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most rare Spirits to judge the works of those who excelled in their century: and I add that it would be doing a wrong to their merits to leave them any longer slandered as Magic In this period, "Magic" was often a dangerous accusation used to discredit scientific or philosophical innovations that were not yet understood by the public or the Church., and to choose another Protector of their innocence than you, to whose judgment all the most skilled The original term "habiles" refers to the most learned, clever, and intellectually capable scholars of the era. take pride in submitting. This is why, MY LORD, since you are recognized as such by all those who know our France, permit—