5293. They also established communication for themselves with the hells beneath the earth in the southern part, in the middle there. They used it to defend themselves, using magic and various wicked tricks to destroy and also compel others who were unwilling to submit and unwilling to hand over their riches to them. In the hells there, the more accomplished any devil is at wicked tricks, the more welcome he is.
5293. They also made themselves a communication with the hells under the earth belonging to the southern part, at the middle there; and they resorted to these hells, in order to defend themselves by means of magic and various execrable arts, and to destroy others, and also to coerce those who were not willing to submit themselves, and who were not willing to give them their riches. In the hells in that place, the more expert a devil is in execrable arts, the more welcome he is.
5293. Communicationem etiam sibi fecerunt cum infernis sub terra partis meridionalis a medio ibi, quibus utebantur ad se defendendum, per magias, et per varias artes nefandas, et ad perdendum alios, et quoque ad cogendum alios, qui se submittere nollent, et qui suas divitias illis dare nollent. In infernis ibi, quo plus [quis] diabolus callens nefandas artes, eo acceptior.