Astoargument，theseeffortsweremetespeciallybyJeanBodininhisfamousbook，theDemonomaniedesSorciers，publishedin1580。ItwasaworkofgreatpowerbyamanjustlyconsideredtheleadingthinkerinFrance，andperhapsinEurope。Allthelearningofthetime，divineandhuman，hemarshalledinsupportoftheprevailingtheory。WithinexorablelogicheshowedthatboththeveracityofsacredScriptureandtheinfallibilityofalonglineofpopesandcouncilsoftheChurchwerepledgedtoit，andinaneloquentpassagethisgreatpublicistwarnedrulersandjudgesagainstanymercytowitches——citingtheexampleofKingAhabcondemnedbytheprophettodieforhavingpardonedamanworthyofdeath，andpointingsignificantlytoKingCharlesIXofFrance，who，havingpardonedasorcerer，diedsoonafterward。[253]
[253]Totheargumentcitedabove，Bodinadds：“Idcertissimamdaemonispraesentiamsignificat；namubicunquedaemonescumhominibusnefariasocietatisfidecopulantur，foedissimumsemperrelinquuntsulphurisodorem，quodsortilegisaepissimeexperiunturetconfitentur。”SeeBodin’sUniversaeNaturaeTheatrum，Frankfort，1597，pp。208-211。ThefirsteditionofthebookbyPomponatius，whichwastheearliestofhiswritings，isexcessivelyrare，butitwasreprintedatVenicejustahalf-
centurylater。ItisinhisDeincantationibus，however，thathespeaksespeciallyofdevils。AstoPomponatius，see，besidesthese，Creighton’sHistoryofthePapacyduringtheReformation，andanexcellentessayinFranck’sMoralistesetPhilosophes。
ForAgrippa，seehisbiographybyProf。HenryMorley，London，1856。ForBodin，seeastatementofhisgenerallineofargumentinLecky，RationalisminEurope，vol。i，chap。1。
Inthelastyearsofthesixteenthcenturythepersecutionsforwitchcraftandmagicwerethereforeespeciallycruel；andinthewesterndistrictsofGermanythemaininstrumentinthemwasBinsfeld，SuffraganBishopofTreves。