delight fell from his eyes.[ii] But these effects are wrought onely in such who vnderstand that which is spoken, but neither of both these properties are to bee found in the Charmes of Wisards:  besides, that they are conceiued and expressed in monstrous and vnknowne tearmes, not intelligible, and without signification:  and therefore the effects they produce being[kk] supernaturall must proceed from that secret compact, the least made with the Diuell.

    [Footnote gg:  +arxamenos legein ho kikeron huperphuos ekoinei+
    Plutarchus in Cicerone.]

[Footnote hh:  Aug. confessionum lib. 9. cap. 6 Quantum fleui in hymnis & catibus eius suaue sonatibus Ecclesiae tuae vocibus commotus acriter?  Voces ill[e,] influebant auribus meis, & liquebatur veritas tua in cor meum, & ex ea aestuabat affectus pietatis, & currebant lachrimae & bene mihi erat cum ijs.]

    [Footnote ii:  Vide Aquinatem egregie de hac materia disputant[~e]
    Summa contra Gentes, lib. 43. cap. 105. & tuis Commentatorem
    Franciscum de Syluestris.]

    [Footnote kk:  Caietanus in summula in titulo:  Incantatio.  Toletus
    in summa causuum conscientiae; sine instructione sacerdotum lib. 4.
    cap. 17.]

Fourthly, these charmes are meere mockeries, and grosse abuses, both of God, and Men his creatures, I will giue you a taste of one or two, whereby you may iudge of the rest, for they came all out of one shoppe, and are fashioned in one forge, and haue the same workman or Artificer. [ll]An old woman crauing helpe for bleare eyes, had deliuered a Billet of Paper to weare about her necke, in which was written, The Diuell pull out thine eyes, and recouered.  Anothere tied a scroule to a sicke man, full of strange Characters, with which were intermingled a few names of Diuels, as Lucifer, Sathan, Belzebub, Oriens, Behal, Mammon, Beuflar, Narthin, Oleasar, &c. and other of this sort; but what manner of blessing this was, and how likely to be medicinable, a Christian truely instructed in Gods word knoweth; and the Lord who is the father of mercies, and God of all comfort, preserue vs from such blasphemies, which are the Diuels Sacrifices.

    [Footnote ll:  Godelmannus in tractatu de magis, Veneficis &c.
    lib. 1. cap. 8. nº 25 & 27. vide Simonem Maiolum colloquiorum siue
    dierum caniculorum parte 2, colloquio 3.]

Fifthly, the discreeter sort among the Heathen, by that small glimpse of naturall reason which they had, misliked of these things:  [mm]And therefore Cato among the rest of admonitions to the Bailiffe of his husbandry, giueth this charge, to aske no aduice of any Southsaier, Diuiner, Wisard, or Natiuity Calculator. [nn]And Columella vtterly forbiddeth all acquaintance with Witches, wherby ignorant people are inforced to expence detestable Arts, and mischieuous deeds.