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BENEDICTI P E R E R I I V A LEN T I N I

B Societdte I E S V. ADVERSVS FALLACES & fuperflitiofas artes,' I D E S T, JE MAGIA3 VE OBSEEVJTIONE Somniorttm>& dc Diuinatione ^firologica. L I B R I T.RES. Et.! mendpf <jflt antta irrepferant accuratijiime repnrg/ttm.

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ALEXANDRINO.

Benediclus Pererius

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R i A funt genera rerum5 C A M i L L E ^Patnarchd llluHrijjime} in quarum jlndio & ohferuattone mortdlium ammi yeptnd qudddm libiaine-) yel •potiits rdhie nofcendi qlitz futurafunty foedtt <&* noxijs iJluduntur falUcijs ataue impijs erronlus ilhgdntur: ScmnidJ& natalitia ^AHrolo^orum prxdicld, dtque ^Artes Mdgica. 'NejUeVero edrum rerurnfieslilcnsV# ^tnudtos tdntum dut Jingulos homtnes , verum

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tdtes & Rejftublicas inuaflt 3 mfecit, dc perdidit. ^Ac licet has generis humani peHes omnwHf. fere fkcuhs tum Japientes yiri jjrmifjimts ratidmbws projligdre , tum prudentes Rerum pubhcarum reBoresac 'Pnncipesfeue, ijjimis damndtds ediBis (efr dtrocijjimps posnls dddiclas 3e focietate hominum extermindrejldgrdntijUme ciwiuerunt,obmxea . contenderunt : Perparum tdmen adhuc yrofeBum e(l. ^Adeo enim mdlum hoc in dmmis hominum haret infixum, Yf: pemtus extrahi <uix quedt nec eiwsfitndndipotens dtque ejjicdx njllum idm_ . rernedium inuenin poffe creddtur. ltd~ T.icicus

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minum, intjuit^otentibmmjidum.j^erantibmfdllax : quodin cimtdte noflrA C> rvetdbitur jemper 3 &* reunebitur. Sednihdommus tdmen mihi auide >///de^tihter dcfidutdriterfecifje \nfifunt> qui doclls ddnerjus eas drtes editu libris, •vmam


f^Jfallacem acpernidoptm ejfe hommum generi3mmis cunofkm&fuperftitiofdm earum rerum obferuationem,dperte demonffrarunt. Ouorum ego prudens confihumrfiumque(ludium^dt-ciue \tdem condtum czmuldtus} tres dd~ uerfm eas drteshhros confeci3 ~vnum de Jxtdgid^dlterum de 0bferi4dtione fo:nÂŤ. morumjertium de DiuinMione ^AjIrologkd. <_Ac pnmws quidem Ube^ j?Une nouus eflfcetHs, nunc tinmu lucem djj>iciens : qu<z rehqups dutem duobm libri* utdnturyedfere funtin Commentdrijs noUrM pdrtim in T>dnielem 3 pdrtim in Gene/im exphcdtd.Sed, quid nonpdu-* ci cos Commentdnos no legent} dut quod eospropter jludiorum diuerfitdtem non iuu-dt legere^dut quid non "Pdcdt propter occupdtiones,putdui mepergrdtumplu-> nmvs fdcinrum ,ji', ciuo Idtius horum //brorum pdtedt ~\>tilitds }fepdrdtim eas

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curdremwdtusfcilicetfore, <~ut eat ipfas dijbutdtiones 3 tum propter exquifitam multifj optdtdm ciufmodirerum cognitionem, tum etidm propter paruitatem eommoditdtemaue ^olumintf, &plures, &duidtHSdtcjue^tiliuslegdnt. HM ego lucubrdtiuncuUs apparere \oluifub tuo nomme C A M I L L E 'Prcejul orndtijjimeitjuem omnesquinorunt, nonpojjunt non dmdreprobterjinguldrem ingenij dc morumfuauitdtem 3 <& auod^erd dmmi bona cum dmphjfimis ndtura dc fortuna bonts adctaudtti, ddmirdn &* obferUdre coguntur. TJideo Jkneperexiguum efje munus 3 nec dignum tu# nobilitatis dc digmtdtis dmphtudme-.fedejl tdmen amoris & obferudnticeplemjjtmum , &* audnti ego te fdcidm> ciuantumaue C<e~ tdndm fdmihdm coldt Societas noffrd, certifiimum teHimomum.

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ENEDICTI P E R-E R I I, LIBER

PRIMVS, qui efl

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M A G I A.

efTe Magiam hic liber oftedit, altcraquidem Naturalem &. veram, ex occulcis rerum naturis & virtutibus profeclam, intimamque ac p ftantiiTimaiii Philofophixpartem,& admirandorum cffccflricem operum , ab omnique aliena fuperftitione, & a Dxmonum arcificioac maleiiciopuram3fed pauciflimis camen mortalium explorate perceptam: Alceram ver6(quse vnlgo ia(ftatur 2ÂŁ celebratur) ab omni ratione ac verkatevacuam,fallaceitem&:noxiam, Dxmonumque fraudibus & malcficiis implicatam, obidcp merito infamem 8c abominabilcm,& e focietate hominum exterminandam. Hinc practerea cognofcec leclor,quacenus vtraqne Magia A. 4 progrc VPLICEM


D E MA G I A progredi,& qualia quantave opera pofl fic facere, & an mira quas videtur facere pofterior Magia , vere talia finr, qualia fpettantibus videntur,an vero prs-ftrifta oculorum acie, fpeftantium fallant exiftimationem ,nec veram habeantearum rerum quas repraefentant vim&naturam, fcd nudas tatum atqnc inancs earum rcrum fimilitudines 8c imagines ferant:Denique quac videntur &. vulgocreduntur Magorum miracula,quibusrebus difFerantaveris miraculis,quibusvenotis&:fignisfacilediiudican & internofci queant. Libuit autcmante ipfum operisveflibulum,velnt inconfpeflu ledoris ponere generales fentcntias&capita difputationum qua: hic traclantur,quo fcilicetcnpidiusille, huius libri ledionem adeat, & ex ipfa leclione eam capiat vtilicatem,cuius ei afferenda: vtilitatis flagrans dcfiderium, nec dubia fpes ad huius nos voluminis fcriptioncm impulit.

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LIBER

INDEX

PRIMVS.

CAPITVM

ET DISPVTATIONVM L I B R I

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Qiri efl de Magia.

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quafemm a Mcto-is N omnia omnid qu£feruntur .fafla,finfvcl dbillx3yelab alijs

II. LsinomneseffeftwsMagia rCtterata. , ' '.. lesfint qudes videntur. IIL *^An Jlt ciliqud, Mctgia naturalts, & •. . ' qufi^dttt qudlts eajit, &• i>nde eam homines difcant. IV. w/f« fit dliqiM Mcipid non natuYcdtf>& Dxmomim marifterio atque artincio homimbws tradita. , V. ^An fpiritui illi, quovum ma^ifterio & auxilio rtiira fuciunt Magi 3fint boni an mdi VI. Qii* opera admirdnda popint Dxmofies, dut per feipfos, aut per Mdvos facere. VII. Qw.w res Djtmon nec per fejiec pey Mao-os pofiit efficere. VIII. i^An operd Mao-orum ftntyere mirduemddmoaum a ueris rmvdcult, A s atlis


INDEX CAP. ET DISP. culis differant &>internofci queant. Quomplex fit Mccgia , &* pnmo de Jldaria Asironomica.

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T>e NecromAnticd ,id e/?, Mortuorum ex Inferis ad yiuorum confyeftum &* colloquid euoccitione. XII. Jln pcr artem ma^icam pojlit yerum aurum fieri ab JfianmiQn. XIII. De ongwc MA<n&} &* ha qui in e& clan ac nobilesfuerunt. XIV. yAn Magitc ftudium & yfmfit Ucitm. X V . De Ma.<ns Phnraonis, quorum mentio jit in libt'0 Ixodi: & qui nominntim fuerunt illi qui refiiterunt Moyfi. X V I . ^Ah prodio-ia qujt Macn Pharaonisfe~ ccrunt) reuera fuerint talia, qudia, ~v\debxntur}necne. XVII. ^uarationee^1 artificio ^prodigiailla fuerint k ft

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