Letter 11099: I have heard that there are enchanters and sorcerers active in your area.
AD ADRIANUM NOTARIUM.
Incantatores &t sortilegos insequi pergat.
Cregorius Adriano notarjio. ny
Pervenit ad nos (Gret. 26, q, 5, c. 8) quod quos-
dam * jincantatores atque sorulegos ſueris insecutus.
Et omnino nobis sollicitudinem zelumque tuum gra-
tum fuisse cognoscas; sed molesle tulimus quod te
dubitare ne ab eis nobis contra experientiam tuam
subripi potuisset didicimus, cum certus esse ac scire
debueris hoc tibi apud nos ad commendationem
wagis proſicere, non ad culpam ascribi. Ei ideo stu-
dii wi it gollicite querere, et quoscunque hujus-
modi inimicos Chrisfi jnaveneris, ita districta ultione
corrigere, ut et nos de experientia tua melius de-
beamus habere judicium, et Deo nostro te, quod
maxime studendum esl, valeas commendare ».
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