Item, or other sign that it is not a continuation
of the same charm, “Tene innominatum digitum in vulnere, & fac cum eo”
[etc.]; Scot’s “five wounds” being “sanctorum quinque vulnerum”.
P. 273. “There was a jollie fellowe” to “This dooth Joh: Wierus”, etc.,
is from v, 15, § 1. Wier begins, “Ad insignis malitiæ chirurgum”, but
Scot’s “jollie” seems to have been taken from his drinking habits,
which in Wier are spoken of in a more pronounced manner.
P. 275. “This surgion”, v, 15, § 2. But Scot’s “ague” is in Wier
“febrem”, and it is added that not long afterwards the patient died,
in his (Wier’s) opinion of an empyema. I marvel that Scot omitted this
last.
P. 276. “Otherwise: Jesus Christ”, v, 15, § 3. Scot omits the ✠ after
the first Christ.
——— “Another such cousening”, v, 15, § 4.
P. 282. “At Easter”, v, 40, § 4. Note, in the margin I have placed [?
or] for the “on” of text. The “?” is unnecessary, for in Wier it is
“infra cornua vel aures”.
——— “Otherwise _Jacobus_”, v, 40, § 3.
P. 294. “The corral”, v, 21, § 5. But Scot refers to Avicenna, though
Wier does not; nor do the names of the precious stones spoken of,
nor the remarks upon them, coincide with those in Wier at the above
reference.
P. 303. “Also that a woman”, Wier vi, 9, § 1, gives this, but his words
differ so much, that it can only be that both happened to notice this
common superstition.
P. 421. “_Exorciso te creaturam aquæ ... apostatis_”, v, 21, § 16,
giving “apostaticis”. But Scot’s giving the whole form, both of this
and of the exorcism of salt, and his italics, show that he took it
from, I suppose, the _Missale_ or other R. C. book of devotions, though
Wier may have given the idea.
P. 433. “_Jacobus de Chusa_”, i, 13, § 1, to middle of 6. Scot’s first
paragraph is different; in the rest he sometimes amplifies, sometimes
condenses, sometimes omits Wier’s words, and Wier says that he gives J.
de Chusa’s _verba fideliter_. The first prayer at its close is in Scot
shortened.
P. 445. “I conjure thee.” This, like the “... creaturam salis”, 421,
is given in Latin by Wier, v, 21, § 27, down to “adjuratus”. Both the
Latin and English in Scot are the same, except a slight difference
after “judicare”, arising from Scot, in this second instance, giving
the sense rather than the _verba ipsissima_.
P. 507. “_Rabbi Abraham_ ... collected.” Translated from i, 6, § 7.
P. 518. “For _Beelzebub ... manium_”, i, 5, § 3.
519. Nisroch (5); Tartac [not Tarcat] (4); Beelphegor (1); Adramalech
(2); Chamos (6); Dagon (8); Astarte (7); Melchom (7); are in Wier i,
5, § 3, with other gods, and in the order here marked. The wording
after each is also Wier’s, as is the error “Ozee 9, 11” for 9, 10. Both
also make the same mistake as to the duality of Astarte and Astaroth,
because in 1 Kings ii, 5, she is called Astarthe in the Vulg., whence
Wier took his names, and Scot followed him, and not his English Bible.
Both mention that the word means “riches, &c.”, and that it was a city
of Og; though both, curiously enough, here forget the observation they
had made elsewhere as to other cities, that it was dedicated to, and
therefore called after, the deity. Scot omits also Wier’s supposition
that both Beelzebub and Beelphegor were Priapus.
P. 520. This chapter, from the “heading” to the end, is derived from
i, 21, § 1, to § 25, but is much abbreviated; some titles also are
omitted; but except for a slight change in the positions of both
_Diabolus_, and his last names, “owle”, etc., Scot follows the order of
Wier.
P. 521. “_Lares_ ... cities”, i, 6, § 6, except that Wier has “cuam
agere” for both “trouble”—an odd word here—and “set to oversee”.
——— “_Virunculi terrei_ ... drawe water.” Follows generally, though
not quite literally, i, 22, § 5.
——— “_Dii geniales_ ... birth”, i, 6, § 6, shortened.
P. 522. “_Tetrici_ ... _Subterranei_; _Cobali_; _Guteli_ or _Trulli_
(the etymology being Scot’s); _Virunculi_ [_montani_, Wier]; _Dæmones
montani_.” These being in the same order, are adopted from Wier i, 22,
§ 8-11, but much shortened. “_Hudgin_” immediately follows as “Hutkin”,
§ 12.
——— “_Hudgin_ ... ware a cap”, i, 22, § 12. Here it is said—“pileo caput
opertus unde & vulgo Pileatum eum appellabant rurales, hoc est, ein
Hedeckin, lingua Saxonica.”
——— “_Familiares Dæmones_ ... Simon Samareus ... to come”, etc.—but of
course omitting _Feats_ and _Dr. Burcot_—are from i, 22, § 7. Also
“Albæ mulieres and Albæ Sibyllæ”, though shortened. The “did much
harm” is from Wier. “_Deumus_, _Agnan_, _Grigii_, _Charoibes_” and
“_Hovioulsira_” follow in order, § 23-26. See note on _Deumus_.
P. 523. “Raise thunder ... _Elicius_”, i, 6, § 6, but in the
enumeration of the “_Dii selecti_” Wier and Ennius are not followed,
but Varro.
P. 525. “As namelie of beasts ... _Latus_”, is, I believe, from Strabo
originally, but by Scot was taken, I think, from Wier i, 6, § 2.
P. 533. “Pope Benedict the eight and ninth”, i, 16, § 3 and 4. But
Scot’s “seen a hundred years after”, whereas Wier only has “postea”,
seems to show that the former had referred to Platina.