CHAPTER III.

The 'Discoverie of Witchcraft,' published 1584--Wier's 'De Præstigiis Dæmonum,' &c.--Naudé--Jean Bodin--His 'De la Démonomanie des Sorciers,' published at Paris, 1580--His Authority--Nider--Witch-case at Warboys--Evidence adduced at the Trial--Remarkable as being the Origin of the Institution of an Annual Sermon at Huntingdon 144