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magic_n and_o it_o species_n fol._n 11._o chap._n iii_o that_o many_o eminent_a person_n have_v be_v account_v magician_n who_o be_v only_a politician_n fol._n 23._o chap._n iu._n that_o the_o great_a learning_n of_o many_o excellent_a man_n have_v many_o time_n be_v take_v for_o magic_n fol._n 28._o chap._n v._n that_o great_a mathematician_n have_v be_v suspect_v for_o magician_n fol._n 36_o chap._n vi_o that_o the_o book_n attribute_v to_o divers_a great_a man_n be_v not_o a_o sufficient_a testimony_n to_o make_v they_o guilty_a of_o magic_n fol._n 42._o chap._n vii_o of_o all_o the_o other_o cause_n which_o may_v give_v any_o occasion_n of_o suspicion_n thereof_o fol._n 51._o chap._n viii_o that_o zoroaster_n be_v neither_o author_n nor_o abettor_n of_o georick_n theurgic_a or_o artificial_a magic_n 63._o chap._n ix_o that_o orpheus_n be_v no_o magician_n fol._n 80_o chap_n x._o a_o vindication_n of_o pythagoras_n fol._n 96_o chap._n xi_o of_o numa_n pompilius_n fol._n 115._o chap._n xii_o of_o democritus_n empedocles_n and_o apollonius_n fol._n 126._o chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o genii_n or_o daemon_n attribute_v to_o socrates_n aristotle_n plotinus_n porphyrius_n jamblicus_n chicus_fw-la scaliger_n and_o cardan_n fol._n 143._o chap._n fourteen_o of_o alchindus_n geber_n artephius_n thebit_fw-la anselm_n of_o parma_n raimundus_n lullius_n arnoldus_fw-la de_fw-fr villa_n nova_fw-la peter_n d'_fw-fr apono_fw-la and_o paracelsus_n fol._n 165._o chap._n xv._n of_o henry_n cornelius_n agrippa_n fol._n 188._o chap._n xvi_o of_o merlin_n savanorola_n &_o nostradamus_n f._n 202_o chap._n xvii_o of_o st._n thomas_n roger_n bacon_n friar_n bungey_n michael_n the_o scot_n picus_n mirandula_n and_o trithemius_n fol._n 224._o chap._n xviii_o of_o robert_n of_o lincoln_n &_o albertus_n magnus_n fol._n 241._o chap._n xix_o of_o the_o pope_n sylvester_n ii_o and_o gregory_n vii_o fol._n 255._o chap._n xx._n of_o joseph_n solomon_n and_o the_o wise_a man_n f._n 273._o chap._n xxi_o of_o the_o poet_n virgil._n fol._n 285._o chap._n xxii_o of_o the_o mean_n whereby_o all_o these_o erroneous_a opinion_n be_v maintain_v and_o what_o may_v be_v expect_v from_o they_o if_o not_o suppress_v fol._n 298._o the_o history_n of_o magic_n by_o way_n of_o apology_n for_o all_o those_o eminent-person_n who_o have_v unjust_o be_v repute_v magician_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o condition_n requisite_a to_o judge_v of_o author_n especial_o historian_n the_o learned_a and_o judicious_a disciplinis_fw-la ludovicus_n vives_n who_o for_o his_o excellent_a worth_n be_v think_v the_o fit_a of_o all_o the_o great_a wit_n of_o the_o last_o age_n as_o another_o plutarch_n to_o cultivate_v that_o of_o the_o famous_a emperor_n charles_n the_o five_o give_v we_o a_o good_a dichotomy_n of_o prudence_n one_o part_n regulate_v our_o enjoyment_n preserve_v our_o health_n direct_v our_o conversation_n acquire_v charge_n and_o employment_n and_o be_v so_o much_o take_v up_o with_o the_o 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