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...to have been: unless he had feared something more serious for himself from his continuous vigils original: "vigiliis." This likely refers to late-night studies or spiritual watchfulness that Weyer feared might damage his health..

He had two brothers, Arnold and Matthias: with whom <em> Book 14 of On the Illusions [of Demons]*. he writes that he observed the following at his father's house while still quite a young boy, not without great terror. In the attic (under which they happened to sleep), a great quantity of hops original: "lupuli." Hops were a major commodity in the region for brewing. was stored, from which his father made his living. Household spirits foreknowing the future. Whenever buyers were about to arrive, he relates that the lares original: "lares." In Roman religion, these were household gods; here Weyer uses the term to describe what we might call poltergeists or domestic spirits. were heard, and they imitated the noise of sacks being rolled down the stairs, always as a favorable and true omen. For the devil hears the merchants, who are about to set out for some place for the sake of trade, as they talk among themselves beforehand; he sees them beginning their journey. And so, among those toward whom the merchants are heading, he performs his mockeries in advance, so that he might seem to have predicted the future.

A decorative woodcut printer's ornament or fleurone features symmetrical scrolling vine and leaf motifs, centered on the page.