deuill

I wonder what deuill caried the religion of Mahomet thither.

The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253. 2004

In our time (sayd he) it may be spoken more truely then of olde, that vertue is gone, the Church is vnder foote, the Clergie is in errour, the deuill raigneth, and Simonie beareth the sway, &c.

The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

Well, being allured by our Princes to confesse the trueth, he made such oathes and protestations, as (I thinke) the deuill himselfe would haue beene trusted for.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

But (as God would) he fell suddenly sicke and died, before he gaue himself to the deuill.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

These vaine buls the English and Dutchmen deriding, sayd that the deuill at all passages lay in ambush like a thiefe, no whit regarding such letters of safe conduct.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Godfathers and Godmothers must answere word for word, among which one is, that the childe shal forsake the deuill, and as that name is pronounced, they must all spit at the word as often as it is repeated.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Neither doeth Troll signifie the deuill, as you interprete it, but certaine Giants that liue in mountaines.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

I wonder what deuill caried the religion of Mahomet thither.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

The maner is, that when the deuill is entred into his heart to forsake his faith, he resorteth to the Soltan or gouenour of the towne, to whom hee maketh protestation of his diuelish purpose.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

For there is of late, by the instigation of the deuill, some discord and variance sprung vp betweene king

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003