King James: Daemonologie (1597 First Edition)

...concerning This page continues the sentence from the previous page: "The first [book] speaks..." magic original: "Magie" in general, and necromancy original: "Necromancie" in particular. The second of sorcery original: "Sorcerie" and witchcraft; and the third contains a discourse on all these kinds of spirits and specters original: "Spectres" that appear and trouble people, together with a conclusion of the whole work. My intention in this work original: "labour" is only to prove two things, as I have already said: the first, that such devilish arts have existed and still do; the other, what exact trial and severe punishment they deserve. Therefore, I reason about what kind of things are possible to be performed in these arts, and by what natural causes they may occur—not that I touch upon every specific instance of the Devil's power, for that would be infinite. Instead, to speak scholastically (since this cannot be easily expressed in our language), I reason upon the general category original: "genus", leaving the specific kinds original: "species" and distinguishing characteristics original: "differentia" to be understood within that.