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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 313
Chriftianity, and began not to be generally difcredited till the
fixteenth century. In England we even find witchcraft fupported
by royal authority: by James I. countenanced by the great Lord
Bacon. The belief in fpirits, not lefs abfurd, even the vigor-
ous mind of Dr. Johnfon was not exempt from. But thefe ridi-
culous, mifchievous, and cruel delufions, are happily banifhed
almoft from the habitations of the moft ignorant, and we already
begin to wonder at the credulity of our anceftors.
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