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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 3947 Jason..upon Medea made him bold, Of art magique, which sche couthe.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xxviii. f. xxiv^v/2 A yonge damoysell, the whiche bi arte magyk was conuerted in to a Iument or a mare.

a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Fourth Bk. Aeneas (1554) iv. sig. Di^v To Magike artes agaynst my wyl I bende.

1584 A. Fleming tr. Ovid in R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft vi. vi. 122 Medeas herbs will not procure that loue shall lasting liue, Nor steeped poison mixt with magicke charmes the same can giue.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C2 Set him but Non-plus in his magicke spels.

1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. xvii. 7 The illusions of arte Magicke . View more context for this quotation

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 27 Sorcerers..By Magick Verses haue contriu'd his end. View more context for this quotation

1637 J. Milton Comus 27 Till all thy magick structures rear'd so high Were shatter'd into heaps ore thy false head.

1658 E. Waller Æneis iv, in Poems (1664) 189 With loose hair The Magick Prophetess begins her prayr.

1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 23 He may know his man, without Art Magick.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 175 Whilst into various Forms her Magick Hand Doth turn those Men.

1736 T. Gray Let. 8 May in Corr. T. Gray & W. Mason (1853) 4 The sun's pale sister, drawn by magic strain.

1772 W. Jones Poems 49 A..joyless place, A scene of bloody deeds, and magick spells.

1830 E. B. Pusey Hist. Enq. ii. 289 By some magic process [to] form the dissevered members into a frame of more youthful vigour.

1855 F. Douglass My Bondage & my Freedom xvii. 239 I at first rejected the idea that the simple carrying a root on my right side..could possess any such magic power as he ascribed to it.

1882 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 228/1 Their practical belief..busied itself almost wholly with obtaining magic powers.

1933 Mod. Psychologist Nov. 266/2 For centuries the superstitious have used love philters and other magic medicines and charms to bring about the gratification of some emotional desire.

1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 964/2 Magic incantations, recipes and actions,..are openly used today in Lucania against fascinazione, malocchio, fattura and similar spells.

1990 E. Harth Dawn of Millennium (1991) vii. 103 The secret knowledge included alchemy, astrology, necromancy, and other magic practices.

1992 Prediction May 60 (advt.) Nicolas Darkwood, Master Adept of the Magick Arts, discovered a collection of Ancient Roman manuscripts.