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Of Occult Philoſophy.
Book I.
A cold Snake being charm'd, burſt in the Meads.
And in another place.
Charms bear Corn standing from anothers Farm.
And Ovid in his book, ſine Titulom ſaith.
With charms doth with'ring Ceres dye,
Dried are the fountains all,
Acorns from Okes, inchanted Grapes
And Apples from trees fall.
Dried are the fountains all,
Acorns from Okes, inchanted Grapes
And Apples from trees fall.
If theſe things were not true, there would not be ſuch ſtrict penall Statutes made againſt them, that ſhould inchant fruit. And Tibullus ſaith of a certain Imchantreſs,
Her with Charms drawing Stars from Heaven, I
And turning th' Courſe of rivers, did eſpy,
She parts the earth, and Ghoſts from Sepulchers
Draws up, and fetcheth bones away from th' fires,
And at her pleaſure ſcatters Clouds i'th' Air,
And makes it Snow in Summer hot, and fair.
And turning th' Courſe of rivers, did eſpy,
She parts the earth, and Ghoſts from Sepulchers
Draws up, and fetcheth bones away from th' fires,
And at her pleaſure ſcatters Clouds i'th' Air,
And makes it Snow in Summer hot, and fair.
Of all which that Inchantreſs ſeems to boaſt her ſelf in Ovid, when ſhe ſaith,
At will, I make ſwift ſtreams retire
To their fountains, whileſt their banks admire;
Sea toſs, and smooth; clear Clouds, with Clouds deform.
With Spells, and Charms I break the Vipers jaw,
Cleave Solid Rocks, Oakes from their ſeaſures draw,
Whole Woods remove, the airy Mountains ſhake,
Earth for to groan, and Ghoſts from graves awake,
And thee O Moon I draw
To their fountains, whileſt their banks admire;
Sea toſs, and smooth; clear Clouds, with Clouds deform.
With Spells, and Charms I break the Vipers jaw,
Cleave Solid Rocks, Oakes from their ſeaſures draw,
Whole Woods remove, the airy Mountains ſhake,
Earth for to groan, and Ghoſts from graves awake,
And thee O Moon I draw
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