alwayes from that quarter to which he would set his hat. Or _Hagbert_,
who could shew herselfe in any shape, higher or lower, as she pleased,
at one time so great as a Giant, at another as little as a Dwarfe: by
whose Diabolicall practises mighty Armies haue beene dicomfited, and
sundry others, except the truth hereof were without contradiction
approued: by the experience of our owne Nauigators, who trade in
_Finland_, _Denmarke_, _Lapland_, _Ward-house_, _Norway_, and other
Countries of that Climate, and haue obtained of the inhabitants thereof,
a certaine winde for twenty dayes together, or the like fixed period of
time, according to the distance of place and strings tied with three
knots, so that if one were loosed, they should haue a pleasant gale: if
the second, a more vehement blast: if the third, such hideous & raging
tempests that the Mariners were not able once to looke out, to stand
vpon the hatches, to handle their tackle, or to guide the helme with all
their strength; and are somtimes violently carried back to the place
from whence they first loosed to sea; and many (more hardy then wise)
haue bought their triall full deere, opening those knots, and neglecting
admonition giuen to the contrary. _Apuleius_ ascribeth to _Pamphile_, a
Witch of _Thessalia_, little lesse then diuine power to effect strange
wonders in heauen, in earth, in hell; to darken the starres, stay the
course of riuers, dissolue mountains, and raise vp spirits, this opinion
went for currant and vncontrouled. And without all question the
Diuell[s] can do this and much more, when God letteth him loose. For he
is stiled, _The Prince of the world_, _Ioh. 12. 31_. _A strong man
armed_, _Luke 11. 21_, _Principality_, _a ruler of darknesse_,
_spirituall wickednesse in high places_, _Ephes. 6. 12_.

[Footnote r: _Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, lib. 3. cap.
13.14.15.16.17.18.19._]