Library / Investigations into Magic, Books III–IV

Front Matter

Another on the Same

Whether you promise many future things by a certain Apollo, or threaten many things to the credulous, or inspect entrails, or mark the stars in heaven: you are an impostor, a liar, proud and wicked. Admit it: this truthful book exposes you.

It corrects lies by truths: fallacies, fictions, tricks, deceits stitched together by fraud. With God present, the victorious force of a powerful mind and steady labor unstitches them all.

And do you, impious one, dare to tear that down? You are an impostor, a liar, proud and wicked. Admit it: this truthful book exposes you.

The author, skilled in truth and unconquered by evils and by magical specters, Del Rio, the well-known honor of his name, sets all deeds and sayings in the light of truth. Tested virtue gives sure trust to his writings.

Admit it: this truthful book exposes you, whether you promise many future things by a certain Apollo, or threaten many things to the credulous: you are an impostor, a liar, proud and wicked.

Charles Goossinus.

Be a mouth and an eye for the ignorant.

To cite this page

Martin Delrio, S.J., “Another on the Same,” in Investigations into Magic, Books III–IV, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/delrio-magic-3-4/03-another-on-the-same/.

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