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Onomancy, or Onomamancy 152

Onycomancy, or Onymancy 154

Ornithomancy 155

Pyromancy 155

Pyscomancy, or Sciomancy 155

Rhabdomancy 156

Oracle 157

Ouran, or Uran, Soangus 163

Dreams, &c. 164

Brizomancy 164

Origin of interpreting Dreams 164

Opinions on the cause of Dreams 166

Fate 168

Physiognomy 171

Apparitions 178

Deuteroscopia, or Second-sight 194

Witches, Witchcraft, Wizards, &c. 204

Witchcraft proved by Texts of Scripture 225

Dr. More’s Postscript 226

The Confessions of certain Scotch Witches, taken out of an authentic copy of their Trial at the Assizes held at Paisley, in Scotland, Feb. 15, 1678, touching the bewitching of Sir George Maxwell 259

Depositions of certain persons, agreeing with confessions of the above-said witches 264

The Confession of Agnes Sympson to King James 267

The White Pater-noster 270

The Black Pater-noster 270

Sorcery 272

Sortes—Sortilegium 273

Sibyls 282

Talismans 283

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