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...morable story of a Portuguese Jewish woman original: "Portugaiſe Iuifue" who, while pretending to take Holy Communion with twelve others of the same nation at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, was caught hiding the Holy Host in her handkerchief and was burned by the people. There are also several rare examples of apostates and atheists, including a modern one who was burned by Decree of the Parliament of Toulouse in the year 1619 This likely refers to Lucilio Vanini, an Italian philosopher executed for atheism and blasphemy.

In the ninth chapter is found the explanation of the Canon Episcopi (Canon 26, question 5) original: "Can. Episcopi. 26. q. 5." – A medieval legal canon that was often cited to argue that witchcraft was merely a mental delusion, which we wished to place here because many learned men, relying in all matters upon the determinations of the Church and the Councils, have found this Canon—drawn from the Council of Ancyra—which seems to state formally that everything witches say and confess is nothing but illusion and deception. They have gone so far that when Del Rio Martin Delrio (1551–1608), a Jesuit theologian and influential demonologist maintained the contrary and clearly proved that the Canon does not speak of, nor can be understood to refer to, the witches of this present time, they completely rejected his interpretation. Indeed, the man who translated his book into French omitted this section. Perhaps he could provide some good reason for it; but since he did not include it in his translation, and I cannot guess his reason (believing it nonetheless to be very true and very necessary), I have translated it myself to banish all manner of incredulity and doubt. This is to edify and enlighten those who do not understand the Latin language original: "la langue Latine" and who perhaps do not realize that the existing translation is defective on this point. We have also brought other very pertinent reasons to confirm the meaning that Del Rio gives to it; by these means, this Canon remains explained and so clearly enlightened that the most ignorant man in the world could no longer give it any other meaning except through malice.

In the tenth chapter, concerning The Incredulity and Unbelief of Judges, which aims at this point: having shown through sound reasons...