Magdalene were bound and could not speake and that hee was free from the same and therefore said hee you ought to listen vnto mee who am of a contrary faction vnto them Vpon this hee was bid to discouer the ambushments of the Diuell whereunto Verrine said since you will needs haue mee to expresse and explaine vnto you what I formerly had said listen vnto me It is the pleasure of God that all men know what I haue said this morning and not the confessors of Louyse onely for God will now make demonstration of his exceeding bounty The truth is Magdalene is not throughly conuerted but is perpetually vexed with the Incubi who commit a thousand impurities with her It is true Michaelis that God will bee offended with thee vnlesse thou take some order that this be redressed and doe not thinke that I speake it for her behoofe or for the sake of her heere whom I now possesse for if shee bee not possessed why doe you exorcise her were it not better to send her backe into the kitchen She would be contented with such a place as she was formerly before she came hither What think you why doth not Magdalene harken now vnto mee The reason is because I speake the truth and shee is not yet throughly conuerted shee obeyeth not her superiours and confesseth her sins with nicenesse and affectation like a Player Magdalene you must not confesse them so but you are to reueale them vnto the Priest with much penitency and compunction Then Verrine was commanded to speake lower for he cried as loud as possibly the forces of a woman could giue assistance thereunto Vnto which Verrine answered when I speak low you despise mee and when I talke aloude you put me to silence Sodome neuer were such abominations spoken by thee nor in the time of the flood did there euer happen so strange a fact as this is yet were they drowned in the waters and burned with the fire Was it euer heard of before that the Diuell should come to reprehend sinners You know there is a difference to haue a Diuell in the body and to haue a Diuell in the soule or to haue him in the body for the conseruation of the soule Afterward when some or other had told him that hee was to obey the Church as the spouse of God hee answered that this spouse also was to humble her selfe before her husband God goeth about to enlighten you with the brightnesse of his grace yet do you euer cry vnto me Verrine obmutesce I tell you I will speake but it shall be for the glory of God Did I euer bid you worship Verrine no I euer told you that I was a damned Diuell If I haue spoken euill reproue me of this euil but good God said hee command me to speake Hebrew or to doe some other prodigious and amazefull act for these poore blind caitiffes are yet calling vpon me for a signe But what did you Lord to those that asked a signe of you you could haue giuen them signes from heauen which their curiosity did itch after but you would not satisfie their brain-sicke fancies herein because they wanted faith which should be in men Michaelis the young sucking Infants which they haue eaten and others which they haue strangled and digged vp from graues to make pies withall cry loud for vengeance before God for crimes so punishable and full of execration Yet are not these accursed Magicians contented but will plucke God from his Throne they worship a Goate and sacrifice vnto him euery day What Thinke ye not that God is exceedingly incensed by these audacious prouocations At their tables and meales they vse no kniues because they will not pare off their imperfections they vse no salt because they hate the vertue of wisedome they haue no Oliues nor oyle because they loue nothing but crudities and cruelties In this very Baume doe they keepe their Sabbaths in this very Baume doe they deuoure manâ— flesh in this very Baume do they belch forth vnconceiueable blasphemies against the sacred Trinity the Sacraments the mother of God and all the Saints in Paradise Hath not God then inst occasion to bee incensed against them The Turke with his vnbeleefe the Iewes with their expectation of the Messias the Heretickes with their adorations of the bastardly figments and conceptions of their owne braines are not to bee held in such detestation as these Magicians heere for they doe day by day renounce God and there passeth not a minute wherein they crucifie him not I do further affirme that if this which hath been pronounced and published in S. Baume had been declared at Geneua they would haue shaken off the chaines and â—etters of their obstinacy yet doe the children of the Church keepe the Magician from mee and will not suffer mee to speake vnto him O Michaelis the Magician is now in thy custodie haue a curious and quick regard ouer him for hee doth yet put Magdalene to shrewd plunges After this Lewes was sent for from his chamber to come vnto the Church and as he entred Verrine did barke and bay wondrous like a dogg and said Meruaile not that I thus barke for I see the woolfe Then he spake to Lewes and said thou art a Magician thou art an execrable Sorcerer I lay it heere before thee that if thou be not speedily conuerted thou shalt bee burned and these two women heere must bee exorcised before the Parliament at Aix If Lewes be not conuerted within eight dayes I tell you heere before hand and doe call to witnesse the blessed mother of God the Seraphins Martyrs Virgins Saints and as many as be of you that he shall be deliuered vp into the hands of the gouernour of Marseille and then let them speak whither Louyse were possessed or no. Heere is to bee obserued that the Capuchin fathers found not any thing in the chamber of Lewes that might any wayes concerne Magick and this search displeased many at Marseille and presently it was bruted abroad through all the citty that father Michaelis was the author of all this You must further note that the Magicians and Witces which came inuisibly into S. Baume left very vile and offensiue sauours behind them and cast now vpon one and now vpon another certaine powders and oyles once vpon father Francis Billet and twice vpon father Anthony Boilletot who found himselfe benoynted ouer the lippes and when hee asked Lewes what the meaning thereof might bee hee onely laughed at the same They also threw such kinde of stuff vpon sister Catherine who was co-adiutour of the company of S. Vrsula so that shee was a long time greeuously sick vpon the same Besides all this Verrine tooke his oath on Gods behalfe the Creator of heauen and earth and on the behalfe of the blessed mother of God and of Angels Patriarches Apostles Martyrs Doctors Confessors Virgins and Widowes and on the behalfe of the whole
and with a rage and fiercenesse beyond ordinarie and spake these words fiue seuerall times For euer for euer for euer for euer for euer alas shall the damned soules be depriued of the vision of God You will tell mee perchance that as yet I haue tolde you no great newes it may be so notwithstanding it is strange newes as I haue said formerly to heare a Diuell speake for God and for the saluation of your soules All the assembly were so affrighted with these and the like words and at the dreadfull passages which Verrine had touching the paines of hell that there gushed from their eyes abundance of teares when they called to remembrance their offences which they had committed After this discourse Belzebub who was in the body of Magdalene cried out very hideously Hola I will acquaint you with the repose and contentation which the soules of the damned haue in hell And then taking Magdalene he rudely and without intermission tossed her from one side of the Church of S. Baume to the other and presently from that side backe againe and so continued in tormenting of her without any cessation so that if it had not ended as it did she would surely haue died Thus said hee doe wee torture the soules of the damned without allotting vnto them the least moment of relaxation Besides this that hath beene said Verrine added that God was so beautifull that the Diuels would be content to vndergoe all the torments of the world and all the paines of hell so they might but once haue a sight of his beauty The same day after dinner Magdalene wrote a letter to the blessed S. Magdalene the tenour whereof ensueth Most holy glorious and beloued sister I heartily beseech you to compassionate the deplored estate of your poore and worthlesse sister Take me by the hand and leade mee to my dearest and louely spouse And with all my soule I doe entreate you to indow me with those fiue goodly qualities where with you were able to prostrate your selfe at his blessed feete and which induced him to receiue you with such speed for his best-be loued friend The first is humility that I may vnder-value and set at naught all things with you The second is perfect contrition that I may bewaile and euer abominate all my sinnes The third is perfect faith that I may beleeue that the almighty can pardon me The fourth is perfect hope that I may assuredly expect his mercy The fifth is feruent charity and loue that I may affect and cleaue to him as to my dearest spouse and disingage my selfe from those incongruous desires which may thwart or giue impeachment vnto the same I instantly pray you dearest sister to begge for mee these fiue louely vertues that I may be confident through them to present my selfe to my most glorious Spouse and so to receiue from him the blessings and grace of heauen that together with you I may praise and blesse him for euer My most blessed and glorious sister Your most humble obedient vnworthie and meanest sister and seruant the wretched slaue and forlorne creature Magdalene of Iesus The Acts of the 11. of December VPon that day the Dominican father began to consider with himselfe whither it were not expedient to force the Diuell to dictate the words and discourses which he affirmed did come from God and so to submit them to the censure of the Church to the end that the wilinesse and subtilties of Sathan might be detected and to make knowne whither hee spake from his owne motion and scope or no that so both those that saw it not and those that were present at it and also those that are to come after vs might be partakers of this history to the encreasing of the glory of God of his blessed mother of S. Mary Magdalene and of all other Saints to the extirpation of all heresies and to the conuersion of mis-led and wandering soules Conceiuing for a certainty that whither the pitcher fall vpon the stone or the stone vpon the pitcher it is still the pitcher that is broken and all shall turne to the confusion of the Diuell be it this or that way Since that in strange and new occurrences it is lawfull to vse and search forth new remedies prouided that nothing bee done against God and his Church This was for certaine daies put in execution when as he Exorcist not being able to write downe all for hast Verrine did dictate vnto him word after word that which hee had formerly discoursed and that for eight daies after And this was done by the vertue of the Exorcismes Afterwards hee had liberty to speake as hee would which he also did The same day came the reuerend father Francis Billet Priest of the Christian Doctrine And in the morning Louyse and Magdalene were exorcised by the Dominican father who saying Masse to the honour of the blessed mother of God Belzebub vpon these words ecce Ancilla Domini began to crye O accursed words for vs. O would they had neuer beene spoken And a little before the beginning of the said masse Belzebub lifted himselfe vp with great arrogancy and vnusuall fury howling and crying with a loud voice Should I adore thee Christ Should I adore thee No no I am as mighty as thy selfe See how vn-stoupingly and vpright I stand In all this hee made the body of the girle serue his turne as his instrument Then Verrine who was in the body of Louyse said vnto him Ha! Belzebub wretched spirit as thou art thou wilt bee lasht and punished for this Belzebub answered I regard not I had rather be punished then adore him After Masse the Priest holding the blessed Hoast that Louyse and Magdalene might communicate and saying Ecce Agnus Dei Belzebub began to cry yes yes yes hee is a Lambe for others but vnto vs a roaring Lyon Then the Dominican father said vnto him Adora Deum tuum To which Belzebub replied Why should I worship this God I will not doe it I will not doe it Ha God! in despight of thee in despight of Mary in despight of Magdalene this Magdalene is mine Then said Verrine Ha thou cursed and as abominable as my selfe thou hast nought to do with Magdalene thou shalt come short of thy reckoning Magdalene this is but to fright thee feare not be confident and take God for thy husband Then answered Belzebub No no shee is married to mee I will make demonstration vnto you shee is mine I haue the Bondes I haue the Seales Vpon these words the Exorcist said to Magdalene beleeue not this deceiuer and father of lies Your God calleth himselfe your spouse the Virgin Mary stiles her selfe your mother and Saint Magdalene your deare sister Then said Belzebub No I will make it appeare that in all equity she is mine Verrine answered No more then I am thou diddest not create her neither diddest thou redeeme her and if thou hast lost
Paradise you cannot goe any other way beleeue mee this is the path that leadeth to Heauen The same day Verrine bid Father Francis Billet to take the Stole and the booke of Exorcismes and willed him from God in the vertue of thē to command him to dictate this ensuing letter directed vnto a Preist of the Christian doctrine that was tempted to doubt of his vocation the Exorcismes being performed accordingly he began to dictate in forme as followeth Dearest and welbeloued brother I heere aduertise you that we assuredly know for a truth that whatsoeuer your Reuerence hath conceiued against your vocation is nothing else but a meere suggestion of the Deuil who is an vtter enemie to God and all obedience He endeuoureth to infuse into you rebellion against God and your Superiour and would haue you to beleeue that your iudgment is able to comprehend all the secrets of God But I assure you it would require and take vp all our time if we should endeauour to learne and enquire into the secrets of God For his secrets and iudgments are so abstruse that none of themselues can bee certaine of the manner of them Many there are that haue a conceite they know the will of God and that their vnderstanding is very perfitely illuminated but for the most part they are beguiled For wee see by daily experience that they may be deceaued and no question are deceaued since euery day there are new wonders full of rare and admirable strangenes discouered in this our God And perceauing a burthen and pressure vpon my soule if I should bee wanting vnto you in this office I haue sent this letter vnto you to wishe you instantly to dispatch your selfe hither for S. Baume with as much speed as possibly you may If you come before Christmasse you shall vnderstand as I conceiue diuers passages so excellent in themselues and so aduantageous vnto you that you would not for the world but bee made familiar with them for they are so full of nouelty and strangenesse that no man aliue did euer see the like Knowe that Louyse Capean whom you haue formerly beene acquainted withall one of the vnworthiest and meanest Sisters of the company of S. Vrsula that are at Aix is bewitched and possessed by three Deuils that are within her body It was a Charme that gaue way to this possession of Deuils which did befall her by the permission of God and out of a zeale shee had to suffer Hell it selfe and all the paines thereof so that she might not be separated thereby from her God for his glory and the saluation of soules And being setled for many yeares in this resolution and comming often times to blessed Communion shee prayed still vnto God that he would take compassion vpon the soules of her neighbours and this she demanded with such ardency of desire that it is almost impossible for any to attaine vnto the like And being moued by him that internally spake vnto her and said Whether if it were expedient to hazard thy body and to expose it euen vnto death for the saluation of thy neighbours wouldst thou willingly vndertake the same she accepted of it many times saying that shee was ready to endure all and that it was fit to prefer the soule of our neighbour before our body or our owne life Thus God out of his great goodnesse hath made choice of her for a worke which neither you nor I euer dreamed of nor should euer haue beleeued if wee had not seene the experience of the same and those who haue not had the oportunity to behold it may perchance heereafter at the least haue meanes to read this wonder For euery one laboureth with all diligence that may be to make such vnhard of euents and so strange a Miracle to appeare vnto the world And I doe assure you if you did but vnderstand it aright you would leaue meate and drinke nay your very studies to haue knowledge of that which euery day offereth it selfe vnto our considerations For Father Michaelis being inspired from God counselled Father Romillon to bring Magdalene from Palud and to search out al other that were bewitched and bring them to S. Baume that they might there make their vowes Being there Louyse Capeau came from Aix her selfe alone accompanied with none of the rest that were possessed where shee found Magdalene already arriued Touching Louyse she would by no meanes at the first heare tell of Exorcismes saying that she was not possessed and that all might arise from naturall causes or by the sleights and power of the Deuils that were in the body of Magdalene She was at Aix when they discouered themselues and it was done in the time of Confession◠then was Magdalene at S. Maximin and although her Confessours did cleerly demonstrate vnto her that this straine and fancie of hers against possession could no way sute with probability yet was shee so swolne with pride arrogancy and rebellion that shee would not submit her iudgment vnto her Superiour who commanded diuerse to make inquiry of this matter at S. Baume And the Deuill within her said I will not obey him so that when it was offered vnto her consideration how that she was no win the presence of God himselfe for it was within the Church of S. Vrsula and when he that confessed her at the time the Deuils began to bee discouered did reproue her and say How darest thou to speake thus before thy Superiour She answered that she would subiect her selfe to the command neither of Gouernour nor Gouernesse neither would she regarde or thinke of them that shee thought her selfe more knowing how to conduct her selfe in her owne behauiours and deportments then they could be that she would rely vpon her owne iudgment and that Superiours did many times command things very vnfit to be put in execution All this while did not she vnderstand that this was a stratagem of the Deuils to giue hindrance and stoppe vnto the worke which is now so well begun And although the Deuill would haue shifted this off by sundry slights and collusions yet in the end either by force or out of loue she was contented to be obedient although she still was stiffe in her opinion that she would not suffer her selfe to be exorcised But God changed her intendment and disposed her hart to embrace the good pleasure of God and of her Superiour and to renounce and disclaime her owne so that she came to S. Baume and there suffered her selfe to be exorcised Whereupon one of the Deuils named Verrine began to speake and to tell his name and after many adiurations where withal he was chained and bound vp he reuealed the names of his companions and vpon the continuance of the Exorcismes he said and swore taking a solemne oath with all the properties and particulars there unto belonging vpon the blessed Sacrament saying these words I sweare by the liuing God that all which I haue spoken is
be pleasant with Belzebub saying A Princes fashion is not to beate a base fellow himselfe but commandeth one of his meanest seruants to doe it so fareth it with thee Belzebub thou art not worthy that I should auenge my selfe vpon thee I doe not care if I bid my seruant to doe it Then he spake to Gresill and said Cudgell me this Belzebub wicked wretch as hee is that would dare to pluck God from his Throne but therein his forces and designements were broken and crusht to peeces I am Gods Apparitor I will bee paid with good money yet shall neither thou nor I euer attaine to Paradise although he were willing to bestow it vpon mee I doe not say that he will giue it me but I affirme that I shall be more happy then thy selfe because there is a reward that attendeth vpon my labors and paineful endeauours so that although I shall not enioy felicity yet at the least I shall not bee tormented with the like extent of punishment for God hath promised to allay and giue mitigation to the same Moreouer he said wretched Belzebub I see thou wilt speake speake on for all will light vpon thy owne head Belzebub replyed I speake not to thee Ha Belzebub said Verrine I perceaue it goeth hard with thee the keyes of Magdalens soule are not now in thy custody for the gates are shut vp and the rod of command is taken from thee Then the Exorcist spake these words Ecce non dormitabit whereupon Verrine said true the Diuel neuer sleepeth but is euer wakefull to doe a mischeefe God neuer sleepeth also but hee alwaies is vigilant to doe good for his goodnesse is greater then the iniquity and malice of all hell Iohn thou wert the disciple of Loue and Magdalene the hand-maid of Affection Antichrist when he commeth shall cause himselfe to be adored and shall haue Kings and Princes to bee attendants in his traine but what reward shall they haue of him iust nothing Hee shall cause himselfe to bee carried pompously in the aire and say that hee is Christ and the Messias but hee shall be conuicted of a lie and be prooued to be Antichrist Then shall there be discerned the difference and distinction betweene the children of God and the children of Satan The Iewes were once Gods best beloued children but because they would not take knowledge of their God but after a flood of so many blessings did crucifie him vpon the Crosse for this cause did God repudiate and reiect them Christ Iesus was promised vnto them but they would none of him no not when hee prayed for them therefore they are deseruedly depriued of so glorious a light for he that hateth that which is good shall in the end be seased vpon by that which is euill the patient is well enough serued if the Phisitian leaue him when he refuseth and scoffeth at his counsell You are all subiect to sicknesses some are infirme in their head others in their braine some in their eyes others in their eares Now if God who is the true Physition of your soules shall aske you whether you be sicke or no will you answere you are not sicke when you are for hee well knoweth by your pulse how you are affected To those that are troubled with a paine in their head that is to say to the proud he ministreth the sweet and gentle physicke of deepe humility to others that are sicke of impatiency of curiosity or the like diseases he doth ordaine and point forth for euery man a particular remedy according to the nature of his infirmity But there is alwaies some bitternesse in these potions which breedeth a difficulty in the Patient to take them Mis-conceiue me not as if I should speake of corporall medicaments which are composed of hearbs and simples I speake spiritually of all sorts of vertues which are the true receits to cure languishing soules take therefore and taste this medicine I dare assure you it wil make you whole although you were sicke euen vnto death for you haue a very cunning Physition Then he said alas behold the great day of Iudgement is at hand for Antichrist is borne If vertue seeme bitter vnto your taste God will sweeten your mouthes with diuine consolations and will not that you should rise from his table with your palate disseasoned It is high time O yee Christians to surrender and giue vp your will into the hands of your Creator giue vnto him the three powers of your soule your memory that you may haue him in remembrance your vnderstanstanding that you may thinke vpon his benefits and your will that you may be obedient vnto him Imitate the Oxen who feede all the day and chew the cud or ruminate in the night and let the seruant no longer gouerne your house The holy Ghost is at your beds side and hath in his hand a potion for the health of your soules the ingredients are a little humility a little charity a little patience a little perseuerance a little hope and a little resignation This potion is not without some bitternes and mortification but he is at hand with the sugar of his consolations to sweeten and allay the offensiâ—enesse thereof Ought you not first to goe vnto Mount Caluary and there taste vineger and gall befor you feed on those delicious viands and drinke that sweet wine and hipocras of heauen or haue the frâ—ition of the vision of that eternall brightnesse Receiue therefore the Sacrament of the Altar for it will preserue you it will restore you it will consolidate whatsoeuer is loose and disioynted within you yet must euery one of you alwaies say vnto himselfe I am a miserable sinner and most vnworthy to receiue my Creator Thou Iohn Baptist was by wer 't this great Sâ—crament was first instituted thou diddest rest thy selfe vpon the breast of the Sonne of God at what time there were many celestiall secrets reuealed vnto thee thou knowest full well that this is a Sacrament of loue and that the best aduice that may be giuen is that men frequent the same euery fifteenth day and haue this meditation continually in their mindes that Antichrist is borne You are therefore to play the parts of valiant and able souldiers and not to shew your selues base or womanish â— nay I say further that Virgins and married women are likewise to arme themselues against him for the Church had neuer such plenty of martyrdomes as shall bee in the time that is prepared for the same There shall bee two bands and two armies the one belonging to God the other fighting for the Diuell and in this army shall Antichrist bee God would saue his whom he hath redeemed with the price of his blood on the other side the Diuell would rauine vpon that which is none of his owne Nothing happeneth but by the prouidence and will of God and his pleasure it is that this time should come When Antichrist
shall afterward appeare The end of the first part THE ACTS THAT WERE COLLECTED AND DIGESTED INTO ORDER BY FAther Michaelis Priour of the Couent Royall of S. Maximin and of S. Baume who came thither after Christmas in the yeere 1611. Returning from Preaching his Aduent Sermons in the towne of Aix in Prouince The Acts of the 11. of Ianuary 1611 AFter wee had read the Acts that were formerly taken by father Francis Domptius and were verified by many eye-witnesses men fearing God and worthy to bee beleeued who had euer been in presence and had an eye vpon the two women that were possessed wee then proceeded vnto the Exorcismes and continuation of administring the Sacrament and for the more ample verification of possession by wicked spirits we narrowly sifted and pryed into the words and gestures which they vsed Vpon the eleuenth day of Ianuary after Masse was said Magdalene was exorcised and Belzebub being charged to come forth answered Vpon the day of the exaltation of the holy Crosse last past at the Exorcisme performed at Aix in the Chapell of the doctrine thou holding the blessed Sacrament in thy hand speaking to father Francis Billet who did Exorcise by vertue of the same and by the power of the holy Crosse as also by the Virgine Maries interposing her selfe by her entreaties there issued forth out of this body 6660 Diuels very priuately and without noyse who are not returned backe vnto this place so that now there are of vs still remaining seuen Princes and 100 inferiour Diuels within and without And being asked when and how these Diuels came out of her he would answere nothing thereunto but onely that they issued forth by the powerfull prayers of Mary Magdalene Dominicke and Francis Whilest the Exorcismes were pronouncing he drew backe and was euer flying away in so much that Magdalene was saine to bee stopt and held fast by maine force At the second Exorcisme in the euening Belzebub made answere vnto nothing onely hee seemed sad and composed the face of Magdalene to melancholinesse Whereupon Verrine said Belzebub I guesse at the cause of thy sadnesse it is because there are foure Magicians with many others as well men as women at Marseille at Aix else where in the high way to coâ—uersion Then the Exorcist admonished Magdalene to renounce the Diuell all the schedules which she had made vnto him which she did in very ample maner saying I Magdalene of Demandoul do renounce Lucifer Belzebub Leuiathan Asmodee Balberith Astaroth Carreau and all the Diuels of hell together with all those that liue in the ayre in the water in the earth and all those which are in the bodies of such as are possessed I do also renounce all the schedules which I haue made vnto them and do prostrate my selfe at the feet of my Redeemer Christ Iesus putting my selfe vnder his protection and humbly crauing pardon for my enormous transgressions and for the better attainement hereof I doe implore the aide of the glorious mother of God Queene of all the Angels of S Michal and the Angels of Ioseph and all the Patriarches of S. Peter and all the Apostles and Euangelists of S. Stephâ—n and all the Martyrs of S. Gregory and all the Doctors of S. Martin and all Bishops and Confessors of S. Anthony and all Monkes and Hermites of S. Dominicke and S. Francis and all Friers of S. Ursula and all virgins of S. Monica and all widowes of the glorious S. Magdalene and all penitent sinners promising vnto God by the assistance of his grace neuer to adhere more or to giue my consent vnto the Diuell Whilest shee made these renunciations Belzebub did tosse and wreath her body after a strange manner the agitation whereof was such that it made her tremble ouer all her body neuerthelesse she did resoluedly continue on her abiuration although her voice trembled by reason of this extraordinary shaking Then Verrine by the mouth of Louyse said Belzebub thou hast now good cause to bee sad for Magdalene hath from her heart renounced thee and all the rest of vs. The Acts of the 13. of Ianuary being the day of the octaue of Epiphany 1611 for vpon the day before which was the 12. Belzebub spake nothing Verrine telling vs that he was bound by the Magician THe 13. day about seauen a clocke at night when Belzebub was pressed and vrged to speake at the beginning of the Exorcismes he tooke Magdalene by the throate as if he would haue strangled her And this endured a long time vntill hee was commanded to get him downe and to leaue her After the Exorcisme Magdalene being retired vnto her chamber and all of vs keeping her company because it was not yet time to withdraw our selues Belzebub by the toung of Magdalene as being now vnloosed for he had bin tyed onely during the time of Exorcisme said that he would now speake I my selfe said he am he that tempted Adam and Asmodee taking on him the face of a hansome woman did with sweete and sugered speeches steale into Eue by his temptations and perceauing that she began to fluctuate and was yet but a Nouice in the world he was incouraged to inforce and double his temptations and so at length remained victorious I am he said Belzebub that tempted Christ Iesus in the wildernesse with the two first temptations at the third which was the strongest to witt to cause him to fall downe and worship me I tooke Leuiathan for my coadiutor but not being able to gaine vpon him we had a strong coniecture and suspition that he was the Messias whereas before wee onely esteemed of him as of a great and perfect Prophet for although some called him Christ yet did they speake it either doubtfully or flatteringly But we began to doubt no longer of him when he once prayed for his enemies after they had at my instigation said Belzebub so blasphemously reuiled him whom also I animated to cast him downe headlong vpon the stones as a blasphemer I was on the right side of the Crosse Asmodee at the foote and Leuiathan on the left side but he ouercame vs all Leuiathan is the Prince of Hereticks Asmodee of wantons and I said Belzebub am the Prince of pride yet did he ouercome those three mighty aduersaries the world the flesh and pride They fastned the Crosse with cords and in setting it vp in the hole which was forced into the rocke by the shaking and shogging of the same they opened againe all his wounds he was nayled with three long nayles hauing one foote nayled ouer the other to augment the greatnes of his torment and in crucifying him they turned the Crosse and his face towards the earth to fitt and fasten the nayles on the other side This Crosse said he was very high of the height of the Crosse which you haue below at the comming in vnto Saint Baume if you adde the height of a foote thereunto and
for your credits sake to bring backe the Magician and to giue out that hee is a holy and innocent man retire your selues retire your selues you shall see the end The silke-worme doth but now begin to weaue the materials but the tapistry that must bee made thereof is not yet finished The Acts of the 15. and 16. of Ianuary being Saturday and Sunday VPon the Saturday which was the day wherein the friends and fauourers of Lewes did lead him to Marseille that hee might there iustifie and cleere himselfe all was in an vprore at Saint Baume Verrine did nothing but cry as loud as Louyses forces would permit that the Prince of Magicians was like to bee declared guiltlesse saying O my Lord of Marseille why haue you licensed these men to carry Lewes away with them you do not rightly vnderstand the businesse but do offend through ignorance There were also many men on this day tempted to distemperatnesse and much impatiency for the Deuill had been sowing his tares amongst those that were at S. Baume although through the prouidence and grace of God they were quickly choaked The Sunday morning Belzebub spake not except when the Exorcist did reckon vp all the parts and members of her that was possessed saying A capite a collo ab oculis a naribus ab arterys a pulmone a spatulis a corde c. Whereupon Belzebub said expressing a sensible gesture in euery part of the body iust when it came to bee named as stamping with the feete when they were named and lifting vp the knees when they were pronounced and so of the rest There are charmes in euery part of her he that wanteth any let him come to Palud for shee hath them in abundance At the same Exorcisme Verrine cryed and tooke on very terribly when the Exorcist set his hand on Louyses head saying take of this hand which hee repeated diuers times you should torture rebels such as Belzebub is and not mee And added I onely am tormented and not my two companions Gresill and Sonneillon Being exorcised and adiured to speake why he was tormented he said that the last night he was exceedingly importuned by Lucifer to take his part which hee had promised to do He had also tempted Louyse to pray no more for Magdalene and had made her fall into a mortall sinne by procuring her consent hee also had made Louyse to say that one of the fathers was a proud fellow and shee had deceiued her Confessour with a confession which himselfe counterfeited and was not made by Louyse for all which delinquencies said hee Dominicke my aduersary hath procured from God that I should receiue due chastisement Being commanded by Exorcismes to sweare as abouesaid hee answered with all my heart I will take mine oath for Dominicke hath also obtained this fauour from God Then the Exorcist commanded him to put both his hands vpon the words of the consecration of the Chalice and presented vnto him the Canon of the Masse in folio Louyse who was altogether vnlearned did neuerthelesse put both her hands vpon the said wordes Then did the Exorcist command him againe to put them vpon the second prayer which the Preist had said before the Communion which he accordingly did and withall added what art thou yet satisfied and so beginning his oath he said I sweare vnto thee by the power of the Father by the wisedome of the Sonne and by the goodnesse of the holy Ghost according to the intention of the Church triumphant militant and according to thy meaning and the meaning of all these heere without reseruation of any sinister intention whatsoeuer that what I haue now said is true to witt c. repeating that which hee had before deliuered The same day at the Euening Exorcismes Belzebub did shake Magdalene as hee was accustomed alwaies drawing backe her head when the Exorcist would make the signe of the Crosse and snatching the booke of Exorcismes out of the Exorcists hands he threw it to the ground and cryed get you gone and open the doore for Romillon for he would come in which indeed they found to be true Being asked which of them two was the greater and of most authority himselfe or Verrine hee answered It is a friuolous question and sauoureth of nothing but of impertinency and is not worth an answere When the Exorcist was naming all the parts of her body as is already declared mentioning the reines the Deuill did strangely shake and stirre the same saying That the day before Blanche a Witche of Marseille had laide a charme made of golde and siluer and other ingredients vpon Magdalen's reines and had cast another through a trunke vpon her eyes that vpon whomsoeuer Magdalene should looke he should appeare to her to be the Magician Lewes And Magdalen being at her good times questioned vpon the same confessed that it was the greatest torment vnto her that could be to haue that obiect and apparition of Lewes euer before her eyes when any one came in her sight although it were her Confessour or the Priest at Masse But this charme wrought not on her aboue 8. dayes through the assistance of God and by the efficacy of her frequent receiuing of the Communion which they ministred vnto her euery day for this is the soueraigne remedy to scape or to take away the force of charmes as the Deuils themselues in the vertue of Exorcismes would not sticke to confesse and did further affirme that the Priests which did celebrate the Communion euery day could not be charmed The same day Verrine said wee vnderstand and know God better then you but in loue vnto him I must confesse you do out-strippe vs but if you knew God as well as wee you would be fond of him We tempt euery body and albeit they thereby fall into mortall sinne yet are not wee punished for the same if we exceed not our limits or the expresse commandement of God intimated vnto vs by his Angels because it is in their owne choice whether they will sinne or no but we are sure to pay for it when we are the cause that they are exorcised and stirre vp rebellion in them and these paines are accidentall and do indure but for a season as for an hower or a day c. Being asked whether hee had borne the name of Verrine from the beginning he answered that the Deuils haue no names for they know one another perfectly well but they then take a name vpon them when they enter into a body and it is for distinctions sake they do also change their names as they please when as they enter into other bodies To conclude said hee I am a spirit of the aire and therefore lesse malicious then those that are lower in hell the most malicious of vs all is Lucifer who although hee be chained vp in hell yet hath he aduertisements from all the quarters of the Earth and commandeth and giueth directions vnto
Being commanded to shew the adoration vsed by Thrones hee cast himselfe with incredible swiftnes flat vpon the ground and stretched out his armes as wide as possibly he could The Acts of the 23. of Aprill being Saturday VPon this day the Masses which were celebrated thorow the whole citie of Aix for the conuersion of the Magician were ended for Monsieur Pelicot Prouost and Vicar generall aforesaid had commanded thorow all the Parish Churches Priories and other like places of Religion in the citie of Aix that vpon the Thursday all the Priests should sing the Holy Ghost vpon the Friday halfe the Priests should sing the Conuersion of S. Paul and the other halfe the Conuersion of S. Magdalene vpon the Saturday all should sing the Hymne of our Ladie by the power and efficacie of all which and through Gods assistance Lewes Gaufridy the Magician was found in better case touching his conuersion The Monday following being the 25. of Aprill father Michaelis departed from Aix with the rest of his companions hauing receiued directions from the most reuerend the Generall of his Order to be present at the publike Synod held at Paris the feast of Pentecost then next ensuing Whither being come hee receiued aduertisement that the said prisoner was burned at Aix the last day of Aprill by vertue of the Arrest which was pronounced against him The tenour whereof heere ensueth THE ARREST OF THE COVRT OF PARLIAment of Prouence giuing sentence of death against Master Lewes Gaufridy IT hath pleased the Court to examine and search into the criminall processe and other proceedings made by the authoritie of the said Court at the instance and procurement of the Kings Attorney Generall Complainant in the case crime of Rape Seducement Blasphemie Magick Witchcraft and the like abominations against Master Leweâ— Gaufridy originally descended from Beau vezer lez Colmats Priest and beneficed in the Church of Acoules in the Citie of Marseille defendant and prisoner in the prison that belongeth vnto the Palace The verball processe of the proofes and arguments is that Magdalene of Demandoulz otherwise of Pallud one of the Sisters of the Companie of S Vrsula was possessed and held to be really possessed by wicked spirits that were knowne and obserued to haue remained within her at S. Baume from the first of Ianuary last past till the fifth of February by Frier Sebastian Michaelis Doctor of Diuinitie Vicar generall of the reformed Congregation of preaching Friers and Prior of the Couent Royal at S Maximin which attestation was formallie and dulie confirmed by diuers other Fathers bearing date the 20. of the said moneth The decree of the Court containing the granting out of a Commission to Master Anthony Seguiran Counsellor in the said Court to take informations which might concerne the fact of the said Accusation and to attach the said Gaufridy and commit him to the prison of the Palace vpon the 19. of the said moneth The Informations and Inqâ—isitions taken by the said Commissarie and the verball Processe of the apprehension and commitment of the said Gaufridy Another decree of the said Court which containeth a Commission granted foorth vnto Master Anthonie Thoron a Counsellor likewise in the said Court to heare the said Magdalene of Pallud and to take particular information of the proofes and principall allegations giuen in by the Atturney generall and himselfe together with Monsieur Garandeau Vicar vnto the Archbishop of Aix to indite the said Gaufridy vpon the 28. of the said moneth The hearing deposition and confessions of the said Magdalene touching the said rape seducement and subornation of her to practise those impieties which belong to Magicke as also touching the contract and promises made vnto the wicked Spirits besides many other abominations mentioned in the verball Inditement of the 21 of the said moneth Another Libell of Informations taken by the said Commissarie the 23. of the said moneth The attestation of Master Anthonie Merindol Doctor of Physicke and the Kings Professor in the Vniuersitie of the citie of Aix touching the strange and extraordinarie gestures and passages that happened vnto the person of the said Magdalene of Pallud during the time that he had her in cure and before the manifestation of her possession vpon the 24. of the said moneth The report made by the appointment of the said Commissaries and giuen into the Court bâ— Masteâ— Iames Fonteine Lewes Grassy and the said Merindol Doctors and proâ—essoâ—s of Pâ—ysicke and Peter Bontemps Surgeon and profest Anatomist in the said Vniuersitie touching the qualitie and nature of those extraordinary motions which at set times and pauses did affect the head and braine of the said Magdalene of Pallud and what might be the cause of them as also touching the nature causes and reasons of those markes in her bodie which made the place deuoid of the sense of feeling where they were and which were also shewed by her as also touching her virginitie and her being defloured vpon the 26. and 27. of the said moueth and the 5. of March last past The Interrogatories and Answers of the said Gaufridy vpon the 26. of February and the 4. of March last Another decree of the said Court that the said Master Anthony Thoron who was formerly deputed to be Commissarie should take the full view and information of the said Inditement vpon the 4. of March The verball Processe of the confronting and personall contestation betweene the said Magdalene of Pallud and Gaufridy aboue named vpon the 5. of the said moneth The report of the markes found vpon the body of the said Gaufridy following the instructions and directions of the said Magdalene vpon the 8 of the said moneth of March. The publication of the said report with the confronting of him with the said Physitians and Surgeons deputed and commanded thereunto by the said Commissioners There re-examination and confronting of other witnesses vpon the 8. of March Another Libell of Informations taken in the citie of Marseille vpon the fifth sixth and seuenth of Aprill last past The hearing of Mistris Victoire de Courbier said and pretended to haue been bewitched by the said Gaufridy by reason of the crasinesse and indisposition of her vnderstanding as also because of her disordinate and scandalous affection to the said Gaufridy vpon the sixth of Aprill The second Interrogatories made vnto the said Gaufridy touching the truth of the said Information which contained his confession that hee had bewitched the said Victoire by breathing vpon her the twelfth and sixteenth of the said moneth of Aprill The verball Processe of the voluntarie confessions made by the said Gaufridy touching other facts and crimes laid vnto his charge the 14. and 15. of the said moneth The retractations of the said Gaufridy the fifteenth day of Aprill aforesaid in the afternoone The letters of the Bishop of Marseille to Master Ioseph Pellicot Prouost of the Metropolitane Church of the citie of Aix and also Vicar vnto the Arch-bishop of Aix
vnto the sacred Trinity 387 The Teares which Witches shead full no lower then their cheekes 388 Tentation of the Diuell to change our confessours 394 Tentations of sundry Diuels and the Saints opposite vnto them 323.324 The time of Antichrist 316 Mounsieur Thoron is present at the Exorcisme 375 The Throat of Magdalene quitted by the Diuell 329.363 Tortures and the rack giuen vnto Magdalene by Diuels 329.373 Tortures which the Diuels inflicted vpon Magdalene 400.401 Torments which Magdalene endured more then ordinary 358.359.362 Torments redoubled vpon Magdalene twice a day 391 A Tyrant will not suffer any great Lord to dwell neere him 394 V VErrine a Diuell and Prince of Principalities with his tentations 325 Verrine tormented and why 322 Verrine saith he shall haue diminution of paines ibid. and 328 Verrine and his tentations 324 Verrine saith not that he is a Preacher 328 Verrine saith he is sent of God to speake truth 328 Verrine was neuer bound and the reason 349 Verrine crieth aloud because some would declare the Magician to be innocent 318 Verrine barketh like a dog 316 The Vertue of the blessed Sacrament 315 Vestments of Priests 382 Villanies committed in the Sabbath by Witches 3â—7 Violins and other instruments of musick vsed in the Sabbath 336 Vision of the blessed Host. 368 The Vision of Magdalene red as fire 402 The voice of a woman dying 331 The voices of the Witches plainly heard 344 W WAntonnesse of the Sabbaths 336 Weeping of Witches and the manner 388 Wicked Spirits cannot be consecrated fingers 385 Witchcrafts and Charmes cast into Magdalens eares and why 347 Witchcrafts and Charmes giuen to two ends 343 Witnesse of Physitians and Surgeons 371 Witnesses of the markes of the Magician 376 Witnesses touching those that were possessed 375 A Woman lost and sought after and the place where shee was 351 A woman bewitched 383 The working of Diuels is in vaine against the iust 344 When God worketh not all is darke but when hee worketh euery thing is full of light 380 Y A Young man that was an heretique confirmed the more in the Catholick religion by the words of the Diuell 404. and is conuerted by father Michaelis ibid. The end of the table A TABLE OF THE CHAPTERS contained in the Discourse of Spirits 1. WHether there be Spirits or no There are foure points to be obserued touching Spirits that there are Spirits what their nature is from whence they came and the end why they are 1 2. Whether Spirits haue bodies 14 3. Of the Creation goodnes or maliciousnes of Angels 29 4. The meanes which Diuels haue to appeare and come vnto vs in what part of the world they reside how they are bound and their sundry waies to tempt men 41 5. That the Diuels scope is to make himselfe to bee worshipped as a God and to deceiue men that the Diuell knoweth not things to come neither can he penetrate or diue into the secrets of mans heart 51 6. That Sorcerers are as detestable and as much forbidden by the law of God as the very Oracles of the Heathen and their Idols were that it is an idle speech which is giuen out of Sorcerers that Princes should take heed of them the diuersities of customes which the Sorcerers vsed in the old time all proued by the Scripture 63 7. Of Witches and that women are more addicted to witchcraft then men are 76 8. An answere vnto those that demand what danger there is in crauing the assistance and aide of the Diuell 82 9. Whether the Articles contained in the depositions of Sorcerers ought to be taken as idely and dreamingly spoken or whether they ought to bee receiued for truth 94 FINIS 1. King 23. 4. King 21. 23. Esa. 47. Ezek. 28. The Acts of the 23. of December pag. 219. Iohn 8. Marc. 5. Nemo poterat cum domare catenas disrumpebat compedes diminuebat videns lesum à longè cucurrit procidens Matth. 8. Adorauit eum clamans voce magna dixit Quid mihi tibi Iesu fili Dei altissimi Vid Acta 16. Decemb. pag. Marc. 5. Luc. 8. Matth. 8. Dedivobis potestatem calcandi supr a serpentes c. Luc. 10. Et in nomine meo daemonia eijcient Marc. 16. 1. Sam. 19. 1. Reg. 2. 2. ad Timoth. 2. Rom. 1. Epist. 117. A thorne in a garden cannot blemish the roses or the garden but that a man may still say Behold a faire garden Hiero. contra vigil Matth 4. August lib. 20. contra Faustum Manich. c. 21. Printed by Iohn de Mongastonat Lon. grond The 6. booke and 3. discours pag. 459. Numb 22. Apoc. 1. D. Thom. 1. partic quest 113. art 2. Tob. 12. The second part pag. 311. act of the 11. of Ian. and the 6. act of the 12. Decem. pag. 39 6. Book 2 discours pag. 414. after Cardan and Strozzi Math 12. assumpsit 7. spiriritus nequiores se. Marc. 16. De qua eiecerat 7. demonia See Dr. Maldonat vpon the pastages which he literally maketh of the seauen Diuels Bartholomaeus Fayus praeses Parisiensis in Energumenico Hadrian Hofstadius ser. 52. de Eucharistia Ioan. Lorinus in acta apost c. 5. vers 16. Anthanas in vit Anthonii Ioan. Lorin in act Apost c. 16. vers 17. Marc. 5. The discours of the history which is faithfully gathered shall giue you to vnderstand that the Diuell spake after this manner Boleze 1566. Bartholomaeus Fayus praeses Paristensis in energumenico Hadrianus Hoâ—â—tadius serm 52. de Eucharistia Iohannes Lorinus in Acta Apost cap. 5. 16. Hieron in vita Hilarions Ioan. Lorin in Act. Apostol cap. 16. In registro D. Antonius in Historia In Decretis de Poenitentia Lib. de interitu Prophetarum in Danielem Matth. 8. Marc. 5. Athanasâ—n vita Anthonij Nolite iudicare c. Dijs non detrahes Principi populitui non maledices Hoc maximum est primum mandatum 2.2 quaest 124. art 5. Apud Theodoretum in hist. Ecclesiâ—st Chrysost. Hom. 3. in 1. ad Thessal Hieron in Matth. Cyprian Serm. de lapsis Lib. 14. Eccles hist. cap. 43. S. Thom. 1.2 quaest 1. art 1. 3. Reg. 22. 1. Reg. 18. Inuasit spiritus Dei malus Saul prophetabat in medio domus suae tenebatque lanceá misit eam c. Hierom super 5. cap. Matth. Marc. 5. Matth. 8.2 Pet. 2. Tob. 8. Apoc. 20. Act. of the 27. of Decem. pag. 260. Ribadeneira in her life and workes Ioachin Abbas in Hieremiam Homil. 13. in Matth. Magdalene carried vp by Diuels First speech of Verrine The act of adoration of the said Verrine Possession by witchcraft The Exorcist tries the diuel a Wee are to take these and the following discourses as we take the discourses of Balaam the Inchanter and of Caiphas that prophecied of Christ Iesus not of their owne voluntarie or proper motion S. Athanasius faith that when the diuell perswaded S. Anthony to pray vnto God he prayed vnto him not because the
d Lewes the Magician brought into the Chapel e They were saine to keeps the Chapel doore shut because of the throng of people f The markes found by the Physitians vpon the Magician g The friuolous question of the Magician h Magdalenes accusation and stoutnesse against the Magician i Magdalene did afterwards make relation of this vnto vs for we were not present at their confrontments but the commissiaries haue the acts of these things in their hands k The difference betwixt the heart of a Catholicke and the heart of a Magician When God doth not operate all is endarkned but when he beginneth to put his operations in act euery thing thereby receaueth life and light as appeareth in the worke of the Creation Gen. 1. Now by reason of this participation of Magicians with Lucifer they are not onely possessed with obstinacy and blindnesse but also with a diabolicall rage which we haue formerly touched l O wretched Magicians can you haue any affiance in Deuils puâ— your trust in your good God Quia fidelis Dominus in omnibus verbis suis sanctus in omnibus operibus suis. m The Vestments of Priests m The strange manner of Magdalens running vpon her knees n This woman was bewitched by the Magician concerning which there is mention made in the sentence giuen against the said Magician o It is the manner which some haue welobserued to be vsuall among Diuels that they hate others that come vpon their ground possessions which proceedeth from their pride enuy p A charme giuen by the Magician q Ye that are sinners consider seriously how grieuous the punishments are vnto which your sins make you liable r The horrible and rude handling vsed by the Diuels towards Magdalene s The Diuels haue no power to bite consecrated fingers t Mens conuersions from those faults that are enormous doe ordâ—narily goe by degrees succession as hath been experienced in the conuersion of Magdalene which at length was perfected vp approoued by the markes that departed from her A demonstration or externall embleme hereof is in the blinde man in S. Mark chap. 8. vpon whom Christ Iesus laid his hands two seuerall times so at first he began to see imperfectly afterwards his sight became more perfect u He conceited that it was nothing but imagination not hauing been much conuersant with her that was possessed The Diuels that were in the bodies of some harmelesse and innocent sisters of S. Vrsula vpon their being Exorcised did say wee will depart from hence in time but wee are already prouided of a body to enter into it at our pleasure Yet would we not iudge this to be ment de indiuiduo x The great charity of two Capuchin fathers y In the Acts of the Apostles the 19. chapter The handkerchifes of Saint Paule being applied vnto those that were possessed did chace away euill spirits z The Deuils are oftentimes constrained to reueale the bodies relicks of Saints as appeareth by the Ecclesiasticall histories concerning the bodies of those notable Saints Iohn and Paule whom Iulian the Apostata had caused secretly to bee hid as he also â—ndeauoured to silence the memoriall of their Martyrdome But they were knowne by an vndeceiuable marke which is by the miracles that were wrought by them which doe beare a more assured witnesse of them when they are dead then when they are aliue as was seene in the person of Christ Iesus for in mens life time they are not alwayes ineuitable arguments of predestinâ—tion Mat. 7.1 Cor. 13. but they are certaine tokens of the same after their death And by this point shall Antichrist be discouered euen by his own that shall beleeue in him a An excellent dialogue betweene one of the fathers and the Diuell b As if this miserable obstinate and blind spirit should say that there was good cause of their reuolt so to excuse and make good his sin c He returneth to his first speech where he complaineth of God d Like vnto sundry theues that are possessed with diuers towers euery one standing vpon his owne guard or like two doggs snarling one against the other when they both are gnavving of a bone e Behold the consummation and perfection of true contrition abneget semetipsum f Oculos suos statuerunt declinare in terram g Holy Fryday a day fit apt for remission of sinnes h Tharasque is a monsterous Dragon that deuoured men at Tharasconâ—n â—n Prouince and afterwards was sâ—â—ne by S. Martha i O notable Miracle being performed vpon the blessed day of Easter at the time of holy Masse by the vertue of the worthy receauing of the body of Christ Iesus al being wrought by the power of God who is alone able to enlifen that which is dead the Diuel hauing no power to quicken the least branch of a tree after it is once withered vp and dryed Thus doth God by his bounty and Omnipotency take from vs the stampe of the Diuel which is sin in steed thereof setteth vpon vs the scale of his grace by quickning putting life into our soules These are notable hansels and tokens of Easter day k For Antony they say Tony. l Meaning that men doe not goe so presently to Paradise m Obserue heere good Christian by these fore passed euents and by those accidents that doe now happen shall heereafter follow what extraordinary torments God by his iust iudgments imposeth vpon those that haue transgressed against him For wheÌ„ he would seate this distressed sinner in the state of grace he loaded her patience with many paines that did draw neer vnto the torments of hell and that by the ministery of her cruell enemies the Diuels and without compassion vnto the outward manâ— Secundum mensuâ—am delicti c. n It is a great light of God when corporâ—l torments aâ—e not so much â—steeâ—â—d as internall temptations a In like manner vpon the blessed feast of Easter the markes of the Diuell were perfectly taken from her as the tokens and hansell of her conuersion Tertul. lib. de anima Marc. 16. Tertul. lib de Testim animae Hierom. lib 15. commen in Esai ad c. 47. Tertul. lib. de anima Hierom. lib. 8. in Esai ad cap. 27. Leuit. 15. Deuter. 1. Luc. 1. Act 1. S. Thom. 2.29 95. art 8. August serm 2. in Psal. 30. Plat. in Cratil S. August in Epist 102. calleth them Daemonicolas 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 worshippers of Diuels Vpon the 96. Psal. where he tearmeth them worse then Idolaters August lib. 20. contr Faust. Tertul. lib. de testi ani Tertul. lib. de nima August lib 13. contr Faust. Mani cap. 15. Chrysost. hom 2.11 Epist. ad Heb. hom 10. in 1. Epist. ad Timoth. Aug. lib. de ciuit Dei cap. 18. Lib. 1. Metaph. cap. 1. Exod. 16. Lib. 8 Physic. Lib. 12. Metaph text 48. Ezech. 1. S. Thom. lib. 2. cont gent. c. 92 Lib. 2. Metaph. lib. 2. de