And they that make little, or no enquiry into the naturall causes of things, yet from the feare that proceeds from the ignorance it selfe, of what it is that hath the power to do them much good or harm, are enclined to suppose, and feign unto themselves, severall kinds of Powers Invisible; and to stand in awe of their own imaginations; and in time of distresse to invoke them; as also in the time of an expected good successe, to give them thanks; making the creatures of their own fancy, their Gods.
Eta gauzen kausa naturalen ikerketa handirik edo bat ere egiten ez dutenak, jakinezatik bertatik sortzen den norberari kalte edo mesede handia egiteko ahala duenarekiko beldurraren eraginez, aiher dira zenbait indar suposatzera eta iruditzera; eta beren fantasien izua sentitzera eta estualdian eurei otoika aritzera eta baita, ezusteko gauza onen bat gertatzen zaienean, eskerrak ematera, beren irudimenaren sorkariak Jainko bihurtuz.