whychcrafte

Updated: May 15, 2025

On the title page of the "Lyfe of Virgilius," we learn that: "This boke treateth of the lyfe of Virgilius, and of his deth, and many mervayles that he dyd in hys lyfe tyme by whychcrafte and nygramancye thorowgh the helpe of the devyls of Hell."

Bayard Tuckerman - A History of English Prose Fiction