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his defence, but Cafar's Countenance chang'd, and his Indigna- 

 tion begun to foften .... but when the Orator touch'd upon the 

 Battle oi Pharfalia (where Cafar was Conqueror) Ccefars Heart 

 tender'd, his Body trembled with Joy, and certain Papers in his 



Hands dropt to the ground. And when Cicero had finifh'd his 



Oration, Cafar's Wrath againft his Enemy was intirely extin- 

 guifh'd ; and Ligarius was fet at liberty *. The fame Orator, 

 by the Dint of Eloquence, overthrew the Conflitution of the De- 

 cemviri. 



Others fay, there is a mighty Force in Words in fuch a 

 Tow, and TaliJ'manical CharaSfers, rightly-adapted Figures, and 

 Images under certain Conjlellatiom •\. 



Some affirm that Magick con lifts in the Spirit of Faith, for 

 Faith is the Magnet of Magicia72S, by which they draw Spirits to 

 them, and by which Spirits they do wonderful Things, that to 

 vulgar Eyes appear like Miracles. No doubt but feveral extra- 

 ordinary Effedfs have been afcrib'd to the Devil, that in reality 

 •were natural, and artfully difguifed : The Story of Sieur Brioche, 

 a famous Puppet-player, is well known, who in a Town in Swit- 

 zerland, where that Show had never been feen before, he was ap- 

 prehended as a Warlock or Magician, and ran the hazard of be- 

 ing punifh'd as fuch |. 



Others affirm, that Charms by Words are but means to 

 heighten the Imagination ; and the firange EfFeds produced by 

 'em, flow'd only from the Adivity of an exalted Thought, or 

 Fancy of heated Brains. In proof of this 'tis faid, that if a Wo- 

 man at a certain Seafon, ftrongly fix her Imagination upon any 

 particular Objecft, the Child will bear the Image thereof. 



I Think 'tis pretty obvious, that thofe extraordinary Im- 

 preffions made by Pagan Sophijls upon the Minds of their Au- 

 dience by the Charms of Rhetorick, paft for a divifie Afflatus or 

 Injpiration ; and therefore in fuch Cafes, we fhall find this For- 

 mula (AUqiiis fiefcio quis Deus) frequently ufed by Enthufiaftical 

 Orators, as well as their Poets : ThnsCicero, fpeaks of himfelf, that 

 he was mov'd by a certain Impetus or Ardour || : ApoUonius Tya- 



neus, 



* PlutarrFf, Lifd o? Cicero. 



t F^f\-icelJ:/s, C. ^grippa. Life of Mr. Duncan Catnphe'!, y^.D. 1720, page 2jf). 

 Gaff.irc'. J Ds Saint AK:^re'sLeiKrs. !l Kulh iHgemi, fed magna lis anltnl 



btfiav'.'<vtis Hi ms ipfi no?i tineam. 



