Igitur ad praescriptum opinionis et famae confinxere puerum quempiam carmine cantatum remotis arbitris, secreto loco, arula et lucerna et paucis consciis testibus, ubi incantatus sit, corruisse, postea nescientem sui excitatum, nec ultra isti quidem progredi mendacio ausi; enim fabula ut impleretur, addendum etiam illud fuit, puerum eundem multa praesagio praedixisse.
So to conform with belief and rumor, they alleged that I had used a spell to bewitch some boy, once I had gotten observers out of the way, in a secret place, with a small altar, a lantern and a few accomplices looking on; on being bewitched he collapsed, and when he came round later he did not know where he was. But they indeed did not dare to carry their lie further; to complete the drama they should have added that the same boy prophesied and made many predictions.
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