Cardan in his _Hipperchen_ will, they feed on
men's souls, _Elementa sunt plantis elementum, animalibus plantae,
hominibus animalia, erunt et homines aliis, non autem diis, nimis enim
remota est eorum natura a nostra, quapropter daemonibus_: and so belike
that we have so many battles fought in all ages, countries, is to make them
a feast, and their sole delight: but to return to that I said before, if
displeased they fret and chafe, (for they feed belike on the souls of
beasts, as we do on their bodies) and send many plagues amongst us; but if
pleased, then they do much good; is as vain as the rest and confuted by
Austin, _l. 9. c. 8. de Civ. Dei_. Euseb. _l. 4. praepar. Evang. c. 6._ and
others. Yet thus much I find, that our schoolmen and other [1160]divines
make nine kinds of bad spirits, as Dionysius hath done of angels. In the
first rank are those false gods of the gentiles, which were adored
heretofore in several idols, and gave oracles at Delphos, and elsewhere;
whose prince is Beelzebub. The second rank is of liars and equivocators, as
Apollo, Pythius, and the like. The third are those vessels of anger,
inventors of all mischief; as that Theutus in Plato; Esay calls them
[1161]vessels of fury; their prince is Belial. The fourth are malicious
revenging devils; and their prince is Asmodaeus. The fifth kind are
cozeners, such as belong to magicians and witches; their prince is Satan.
The sixth are those aerial devils that [1162]corrupt the air and cause
plagues, thunders, fires, &c.; spoken of in the Apocalypse, and Paul to the
Ephesians names them the princes of the air; Meresin is their prince. The
seventh is a destroyer, captain of the furies, causing wars, tumults,
combustions, uproars, mentioned in the Apocalypse; and called Abaddon. The
eighth is that accusing or calumniating devil, whom the Greeks call [Greek:
Diabolos], that drives men to despair. The ninth are those tempters in
several kinds, and their prince is Mammon. Psellus makes six kinds, yet
none above the Moon: Wierus in his _Pseudo-monarchia Daemonis_, out of an
old book, makes many more divisions and subordinations, with their several
names, numbers, offices, &c., but Gazaeus cited by [1163]Lipsius will have
all places full of angels, spirits, and devils, above and beneath the Moon,
[1164]ethereal and aerial, which Austin cites out of Varro _l. 7. de Civ.
Dei, c. 6._ "The celestial devils above, and aerial beneath," or, as some
will, gods above, Sem