[3129]. Hercules tuam fidem Satyra Menip. edit. 1608.

[3130]. “I shall now enter upon a bold and memorable exploit; one never before attempted in this age. I shall explain this night's transactions in the kingdom of the moon, a place where no one has yet arrived, save in his dreams.”

[3131]. Sardi venales Satyr. Menip. An. 1612.

[3132]. Puteani Comus sic incipit, or as Lipsius Satyre in a dream.

[3133]. Tritemius. 1. de 7 secundis.

[3134]. They have fetched Trajanus' soul out of hell, and canonise for saints whom they list.

[3135]. In Minutius, sine delectu tempestates tangunt loca sacra et profana, bonorum et malorum fata, juxta, nullo ordine res fiunt, soluta legibus fortuna dominatur.

[3136]. Vel malus vel impotens, qui peccatum permittit, &c. unde haec superstitio?

[3137]. Quid fecit Deus ante mundum creatum? ubi vixit otiosus a suo subjecto, &c.

[3138]. Lib. 3. recog. Pet. cap. 3. Peter answers by the simile of an eggshell, which is cunningly made, yet of necessity to be broken; so is the world, &c. that the excellent state of heaven might be made manifest.