I am starting a series of ancient witchcraft posts which will include old spells and rituals, writings, and images. These are the true basics of traditional witchcraft. They will often be written in old English, so some words may seem odd, but usually old English is written phonetically, so what the word sounds like in modern English is often the meaning... Hope you enjoy!
Ancient Witchcraft Post 1:
"The Discoverie of Witchcraft" Chapter 7

Inchantments pluke out of the skie,
The moone, though she be plaste on hie,
Dame Circus with hir charms so fine,
Ulysses mates did turn to swine:
The snake with charms is burst in twaine,
In medowes, where she dooth remaine.
These herbs did Meris give to me,
And poisons pluckt at Pontus,
For there they growe and multiplie,
And doo not so amongst us.
With these she made hir self become,
A wolf, and hid hir in the wood,
She fecht up soules out of their toome,
Removing corne from where it stood.
What do you think this means? It is a very dark writing about witches in the 1600's, as an insight to the witches ways...