Note 32 — Chapter I · Illustrations of Belief in Magic in Mediæval and in Early Modern Times
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De Secretis, ch. 3, discusses this question of fascination and also the power of words and of the human soul. In regard to characters and incantations, see De Secretis, ch. 2, and the Opus Tertium, which is also contained in vol. xv of the Rolls Series, ch. 26.