Expositio vera harum imaginum olim Nurenbergae repertarum ex fundatissimo verae magiae Vaticinio deducta

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THESE IMAGES, just as they were once discovered, derive their origin from the Magic of constellations and their corresponding agreement. They are indeed true, and free from all deception. For magical bodies can point out to us those things which will occur due to the insolence and disordered life of men. There are, however, three types of prophecies: The first depends on Astronomers. For by that same reason through which men adhere to and are conjoined with the stars, it is permitted to those who study the Stars to uncover the end of this adherence. The second is deduced from Magic, when we ourselves devise malice and lead our lives within it: then finally, prophecies are committed to these things by Magic. Just as a physician can predict the end of infirmities according to nature for the sick, so too are these capable within their own limits. The third is not only a prophecy, but the prophecy of Christ