Anima Magica Abscondita

Malines, his servants used to give him an account in their letters of how his dogs fared; so fond was he of those creatures. But to come to the rest of the legend: Paulus Jovius original: Paulus Iovius; a 16th-century Italian physician and historian known for his biographical sketches tells you he died at Lyons "in an ignoble and dark inn" original: ignobili, & tenebroso in diversorio. But Wierus original: Wyerus; referring to Johann Weyer, a physician and occultist who was a student of Agrippa, who had more reason to be inquisitive after his master's death, tells me he died at Grenoble original: Granople, and that he died "in the Lord" original: in Domino, not desperately as his enemies would have it.

Here now was a jovial stride from Grenoble original: Gratianopolis to Lyons original: Lugdunum; surely this Paul was a poor geographer. But Reader, it is not my intention to conceal anything in this matter; know therefore that Agrippa had another dog, his Filioli Latin: "Little Son"; and this last one died with more respect than most of his master's adversaries. For my author, having strangely qualified him by some secret means, caused various learned men to write epitaphs upon him, some of which have been published and are still in existence. Out of this fable of the Cerberus In Greek mythology, the three-headed hound that guards the gates of the Underworld; here used to mock the rumors that Agrippa's dog was a demon—