Note 32 — Chapter VI
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How much more seriously than his courtiers is suggested by an anecdote of Sir John Harington's: James gravely questioned Sir John why the Devil did work more with ancient women than with others. "We are taught thereof in Scripture," gaily answered Sir John, "where it is told that the Devil walketh in dry places." See his Nugæ Antiquæ (London, 1769), ed. of London, 1804, I, 368-369.