The sciopticon manual, explaining lantern projection in general, and the sciopticon apparatus in paricular (1877)

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48 SCIOPTICONMANUAL. direct me; and under the pintaculo I held the boy. The necro- mancer, having begun to make his tremendous invocations, called by their names a multitude of demons who were the leaders of the several legions, and questioned them, by the power of the eternal uncreated God who lives forever, in the Hebrew language, as like- wise in Latin and Greek; insomuch that the amphitheatre was almost in an instant filled with demons more numerous than at the former conjuration. Vincenzio Romoli was busied in making a fire, with the assistance of Agnolino, and burning a great quantity of precious perfumes. I, by the directions of the necromancer, again desired to be in the company of my Angelica. The former thereupon turning to me, said: " Know, they have declared, that in the space of a month you shall be in her company." " ' He then requested me to stand resolutely by him, because the legions were now above a thousand more in number than he had designed; and besides, these were the most dangerous; so that, after they had answered my question, it behooved him to be civil to them and dismiss them quietly. At the same time the boy under the pintaculo was in a terrible fright, saying that there were in that place a million of fierce men, who threatened to destroy us; and that, moreover, four armed giants of enormous stature were en- deavoring to break into the circle. During this time, whilst the necromancer, trembling with fear, endeavored by mild and gentle methods to dismiss them in the best way he could, Vincenzio Ko- moli, who quivered like an aspen leaf, took care of the perfumes. Though I was as much terrified as any of them, I did my utmost to conceal the terror I felt, so that I greatly contributed to inspire the rest with resolution; but the truth is, I gave myself over for a dead man, seeing the horrid fright the necromancer was in. The boy placed his head between his knees and said, " In this posture will I die, for we shall all surely perish." I told him that all these demons were under us, and what he saw was smoke and shadow ; so bid him hold up his head and take courage. No sooner did he look up than he cried out, "The whole amphitheatre is burning, and the fire is just falling upon us." So covering his face with his hands, he exclaimed, " that destruction was inevitable, and desired to see no more." The necromancer entreated me to have a good heart, and take care to burn proper perfumes; upon which I turned to Eomoli, and bid him burn all the most precious perfumes he had.