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TO THE READER.

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...[intelli]gent original: "gent"; likely the conclusion of "intelligent" or "diligent" concerning the power the Devil has and the mystery of his workings. For if Menippus a Greek satirist known for his "lunatic voyages," or satirical journeys to heaven and the underworld, to mock human folly in his lunatic voyages to the world above found such matters to laugh at there as he did on the earth beneath us, we are completely sure—based on everything we observe—that our world has become even more ridiculous. Certainly, the reader will find this in the fourth book of Cornelius Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, a famous 16th-century occultist and in his Vanities referring to Agrippa’s De Vanitate (Of the Vanities and Uncertainties of Arts and Sciences), a work that critiques human knowledge, which I mentioned before.

And so, wishing that my efforts original: "pains" in this treatise (beloved reader) may be effective in denouncing original: "crying down" these same follies and guarding against the aforementioned offenses, and recommending my good will to your friendly acceptance, I bid you a hearty farewell.

JAMES R. original: "James Rex" (King James)