115. It is, however, commonly held to be more grievous, and the reason I take to be this: that it is a sin against Religion to hold any communication with the Devil, either with or without compact, for instance by being habitually or familiarly connected with him, by asking his assistance, counsel or favor, or by seeking from him the revelation of things to be, the knowledge of things gone by, absent, or otherwise hidden. Thus, men and women, by mixing with Incubi, whom they do not know to be animals but believe to be devils, sin through intention, _ex conscientia erronea_, and their sin is intentionally the same, when having intercourse with Incubi, as if such intercourse took place with devils; in consequence, the grievousness of their crime is exactly the same. FINIS [Illustration: Decoration] APPENDIX The manuscript of _Demoniality_ breaks off with the conclusion just given. In a purely philosophical and theoretical acception, the work is complete: for it was enough that the author should define, in general terms, the grievousness of the crime, without concerning himself with the proceedings which were to make out the _proof_, nor with the _penalty_ to be inflicted. Both those questions, on the contrary, had, as a matter of course, a place assigned to them in the great work _De Delictis et Pœnis_, which is a veritable _Code for the Inquisitor_; and Father Sinistrari of Ameno could not fail to treat them there with all the care and conscientiousness he has so amply shown in the foregoing pages. The reader will be happy to find here that practical conclusion to _Demoniality_. (_Note by the Editor._) [Illustration: Decoration] PROBATIO DÆMONIALITATIS =SUMMARIUM 1. De probatione criminis Dæmonialitatis, distinguendum est. 2. Indicia probantia coitum Sagæ cum Diabolo. 3. Requiritur confessio ipsius malefici ad plenam probationem. 4. Historia de Moniali habente consuetudinem cum Incubo. 5. Si adsint indicia visa in recitata historia, potest ad torturam deveniri.= PROOF OF DEMONIALITY SUMMARY 1. _Distinctions to be made in the proof of the crime of Demoniality._ 2. _Signs proving the intercourse of a Witch with the Devil._ 3. _The confession of the Sorcerer himself is requisite for a full eviction._ 4. _Tale of a Nun who had an intimacy with an Incubus._ 5. _If the indictment is supported by the recitals of eye-witnesses, torture may be resorted to._ _1. Quantum ad probationem hujus criminis attinet, distinguendum est de Dæmonialitate, puta, vel ejus, quæ a Sagis seu Maleficis fit cum Diabolis; sive de ea, quæ ab aliis fit cum Incubis._ 1. As regards the proof of that crime, a distinction must be made of the kind of Demoniality, to wit: whether it is that which is practiced by Witches or Wizards with the Devil, or that which other persons perpetrate with Incubi.