%z6 tie deati of Badajoz, a tale. Feb. 8. 



■whole familj, of which I am fond even to a degree of 

 weaknefs ; but," added he, " don't you intend to come 

 to Badajoz ? You will not have the cruelty to l?ave 

 me when I am beginning to be of service to you ? 

 Believe mc, my dear master, let us set out together, 

 and only think of insructing your pupil ; for I will 

 take upon me the estabiifhnient of Don Benjamin, 

 and will do more for hira than his father now requires. 

 A paltry deanery in Estramadura is not a proper be- 

 nefice for the son of a man like you." 



The civilians would say, that such a bargain was si- 

 mony which the prelate proposed to the sorcerer, never- 

 thelefs, it is certain, that these two illustrious persons 

 concluded it without feeling any scruples. Don Tor- 

 ribio followed his disciple to- Badajoz, he had hand- 

 some apartments in the episcopal palace, and saw 

 himself respected as the favourite of his lordfliip, and 

 as a kind of vicar general. Under the conduct of so 

 able a -master, the bifhop made very rapid improve- 

 ments in the hidden sciences ; he gave himself up 

 to it at first, with an intemperate ardour, but by de- 

 crees he moderated his pafsion, so that it did not 

 interfere with the duties of his see. He was per- 

 fectly convinced of the truth of a maxim, very ne- 

 ccfsary for all biihcp-sorcerers, philosophers, or men 

 cf letters, that it is not merely sufficient to attend 

 the nocturnal meetings of the spirits, that their 

 minds ihould bs adorned with what human science 

 has made most intricate and curious, but that they 

 ought to point out to ethers the proper road to hea- 

 ven, and to instil into the souls of the faithful whole- 

 some doctrines and good behaviour. It was by fol- 



