A declaration of egregious popish impostures [computer file] : to with-draw the harts of Her Maiesties subiects from their allegeance, and from the truth of Christian religion professed in England, vnder the pretence of casting out deuils : practised by Edmunds, alias Weston a Iesuit, and diuers Romish priests his wicked associates : where-vnto are annexed the copies of the confessions, and examinations of the parties themselues, which were pretended to be possessed, and dispossessed, taken vpon oath before Her Maiesties commissioners, for causes ecclesiasticall.

• Main Authors: Harsnett, Samuel, 1561-1631., Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image (University of Pennsylvania), Furness English Renaissance Digital Library (University of Pennsylvania) PU
• Language: English
• Published: At London :Printed by Iames Roberts . 1603
• Subjects: Weston; William; 1550-1615; Catholic Church Controversial literature Early works to 1800; Church of England History 16th century; Jesuits England History; Demoniac possession Early works to 1800; CHR 1603; PRO Hone; d. 1683 (autograph); PRO Furness; Horace Howard; Jr. (donor); Louise Brooks Winsor (donor); PRO Greenland; J.(?) A. (label); PRO Cole; J. W. (autograph); PRO Offer(?); George; Esq. (autograph); Furness; Greenland
• Online Access: http://dewey.lib.upenn.edu/CETI/Furness/index.cfm?TextID=harsnett_selections&PagePosition=1

Digitized selections: title-page; prefatory material; chap. 1 (The occasion of publishing these wonders, by the comming into light of the penned booke of Miracles); chap. 2 (The fit time that the popish exorcists chose to act these miracles in); chap. 5 (The persons, their disciples pretended to be possessed, and dispossessed); chap. 6 (Their wayes of catching, and inueigling their disciples); chap. 10 (Touching the strange names of their deuils). Title from title-page (viewed on September 15, 2000). This book was Shakespeare's source for the names of the devils in King Lear. Collation of complete print ed.: 4to. A-2N⁴ 2O². [8], 284 p. 19 cm. Errors in pagination: p. 39, 106, 107, 193 misnumbered 30, 107, 106, 187 respectively. Epistle "To the seduced Catholiques of England" signed "S.H." STC (2nd ed.) 12880 HTML file; images in jpeg format Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: graphics-capable WWW browser software. Selections digitized and made available in 2000 by the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image (SCETI) Digital Library, University of Pennsylvania. Autograph of William Hone on t.p.