They laugh at all such stories; but on the contrary are most lawyers,
divines, physicians, philosophers, Austin, Hemingius, Danaeus, Chytraeus,
Zanchius, Aretius, &c. Delrio, Springer, [1253]Niderius, _lib. 5._
Fornicar. Guiatius, Bartolus, _consil. 6. tom. 1. Bodine, daemoniant. lib
2. cap. 8._ Godelman, Damhoderius, &c. Paracelsus, Erastus, Scribanius,
Camerarius, &c. The parties by whom the devil deals, may be reduced to
these two, such as command him in show at least, as conjurors, and
magicians, whose detestable and horrid mysteries are contained in their
book called [1254]Arbatell; _daemonis enim advocati praesto sunt, seque
exorcismis et conjurationibus quasi cogi patiuntur, ut miserum magorum
genus, in impietate detineant_. Or such as are commanded, as witches, that
deal _ex parte implicite_, or _explicite_, as the [1255]king hath well
defined; many subdivisions there are, and many several species of
sorcerers, witches, enchanters, charmers, &c. They have been tolerated
heretofore some of them; and magic hath been publicly professed in former
times, in [1256]Salamanca, [1257]Krakow, and other places, though after
censured by several [1258]Universities, and now generally contradicted,
though practised by some still, maintained and excused, _Tanquam res
secreta quae non nisi viris magnis et peculiari beneficio de Coelo
instructis communicatur_ (I use [1259]Boesartus his words) and so far
approved by some princes, _Ut nihil ausi aggredi in politicis, in sacris,
in consiliis, sine eorum arbitrio_; they consult still with them, and dare
indeed do nothing without their advice. Nero and Heliogabalus, Maxentius,
and Julianus Apostata, were never so much addicted to magic of old, as some
of our modern princes and popes themselves are nowadays. Erricus, King of
Sweden, had an [1260]enchanted cap, by virtue of which, and some magical
murmur or whispering terms, he could command spirits, trouble the air, and
make the wind stand which way he would, insomuch that when there was any
great wind or storm, the common people were wont to say, the king now had