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" ... take up any dead man, woman, or child out of his, her, or their grave, or any other place where the dead body resteth, or the skin, bone, or any other part of any dead person... "
An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of James I ... - Page 42
by William Harris - 1772 - 255 pages
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Stages of Dismemberment: The Fragmented Body in Late Medieval and Early ...

Margaret E. Owens - Drama - 2005 - 340 pages
...necromantic paraphernalia were serious enough to generate a statute in 1604 which made it a felony to "take up any dead man woman or child out of his her or theire grave, or any other place where the dead bodie resteth, or the skin bone or any other parte...
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The complete works of Shakspere, with historical and analytical ...

William Shakespeare - 1855 - 576 pages
...entertaine or employ, feede or reward, an evill or wicked spirit, to or for any intent or purpose; or take up any dead man, woman, or child, out of his,...their grave, or any other place where the dead body resteth, or the skin, bone, or other part of any dead person, to be employed or used in any manner...
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The Retrospective Review, Volume 5

Books - 1822 - 390 pages
...with, entertain or employ, feed or reward, any evil or wicked spirit, to or for any intent or purpose ; or take up any dead man, woman, or child, out of his,...their grave, or any other place, where the dead body resteth; or the skin, bone, or other part of any dead person, to be employed or used in any manner...
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Annals of Anatomy and Surgery, Volume 4

Surgery - 1881 - 344 pages
...human dissections. It contained the following provision, new to the English law : " If any person shall take up any dead man, woman, or child out of his,...their grave, or any other place where the dead body resteth, or the skin, bone, or any other part of any dead person, to be employed in any manner of witchcraft,...
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The Living Age, Volume 10

1846 - 652 pages
...entertain, employ, feed, or reward any evil or wicked spirit, to or for any intent or purpose, or to lake up any dead man, woman, or child, out of his, her,...their grave, or any other place where the dead body resteth, or the skin, bone, or any part of a dead person, to be employed or used in any manner of witchcraft,...
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The Collected Historical Works of Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H.

Sir Francis Palgrave, Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, Geoffrey Palgrave Barker - 500 pages
...entertain, or employ, "fee or reward any evil or wicked spirit, to or for any intent or " purpose, or take up any dead man, woman, or child, out of his, her, " or their grave, or any other place wherein the dead body resteth; " or the skin, bone, or other part of any dead person, to be employed...
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