A decorative headpiece composed of two rows of stylized floral or fleur-de-lis ornaments arranged in a rectangular pattern.

TABLE

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Chap. I. On the conditions necessary for judging Authors, and especially Historians: 1

II. On Magic, and its various types. The author likely distinguishes here between "natural magic" (early science) and "black magic" or sorcery. 16

III. That many great personages have been esteemed as Magicians, who were merely Politicians. original: "Politiques"; referring to those skilled in statecraft and worldly wisdom rather than the occult. 34

IV. That the great learning of many gallant men has often been mistaken for Magic. 42

V. That Mathematics The text cuts off here; likely continuing to discuss how mathematical proficiency was often viewed with suspicion by the unlearned.