Diuell at the first took that aduantage, and set vpon _Eue_ in _Adams_
absence, _Genes. 3. 3_.

Fifthly, this sex, when it conceiueth wrath or hatred against any, is
vnplacable, possessed with vnsatiable desire of reuenge, and transported
with appetite to right (as they thinke) the wrongs offered vnto them:
and when their power herein answereth not their will, and are meditating
with themselues how to effect their mischieuous proiects and designes,
the Diuell[e] taketh the occasion, who knoweth in what manner to content
exulcerated mindes, windeth himselfe into their hearts, offereth to
teach them the meanes by which they may bring to passe that rancor which
was nourished in their breasts, and offereth his helpe and furtherance
herein.

[Footnote e: _Exemplum apud Binfeldium reperies de confessionibus
maleficorum, pag. 32._]

Sixthly, they are of a slippery tongue, and full of words: and therefore
if they know any such wicked practises, are not able to hold them, but
communicate the same with their husbands, children, consorts, and inward
acquaintance; who not consideratly weighing what the issue and end
thereof may be, entertaine the same, and so the poyson is dispersed.
Thus _Dalilah_ discouered her husbands strength where it lay, vnto the
Philistines; and procured his infamous and disastrous ouer-throw.
_Judg. 16. 18._

Hitherto in some Propositions I haue set downe the originall of
witch-craft, and other such curious and vnlawfull Arts, the quality
of the persons agents in the same, the power of the Diuell, and his
confederates, the league of association which enterchangeably