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Chapter Xvi. How, & in What Way Sorcerers Are Conveyed to the

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Sabbat.

1. They are sometimes conveyed there mounted on a stick, or a broom, sometimes on a sheep or a goat, & sometimes by a tall black man.

2. Sometimes they anoint themselves with ointment, & sometimes not.

3. There are some people, who although they are not Sorcerers, if they are anointed, are none the less carried off to the Sabbat. The reason for this.

4. The unguent, & the ointment are actually of no use to the Sorcerers, and do not in effect carry them to the Sabbat.

5. Sorcerers are sometimes conveyed to the Sabbat by a blast of wind & a sudden storm.

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