Bodinus, in his preface to his "Daemonology," relateth,
that three waxen images, whereof one of Queen Elizabeth's,
of glorious memory, and two other, _Reginae proximorum_, of
two courtiers, of greatest authority under the queen, were
found in the house of a priest at Islington, a magician, or
so reputed, to take away their lives. This he doth repeat
again in his second book, chap. 8, but more particularly
that it was in the year of the Lord 1578, and that Legatus
Angliae and many Frenchmen did divulge it so; but withal, in
both places he doth add, that the business was then under
trial, and not yet perfectly known. I do not trust my
memory: I know my age and my infirmities. Cambden, I am
sure, I have read; and read again; but neither in him, nor
in Bishop Carleton's "Thankful Remembrancer," do I remember
any such thing. Others may, perchance. Yet, in the year
1576, I read in both of some pictures, representing some
that would have kill'd that glorious queen with a motto,
_Quorsum haec, alio properantibus!_ which pictures were made
by some of the conspiracy for their incouragement; but
intercepted, and showed, they say, to the queen.
Pages:
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292