The History of Witchcraft in Europe. Брэм Стокер

cause he is called the old serpent, he was subtill at the beginning, but he is now growne much more subtill by long experience, and continuall practise, he hath searched out and knoweth all the waies that may be to deceiue. So that, if God should not chaine him up, as it is set forth, Revel. 20, his power and subtiltie ioined together would overcome and seduce the whole world.

      ‘There be great multitudes of infernall spirits, as the holy scriptures doe euerie where shew, but yet they doe so ioine together in one, that they be called the divell in the singular number. They doe all ioine together (as our Saviour teacheth) to uphold one kingdome. For though they cannot loue one another indeede, yet the hatred they beare against God, is as a band that doth tye them together. The holie angels are ministring spirits, sent foorth for their sakes which shall inherit the promise. They haue no bodilie shape of themselues, but to set foorth their speedinesse, the scripture applieth itselfe unto our rude capacitie, and painteth them out with wings.

‘When they are to rescue and succour the seruants of God, they can straight waie from the high heauens, which are thousands of thousands of miles distant from the earth, bee present with them. Such quicknesse is also in the diuels; for their nature being spirituall, and not loden with any heauie matter as our bodies are, doth afford unto them such a nimblenes as we cannot conceiue. By this, they flie through the world over sea and land, and espie out al aduantages and occasions to doe euill.’3

      Indeed, ‘there be great multitudes of infernall spirits,’ if we can believe so eminent an authority upon the subject as Reginald Scott, who gives ‘An inuentarie of the names, shapes, powers, gouernement, and effects of diuels and spirits, of their seuerall segniories and degrees: a strange discourse woorth the reading.

‘Their first and principall King (which is of the power of the east) is called Baëll; who, when he is conjured up, appeareth with three heads; the first, like a tode; the second, like a man; the third, like a cat. He speaketh with a hoarse voice, he maketh a man go invisible, he hath under his obedience and rule sixtie and six legions of divels.’4

      All the other diabolical chiefs are described at the same length, but I only give their names, and the number of legions they command.

Agares		31
Marbas or Barbas		36
Amon or Aamon		40
Barbatos		30
Buer		50
Gusoin		40
Botis or Otis		60
Bathin or Mathinn		30
Purson or Curson		22
Eligor or Abigor		60
Leraie or Oray		30
Valefar or Malefar		10
Morax or Foraij		36
Ipos or Ayporos		36
Naberius or Cerberus		19
Glasya Labolas or Caacrinolaas		36
Zepar		26
Bileth		85
Sitri or Bitru		60
Paimon		20
Belial		none
Bune		30
Forneus		29
Ronoue		19
Berith		26
Astaroth		40
Foras or Forcas		29
Furfur		26
Marchosias		30
Malphas		40
Vepar or Separ		29
Sabnacke or Salmac		50
Sidonay or Asmoday		72
Gaap or Tap		36
Shax or Scox		30
Procell		48
Furcas		20
Murmur		30
Caim		30
Raum or Raim		30
Halphas		26
Focalor		3
Vine		none
Bifrons		26
Gamigin		30
Zagan		33
Orias		30
Valac		30