Iltf ADifcourfe,
pcfls,earthqHakcs,hail , rain , and frequently fne verteth and e-
verturneth fhips : and if he will appear vifible, he appeareth and
_, r . . is feenintkefhapeofawoman.ThcHebrew Aftronomers before
^^^'"fpokenof, do fay, That the Spirits of the Air do caufe thunders,
60 infeft lightnings and thunderbolts, that fo the) might corrupt and infetb
the air. the Air, and produce piflilence and deflrullion. Of fuch kinde
ofSpirics St. John makes mention in the 9 Chapter of the
Revelation, having Mccerti for their tutelar, which is a Spirit
caufing heat in the time of noon. St. i'rfa/calleth him,
The Prince of the power of the Air, and the Spirit that rulethiu
Epbef. z. the children of difobedience.
Cajlor. Are there fo many mongers in Phlegeton, Pollux ? Pol. And many more ; for the fame Hebrew Aflertors do Spirits of declare anc l maintain, That there are Spirits of the fiery clement, fire, r *<S'",£ a bout like the fierce Panthers, which are converfant under
the lunar y regions, that whatfoever is committed to them , the/ forthwith execute the fame. <iAnd there are Spirits of the earth, S pints of w hj c h inhabit in groves,woods and wildcrticjfes, and are the plague t eeart . afj ^ mifchief of hunte rs ', and fometimes they frequent open fields, endeavouring to feduce travellers and paffengers out of their right way, or to deceive them withfalfe and wicked illufions ; or elf e they feekjo afflift men with a hurtful melancholy, to make them furious or mad , that they may hurt them, and fometimes almofi kill them. The chief of thefe are Sanyaab and Achimael, which are oriental Spirits, a kjnde unapt forwickednefl, by reafon of the con/fancy of Subterra- their dijpofitions. There are a ifo fubterranean Spirits, which do nean Spi- inhabit in dens and cavernes of the earth, and in remote concavi- t' in ties of mountaines, that they might invade deep fits, and the
bowels of the earth ; thefe do ait up metals , and keep treafureh which oftentimes they do tranfport from one place to another, left any man (houldmake ufe thereof: theyftir Hp windes with flaw- ing (lames of fire .• they fmite the foundations of buildings, acting frightful daunces in the night, from which they fuddenh vanijh away, with making a noife and founds of bells, thereby cauf- ing fear in the beholders ; and fometimes diffembUng, andfaining themfelves to be the Souls of the dead .- notwithfianding they are ignorant in compaffmg their deceits upon women J of which comfA-
