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He was, however, much more addicted to the study of magic and

sorcery, as this was a science more in vogue, and withal more

serviceable, and the facts of which were of pre-eminent

importance. It is not necessary to add that, in devotion to such

a science, he had no other purpose than to obtain an accurate

knowledge of the worst artifices of the sorcerers, in order to

guard himself against them. Guided by the great _Martino Delrio,

he was able to discourse, ex professo_, on the enchantment of

love, the enchantment of sleep, the enchantment of hatred, and on

the innumerable species of these three chief enchantments, which,

alas! are witnessed every day in their destructive and baneful

effects.