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wood, his spectators, thought that they saw crocodilsaltered 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.