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HEPTAMERON: OR MAGICAL ELEMENTS OF PETER de ABANO, PHILOSOPHER.
IN the former book, which is the fourth book of Agrippa, it is suffi∣ciently spoken concerning Magical ceremonies, and Initiations.
But because he seemeth to have written to the 1earned, and well experienced in this art; because he doth not specially treat of the ceremonies, but rather speaking of them in ge∣neral, it was therefore thought good to add here∣unto the magical elements of Peter de Abano: that those who are hitherto ignorant, and have not tasted of magical superstitions, may have them in readiness, how they may exercise themselves therein. For we see in this book, as it were a