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Show Strong was their plot Their pra&tice clofe; their faith fufpe&ted not "Their fates far off, and the of wary ait. Danicl Come, leave the loathed ftage And this more loathfome age Where pride and impudence, in facion knit Ufurp the chair of qwit Ben Fonfon. Though his youthful blood be fird with wine He wants not wir the danger to decline 7. Faculty of the mind Diyden ‘If our wirs run the wildgoofe-chace, I hav done; for thou haf more of the wildgoofe in on of thy awirs, than I have in my whole five Shake[peare's Romeo and Fuliet 8. [In the plural. ftanding mind intelle Soundnefs of underno crazed; foun I had a fon Now outlaw'd from my blood; he fought my life The grief hath craz'd my avits. Shak. Kiflg‘ Lear Are his wits fafe? is he not light of brain Shakefpeare - Sound fleep cometh of moderate eating; h rifeth early, and his wirs are with him+ but th pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of th belly, are with an unfatiable man Eccluse ¥xxis 20 No man in his wits can make any doubt, whe ther there be fuch things as motion, and fenfation and continuity of bodies Wilkins Wickednefs is voluntary frenzy, and every fi ner does more extravagant things than any m that is crazed, and ou of his wwits, only that h knows better what he ‘does Tillotfon No maa in his wizs can ferioufly think that hi ow fcul‘hat exifted fro all eternity Bentley 9. Contrivance ; ftratagem; power of expedients invention ; ingenuity How can it chufe but bring the fimple t thei wits ‘end? how can it chufe but vex an amaz them Hooker 1 was like to be hended for the witch o Brainford ; but th able dexterity of wwit counterfeiting the action of an old woman delivered me Shakefpeare Sleights from his @it and fubtlet y proceed Wilton The neighbourhood were at their wvirs en , t confider what sould be the iffue L' Efirang nge Wr'TcrarFT: 7 /2 [wwit and craft. trivance; invention. = Obfolete Con He was no body that could not hamme out o %zls name an invention by this witcraft, an piur . :t[nccord:ng?y Caniden's Remains Wi'tcracker. 7 / [wit and cracker. A joker; one who breaks a jeft A college of witcrackers cannot flou t m out o my humour; dogt thou think I care fo a fatir _oOo a e igra pi : Shakefpeare Wi'tworm. #, / [wit and worm. ~On that feeds on wit ; a canker of wit Thus to come forth fo fuddenly a w itzosr WITCH 1 #. A woma Wil oYJudge [picce, Saxon. Ben Fonfon given to unlawful arts I orefcribed that men may no rathf ly believe the conf;feflions of awitches no th v d n 2 3in s £vidence ag in t t emasy . Fo the aviotches themfePlye hav bank Leave me thofe hills where harbrough nis to fee Nor holy buth, nor briar, nor winding witch Spenfer T @v. a. [from the noun. To WitcH bewitch 5 to enchant Me ill befits, that in der-doing arms And honour's fuit, my vowed days do {pend Unto thy bounteous baits, and pleafing charms With which wéak men thou witcheft, to attend Sgenfer *Tis now the very witching time of night When church-yards yawn. - Shakefpeare's Hamlet 1°1l witch fweet ladies with my words and looks Shakefeare Wi'rcHCRAFT. n f. [witch and craf?. 1. The prattices of witches People are credulous, and ready to impute accidents and natural operatiens to witchcraft Bacon's Natural Hiffory 2. Power more than natural Urania name, whofe force he knew fo well He quickly knew what avizchcraft gave the blow Sidney Have not fome of learning and gravity though themfelves wife, in thinking wwitcheraft rather Holyday miftake than a crime If you canno Bar his accefs to the king, never attemp Any thing on bim, for he hath a witchcraf Over the king in's tongue. Shake[p. Henry VIII hat fubtile ewitcheraft man conftrain Denbam To change his pleafure into pains WircuErY chantment Anothe kin 2. clean.sh data import.tsv out README [ftom avitch. En of petty «vitchery, if it be no altogether deceit, they call charming of beafts an birds Raleigh Great Comus Deep fkill'd in all his mother's avitcheries. Milton Zo WiTEg. . a. [prcan, Sax. to.reproach To blame The palmer *gan moft bitterl Her to rebuke, for being loofe and light Which not abiding, but more fcornfull Scoffing at him, that did her juftly wire She turn'd her boat about Spenfer Wite. » /. [from the verb. reproach WirH. prepofit. [prd, Saxon. 1. By : noting the caufe Blame Spenfer As hotly and as nobly wirh thy love As ever "gainft thy valour Shalefp. Coriol py He fhall lye with any friar in S ain. Dryden's S[)ani/b Friar 6. Noting comparifon Ca e Lefley With ev'ry ftab her bleeding heart was torn With wounds much harder to be feen than born Rowe 2. Noting the means Rude and unpolithed are all operations of the fou in their beginnings, before they are cultivated zvit Dryden Boreas through the lazy vapour flies And fweeps, with healthy wings, the rank polluted fkics Roave blazing carbuncles with h r Compare 7- In fociety : noting conne@ion Sandys 2 God gave man a foul that fho l l v for although th body be deftroyed ; andfh:tge\::;l were good fhould be awizh h m Sti/ling fleet In all thy humours, whether g a or melloy, Thou 'rt fuch a touchy, tefty pleafing fellow Haft f(z muc wit an thee mirth, and fpleen aboy There is no living 2irh thee, no withoyt thee Tatl 8. In company of At the inftant that your mefieng r came, i loving vifitation was with me a yo ng do®or fro Rome S/aalzefzeare. 9. In appendage : noting confequence o concomitance Men might know the perfons who had a tigh to regal power, and wirh it to their obedience Locke 1o. In mutual dealing I will buy with you, fell with you, talk qwis you, walk evith you, and fo following 5 but I wil not eat with you, drik with you, nor pray wir you Shakefpeare 11. Noting confidence : as, 7 #ruff you wit all my fecrets 3 or, I truft all my fecret with yoz 12. In partnerfhip « Though Jove himfelf no lefs content would be To part his throne and fhare his heaven avifh thee P(? 13. Noting connettion Pity your own, or pity our eftate Nor twift our fortunes wirh your finking fate 14. Immediately after Drydet Witk that fhe told me, that, though fhe fpak of her father ‘Cremes, fhe would hide no trut from me Sidrey With that, he crawled out of his neft Forth creeping on his caitiff hands and thighs Fazry ng In falling, both an equal fortune tried Would fortune for my fall fo well provide With this he pointed to his face, and fhow' His hands and all his habit fmear'd with blood Dr)'d;fl Garth and could not be charmed wwirh the {aintifhi of an 3. Noting the inftrument And from his falt'ring lips this meffage falls As true as fteel, as plantage to the moon Shak With thy pow'sful blaft Heat apace, and cool as faft Carew They adhered to John, their deprived bifhop art and ftudy I do contef Fith.that the god his darling phantom calls Truth, tir'd evith iteration fecond bithop, during his life to; in compeipetil n Petition ic. Amongft o Jafper duke of Bedford, whom the king ufed t employ zvith the firft in his wars, was then fick Bact Tra gedy was originally, with the antients, piece o f religious worthip R)w}grg A 6. Senfe ; judgment A winding finuou 2. [from pic, Saxon. 5. In oppofitio conteft ‘C."em}'; S Young a wit Milton Eclipfes at their charms When I confider whether there are fuch' perfon as evitches, my mind is divided : T believe in general that there is fuch a thing as witcheraft, bu can give no credit to any particularénfiance of it Addifor' s Spettator Fear not, for I am auirh r}\ee A wit herfelf, Amelia wed and has fhe not ftore of ignorance, and zeal of miHolyday Ichief The night-hag comes to danc With Lapland witches, while the lab'ring moo o Wflodwg 4. On the fide of; fornoting confede racy or favour Be envy'd, wretched ; and be flatter'd, poor. Pope Nought but a genius can a genius fi root b the conjure G 2 Unfure the tenure, but how vaft the fine The great man's curfe without the gain endure ruder wviich th bellows, mines Eafe, health, and life for this they muft refign Vie motion to the air = & How vain that fecond life in others breath Th' eftate which evits inherit after death Bacon ready to impute accidents to witcheraft By perflations avith la muft remain Cowley mechanick parts new-invented arts bounty did extend bounty to commend Dryden and people are credulous, an eve mor wit thei tha are imaginatlve Nor florid talk, which can that title gain The proofs of it fo Searching wits, o Who grac'd their ag Thofe who to wort And thofe who kne W WI wi ‘Tl‘dgt'd.'.d.f (}[.fln /flfi Ag Immortal powers the term of Conicience kno But Intereft is her name evith men belows Drydet 16. Upon Sugl arguments had invincible force awith thof Pagan philefhphers who became Chriftianse Add} 17. In confent : noting parity qf&?te See where on earth the fiow'ry gloties lie ‘d With her they flourifh'd, and sirh her they ;v" 18, Thi |