TO THE READER.

For example, when speaking of the power of magicians in the first book and sixth chapter, I say that they can suddenly cause all kinds of dainty dishes to be brought to them by their familiar spirit A supernatural entity or demon believed to assist a witch or magician. Since as a thief he delights to steal, and as a spirit, he can transport these items subtly and quickly enough. Now under this general category original: "genus", all specific instances original: "particulars" depending on it may be understood. These include things like bringing wine out of a wall (as we have often heard has been practiced) and other such feats; these specific instances are sufficiently proved by the reasoning used for the general category.

And similarly, in the second book specifically concerning witchcraft, in the fifth chapter, I say and prove by various arguments that witches can, by the power of their Master The Devil, cure or inflict original: "cast on" diseases. Now, by these same reasons which prove their power by the