“It will be demanded why in likeness of one’s father or mother, or kinsfolks, he often presents himself unto us.
No other reason can be given of it but this, that in those shapes which he supposeth most familiar unto us, and that we are inclined to with a natural kind of love, we will soon harken to him than otherwise.
Should he not disguise himself in such subtle forms of affection, we would fly from him as a serpent and eschew him that hatred he ought to be eschewed.”
Thomas Nasche (1567-1601), “Terrors of the Night”
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