=Egesippus= writeth in his third booke and second Chapter, of the destruction of _Hierusalem_, that this =Symon= came to _Rome_, and there set himselfe against =Peter=, boasting that he could flie vp into heauen, and that he came at the day appointed vnto the Mount _Capitoline_, where leaping from the rocke, he flew a good while not without the great admiration of the people, who now began to credit his words, but sodeinly he fell downe and brake his leg, and after being carried vnto _Aritia_, there died. =Iohannes Tritenhemius=, Abbot of _Spanheimium_, writeth in his Chronicles concerning the Monasterie of _Hirsgraue_ of the order of S. =Bennet=, in the yeare of our Lorde 970, that =Peter= and =Baianus=, the two sonnes of one =Simon= a Monke, ruled ouer the _Bulgarians_, wherof the one, namely =Baianus=, was throughly séene in the Arte of Necromancie, and thereby wrought many myracles. He chaunged himselfe into a Wolfe so often as he list, or into the likenesse of an another beast, or in such sort as he could not be discerned of any man, and many other straunge things hée could doo, and did, whereby he brought men into great admiration. And after in the yeare 876. he writeth, that there was a certaine Iewe named =Sedechias=, sometimes Philosopher and Phisitian vnto =Lewes= the Emperour, who being very cunning in sorcerie, did straunge miracles and wonderfull sleights before the Princes, and before all other men. For he brought it to passe by his cunning, that he séemed to deuoure an armed man with his horse, and all his harnesse, and also a carte loaden with hay, togither with the horse and carter. He cut off mens heads, their hands and féete, which he set in a basen before all the lookers on to behold, with the bloud running about the basen: which by and by he would put againe vppon the places whence they séemed to haue bene cut off, without any hurt to the parties. He was séene and hearde of all men to exercise hunting and running, and suche like things in the aire and cloudes, as men are accustomed to exercise vpon the earth. He practised so many and diuers deceites, that all men maruelled and were astonished out of measure.