wood, his spectators, thought that they saw crocodils[altered from 'crodils'] coming out thence, & marching towards the River, before they saw any sweeming there, which terrestriall crocodils (if I may so call them) are therefore suspected to be illusory apparitions producd by the Magitian's Art

The same Relator further answerd me, that in these parts, [ 'that in these' deleted] it was generally beleevd, nor did he seem to doubt it, that there were sorcerers, that [ 'had' deleted] by their skill had power over serpents, & [ 'brot them to b' deleted] could make them obey their enchantments.