Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft: Addressed to J.G. Lockhart, Esq. ...
Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft: Addressed to J.G. Lockhart, Esq. ...
Walter Scott
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U, DEHONOLOOT AND WltCHCRAFT. 101 beggar, had been but a cozening merchant, and no devil indeed. But Robin Goodfellow ceaseth qpw to be much feared, and Popery is sufficiently disco- vered ; nevertheless, witches' charms and conjurers' cozenage are yet effectual." This passage seems clearly to prove, that the belief in Robin Goodfellow and his fairy companions was now out of date, while that as to witchcraft, as was afterward but top well shown, Kept its ground against argument and con- trovers...y, and survived ** to shed more blood." We are then to take leave of this fascinating ar- ticle of the popular creed, having in it so much of interest to the imagination, that we almost envy the credulity of those who, in the gentle moonlight of a summer night in England, amid the tangled glades of a deep forest, or the turfy swell of her romantic commons, could fancy they saw the fairies tracing their sportive ring. But it is in vain to regret illu- sions which, however engaging, must of necessit}' yield their place before the increase of knowledge, like shadows at the advance of mom.
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