From "[url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FUpnAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=A+Banquet+of+Jests:+A+change+of+Cheare&source=bl&ots=JqCRSUgR5M&sig=xGDgwXW77h6ErKe0jVQiMzoQtlY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRnuiEg-HdAhUEVK0KHc_GB1kQ6AEwDXoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false]A Banquet of Jests" (1630)



Of one that was frighted by an Hobgoblin

A man being frighted with a strange apparition in the night, rose out of his bed in great feare and terrour, and began to exorcise it in these words,

If thou beest a good Angell, I know thou wilt not hurt me, because thou canst doe no evill,

And if thou beest the Devil or his Dam, I hope likewise thou wilt not hurt me neither, because of kindred sake... for I have married thy sister.