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While monarch only of the Northern kingdom, he published a denunciation of the damnable infidelity of the…

Date of account
Published 1865
Source
The Superstitions of Witchcraft
Reference
The Superstitions of Witchcraft · selected passage 130
Rights
public_domain
Language
English
Record updated
2026-08-24

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Record summary

While monarch only of the Northern kingdom, he published a denunciation of the damnable infidelity of the 'Witch Advocates,' and his own unhesitating belief

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While monarch only of the Northern kingdom, he published a denunciation of the damnable infidelity of the 'Witch Advocates,' and his own unhesitating belief. James VI. and his clerical advisers were persuaded, or affected to be persuaded, that the devil, with all his hellish crew, was conspiring to frustrate the beneficial intentions of a pious Protestant prince. Infernal despair and rage reached the climax when the marriage with the Danish princess was to be effected. But, far from being terrified by so formidable a conspiracy, he gloried in the persuasion that he was the devil's greatest enemy; and the man who shuddered at the sight of a drawn sword was not afraid to enter the lists against the _invisible_ spiritual enemy.

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Modern context

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