I saw the punishment of one such, who was saying he would test whether he could gain power for himself by means of evils, so that by acting evilly, he might strike terror into others, and thus reign-an opinion held by many. For they would reign among their companions and over their subjects by fear, not by love. The one in question, being of this character, began to perpetrate evil, which was portrayed by an axe with which he was striking a beam-but his intention was to strike people, in whose place the beam had been substituted. While he was engaged in this crime, he was suddenly let down into a cloud or cloud-like sea having no bottom. It was said that this place, where they exist with little life, is the punishment of such people. 1748, 9 April.