The devill of Mascon, or, A true relation of the chiefe things which an unclean spirit did, and said at Mascon in Burgundy in the house of Mr. Francis Pereaud, minister of the Reformed Church in the same towne / published in French lately by himselfe ; and now made English by one that hath a particular knowledge of the truth of this story.
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         Perrault, François, 1577-1657.
      
       
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             The devill of Mascon, or, A true relation of the chiefe things which an unclean spirit did, and said at Mascon in Burgundy in the house of Mr. Francis Pereaud, minister of the Reformed Church in the same towne / published in French lately by himselfe ; and now made English by one that hath a particular knowledge of the truth of this story.
             Antidémon de Mascon. English
             Perrault, François, 1577-1657.
             Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.
          
           [14], 46, [3] p.
           
             Printed by Hen. Hall ... for Rich. Davis,
             Oxford :
             1658.
          
           
             Prefatory matter consists of a letter by Robert Boyle to the translator, Pierre Du Moulin, and Du Moulin's answer.
             Translated from: L'Antidemon de Mascon.
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           Demonology.
        
      
    
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           THE
           Devill
           of
           Mascon
           .
           OR
           ,
           A
           true
           Relation
           of
           the
           chiefe
           things
           which
           an
           
             uncleane
             Spirit
          
           did
           ,
           and
           said
           at
           
             Mascon
          
           in
           
             Burgundy
             ,
          
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Mr
           
             Francis
             Perreand
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Church
           in
           the
           same
           Towne
           .
        
         
           Published
           in
           
             French
          
           lately
           by
           himselfe
           :
           And
           now
           made
           English
           by
           one
           that
           hath
           a
           particular
           knowledge
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Story
           .
        
         
           
             OXFORD
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           HEN
           :
           HALL
           ,
           Printer
           to
           the
           UNIVERSITY
           ,
           for
           RICH:
           DAVIS
           ,
           1658.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           MY
           REVEREND
           AND
           LEARNED
           FRIEND
           
             Doctor
             Peter
             Du
             Moulin
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           THough
           I
           suppose
           you
           will
           looke
           upon
           my
           sending
           you
           
             Monsieur
             Perreauds
          
           French
           booke
           as
           a
           minding
           you
           of
           the
           promise
           you
           were
           the
           other
           day
           pleased
           to
           make
           me
           of
           putting
           it
           into
           an
           English
           dresse
           ;
           Yet
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           doe
           me
           the
           right
           to
           believe
           that
           if
           the
           subject
           were
           not
           extraordinary
           ,
           
           &
           if
           my
           own
           pen
           were
           not
           (
           as
           you
           know
           it
           is
           )
           preingaged
           to
           a
           theme
           of
           a
           very
           distant
           nature
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           it
           injurious
           to
           the
           publique
           ,
           and
           to
           you
           ,
           to
           be
           accessary
           to
           his
           turning
           translatour
           of
           anothers
           bookes
           ,
           that
           hath
           already
           manifested
           in
           severall
           languages
           ,
           how
           able
           he
           is
           to
           write
           excellent
           ones
           of
           his
           own
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           freely
           confesse
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           powerfull
           inclinations
           which
           my
           course
           of
           life
           &
           studies
           ,
           hath
           given
           me
           to
           diffidence
           &
           backwardnesse
           of
           assent
           ,
           &
           the
           many
           fictions
           and
           superstitions
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           farre
           as
           I
           have
           hitherto
           observed
           )
           are
           wont
           to
           blemish
           the
           relations
           where
           spirits
           &
           witches
           are
           concerned
           ,
           would
           make
           me
           very
           backward
           to
           contribute
           any
           thing
           to
           your
           publishing
           ,
           or
           any
           mans
           believing
           ,
           a
           story
           lesse
           strange
           then
           this
           of
           
             Monsieur
             Perreand
             .
          
        
         
           But
           the
           conversation
           I
           had
           with
           that
           pious
           Author
           during
           my
           stay
           at
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           and
           the
           present
           he
           was
           pleased
           to
           make
           me
           of
           this
           Treatise
           before
           it
           was
           printed
           ,
           in
           a
           place
           where
           I
           had
           opportunities
           
           to
           enquire
           both
           after
           the
           writer
           ,
           and
           some
           passages
           of
           the
           booke
           ,
           did
           at
           length
           overcome
           in
           me
           (
           as
           to
           this
           narrative
           )
           all
           my
           settled
           in
           disposednesse
           to
           believe
           strange
           things
           .
           And
           sinc
           I
           find
           that
           you
           have
           received
           an
           account
           both
           of
           Monsieur
           
             Perreand
          
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           severall
           things
           relating
           to
           his
           booke
           from
           that
           great
           scholar
           and
           excellent
           person
           your
           Father
           :
           I
           have
           no
           reson
           to
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           as
           your
           skill
           in
           the
           tongues
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           and
           into
           which
           this
           treatise
           is
           to
           be
           translated
           ,
           will
           bring
           it
           the
           greatest
           advantages
           that
           it
           can
           receive
           from
           a
           translators
           pen
           :
           So
           the
           reputation
           which
           your
           and
           your
           learned
           Fathers
           names
           will
           give
           it
           ,
           will
           prove
           as
           effectuall
           as
           any
           thing
           of
           that
           nature
           can
           be
           ,
           to
           make
           wary
           readers
           as
           much
           believe
           even
           the
           amazing
           passages
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           you
           doe
           that
           great
           truth
           of
           my
           being
           in
           a
           high
           degree
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Your
             very
             affectionate
             friend
             and
             humble
             servant
             ROBERT
             BOYLE
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           THE
           HONORABLE
           AND
           MOST
           EMINENT
           IN
           GOODNES
           AND
           LEARNING
           
             Mr
             Robert
             Boyle
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           IN
           obdedience
           to
           the
           charge
           which
           you
           have
           beene
           pleased
           to
           lay
           upon
           me
           .
           I
           have
           translated
           this
           admirable
           story
           ,
           worthy
           to
           be
           knowne
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           of
           singular
           use
           to
           convince
           the
           Atheists
           and
           halfe
           believers
           of
           these
           
           times
           :
           Most
           of
           which
           will
           perswade
           themselves
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           as
           any
           spirituall
           ,
           immateriall
           ,
           intelligent
           substance
           ;
           And
           some
           of
           them
           will
           say
           that
           which
           most
           of
           them
           thinke
           :
           That
           if
           they
           could
           have
           any
           certainty
           that
           there
           are
           Devills
           ,
           they
           would
           believe
           also
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           .
           And
           Satan
           to
           confirme
           these
           pretenders
           to
           the
           title
           of
           strong
           wits
           in
           their
           pernicious
           unbeliefe
           ,
           will
           scarce
           once
           in
           an
           age
           discover
           himselfe
           in
           any
           visible
           or
           audible
           manner
           ,
           but
           either
           to
           the
           rudest
           poore
           people
           and
           the
           most
           bestial
           natures
           in
           some
           remote
           barren
           heath
           ,
           or
           if
           he
           converse
           with
           Magicians
           ,
           whose
           wit
           is
           of
           a
           forme
           somewhat
           higher
           ,
           it
           is
           onely
           in
           secret
           conference
           ;
           that
           the
           confessions
           of
           the
           first
           sort
           may
           be
           ascribed
           to
           the
           fumes
           of
           grosse
           and
           terrestriall
           melancholy
           ,
           as
           the
           onely
           Devill
           that
           frameth
           meetings
           and
           dances
           of
           witches
           in
           their
           braines
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           profession
           
           of
           the
           other
           sort
           may
           be
           imputed
           to
           the
           imposture
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           such
           as
           all
           Magicians
           are
           .
           Likewise
           when
           they
           are
           told
           of
           persons
           possest
           or
           obsest
           with
           Devils
           they
           ascribe
           those
           disorders
           to
           sicknesse
           or
           juggling
           .
           And
           the
           truth
           is
           that
           the
           Devill
           doth
           most
           harme
           where
           he
           is
           least
           seene
           ,
           heard
           ,
           and
           suspected
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           verily
           beleive
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           in
           many
           ages
           done
           more
           wrong
           to
           his
           kingdome
           ,
           then
           in
           disclosing
           himselfe
           so
           plainely
           and
           sensibly
           as
           he
           did
           in
           the
           passages
           here
           related
           :
           for
           thereby
           he
           hath
           left
           no
           shift
           for
           the
           unbeliefe
           of
           reasoning
           Atheists
           .
           And
           though
           this
           was
           a
           witty
           Devill
           ,
           yet
           (
           in
           that
           respect
           )
           he
           was
           not
           well
           read
           in
           the
           Politiques
           of
           Hell
           .
           Many
           relations
           are
           extant
           of
           manifestations
           of
           Daemons
           :
           the
           most
           certaine
           are
           in
           the
           history
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           how
           the
           Devils
           spake
           alowd
           out
           of
           possessed
           bodies
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           great
           multitudes
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           constrained
           and
           frighted
           
           by
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           Lord
           of
           life
           ,
           their
           Soveraine
           and
           their
           Judge
           .
           But
           no
           history
           either
           sacred
           or
           profane
           antient
           or
           moderne
           relateth
           such
           a
           voluntary
           ,
           publique
           ,
           continued
           ,
           and
           undeniable
           manifestation
           of
           the
           wicked
           Spirit
           as
           this
           doeth
           .
           For
           this
           familiar
           conversation
           of
           the
           Devill
           was
           not
           with
           Magicians
           and
           witches
           but
           with
           godly
           men
           :
           And
           it
           was
           not
           in
           a
           corner
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           desert
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           great
           city
           ,
           in
           a
           house
           where
           there
           was
           daily
           a
           great
           resort
           to
           heare
           him
           speake
           ,
           and
           where
           men
           of
           contrary
           religions
           met
           together
           :
           whose
           pronenesse
           to
           cast
           a
           disgrace
           upon
           the
           dissenting
           parties
           did
           occasion
           the
           narrow
           examining
           and
           the
           full
           confirming
           of
           the
           truth
           thereof
           ,
           both
           by
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Diocesan
           of
           the
           place
           .
           All
           these
           particulars
           and
           many
           more
           have
           beene
           related
           to
           my
           Reverend
           Father
           when
           he
           was
           President
           of
           a
           National
           Synod
           in
           those
           parts
           by
           the
           man
           
           that
           was
           most
           concerned
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           booke
           ,
           a
           religious
           well
           poised
           and
           venerable
           Divine
           ,
           who
           (
           if
           he
           be
           a
           live
           still
           )
           is
           above
           80
           yeares
           of
           age
           .
           He
           writ
           this
           relation
           when
           it
           was
           fresh
           in
           his
           memory
           ,
           yet
           did
           not
           publish
           it
           but
           41
           yeares
           after
           ,
           in
           the
           yeare
           1653
           ;
           being
           compelled
           to
           it
           by
           the
           many
           various
           and
           therefore
           some
           false
           relations
           of
           that
           story
           which
           were
           scattered
           abroad
           .
           With
           this
           he
           set
           out
           a
           Treatise
           about
           Demons
           and
           witches
           which
           he
           intituled
           
             Demonologia
             ,
          
           a
           booke
           worth
           reading
           .
           His
           behaviour
           in
           all
           these
           passages
           was
           prudent
           couragious
           and
           godly
           ,
           for
           he
           allwaies
           resisted
           the
           Devill
           in
           his
           severall
           postures
           ,
           whether
           of
           an
           Angell
           of
           light
           or
           of
           an
           open
           enemy
           of
           God
           .
           He
           was
           tempted
           by
           the
           evill
           Spirit
           sometimes
           to
           curiosity
           ,
           sometimes
           to
           covetousnesse
           ,
           sometimes
           to
           feare
           ,
           sometimes
           to
           jesting
           and
           merriment
           :
           But
           the
           good
           man
           was
           alwaies
           alike
           ,
           grave
           ,
           constant
           and
           serious
           ,
           in
           rebuking
           Satan
           and
           using
           
           the
           weapons
           of
           righteousnes
           against
           him
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           and
           on
           the
           left
           .
           And
           he
           was
           not
           disappointed
           of
           his
           trust
           in
           God
           ,
           for
           in
           all
           the
           time
           of
           that
           persecution
           God
           permitted
           not
           that
           stirring
           Devill
           to
           doe
           him
           any
           harme
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           belonging
           to
           him
           ,
           either
           in
           their
           persons
           or
           goods
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           of
           a
           hundred
           dayes
           God
           dispossest
           the
           Devill
           of
           his
           usurped
           hold
           .
           My
           labour
           in
           translating
           these
           few
           sheets
           is
           so
           inconsiderable
           that
           I
           would
           not
           have
           put
           my
           name
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           you
           thote
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           my
           knowledge
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           history
           by
           the
           relation
           of
           my
           Reverend
           Father
           would
           be
           some
           confirmation
           of
           the
           certainty
           of
           it
           .
           I
           have
           it
           at
           the
           second
           hand
           ,
           yet
           from
           a
           sure
           hand
           .
           But
           your selfe
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           had
           from
           the
           Authour
           himselfe
           a
           more
           immediate
           information
           ,
           Which
           being
           prefixt
           before
           this
           narrative
           ,
           gives
           it
           a
           free
           and
           uncontrolable
           passe
           to
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           beliefe
           of
           the
           most
           severe
           and
           judicious
           readers
           .
           
           Neither
           will
           they
           have
           a
           lesse
           opinion
           of
           the
           utility
           then
           truth
           of
           this
           relation
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           that
           a
           person
           so
           high
           in
           learning
           ,
           so
           deepe
           in
           judgment
           ,
           so
           reall
           in
           godlinesse
           ,
           so
           exemplary
           in
           good
           workes
           hath
           judged
           it
           to
           be
           of
           principall
           use
           for
           the
           convincing
           of
           unbelievers
           ,
           and
           the
           confirming
           of
           those
           that
           are
           in
           the
           faith
           .
           Thereby
           also
           I
           shall
           reape
           this
           benefit
           to
           my selfe
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           shall
           know
           I
           am
           honoured
           with
           your
           commands
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           delight
           to
           approve
           my selfe
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Your
             most
             humble
             and
             obedient
             servant
             ,
             and
             true
             honorer
             PETER
             Du-MOULIN
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           
             The
             Devill
             of
             Mascon
             .
          
           OR
           A
           true
           relation
           of
           the
           chiefe
           things
           which
           a
           
             Demon
          
           or
           wicked
           Spirit
           did
           and
           said
           at
           Mascon
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           THe
           fourteenth
           day
           of
           September
           in
           the
           yeare
           1612.
           
           I
           went
           with
           one
           of
           the
           Elders
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           to
           the
           classicall
           meeting
           held
           at
           the
           Borough
           of
           
             Couches
             ,
          
           and
           five
           daies
           after
           we
           returned
           .
           Being
           come
           home
           ,
           I
           found
           my
           wife
           and
           her
           mayd
           in
           a
           very
           great
           conscernation
           ,
           apparent
           in
           their
           face
           and
           countenance
           .
           And
           when
           I
           enquired
           of
           the
           
           cause
           of
           that
           great
           alteration
           ,
           my
           wife
           told
           me
           that
           the
           night
           after
           I
           went
           out
           of
           towne
           ,
           she
           being
           in
           bed
           ,
           her
           first
           sleepe
           was
           broken
           by
           some
           thing
           ,
           she
           knew
           not
           what
           ,
           that
           drew
           her
           curtaines
           with
           great
           noise
           and
           violence
           .
           That
           her
           maid
           that
           lay
           in
           another
           bed
           in
           the
           same
           roome
           ,
           hearing
           that
           ,
           arose
           in
           hast
           and
           ran
           to
           her
           ,
           to
           see
           what
           it
           was
           ,
           but
           saw
           nothing
           ;
           yea
           that
           she
           found
           the
           doores
           and
           windowes
           of
           that
           roome
           very
           close
           as
           she
           had
           shut
           them
           before
           she
           went
           to
           bed
           .
           My
           wife
           told
           me
           also
           that
           the
           night
           following
           she
           made
           the
           mayd
           lie
           with
           her
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           that
           accident
           .
           That
           as
           soone
           as
           they
           were
           in
           bed
           they
           felt
           something
           that
           pulled
           off
           their
           blankets
           :
           That
           then
           the
           mayd
           getting
           out
           of
           the
           bed
           went
           from
           that
           roome
           ,
           which
           is
           on
           the
           backside
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           to
           goe
           to
           a
           kitchin
           which
           is
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           but
           that
           she
           found
           the
           doore
           bolted
           ,
           not
           within
           onely
           ,
           as
           she
           had
           bolted
           it
           herselfe
           ,
           but
           without
           also
           ,
           which
           before
           she
           could
           perceive
           ,
           after
           she
           had
           unbolted
           the
           doore
           and
           would
           open
           it
           ,
           she
           felt
           resistance
           ,
           as
           if
           a
           man
           had
           beene
           on
           the
           other
           side
           thrusting
           against
           her
           .
           That
           the
           mayd
           
           finding
           herselfe
           shut
           up
           called
           a
           youth
           that
           lay
           in
           another
           roome
           on
           the
           foreside
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           who
           rose
           to
           open
           her
           the
           dore
           ,
           to
           whom
           she
           would
           say
           nothing
           of
           that
           disorder
           lest
           he
           should
           be
           frighted
           ,
           but
           lighting
           the
           candle
           she
           found
           in
           the
           kitchin
           the
           pewter
           and
           brasse
           throwne
           about
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           same
           night
           and
           the
           following
           nights
           the
           evill
           Spirit
           made
           such
           a
           noise
           as
           they
           use
           to
           make
           when
           they
           give
           a
           
             *
          
           
             charivary
             ,
          
           or
           when
           they
           will
           hive
           bees
           .
        
         
           Upon
           this
           relation
           I
           will
           not
           dissemble
           that
           I
           was
           seized
           with
           some
           amazement
           ,
           yet
           so
           that
           I
           tooke
           a
           resolution
           not
           to
           be
           too
           credulous
           at
           such
           a
           strange
           story
           ,
           nor
           too
           incredulous
           neither
           .
           Severall
           thoughts
           came
           to
           my
           mind
           .
           Sometimes
           I
           considered
           the
           frailty
           and
           timorousnesse
           of
           women
           ,
           Sometimes
           I
           thought
           that
           it
           might
           be
           the
           imposture
           of
           some
           knave
           hidden
           in
           the
           house
           ;
           Wherefore
           afore
           I
           would
           goe
           to
           bed
           I
           carefully
           searched
           all
           the
           corners
           of
           the
           house
           and
           set
           bolts
           and
           barricadoes
           to
           all
           the
           dores
           and
           windowes
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           stopping
           even
           the
           
           very
           cat-holes
           of
           the
           dores
           ,
           and
           leaving
           nothing
           that
           might
           give
           way
           to
           suspicion
           of
           imposture
           :
           And
           after
           I
           had
           prayed
           with
           my
           family
           I
           went
           to
           bed
           ,
           while
           my
           wife
           and
           her
           mayd
           sate
           spinning
           by
           the
           fire
           ,
           with
           a
           lampe
           upon
           the
           table
           .
        
         
           Scarce
           was
           I
           in
           my
           bed
           ,
           but
           I
           heard
           a
           great
           noise
           from
           the
           kitchin
           ,
           as
           the
           rolling
           of
           a
           billet
           throwne
           with
           great
           strength
           .
           I
           heard
           also
           a
           knocking
           against
           a
           partition
           of
           wainscot
           in
           the
           same
           kitchin
           ,
           sometimes
           as
           with
           the
           point
           of
           the
           finger
           ,
           sometimes
           as
           with
           the
           nailes
           ,
           sometimes
           as
           with
           the
           fist
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           blowes
           did
           redouble
           .
           Many
           things
           also
           were
           throwne
           against
           that
           wainscot
           ,
           as
           plates
           ,
           trenchers
           and
           ladels
           ,
           and
           a
           musique
           was
           made
           with
           a
           brasse
           cullender
           ,
           gingling
           with
           some
           buckles
           that
           were
           at
           it
           ,
           and
           with
           some
           other
           instruments
           of
           the
           kitchen
           .
           After
           I
           had
           given
           attentive
           ear
           to
           that
           noise
           ,
           I
           rose
           from
           my
           bed
           ,
           and
           taking
           my
           sword
           ,
           I
           went
           into
           the
           roome
           where
           all
           that
           stirre
           was
           kept
           ,
           the
           maid
           holding
           the
           candle
           before
           me
           ,
           and
           did
           search
           narrowly
           whether
           I
           could
           find
           some
           body
           hidden
           ,
           but
           finding
           nothing
           I
           returned
           to
           my
           bed
           .
           The
           noise
           beginning
           againe
           ,
           I
           rose
           againe
           .
           
           and
           searcht
           againe
           ,
           but
           all
           in
           vaine
           .
           Then
           did
           I
           beginne
           to
           know
           indeed
           that
           all
           this
           could
           not
           proceed
           but
           from
           a
           wicked
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           so
           did
           I
           passe
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           in
           such
           an
           astonishment
           as
           any
           man
           may
           imagine
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           very
           early
           I
           gave
           notice
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Elders
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           Yea
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           make
           it
           knowne
           to
           Mr
           
             Francis
             Tornus
          
           a
           Royall
           Notary
           and
           a
           Procurator
           of
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           although
           he
           was
           a
           Roman
           Catholique
           ,
           and
           very
           zealous
           of
           his
           religion
           .
           What
           reasons
           I
           had
           for
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           say
           afterwards
           .
           Since
           that
           time
           both
           he
           and
           all
           the
           others
           to
           whom
           I
           had
           imparted
           it
           did
           not
           faile
           to
           visit
           me
           every
           evening
           ,
           either
           together
           or
           by
           turnes
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           that
           persecution
           continued
           ,
           sitting
           up
           with
           me
           till
           midnight
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           longer
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           night
           that
           they
           came
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           following
           nights
           ,
           the
           wicked
           spirit
           kept
           himselfe
           from
           making
           any
           noyse
           or
           stirre
           in
           their
           presence
           ,
           as
           not
           willing
           to
           be
           knowne
           to
           them
           .
           But
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           upon
           the
           twentieth
           of
           September
           about
           nine
           a
           clock
           he
           made
           himselfe
           openly
           knowne
           for
           such
           as
           he
           was
           ;
           For
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           us
           all
           ,
           
           Mr
           
             Tornus
          
           being
           one
           of
           the
           company
           ,
           he
           began
           to
           whistle
           three
           or
           foure
           times
           with
           a
           very
           lowd
           and
           shrill
           tone
           ,
           and
           presently
           to
           frame
           an
           articulate
           and
           intelligible
           voyce
           though
           somewhat
           hoarse
           ,
           which
           seemed
           to
           be
           about
           three
           or
           foure
           steps
           from
           us
           ,
           He
           pronounced
           these
           first
           words
           singing
           
             vingt
             &
             deux
             deniers
             ,
          
           that
           is
           
             two
             and
             twenty
             pence
             ,
          
           a
           little
           tune
           of
           five
           notes
           which
           whistling
           birds
           are
           taught
           to
           sing
           .
           After
           that
           ,
           he
           said
           and
           repeated
           many
           times
           this
           word
           
             Minister
             ,
             Minister
             .
          
           Because
           that
           voyce
           was
           very
           terrible
           to
           us
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           I
           was
           long
           before
           I
           would
           answer
           any
           thing
           to
           that
           word
           ,
           but
           only
           ,
           
             Get
             thee
             from
             me
             Satan
             ,
             the
             Lord
             rebuke
             thee
             .
          
           But
           as
           he
           was
           repeating
           againe
           very
           often
           that
           word
           
             Minister
             ,
          
           thinking
           (
           belike
           )
           thereby
           to
           grieve
           me
           much
           ,
           I
           was
           provoked
           to
           tell
           him
           .
           
             Yes
             indeed
          
           I
           
             am
             a
             Minister
             ,
             a
             servant
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ,
             before
             whose
             Majesty
             thou
             tremblest
             .
          
           To
           which
           he
           answered
           ,
           
             I
             say
             nothing
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           And
           I
           replied
           ,
           
             I
             have
             no
             need
             of
             thy
             testimony
             .
          
           Yet
           he
           continued
           to
           say
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           would
           winne
           us
           to
           a
           favorable
           opinion
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           Then
           he
           would
           offer
           to
           transforme
           himselfe
           
           into
           an
           Angell
           of
           light
           ,
           saying
           of
           his
           owne
           accord
           and
           very
           lowd
           ,
           the
           Lords
           Prayer
           ,
           the
           Creed
           ,
           the
           morning
           and
           evening
           prayers
           ,
           and
           the
           ten
           Commandements
           .
           It
           is
           true
           that
           he
           did
           alwaies
           clip
           and
           leave
           out
           some
           part
           of
           it
           .
           He
           sung
           also
           with
           a
           lowd
           and
           audible
           voyce
           part
           of
           the
           
             Psalm
             .
             81.
             
          
           Then
           said
           many
           things
           which
           might
           be
           true
           ,
           as
           some
           particular
           passages
           belonging
           to
           my
           family
           ,
           as
           among
           other
           things
           that
           my
           father
           had
           beene
           poisoned
           ,
           naming
           the
           man
           that
           did
           it
           ,
           and
           why
           ,
           and
           specifying
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           poison
           .
        
         
           That
           very
           night
           he
           said
           that
           he
           came
           from
           
             Pais
             de
             Vaux
             ,
          
           that
           he
           had
           past
           through
           the
           village
           of
           
             Allamogne
          
           which
           is
           in
           
             Bailliage
             de
             Gez
             ,
          
           at
           the
           dore
           of
           my
           elder
           brothers
           house
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           seene
           him
           with
           Mr
           
             Du
             Pan
          
           Minister
           of
           
             Thoiry
             .
          
           That
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           goe
           to
           supper
           together
           at
           my
           brothers
           house
           .
           That
           they
           were
           neighbours
           and
           deare
           friends
           .
           That
           he
           had
           saluted
           them
           ,
           and
           asked
           whether
           they
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           command
           him
           to
           deliver
           to
           me
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           going
           to
           
             Mascon
             .
          
           That
           they
           had
           shewed
           themselves
           very
           kinde
           to
           him
           and
           desired
           him
           to
           remember
           
           their
           love
           to
           me
           ,
           '
           yea
           and
           had
           invited
           him
           to
           drinke
           with
           them
           .
           Thou
           wicked
           fiend
           (
           said
           I
           to
           the
           spirit
           )
           had
           they
           knowne
           thee
           they
           would
           not
           have
           beene
           so
           kind
           to
           thee
           .
        
         
           Some
           truth
           there
           was
           in
           his
           story
           ,
           for
           M
           
             Du
             Pan
          
           hath
           since
           told
           me
           and
           many
           others
           ,
           that
           they
           remembred
           very
           well
           how
           at
           that
           very
           time
           a
           man
           of
           such
           and
           such
           a
           shape
           ,
           riding
           on
           a
           very
           leane
           horse
           ,
           that
           hung
           downe
           his
           head
           ,
           had
           spoken
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           discourses
           past
           betweene
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Demon
           told
           us
           also
           of
           another
           brother
           of
           mine
           living
           in
           the
           Vale
           of
           the
           
             Lake
             de
             Joux
          
           in
           the
           Countrey
           of
           
             Vaux
          
           saying
           that
           one
           day
           when
           some
           of
           our
           neere
           kinred
           were
           come
           to
           visit
           him
           ,
           he
           to
           give
           them
           some
           recreation
           made
           them
           goe
           upon
           the
           lake
           without
           a
           boate
           ,
           upon
           floating
           wood
           tyed
           together
           :
           And
           that
           they
           being
           farre
           on
           the
           Lake
           a
           stormy
           wind
           did
           arise
           ,
           which
           constrained
           them
           to
           returne
           in
           haste
           to
           the
           shore
           .
           Not
           farre
           from
           which
           all
           that
           floating
           wood
           was
           overturned
           and
           they
           all
           welnigh
           drowned
           .
           Which
           storme
           he
           affirmed
           to
           be
           of
           his
           raising
           .
           The
           relation
           of
           that
           passage
           being
           very
           true
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           
           true
           also
           that
           he
           had
           raised
           that
           wind
           ,
           as
           we
           reade
           in
           the
           booke
           of
           Job
           ,
           that
           Satan
           raised
           a
           great
           winde
           that
           made
           the
           house
           fall
           upon
           the
           children
           of
           that
           holy
           man
           .
        
         
           Another
           night
           the
           Demon
           speaking
           to
           
             Claude
             Repay
          
           a
           bleacher
           of
           linnen
           cloath
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           that
           used
           to
           come
           to
           me
           at
           night
           ,
           asked
           him
           whether
           he
           remembred
           not
           that
           upon
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           set
           in
           order
           some
           pieces
           of
           cloath
           and
           skeanes
           of
           yarne
           ,
           he
           found
           them
           a
           while
           after
           removed
           out
           of
           their
           place
           and
           out
           of
           order
           ,
           and
           then
           said
           that
           it
           was
           his
           doing
           .
           He
           asked
           another
           bleacher
           called
           
             Philibert
             Guillermin
             ,
          
           who
           was
           also
           in
           the
           company
           ,
           whether
           he
           remembred
           not
           that
           one
           day
           as
           he
           was
           stooping
           to
           turne
           some
           pieces
           of
           cloath
           and
           skeanes
           of
           yarne
           ,
           lying
           upon
           the
           grasse
           ,
           something
           pulled
           him
           behind
           by
           the
           skirts
           of
           his
           doublet
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           goe
           back
           two
           or
           three
           steps
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           next
           evening
           as
           he
           lay
           in
           his
           bleaching
           house
           ,
           his
           hat
           which
           he
           had
           hanged
           on
           a
           naile
           by
           his
           bed-side
           was
           flung
           at
           his
           face
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           start
           out
           of
           his
           sleepe
           .
           That
           (
           said
           he
           )
           was
           of
           my
           doing
           .
           Both
           
             Repay
          
           and
           
             Guillermin
          
           acknowledged
           that
           these
           
           things
           had
           happened
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           who
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           these
           accidents
           they
           knew
           not
           before
           .
        
         
           That
           
             Philibert
             Guillermins
          
           brother
           ,
           a
           merchant
           of
           
             Lovan
          
           comming
           from
           
             Lyons
          
           lodged
           in
           his
           brothers
           house
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           visit
           me
           the
           first
           night
           ,
           but
           his
           brother
           would
           not
           let
           him
           .
           The
           Demon
           failed
           not
           to
           tell
           us
           of
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           I
           know
           why
           Mr
           
             Philibert
          
           came
           not
           to
           sit
           up
           here
           yester-night
           .
           His
           Brother
           had
           a
           good
           minde
           to
           have
           bestowed
           a
           visit
           upon
           us
           ,
           but
           
             Philibert
          
           disswaded
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           not
           that
           his
           brother
           should
           heare
           what
           noise
           we
           keepe
           in
           this
           house
           .
        
         
           He
           spake
           also
           of
           a
           late
           quarrell
           betweene
           one
           
             James
             Berard
          
           a
           cutler
           of
           
             Mascon
          
           and
           one
           
             Samuel
             du
             Mont
          
           who
           had
           so
           beaten
           the
           sayd
           
             Berard
          
           that
           he
           had
           brought
           him
           to
           deaths
           dore
           ,
           which
           was
           true
           and
           told
           many
           particulars
           of
           that
           quarrell
           which
           were
           not
           knowne
           .
           He
           told
           us
           how
           at
           the
           late
           fayre
           of
           St
           
             Lawrence
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           the
           citizens
           of
           
             Mascon
          
           march
           in
           armes
           under
           their
           severall
           colours
           ,
           one
           
             Francis
             Chickard
          
           had
           beene
           hurt
           with
           a
           musket
           shot
           in
           the
           legge
           ,
           which
           afterwards
           being
           gangrened
           was
           cut
           
           off
           ;
           And
           he
           named
           the
           man
           that
           had
           shot
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           that
           he
           had
           done
           it
           to
           be
           revenged
           of
           
             Chickard
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           he
           bore
           a
           malice
           ,
           which
           might
           very
           well
           be
           true
           .
        
         
           He
           related
           a
           notable
           story
           of
           those
           that
           lived
           before
           in
           the
           house
           where
           we
           dwelt
           ,
           
             Philibert
             Masson
          
           and
           
             Guillauma
             Blane
          
           his
           wife
           ,
           commonly
           called
           
             la
             Challonoise
             ;
          
           that
           one
           day
           ,
           they
           being
           fallen
           out
           ,
           the
           wife
           tooke
           her
           time
           when
           her
           husband
           would
           goe
           downe
           into
           his
           shop
           ,
           and
           pusht
           him
           behind
           with
           such
           violence
           that
           he
           fell
           downe
           the
           stares
           starke
           dead
           .
           And
           that
           she
           presently
           by
           another
           paire
           of
           staires
           went
           downe
           and
           called
           the
           prentices
           and
           journeymen
           from
           the
           shop
           to
           their
           drinking
           ,
           that
           they
           finding
           their
           master
           in
           the
           bottome
           of
           the
           staires
           dead
           ,
           might
           impute
           his
           death
           to
           some
           sudden
           sicknesse
           .
           This
           secret
           revealed
           by
           the
           Devill
           many
           have
           believed
           to
           be
           a
           truth
           .
        
         
           Another
           night
           the
           Demon
           speaking
           to
           one
           of
           our
           company
           told
           him
           such
           private
           and
           secret
           things
           that
           the
           man
           who
           affirmed
           never
           to
           have
           told
           them
           to
           any
           person
           came
           to
           believe
           that
           the
           Devill
           knew
           his
           thoughts
           ,
           till
           I
           had
           disabused
           him
           .
        
         
         
           Then
           he
           began
           to
           mock
           God
           and
           all
           Religion
           ,
           and
           saying
           
             Gloria
             Patri
             ,
          
           he
           skipt
           over
           the
           second
           person
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           third
           person
           he
           made
           a
           foule
           horrible
           and
           detestable
           equivocation
           .
           Whereupon
           I
           being
           incensed
           with
           a
           just
           anger
           told
           him
           :
           But
           rather
           thou
           wicked
           and
           abominable
           Spirit
           ,
           shouldest
           have
           said
           
             Gloria
             Patri
             ,
             creatori
             coeli
             &
             terrae
             ,
             &
             Filio
             ejus
             Jesu
             Christo
             ,
             qui
             destruxit
             opera
             Diaboli
             :
          
           That
           is
           Glory
           be
           to
           the
           Father
           ,
           Creatour
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Sonne
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           who
           hath
           destroyed
           the
           workes
           of
           the
           Devill
           .
           He
           then
           desired
           us
           with
           great
           earnestnesse
           that
           we
           should
           send
           for
           Mr
           
             Du
             Chassin
          
           the
           Popish
           Parson
           of
           
             St
             Stevens
          
           Parish
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           would
           confesse
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           should
           not
           faile
           to
           bring
           holy
           water
           along
           with
           him
           ,
           for
           that
           (
           sayd
           he
           )
           would
           send
           me
           away
           packing
           presently
           .
        
         
           We
           wondered
           that
           the
           dog
           of
           the
           house
           who
           used
           to
           be
           very
           watchfull
           ,
           and
           would
           barke
           at
           the
           least
           noise
           ,
           yet
           never
           barked
           at
           the
           loud
           speaking
           and
           hideous
           noise
           of
           the
           Demon
           :
           He
           said
           of
           his
           owne
           accord
           without
           asking
           ,
           
             You
             wonder
             that
             the
             dog
             
             barketh
             not
             ,
             It
             is
             because
             I
             made
             the
             sign
             of
             the
             Crosse
             upon
             his
             head
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           being
           upon
           a
           merry
           pinne
           ,
           he
           fell
           a
           scoffing
           and
           jearing
           ,
           and
           among
           others
           things
           sayd
           that
           he
           was
           one
           of
           those
           that
           scaled
           the
           walls
           of
           
             Geneva
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           ladder
           being
           broken
           he
           fell
           from
           the
           wall
           into
           the
           ditch
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           beene
           neere
           to
           have
           beene
           eaten
           by
           the
           frogs
           ,
           whose
           croaking
           he
           did
           perfectly
           imitate
           .
           He
           said
           that
           a
           Jesuite
           called
           
             Father
             Alexander
          
           stood
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           ladder
           ,
           exhorting
           the
           
             Savoyards
          
           to
           goe
           up
           boldly
           ,
           assuring
           them
           that
           they
           should
           take
           the
           city
           ,
           and
           winne
           Paradise
           :
           And
           that
           when
           the
           thirteene
           that
           were
           got
           up
           and
           taken
           ,
           were
           led
           to
           the
           gallowes
           ,
           the
           women
           of
           the
           towne
           sayd
           to
           the
           hangman
           ,
           Courage
           Tabasan
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           have
           mony
           to
           drink
           .
        
         
           Speaking
           of
           
             Pays
             de
             Vaux
          
           he
           said
           that
           it
           was
           a
           countrey
           where
           they
           made
           goodly
           carbonadoe's
           of
           witches
           ,
           and
           at
           that
           he
           laughed
           very
           loud
           .
           He
           delighted
           much
           in
           jesting
           with
           the
           mayd
           of
           the
           house
           calling
           her
           
             Bressande
          
           (
           that
           is
           a
           woman
           of
           the
           countrey
           of
           
             Bressia
             )
          
           and
           counterfeited
           her
           language
           .
           One
           night
           as
           she
           went
           up
           to
           the
           
           garret
           to
           fetch
           coales
           he
           told
           her
           ,
           
             Thou
             art
             very
             bold
             to
             passe
             so
             neere
             me
             ,
          
           and
           making
           a
           noise
           as
           if
           he
           had
           clapt
           his
           hands
           together
           ,
           he
           told
           her
           ,
           
             I
             will
             put
             thee
             in
             my
             sack
             .
          
        
         
           He
           seemed
           also
           to
           delight
           much
           in
           jeasting
           with
           one
           
             Michael
             Repay
          
           who
           came
           almost
           every
           night
           to
           us
           with
           his
           father
           ,
           calling
           him
           often
           
             Michel
             Mihell
             .
          
           He
           told
           him
           once
           that
           he
           would
           bring
           him
           to
           warre
           with
           the
           
             Marquesse
             of
             St
             Martin
          
           who
           was
           raising
           a
           troope
           of
           horse
           in
           
             Bressia
          
           to
           go
           to
           
             Savoy
             .
          
           But
           
             Michael
             Repay
          
           answered
           him
           smiling
           ,
           should
           I
           goe
           to
           warres
           with
           such
           a
           coward
           as
           thy selfe
           ,
           since
           thou
           professest
           that
           thou
           didst
           flie
           from
           the
           scalado
           of
           
             Geneva
             ?
          
           To
           which
           the
           Demon
           answered
           .
           
             And
             do
             you
             think
             that
             I
             would
             goe
             and
             be
             hanged
             with
             my
             camrades
             ?
             I
             was
             not
             such
             a
             foole
             .
          
           Continuing
           to
           jeast
           with
           
             Michael
             Repay
          
           he
           put
           him
           in
           mind
           that
           the
           Sunday
           before
           going
           to
           Church
           with
           one
           
             Noel
             Monginot
          
           to
           the
           village
           of
           
             Vrigny
             ,
          
           he
           was
           saying
           that
           the
           way
           to
           catch
           the
           Devill
           was
           to
           spread
           a
           net
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           told
           him
           ,
           
             Wilt
             thou
             now
             spread
             thy
             net
             to
             catch
             me
             ?
          
           At
           the
           same
           time
           he
           
           did
           so
           lively
           counterfeit
           the
           voyce
           of
           
             Michael
             Repay's
          
           mother
           that
           he
           said
           laughing
           to
           his
           father
           ,
           
             Father
             ,
             truly
             he
             speakes
             justilike
             my
             mother
             .
          
        
         
           Another
           time
           he
           told
           us
           in
           a
           faint
           and
           moaning
           tone
           that
           he
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           make
           his
           will
           because
           he
           must
           needs
           goe
           presently
           to
           Chambery
           where
           he
           had
           a
           law-suite
           ready
           for
           the
           triall
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           feared
           to
           dye
           by
           the
           way
           ;
           wherefore
           he
           had
           the
           mayd
           to
           goe
           for
           a
           Notary
           naming
           Mr
           
             Tornus
             ,
          
           father
           to
           that
           
             Tornus
          
           of
           whom
           we
           spake
           before
           ;
           Of
           his
           family
           he
           said
           many
           particularities
           ,
           of
           which
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           all
           the
           passages
           of
           this
           Demon
           acted
           in
           his
           presence
           ,
           the
           sayd
           
             Tornus
          
           the
           sonne
           ,
           a
           Royall
           Notary
           as
           his
           father
           ,
           hath
           left
           a
           relation
           ,
           written
           ,
           and
           signed
           with
           his
           owne
           hand
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           in
           my
           keeping
           for
           confirmation
           of
           all
           that
           is
           here
           related
           .
           And
           it
           was
           to
           have
           such
           an
           authenticall
           testimonie
           that
           I
           adrest
           my selfe
           to
           him
           when
           this
           vexation
           came
           upon
           me
           .
        
         
           In
           that
           relation
           he
           mentioneth
           the
           severall
           legacies
           which
           the
           Demon
           declared
           that
           he
           would
           leave
           ,
           to
           one
           this
           ,
           to
           another
           that
           .
           One
           of
           them
           to
           whom
           he
           
           sayd
           that
           he
           would
           give
           five
           hundred
           pounds
           ,
           answered
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           have
           none
           of
           his
           money
           ,
           and
           wisht
           that
           it
           might
           perish
           with
           him
           .
           He
           named
           another
           to
           be
           his
           heire
           generall
           ,
           who
           also
           answered
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           accept
           the
           inheritance
           ,
           
             I
             free
             thee
             of
             it
          
           (
           sayd
           the
           Demon
           )
           
             for
             six
             pence
             and
             a
             piece
             of
             bread
             .
          
        
         
           A
           while
           after
           he
           counterfeited
           that
           he
           was
           not
           the
           same
           Spirit
           that
           had
           spoken
           before
           ,
           but
           his
           servant
           onely
           ,
           That
           he
           came
           from
           waiting
           upon
           his
           Master
           ,
           who
           had
           charged
           him
           to
           keepe
           his
           place
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           in
           his
           journey
           to
           Chambery
           .
           And
           when
           I
           rebuked
           him
           in
           such
           words
           as
           God
           put
           in
           my
           mouth
           ,
           he
           answered
           with
           much
           seeming
           lenity
           and
           respect
           ,
           
             I
             beseech
             you
             Sir
             to
             pardon
             me
             ,
             you
             are
             mistaken
             in
             me
             ,
             you
             take
             me
             for
             another
             .
             I
             never
             was
             in
             this
             house
             before
             ,
             I
             pray
             Sir
             what
             is
             your
             name
             ?
          
           As
           he
           was
           thus
           speaking
           one
           Simeon
           Meissonier
           ,
           that
           used
           to
           resort
           often
           to
           my
           house
           upon
           that
           occasion
           ,
           rusht
           suddenly
           to
           the
           place
           whence
           the
           voyce
           seemed
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           having
           searcht
           it
           againe
           and
           againe
           ,
           as
           others
           had
           done
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           found
           nothing
           ,
           he
           returned
           
           to
           the
           place
           where
           we
           were
           all
           ,
           bringing
           with
           him
           severall
           things
           from
           the
           place
           where
           the
           voyce
           sounded
           ,
           among
           other
           things
           a
           small
           bottle
           .
           At
           which
           the
           Demon
           fell
           a
           laughing
           and
           said
           to
           him
           .
           
             I
             was
             told
             long
             since
             that
             thou
             wert
             a
             foole
             ,
             and
             I
             see
             now
             that
             thou
             art
             one
             indeed
             ,
             to
             believe
             that
             I
             am
             in
             that
             bottle
             :
             I
             should
             be
             a
             foole
             my selfe
             to
             get
             into
             it
             ,
             for
             so
             one
             might
             take
             me
             with
             stopping
             the
             bottle
             with
             his
             finger
             .
          
        
         
           One
           night
           when
           
             Abraham
             Lullier
          
           a
           goldsmith
           was
           comming
           into
           the
           house
           ,
           where
           he
           seldome
           fayled
           to
           be
           at
           that
           houre
           ,
           the
           Demon
           said
           ,
           
             Goe
             ,
             open
             the
             doore
             to
             Lullier
             who
             is
             comming
             ,
          
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           Lullier
           knockt
           at
           the
           doore
           .
           As
           soone
           as
           he
           was
           come
           in
           ,
           the
           Demon
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           desired
           to
           learne
           the
           goldsmiths
           trade
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           for
           his
           prentiship
           he
           would
           give
           him
           fifty
           Crownes
           .
           Then
           giving
           him
           faire
           words
           ,
           
             I
             love
             thee
             well
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             thou
             art
             an
             honester
             man
             then
             such
             a
             man
             ,
          
           (
           naming
           another
           goldsmith
           a
           man
           of
           Geneva
           )
           
             who
             hath
             cosened
             such
             a
             Lady
             of
             Mascon
             ,
             who
             was
             gone
             to
             visit
             some
             of
             her
             kinred
             at
             Geneva
             ,
             in
             the
             sale
             of
             some
             rings
             ,
             Jewells
             ,
             
             and
             plate
             .
          
           Upon
           which
           when
           
             Lullier
          
           told
           him
           
             I
             have
             no
             need
             of
             thy
             love
             ,
             I
             am
             content
             with
             the
             love
             of
             my
             God
             ,
             Neither
             will
             I
             take
             such
             a
             prentice
             as
             thee
             .
          
           The
           Demon
           answered
           
             Since
             thou
             wilt
             not
             teach
             me
             the
             Goldsmiths
             trade
             ,
             let
          
           Master
           Philibert
           
             teach
             me
             to
             be
             a
             Bleacher
             .
          
           Then
           acting
           againe
           the
           part
           of
           a
           servant
           he
           complained
           that
           he
           was
           poore
           and
           ill
           clad
           ,
           that
           he
           starved
           for
           cold
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           wages
           were
           but
           twelve
           crownes
           a
           yeare
           .
           He
           told
           us
           that
           if
           we
           would
           have
           him
           to
           goe
           away
           quickly
           we
           should
           give
           him
           something
           ,
           and
           that
           any
           thing
           would
           please
           him
           .
           I
           told
           him
           that
           he
           knockt
           at
           the
           wrong
           doore
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           would
           not
           give
           him
           the
           paring
           of
           my
           nailes
           .
           He
           answered
           
             You
             have
             then
             very
             little
             charity
             .
          
        
         
           Againe
           he
           obstinately
           affirmed
           that
           he
           was
           not
           the
           same
           that
           had
           bin
           in
           the
           house
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           but
           his
           servant
           ,
           yea
           that
           he
           was
           not
           the
           same
           that
           had
           bin
           in
           the
           house
           the
           night
           before
           ,
           that
           then
           one
           of
           his
           fellow
           servants
           was
           waiting
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           two
           were
           expecting
           their
           masters
           returne
           from
           his
           Journey
           to
           Chambery
           whence
           he
           should
           returne
           within
           few
           daies
           .
        
         
         
           Howsoever
           whether
           it
           was
           the
           Master
           Devill
           that
           then
           spake
           ,
           or
           one
           or
           more
           of
           his
           servants
           ,
           I
           have
           beene
           informed
           by
           worthy
           witnesses
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           there
           was
           a
           Spirit
           in
           the
           house
           of
           
             Monsieur
             Favre
          
           the
           first
           president
           of
           
             Chambery
             ,
          
           who
           for
           his
           learning
           in
           law
           was
           one
           of
           the
           illustrious
           men
           of
           his
           age
           :
           To
           him
           the
           Spirit
           spake
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           among
           other
           things
           ,
           that
           he
           came
           from
           
             Mascon
          
           and
           had
           past
           through
           
             Bresse
             ,
          
           and
           seene
           such
           and
           such
           kinsmen
           of
           his
           .
        
         
           To
           returne
           to
           what
           was
           in
           our
           house
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           bespoke
           aloud
           great
           preparations
           of
           provision
           ,
           as
           turkies
           ,
           partriges
           ,
           hares
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           for
           the
           comming
           of
           his
           Master
           .
           Then
           he
           sung
           many
           prophane
           and
           bawdy
           songs
           ,
           among
           others
           that
           which
           is
           called
           
             le
             filou
             .
          
           He
           counterfeited
           the
           voyce
           of
           Juglers
           and
           mountebankes
           ,
           and
           especially
           that
           of
           huntsmen
           crying
           aloud
           
             holevrier
             ho
             levrier
             ,
          
           as
           hunters
           use
           to
           shoute
           when
           they
           start
           a
           hare
           .
        
         
           He
           offered
           to
           tempt
           us
           by
           covetousnesse
           (
           one
           of
           the
           ordinary
           temptations
           of
           the
           Devill
           for
           which
           reason
           he
           is
           called
           Mammona
           .
           )
           Divers
           times
           he
           would
           peremptorily
           
           affirme
           that
           there
           was
           six
           thousand
           crownes
           hidden
           in
           that
           house
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           any
           of
           us
           would
           follow
           him
           he
           would
           ,
           shew
           us
           where
           the
           money
           was
           hid
           .
           But
           I
           can
           say
           with
           a
           good
           conscience
           before
           God
           and
           his
           holy
           Angels
           ,
           that
           I
           never
           searcht
           for
           it
           ,
           nor
           employed
           others
           about
           it
           ,
           nor
           suffered
           any
           to
           looke
           for
           it
           ,
           or
           ever
           had
           any
           will
           to
           make
           benefit
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           He
           would
           try
           us
           also
           by
           curiosity
           ,
           saying
           that
           if
           we
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           see
           him
           in
           any
           shape
           of
           man
           ,
           woman
           ,
           lyon
           ,
           beare
           ,
           dog
           ,
           cat
           ,
           &c.
           he
           would
           give
           us
           the
           sport
           of
           it
           ,
           Which
           motion
           we
           did
           much
           abhorre
           and
           reject
           ,
           saying
           that
           we
           were
           so
           farre
           from
           desiring
           to
           see
           him
           in
           any
           of
           these
           shapes
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           very
           desirous
           ,
           if
           it
           might
           be
           Gods
           pleasure
           ,
           never
           to
           heare
           him
           ;
           but
           that
           we
           hoped
           that
           God
           would
           shortly
           deliver
           us
           from
           all
           his
           temptations
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           end
           he
           became
           very
           angry
           ,
           first
           against
           me
           because
           I
           had
           told
           him
           
             Goe
             thou
             cursed
             into
             the
             everlasting
             fire
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devill
             and
             his
             Angels
             .
          
           Whereupon
           he
           told
           me
           .
           
             Thou
             liest
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             cursed
             ,
             I
             hope
             yet
             for
             salvation
             by
             the
             death
             and
             passion
             of
             
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           This
           he
           sayd
           perhaps
           to
           make
           us
           believe
           that
           he
           was
           the
           soule
           of
           a
           woman
           deceased
           a
           little
           before
           in
           that
           house
           ,
           the
           daughter
           of
           a
           woman
           whom
           I
           had
           ejected
           by
           law
           out
           of
           that
           house
           ,
           for
           there
           had
           beene
           a
           rumour
           that
           when
           she
           died
           she
           prayed
           to
           God
           that
           she
           might
           returne
           to
           the
           house
           after
           her
           death
           to
           vexe
           us
           .
        
         
           He
           told
           me
           in
           great
           wrath
           that
           he
           would
           doe
           this
           and
           that
           to
           me
           .
           Among
           other
           things
           he
           told
           me
           that
           when
           I
           should
           be
           a
           bed
           he
           would
           come
           and
           pull
           off
           my
           blankets
           &
           pull
           me
           out
           of
           the
           bed
           by
           the
           feete
           .
           I
           answered
           him
           the
           same
           thing
           that
           the
           Royall
           Prophet
           David
           said
           to
           his
           enemies
           ,
           
             I
             will
             lay
             me
             downe
             and
             sleepe
             for
             the
             Lord
             maketh
             me
             dwell
             in
             safety
             .
          
           I
           told
           him
           also
           that
           which
           Jesus
           Christ
           said
           to
           Pilate
           ,
           
             Thou
             hadst
             no
             power
             on
             me
             but
             what
             is
             given
             thee
             from
             above
             ,
          
           Whereupon
           he
           answered
           me
           repeating
           two
           or
           three
           times
           these
           words
           
             It
             is
             well
             for
             thee
             ,
             It
             is
             well
             for
             thee
             .
          
        
         
           He
           was
           also
           very
           angry
           with
           one
           of
           the
           company
           who
           had
           called
           him
           
             stinking
             hee-goate
             ,
          
           and
           gave
           him
           many
           ill
           words
           ,
           as
           these
           
             Thou
             wouldest
             appeare
             a
             good
             man
             ,
             but
             thou
          
           
           
             art
             but
             an
             hypocrite
             ,
             thou
             goest
             often
             to
             Pontdeville
             ,
             pretending
             to
             goe
             heare
             Sermons
             :
             But
             when
             thou
             goest
             thou
             takest
             thy
             boxe
             of
             bills
             ;
             &
             bonds
             along
             with
             thee
             ,
             to
             exact
             thine
             arreares
             &
             vse
             money
             .
             Goe
             ,
             thou
             wouldst
             make
             no
             conscience
             to
             hang
             a
             man
             for
             twenty
             shillings
             ,
             as
             Mr
             Denis
             doth
             ;
          
           That
           master
           
             Denis
          
           was
           the
           hangman
           of
           
             Mascon
             .
          
           Then
           making
           a
           noise
           as
           if
           he
           had
           clapt
           his
           hands
           together
           ,
           he
           sayd
           agaíne
           to
           the
           same
           man
           ,
           
             Thou
             makest
             heare
             the
             shew
             of
             a
             valiant
             man
             ,
             having
             brought
             thy
             sword
             along
             with
             thee
             this
             night
             ,
             but
             if
             thou
             beest
             so
             bold
             as
             to
             come
             hither
             without
             a
             light
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             seene
             which
             of
             vs
             two
             is
             the
             most
             valiant
             .
          
        
         
           Having
           sayd
           all
           these
           things
           of
           the
           time
           past
           ,
           &
           present
           ,
           he
           would
           also
           speake
           of
           the
           future
           .
           Speaking
           of
           those
           that
           professe
           the
           reformed
           Religion
           within
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           France
           ,
           he
           made
           once
           this
           exclamation
           !
           
             O
             poore
             Hugonots
             !
             you
             shall
             haue
             much
             to
             suffer
             within
             a
             few
             yeares
             !
             O
             what
             mischiefe
             is
             intended
             against
             you
             !
          
           &
           more
           words
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
        
         
           He
           sayd
           of
           my
           wife
           that
           was
           with
           childe
           ,
           &
           neare
           her
           time
           ,
           that
           she
           should
           have
           a
           daughter
           ,
           &
           sayd
           it
           two
           or
           three
           times
           .
           
           The
           case
           she
           was
           in
           made
           me
           feare
           ,
           that
           she
           should
           get
           some
           harme
           in
           her
           childbearin
           ,
           by
           a
           fright
           ,
           caused
           by
           our
           infernal
           ghest
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           I
           desired
           her
           to
           goe
           out
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           &
           goe
           to
           her
           grandmother
           the
           Lady
           
             Philiberta
             de
             la
             Moussiere
          
           with
           whom
           she
           had
           bin
           bred
           from
           her
           infancy
           ,
           &
           to
           lye
           in
           at
           her
           house
           .
           But
           she
           did
           excuse
           herselfe
           from
           it
           very
           courageously
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           going
           away
           would
           be
           mistrusting
           the
           power
           &
           mercy
           of
           God
           :
           That
           since
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           visit
           vs
           so
           he
           might
           find
           vs
           as
           well
           in
           another
           house
           ,
           &
           that
           to
           resist
           the
           Devill
           we
           must
           not
           flee
           from
           him
           .
           Wherein
           verily
           I
           acknowledged
           her
           to
           be
           in
           the
           right
           ,
           because
           wee
           are
           often
           exhorted
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           ●esist
           ,
           &
           fight
           ,
           &
           wrestle
           with
           the
           Deuill
           ,
           ●ut
           never
           to
           flee
           from
           him
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           ●eilding
           to
           him
           the
           victory
           .
           For
           he
           is
           like
           he
           wolfe
           ,
           or
           the
           crocodile
           ,
           whom
           if
           you
           and
           against
           stoutly
           they
           will
           runne
           away
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           feare
           them
           &
           runne
           from
           them
           they
           will
           run
           after
           you
           .
        
         
           The
           Demon
           sayd
           one
           night
           before
           vs
           all
           ,
           ●hat
           without
           fayle
           I
           should
           dye
           within
           three
           ●eares
           ,
           thinking
           thereby
           to
           torment
           me
           with
           a
           continual
           apprehension
           of
           death
           ,
           &
           
           so
           make
           me
           fall
           if
           he
           could
           into
           some
           melancholy
           ,
           &
           so
           into
           sicknes
           thereby
           to
           have
           made
           his
           words
           good
           .
           But
           I
           answered
           him
           in
           the
           words
           of
           St
           Paul
           Act
           20.
           
           
             None
             of
             these
             things
             moue
             me
             neither
             count
             I
             my
             life
             deare
             vnto
             my selfe
             ,
             so
             that
             I
             might
             finish
             my
             course
             with
             Joy
             &
             the
             ministery
             which
             I
             have
             received
             of
             the
             Lord
             Iesus
             ,
             to
             testifie
             the
             Gospell
             of
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Demon
           having
           used
           all
           these
           wiles
           against
           us
           was
           forced
           to
           say
           that
           he
           could
           not
           prevaile
           against
           us
           ,
           because
           we
           did
           call
           two
           much
           upon
           the
           name
           of
           God
           .
           To
           shew
           the
           efficacy
           of
           our
           prayers
           ,
           this
           is
           an
           observable
           truth
           ,
           that
           every
           time
           that
           the
           Devill
           saw
           that
           wee
           began
           to
           kneele
           to
           goe
           to
           our
           prayers
           he
           left
           talking
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           told
           us
           these
           words
           ,
           
             While
             you
             are
             at
             your
             prayers
             I
             'le
             goe
             take
             a
             turne
             in
             the
             street
             .
          
           Really
           ,
           whither
           he
           went
           forth
           or
           staid
           we
           had
           a
           wonderfull
           silence
           during
           our
           prayer
           ;
           But
           no
           sooner
           was
           the
           prayer
           done
           but
           he
           began
           againe
           as
           before
           ,
           and
           urged
           and
           sollicited
           us
           to
           speake
           with
           him
           ▪
           And
           so
           continued
           speaking
           and
           provoking
           us
           to
           speake
           till
           the
           25
           of
           November
           when
           he
           spake
           these
           last
           words
           
             Ha
             ha
             je
             ne
             parleray
          
           
           
             plus
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Alas
             alas
             I
             shall
             speake
             no
             more
             :
          
           From
           that
           very
           time
           he
           gave
           over
           ,
           and
           spake
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           adde
           many
           other
           discourses
           of
           this
           Demon
           ,
           but
           I
           confesse
           that
           I
           purposely
           omit
           them
           because
           they
           offend
           either
           Religion
           or
           the
           State
           or
           the
           good
           name
           of
           some
           great
           persons
           and
           honorable
           families
           ,
           or
           because
           they
           are
           foule
           and
           dishonest
           as
           proceeding
           from
           an
           uncleane
           Spirit
           :
           So
           much
           as
           wee
           have
           related
           is
           sufficient
           to
           shew
           how
           strange
           and
           admirable
           was
           this
           speaking
           of
           the
           Devill
           .
        
         
           As
           his
           words
           were
           strange
           and
           admirable
           so
           were
           his
           actions
           ,
           for
           besides
           those
           which
           I
           have
           related
           ,
           done
           in
           my
           absence
           ,
           he
           did
           many
           more
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           as
           tossing
           about
           very
           often
           a
           great
           roll
           of
           cloath
           of
           fifty
           ells
           which
           a
           friend
           had
           left
           at
           my
           house
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           
             Lyons
          
           by
           water
           .
           Once
           he
           snacht
           a
           brasse
           candlestick
           out
           of
           the
           maids
           hand
           leaving
           the
           candle
           lighted
           in
           her
           hand
           :
           He
           would
           very
           often
           take
           that
           mayd
           's
           coates
           and
           hang
           them
           over
           the
           bed
           posts
           ,
           setting
           over
           them
           a
           rough
           hat
           such
           as
           the
           countriwemen
           of
           Bresse
           use
           to
           weare
           for
           she
           was
           of
           that
           countrey
           .
        
         
         
           Sometimes
           he
           would
           hang
           at
           those
           poasts
           a
           great
           starching
           plate
           with
           coards
           so
           tyed
           and
           with
           so
           many
           knots
           that
           it
           was
           impossible
           to
           untie
           them
           and
           yet
           himselfe
           would
           suddenly
           untie
           them
           in
           a
           moment
           .
           Once
           I
           found
           my
           bootes
           so
           intangled
           within
           a
           winding
           blades
           that
           they
           could
           not
           be
           taken
           off
           .
           And
           many
           times
           he
           hath
           so
           twisted
           radishes
           together
           that
           the
           like
           could
           not
           be
           done
           unlesse
           it
           had
           bin
           studied
           with
           a
           very
           long
           patience
           and
           leisure
           .
        
         
           One
           afternoone
           a
           friend
           of
           mine
           one
           Mr
           
             Connain
          
           a
           Physitian
           of
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           bestowed
           a
           visit
           upon
           me
           ;
           As
           I
           was
           relating
           unto
           him
           these
           strange
           passages
           we
           went
           together
           to
           the
           chamber
           where
           the
           Demon
           was
           most
           resident
           :
           There
           we
           found
           the
           featherbed
           ,
           blankets
           ,
           sheets
           ,
           and
           boulster
           ,
           layd
           all
           upon
           the
           floore
           .
           I
           called
           the
           mayd
           to
           make
           the
           bed
           ,
           which
           she
           did
           in
           our
           presence
           ,
           but
           presently
           we
           being
           walking
           in
           the
           same
           roome
           ,
           saw
           the
           bed
           undone
           and
           tumbled
           downe
           on
           the
           floore
           as
           it
           was
           before
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           roome
           over
           that
           ,
           where
           I
           had
           my
           study
           ,
           I
           found
           severall
           times
           part
           of
           my
           books
           laid
           on
           the
           floore
           ,
           and
           my
           houre-glasse
           
           unbroken
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           harme
           .
           As
           I
           was
           once
           sitting
           in
           my
           study
           the
           Demon
           made
           a
           noise
           as
           it
           had
           beene
           a
           great
           voly
           of
           shot
           in
           the
           roome
           above
           .
           Sometimes
           he
           would
           be
           the
           groome
           of
           my
           stable
           rubbing
           my
           horse
           ,
           and
           platting
           the
           haire
           of
           his
           tayle
           ,
           and
           maine
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           an
           unruly
           groome
           ,
           for
           once
           I
           found
           that
           he
           had
           saddled
           my
           horse
           with
           the
           crupper
           before
           ,
           and
           the
           pommel
           behind
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           a
           good
           while
           in
           the
           house
           before
           we
           could
           perceive
           that
           he
           resorted
           to
           my
           bedchamber
           .
           But
           one
           night
           after
           all
           were
           retired
           that
           were
           come
           to
           heare
           him
           ,
           my selfe
           and
           my
           family
           being
           all
           a
           bed
           ,
           the
           dores
           and
           the
           windowes
           of
           the
           house
           being
           well
           shut
           ,
           he
           came
           in
           and
           began
           to
           whistle
           softly
           and
           by
           intervalles
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           bin
           afraid
           to
           awake
           us
           :
           he
           knockt
           as
           if
           it
           had
           bin
           with
           his
           finger
           upon
           a
           trunk
           neere
           my
           bed
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           many
           times
           since
           .
           He
           would
           throw
           our
           shooes
           about
           the
           roome
           ,
           those
           of
           the
           maid
           especially
           ,
           who
           feeling
           him
           once
           taking
           one
           of
           her
           shoes
           laid
           hold
           presently
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           sayd
           smiling
           .
           
             This
             thou
             shalt
             not
             have
             .
          
           Under
           the
           table
           in
           the
           same
           roome
           he
           did
           once
           
           imitate
           the
           noise
           of
           hempdressers
           that
           beate
           the
           hempe
           foure
           together
           such
           as
           we
           had
           in
           our
           neighbourhood
           ,
           and
           keeping
           the
           same
           equall
           measure
           .
        
         
           He
           made
           us
           heare
           for
           a
           long
           time
           a
           harmonie
           not
           unpleasant
           of
           two
           little
           bells
           tyed
           tohether
           which
           he
           had
           taken
           among
           some
           rusty
           irons
           in
           my
           house
           .
           When
           I
           heard
           them
           first
           ,
           and
           knew
           by
           their
           sound
           that
           they
           were
           mine
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           the
           place
           where
           I
           had
           layd
           them
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           find
           them
           .
           Neither
           did
           the
           Demon
           use
           these
           bells
           in
           my
           house
           onely
           ,
           but
           he
           carried
           them
           about
           to
           many
           places
           both
           of
           the
           towne
           and
           countrey
           .
           Upon
           a
           Lords
           day
           morning
           as
           I
           was
           going
           to
           officiate
           at
           
             Vrigny
             ,
          
           with
           some
           elders
           of
           my
           Church
           we
           heard
           the
           sound
           of
           those
           bells
           very
           neere
           our
           eares
           .
           Mr
           
             Lullier
             ,
          
           one
           of
           our
           company
           ,
           affirmed
           unto
           me
           that
           he
           had
           heard
           those
           bells
           many
           times
           at
           his
           house
           .
           Many
           others
           have
           heard
           them
           very
           neere
           ,
           but
           could
           never
           see
           them
           .
        
         
           Neither
           did
           that
           Demon
           play
           his
           tricks
           onely
           at
           my
           house
           ,
           Mr
           
             Lullier
          
           hath
           told
           me
           of
           many
           of
           his
           actions
           in
           his
           house
           and
           both
           shop
           .
           As
           the
           taking
           and
           hiding
           of
           
           his
           jewels
           or
           tooles
           ,
           and
           then
           putting
           them
           againe
           where
           they
           were
           before
           .
           While
           Mr
           
             Lullier
          
           was
           telling
           me
           of
           this
           ,
           he
           layd
           a
           golden
           ring
           which
           he
           had
           then
           in
           hand
           upon
           the
           table
           with
           the
           toole
           that
           he
           held
           it
           with
           ,
           but
           presently
           he
           found
           them
           missing
           and
           in
           vaine
           sought
           them
           halfe
           an
           houre
           ;
           wherefore
           he
           betooke
           himselfe
           to
           other
           worke
           ;
           but
           then
           he
           and
           I
           saw
           both
           the
           ring
           and
           the
           toole
           fall
           ,
           we
           knew
           not
           from
           whence
           ,
           upon
           the
           table
           againe
           .
        
         
           One
           night
           that
           
             Lullier
          
           had
           not
           set
           up
           with
           us
           as
           he
           used
           to
           doe
           ,
           two
           that
           came
           from
           my
           house
           very
           late
           stayd
           by
           
             Lulliers
          
           shop
           to
           give
           him
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Demons
           actions
           and
           words
           that
           night
           .
           While
           they
           were
           talking
           the
           Demon
           smote
           three
           times
           very
           hard
           upon
           a
           shed
           of
           boards
           that
           was
           over
           the
           shop
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           night
           after
           ,
           
             Lullier
             and
             Repay
          
           comming
           from
           my
           house
           met
           a
           woman
           alone
           at
           the
           corner
           of
           the
           streete
           in
           a
           countrey
           habit
           spinning
           by
           Moone-shine
           .
           But
           when
           they
           came
           neere
           to
           know
           what
           she
           was
           ,
           she
           vanished
           from
           their
           sight
           .
        
         
           Leaving
           now
           such
           actions
           as
           the
           Demon
           did
           out
           of
           my
           house
           as
           things
           of
           which
           
           I
           cannot
           speake
           with
           the
           like
           certainty
           as
           those
           which
           I
           have
           seene
           &
           heard
           my selfe
           .
           I
           will
           but
           adde
           his
           last
           actions
           at
           my
           house
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           most
           troublesome
           of
           all
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           that
           the
           Devill
           is
           alwaies
           more
           violent
           in
           the
           end
           then
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           and
           is
           then
           most
           fierce
           when
           he
           must
           be
           gone
           .
           He
           threw
           stones
           about
           my
           house
           continually
           the
           tenne
           or
           twelve
           last
           daies
           from
           morning
           to
           evening
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           quantity
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           of
           two
           or
           three
           pounds
           weight
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           those
           last
           daies
           Mr
           
             Tornus
          
           comming
           to
           my
           house
           about
           noone
           ,
           would
           know
           whether
           the
           Devill
           was
           there
           still
           ,
           and
           whistled
           in
           severall
           tones
           ,
           and
           each
           time
           the
           Devill
           whistled
           to
           him
           againe
           in
           the
           same
           tone
           .
           Then
           the
           Demon
           threw
           a
           stone
           at
           him
           ,
           which
           being
           fallen
           at
           his
           feete
           without
           any
           harme
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           tooke
           it
           up
           and
           marked
           it
           with
           a
           coale
           ,
           and
           flung
           it
           into
           the
           backside
           of
           the
           house
           which
           is
           neere
           the
           towne
           wall
           and
           the
           river
           of
           
             Saone
             ,
          
           but
           the
           Demon
           threw
           it
           up
           to
           him
           againe
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           the
           same
           stone
           he
           knew
           it
           by
           the
           marke
           of
           the
           coale
           :
           
             Tornus
          
           taking
           up
           that
           stone
           found
           it
           very
           hot
           and
           
           said
           he
           believed
           it
           had
           beene
           in
           hell
           since
           he
           had
           handled
           it
           first
           .
        
         
           Finally
           after
           all
           these
           words
           and
           actions
           the
           Demon
           went
           away
           the
           22
           day
           of
           December
           ;
           And
           the
           next
           day
           a
           very
           great
           viper
           was
           seene
           going
           out
           of
           my
           house
           ,
           and
           was
           taken
           with
           long
           pincers
           by
           some
           naylours
           our
           neighbours
           ,
           who
           carried
           it
           all
           over
           the
           towne
           crying
           ,
           
             Here
             is
             the
             Devill
             that
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Ministers
             house
             ,
          
           and
           finally
           left
           it
           at
           one
           
             William
             Clarke's
          
           house
           Apothecary
           ,
           where
           it
           was
           found
           to
           be
           a
           true
           and
           naturall
           viper
           ,
           a
           serpent
           rare
           in
           that
           countrey
           .
        
         
           All
           the
           time
           that
           the
           Demon
           haunted
           my
           house
           God
           permitted
           him
           not
           to
           doe
           us
           any
           harme
           ,
           neither
           in
           our
           persons
           nor
           in
           our
           goods
           .
           Those
           bells
           which
           he
           did
           so
           tosse
           and
           carry
           about
           ,
           he
           hanged
           at
           a
           naile
           over
           the
           chimney
           of
           the
           roome
           where
           he
           was
           most
           conversant
           ,
           the
           day
           that
           he
           left
           the
           house
           .
           He
           had
           not
           so
           much
           power
           given
           him
           as
           to
           teare
           one
           lease
           of
           my
           bookes
           ,
           or
           to
           breake
           one
           glasse
           ,
           or
           to
           put
           out
           the
           candle
           ,
           which
           we
           kept
           lighted
           all
           the
           night
           long
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           bow
           my
           knees
           ,
           and
           will
           as
           long
           as
           I
           live
           ,
           
           unto
           my
           gracious
           God
           to
           give
           him
           thanks
           for
           that
           great
           mercy
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           plaine
           and
           true
           relation
           of
           that
           Demons
           words
           and
           actions
           .
           And
           
             Marcelin
          
           a
           Capuchin
           that
           preacht
           at
           the
           same
           time
           at
           
             Mascon
          
           hath
           truly
           related
           many
           of
           these
           passages
           in
           a
           booke
           of
           his
           ,
           printed
           at
           Grenable
           against
           Mr
           
             Bouterove
             ,
          
           saying
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           the
           story
           from
           diverse
           persons
           ,
           especially
           from
           Mr
           
             Fovillard
          
           Lievtenant
           Generall
           in
           the
           
             Balliage
             of
             Mascon
             ,
          
           who
           upon
           the
           generall
           rumour
           of
           that
           strange
           accident
           ,
           sent
           his
           brother
           in
           law
           Mr
           
             Francis
             Gucrin
          
           and
           Mr
           
             Guichard
          
           an
           Advocate
           to
           my
           house
           ,
           to
           desire
           me
           to
           come
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           I
           did
           ,
           to
           tell
           him
           the
           whole
           matter
           .
           Yet
           (
           by
           
             Marcellins
          
           leave
           )
           it
           is
           not
           true
           that
           which
           he
           and
           other
           prejudicate
           and
           passionate
           men
           doe
           inferre
           out
           of
           it
           to
           disgrace
           my
           person
           and
           my
           profession
           ,
           namely
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           communication
           with
           evill
           Spirits
           .
           For
           God
           beares
           witnesse
           to
           my
           conscience
           that
           I
           never
           had
           communication
           with
           those
           horrible
           creatures
           ,
           and
           know
           no
           more
           of
           them
           then
           what
           it
           hath
           pleased
           his
           divine
           wisdome
           to
           let
           me
           know
           by
           his
           word
           &
           by
           this
           domestique
           experience
           ;
           
           and
           that
           my
           chiefe
           curiosity
           was
           to
           improve
           the
           little
           talent
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           me
           to
           instruct
           my selfe
           and
           others
           in
           the
           true
           and
           solid
           science
           of
           eternall
           salvation
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           know
           him
           the
           onely
           true
           God
           and
           Jesus
           Christ
           whom
           he
           hath
           sent
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           Marcellin
           and
           others
           that
           have
           spoken
           and
           written
           of
           this
           history
           to
           my
           disadvantage
           herein
           ,
           contradict
           both
           Mr
           
             Fovillard
          
           Lievtenant
           Generall
           of
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Lord
           
             Gaspard
             Divet
          
           then
           Bishop
           of
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           who
           upon
           the
           common
           report
           of
           these
           passages
           sent
           for
           Mr
           
             Tornus
          
           to
           know
           the
           truth
           of
           them
           ;
           And
           for
           more
           certainty
           sent
           his
           owne
           Secretary
           Mr
           
             Chamber
          
           to
           learne
           the
           particulars
           of
           them
           from
           mine
           owne
           mouth
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           related
           all
           without
           concealing
           or
           disguising
           any
           thing
           .
           These
           two
           Gentlemen
           
             Tornus
          
           and
           
             Chamber
          
           have
           told
           me
           since
           that
           the
           Bishop
           had
           heard
           that
           story
           with
           great
           admiration
           ,
           and
           had
           made
           some
           records
           of
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           now
           enquire
           of
           me
           what
           may
           the
           cause
           be
           of
           this
           admirable
           accident
           (
           as
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           ordinary
           or
           more
           
           naturall
           to
           every
           man
           then
           to
           enquire
           of
           the
           causes
           especially
           of
           things
           extraordinary
           )
           I
           will
           answere
           that
           considering
           the
           circumstances
           of
           time
           ,
           and
           place
           ,
           and
           persons
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           then
           to
           doe
           with
           ,
           many
           causes
           seeme
           to
           have
           concurred
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           whereas
           there
           are
           times
           in
           which
           Devils
           are
           in
           a
           manner
           unchained
           and
           have
           more
           liberty
           to
           doe
           their
           feats
           ,
           and
           other
           times
           when
           they
           are
           tyed
           short
           and
           restrained
           from
           acting
           ,
           as
           we
           learne
           in
           the
           twentieth
           chapter
           of
           the
           Revelation
           .
           Truly
           one
           may
           with
           good
           reason
           say
           that
           when
           the
           Demon
           made
           himselfe
           so
           bold
           in
           my
           house
           it
           was
           a
           time
           when
           the
           Devill
           was
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           let
           loose
           ;
           for
           then
           the
           world
           was
           full
           of
           stories
           of
           the
           extraordinary
           pranks
           of
           those
           wicked
           Spirits
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           be
           justified
           by
           the
           booke
           written
           by
           Mr
           
             de
             l'
             Anere
          
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           Counsellours
           joined
           in
           Commission
           with
           Mr
           
             D'
             Espagnet
          
           President
           at
           
             Tolosa
          
           to
           Judge
           the
           witches
           of
           the
           country
           of
           
             Labour
             ,
          
           otherwise
           the
           Countrey
           of
           the
           
             Basques
          
           neere
           the
           
             Pyrenean
          
           mountaines
           ,
           the
           title
           of
           the
           booke
           is
           
             A
             representation
             of
             the
             inconstancy
             of
             Demons
             and
             wicked
             Spirits
             ,
          
           where
           such
           
           strange
           and
           horrible
           things
           are
           represented
           ,
           as
           will
           make
           the
           readers
           haire
           to
           stand
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           joine
           the
           horrible
           story
           of
           
             Lewis
             Gauffredi
             ,
          
           a
           Priest
           
             of
             Marseilles
          
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           instruments
           of
           the
           Devill
           that
           ever
           Hell
           brought
           forth
           ,
           who
           had
           beene
           burnt
           a
           little
           before
           by
           the
           order
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           of
           
             Aix
             in
             Province
             .
          
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           a
           Demon
           appeared
           at
           
             Lyons
          
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           a
           fine
           Gentlewoman
           to
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Knight
           of
           the
           watch
           named
           
             la
             Jacquiere
             ,
          
           and
           to
           two
           others
           of
           his
           companions
           ,
           which
           three
           had
           carnall
           knowledge
           of
           that
           Demon
           ,
           and
           thereby
           came
           to
           a
           most
           tragicall
           and
           fearefull
           end
           .
           Which
           story
           is
           printed
           among
           many
           other
           tragicall
           stories
           of
           our
           time
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           the
           year
           1612
           ,
           the
           like
           story
           to
           that
           of
           
             Lyons
          
           was
           publisht
           ,
           how
           in
           Paris
           ,
           the
           first
           of
           January
           of
           that
           yeare
           ,
           a
           person
           of
           quality
           had
           cohabitation
           with
           a
           Demon
           ,
           which
           to
           him
           appeared
           a
           beautifull
           Lady
           ,
           but
           the
           next
           morning
           that
           Lady
           being
           visited
           by
           Justices
           
           and
           Physitians
           was
           found
           to
           be
           the
           body
           of
           a
           woman
           that
           had
           beene
           hanged
           a
           few
           dayes
           before
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           same
           time
           the
           prisons
           of
           
             Mascon
          
           were
           filled
           with
           a
           great
           number
           of
           men
           and
           women
           ,
           young
           and
           old
           of
           the
           village
           of
           
             Chasselas
             ,
          
           and
           other
           townes
           neere
           it
           ,
           all
           indicted
           of
           witchcraft
           ,
           who
           being
           condemned
           at
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           appealed
           to
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Paris
             ,
          
           and
           were
           conducted
           to
           
             Paris
          
           by
           a
           massinger
           and
           some
           guards
           .
           In
           the
           way
           a
           coach
           met
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           it
           a
           man
           that
           looked
           like
           a
           Judge
           ,
           who
           staid
           ,
           and
           asked
           the
           massinger
           what
           prisoners
           he
           led
           ,
           whence
           they
           came
           ,
           and
           whether
           they
           went
           .
           The
           massinger
           having
           satisfied
           him
           ,
           the
           man
           (
           if
           one
           may
           call
           him
           so
           )
           eying
           these
           prisoners
           sayd
           to
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           calling
           him
           by
           his
           name
           ,
           Ho
           now
           !
           art
           thou
           one
           of
           them
           ?
           Feare
           nothing
           ,
           for
           neither
           thou
           nor
           any
           of
           thy
           company
           shall
           suffer
           .
           And
           his
           words
           proved
           true
           ,
           For
           soone
           after
           they
           were
           all
           released
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           a
           girle
           of
           
             Mascon
          
           about
           13
           or
           14
           yeares
           of
           age
           daughter
           to
           one
           of
           the
           chiefe
           citizens
           of
           the
           towne
           ,
           
           lying
           with
           the
           mayd
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           perceived
           that
           she
           absented
           her selfe
           many
           times
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           once
           asked
           her
           whence
           she
           came
           ,
           the
           maid
           answered
           that
           she
           came
           from
           a
           place
           where
           there
           was
           good
           company
           ,
           gallant
           dansing
           ,
           and
           all
           kinds
           of
           sports
           and
           merriment
           .
           The
           girle
           taken
           with
           this
           report
           desired
           the
           mayd
           to
           bring
           her
           to
           that
           place
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           maid
           anointed
           her
           ,
           and
           made
           her
           doe
           the
           ordinary
           ceremonies
           prescribed
           to
           witches
           by
           the
           Devill
           ,
           after
           which
           the
           girle
           was
           carried
           up
           into
           the
           ayre
           by
           a
           Demon
           ,
           as
           she
           reported
           ,
           but
           seeing
           herselfe
           above
           the
           convent
           of
           the
           Capucin
           fryers
           ,
           she
           was
           afraid
           ,
           and
           called
           upon
           God
           ,
           who
           did
           helpe
           her
           and
           caused
           the
           Demon
           to
           lay
           her
           downe
           in
           their
           garden
           about
           midnight
           :
           The
           Capucins
           hearing
           her
           lamenting
           voice
           came
           to
           her
           helpe
           ,
           and
           when
           she
           had
           told
           them
           who
           she
           was
           ,
           and
           what
           had
           happened
           to
           her
           ,
           she
           was
           secretly
           conducted
           by
           two
           of
           them
           to
           her
           Fathers
           house
           .
           This
           relation
           I
           have
           heard
           from
           many
           persons
           ,
           affirmed
           as
           most
           certainly
           true
           .
           That
           girle
           I
           have
           often
           seen
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           told
           that
           she
           was
           maried
           since
           .
        
         
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           the
           common
           report
           was
           ,
           that
           a
           Demon
           haunted
           the
           house
           of
           a
           woman
           baker
           of
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           in
           the
           street
           
             de
             na
             Tupinerie
             ,
          
           in
           a
           mans
           shape
           ,
           with
           a
           red
           cap.
           and
           would
           looke
           out
           of
           the
           window
           by
           moone
           light
           .
           This
           many
           persons
           have
           affirmed
           to
           me
           to
           be
           very
           true
           ,
           the
           foresaid
           Abraham
           Lullier
           being
           one
           of
           them
           .
           I
           doubt
           much
           whether
           the
           Demon
           hath
           yet
           left
           the
           house
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           exercising
           ,
           and
           the
           judiciall
           course
           also
           which
           was
           used
           to
           eject
           him
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           a
           Demon
           kept
           a
           great
           stirre
           at
           
             St
             Stevens
          
           Church
           of
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           turning
           over
           many
           graves
           ,
           which
           being
           bruited
           about
           the
           towne
           ,
           I
           saw
           ,
           as
           living
           in
           that
           neighbourhood
           ,
           great
           part
           of
           the
           people
           flock
           thither
           .
        
         
           The
           like
           happened
           also
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           St
           
             Alban
          
           neere
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
        
         
           Againe
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           a
           widowes
           house
           at
           
             Marigny
             les
             Nonnains
             ,
          
           not
           farre
           from
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           was
           for
           three
           moneth
           haunted
           by
           a
           Demon
           who
           did
           there
           a
           great
           deale
           of
           harme
           ,
           letting
           out
           the
           wine
           in
           the
           cellar
           ,
           and
           beating
           untragiously
           severall
           persons
           
           among
           others
           a
           locksmith
           that
           came
           into
           the
           house
           drunk
           ,
           and
           gave
           many
           ill
           words
           and
           threatnings
           to
           that
           Devill
           ,
           who
           presently
           was
           even
           with
           him
           ,
           for
           he
           tooke
           one
           of
           the
           andirons
           ,
           and
           grievously
           beat
           him
           with
           it
           ,
           till
           he
           ran
           away
           out
           the
           house
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           in
           all
           haste
           .
           By
           these
           relations
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           like
           kinde
           ,
           which
           I
           omit
           ,
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           at
           the
           time
           that
           the
           Demon
           was
           at
           my
           house
           ;
           the
           Devill
           was
           in
           a
           manner
           unchained
           .
        
         
           I
           conceive
           also
           that
           this
           Demon
           might
           be
           sent
           to
           me
           by
           some
           that
           were
           incensed
           against
           me
           ,
           for
           procuring
           a
           licence
           from
           the
           King
           to
           build
           a
           Church
           for
           our
           Reformed
           congregation
           neere
           the
           walles
           of
           
             Mascon
             ;
          
           for
           that
           very
           day
           that
           the
           Devill
           began
           that
           disorder
           in
           my
           housel
           ,
           was
           threatened
           by
           one
           before
           the
           civill
           corporation
           of
           Mascon
           ,
           that
           
             some
             evill
             would
             overtake
             me
             presently
             ,
          
           and
           that
           man
           was
           suspected
           to
           be
           a
           disciple
           of
           one
           
             Cesar
          
           a
           knowne
           Magician
           ,
           who
           had
           lived
           
             Mascon
          
           a
           little
           before
           .
        
         
           Many
           have
           attributed
           the
           comming
           of
           that
           Demon
           to
           my
           maid
           
             Bressande
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           I
           spake
           before
           ,
           for
           she
           was
           suspected
           to
           be
           a
           witch
           ,
           borne
           of
           parents
           suspected
           
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           witchcraft
           as
           some
           doe
           report
           :
           I
           remember
           that
           once
           she
           asked
           of
           me
           ,
           whether
           any
           of
           those
           that
           had
           given
           themselves
           to
           the
           Devill
           ,
           could
           find
           mercy
           before
           God
           .
           And
           that
           another
           time
           ,
           when
           she
           saw
           me
           afraid
           lest
           the
           Devill
           should
           hurt
           two
           youths
           that
           lay
           in
           a
           roome
           next
           to
           that
           where
           he
           was
           heard
           ,
           she
           told
           me
           Feare
           not
           ,
           he
           will
           doe
           them
           no
           harme
           .
           And
           the
           truth
           is
           that
           she
           would
           jest
           and
           be
           familiar
           with
           him
           .
           For
           besides
           that
           I
           said
           of
           it
           before
           ,
           she
           would
           once
           expostulate
           with
           the
           Demon
           that
           he
           brought
           her
           no
           wood
           ,
           whereupon
           he
           presently
           threw
           downe
           a
           fagot
           for
           her
           at
           the
           staire
           foot
           ;
           And
           whereas
           upon
           her
           offering
           to
           leave
           our
           service
           another
           came
           to
           serve
           us
           in
           her
           place
           and
           lay
           in
           the
           same
           bed
           with
           her
           ,
           the
           Demon
           ,
           who
           never
           hurt
           her
           ,
           would
           beate
           that
           new
           maid
           in
           the
           bed
           ,
           and
           powre
           water
           upon
           her
           head
           till
           he
           forced
           her
           to
           goe
           away
           .
           My
           suspicion
           of
           that
           
             Bressande
          
           was
           increased
           by
           a
           relation
           which
           she
           made
           unto
           me
           ,
           one
           day
           that
           I
           was
           sick
           ,
           of
           a
           tall
           black
           man
           that
           had
           appeared
           unto
           her
           the
           night
           before
           by
           mooneshine
           ,
           holding
           a
           viall
           in
           his
           hand
           like
           a
           Physitian
           .
           This
           and
           other
           like
           
           things
           gave
           me
           an
           ill
           opinion
           of
           her
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           might
           be
           a
           concurrent
           cause
           of
           the
           comming
           of
           that
           hellish
           ghest
           .
        
         
           To
           these
           adde
           the
           circumstance
           of
           the
           place
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           same
           house
           a
           murther
           had
           beene
           committed
           ,
           if
           the
           Demons
           words
           and
           the
           common
           report
           may
           be
           credited
           .
           As
           it
           is
           not
           unusuall
           that
           houses
           where
           some
           murther
           or
           some
           other
           foule
           fact
           hath
           beene
           committed
           will
           be
           haunted
           by
           the
           Devill
           .
           
             Cardan
          
           relateth
           that
           there
           is
           a
           castle
           at
           
             Parma
          
           belonging
           to
           the
           noble
           family
           of
           the
           
             Torelli
             ,
          
           in
           one
           of
           whose
           chimney's
           a
           wicked
           spirit
           appeares
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           a
           foule
           old
           wife
           every
           time
           that
           one
           of
           the
           family
           is
           to
           die
           ,
           ever
           since
           that
           an
           old
           woman
           very
           rich
           was
           slaine
           in
           that
           house
           by
           her
           covetous
           nephewes
           ,
           who
           cut
           her
           in
           pieces
           and
           threw
           her
           into
           the
           jakes
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           most
           likely
           cause
           is
           that
           after
           I
           had
           recovered
           that
           house
           by
           law
           ,
           and
           was
           put
           in
           possession
           by
           the
           power
           of
           justice
           ,
           the
           woman
           whom
           I
           came
           to
           dispossesse
           was
           found
           under
           a
           chimney
           calling
           upon
           the
           Devill
           and
           using
           terrible
           imprecations
           against
           me
           and
           my
           family
           ,
           saying
           that
           
             she
             would
             be
             content
             to
             be
             hanged
             ,
             yea
             to
             be
             damned
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             in
             the
             bottome
             of
             hell
             with
             
             all
             the
             Devills
             if
             she
             might
             but
             be
             avenged
             of
             me
             and
             mine
             .
          
           Which
           words
           being
           related
           to
           me
           ,
           I
           presented
           a
           Petition
           aganst
           her
           to
           the
           Judge
           of
           
             Mascon
          
           Lieutenant
           Generall
           
             Foillard
          
           who
           bound
           the
           woman
           to
           her
           good
           behaviour
           ,
           forbidden
           her
           to
           annoy
           us
           either
           in
           our
           person
           or
           our
           Goods
           upon
           great
           penalties
           ;
           And
           I
           and
           my
           family
           were
           put
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           the
           King
           and
           justice
           .
           Of
           which
           processe
           I
           keepe
           still
           with
           me
           the
           judiciall
           Acts
           .
           But
           without
           staying
           any
           more
           upon
           the
           second
           causes
           ,
           I
           attribute
           all
           to
           the
           disposition
           of
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           lift
           up
           mine
           eyes
           to
           the
           hand
           that
           gave
           the
           blow
           ,
           shewing
           together
           his
           strength
           in
           my
           weaknesse
           ,
           his
           mercy
           in
           my
           sinfulnesse
           ,
           and
           his
           wise
           ,
           moderate
           ,
           and
           admirable
           dealing
           with
           me
           in
           that
           he
           suffered
           me
           not
           to
           be
           tempted
           above
           my
           strength
           ,
           but
           gave
           me
           with
           the
           temptation
           away
           to
           come
           out
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           be
           able
           to
           beare
           it
           .
           Great
           reason
           I
           have
           to
           say
           with
           the
           Royall
           Prophet
           David
           .
           
             Our
             soule
             is
             escaped
             as
             a
             bird
             out
             of
             the
             hand
             of
             the
             fowlers
             ,
             the
             snare
             is
             broken
             and
             we
             are
             escaped
             ,
             Our
             helpe
             is
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             who
             maat
             heaven
             and
             earth
             ,
          
           To
           him
           be
           glory
           for
           it
           ,
           now
           and
           for
           evermore
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           An
           Appendix
           of
           the
           Translatour
           .
        
         
           THe
           Author
           to
           make
           his
           word
           good
           that
           he
           would
           publish
           none
           of
           the
           discourses
           of
           the
           Demon
           that
           were
           offensive
           to
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           State
           ,
           or
           the
           credit
           of
           some
           honourable
           persons
           ,
           hath
           left
           out
           diverse
           notable
           stories
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           he
           hath
           related
           to
           my
           Reverend
           Father
           ,
           upon
           whose
           relation
           I
           will
           adde
           here
           two
           considerable
           passages
           .
           Being
           to
           speake
           of
           two
           severall
           persons
           for
           the
           one
           I
           must
           be
           true
           to
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           Authour
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           offend
           no
           man
           ,
           whether
           I
           will
           or
           no
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           not
           the
           mans
           name
           .
           The
           name
           of
           the
           other
           I
           doe
           purposely
           suppresse
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           them
           was
           a
           grave
           Divine
           who
           hearing
           the
           Demon
           speake
           profanely
           ,
           rebuked
           him
           religiously
           ,
           and
           vigorously
           .
           To
           whom
           the
           Demon
           answered
           ,
           Minister
           you
           are
           very
           holy
           
           and
           very
           serious
           in
           this
           company
           ,
           you
           were
           not
           so
           when
           you
           were
           singing
           such
           a
           baudy
           song
           in
           such
           a
           Taverne
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Demon
           sung
           the
           whole
           song
           before
           the
           company
           .
           The
           Divine
           answered
           much
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           Satan
           .
           I
           have
           beene
           licentious
           in
           my
           young
           years
           ,
           but
           God
           in
           his
           mercy
           hath
           given
           me
           repentance
           and
           pardon
           ;
           But
           for
           thy
           tart
           thou
           art
           confirmed
           in
           sinne
           ,
           and
           shalt
           never
           have
           repentance
           nor
           pardon
           .
           Let
           every
           one
           keepe
           a
           watch
           to
           his
           words
           and
           actions
           ,
           for
           the
           Devill
           ,
           who
           is
           called
           the
           accuser
           of
           the
           brethren
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           by
           his
           trade
           ,
           keepes
           a
           register
           of
           that
           which
           we
           say
           and
           doe
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           bring
           it
           forth
           when
           and
           where
           it
           may
           doe
           us
           most
           harme
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           man
           was
           an
           eminent
           Officer
           of
           a
           Court
           of
           Iustice
           and
           a
           Papist
           ,
           who
           beeing
           brought
           by
           his
           curiosity
           to
           the
           Ministers
           house
           ,
           to
           heare
           that
           Devill
           that
           told
           future
           things
           and
           secrets
           both
           of
           publique
           and
           private
           businesses
           ,
           would
           needs
           offer
           to
           make
           questions
           to
           the
           Demon
           about
           severall
           things
           ;
           Whereupon
           the
           Minister
           ,
           who
           had
           alwaies
           very
           earnestly
           forbidden
           and
           hindered
           that
           any
           should
           propound
           questions
           to
           the
           Devill
           ,
           desired
           the
           Gentleman
           to
           forbeare
           ,
           and
           represented
           
           to
           him
           the
           sinne
           and
           the
           danger
           of
           it
           ;
           But
           the
           Lawyer
           rejected
           his
           counsell
           with
           scorne
           ,
           bidding
           him
           to
           teach
           his
           owne
           flock
           and
           let
           him
           have
           the
           government
           of
           himselfe
           .
           So
           having
           silenced
           the
           Minister
           ,
           he
           entertained
           himselfe
           with
           the
           Devill
           without
           interruption
           ,
           questioning
           him
           sometimes
           about
           one
           absent
           friend
           ,
           sometimes
           about
           this
           or
           that
           private
           businesse
           ,
           sometimes
           about
           newes
           and
           State
           affaires
           .
           Vpon
           all
           which
           when
           the
           Demon
           had
           answered
           him
           ,
           he
           spake
           to
           him
           further
           ,
           much
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           Now
           Sir
           ,
           I
           have
           told
           you
           all
           that
           you
           demanded
           ,
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           next
           that
           which
           you
           demand
           not
           ,
           That
           at
           this
           very
           time
           while
           you
           are
           making
           questions
           to
           the
           Devill
           ,
           such
           a
           one
           (
           whom
           he
           named
           )
           is
           doing
           your
           businesses
           with
           your
           wife
           ,
           and
           then
           revealed
           many
           secret
           foule
           dealings
           of
           the
           Lawyer
           ,
           which
           made
           him
           appeare
           a
           dishonest
           man
           .
           Neither
           was
           this
           all
           ,
           for
           in
           the
           conclusion
           the
           Devill
           told
           him
           .
           Now
           Sir
           let
           me
           Schoole
           you
           for
           being
           so
           bold
           as
           to
           question
           the
           Devill
           ,
           you
           should
           have
           taken
           the
           Ministers
           safe
           counsell
           .
           Then
           upon
           a
           sudden
           the
           whole
           company
           could
           see
           the
           man
           drawne
           by
           the
           arme
           into
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           roome
           ,
           where
           the
           Devill
           whiyled
           him
           about
           ,
           and
           gave
           
           him
           many
           turnes
           with
           great
           swiftnesse
           ,
           then
           touching
           the
           ground
           onely
           with
           his
           toe
           ,
           and
           then
           threw
           him
           downe
           upon
           the
           floore
           with
           great
           violence
           .
           His
           friends
           tooke
           him
           up
           and
           carried
           him
           to
           his
           house
           where
           he
           lay
           sick
           ,
           and
           distracted
           many
           daies
           :
           giving
           by
           his
           example
           a
           lesson
           to
           all
           ,
           that
           the
           Devill
           may
           be
           for
           a
           while
           a
           faire
           companion
           to
           them
           that
           will
           keepe
           company
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           will
           pay
           them
           in
           the
           end
           with
           torment
           and
           despaire
           .
        
      
       
       
         
           Approbation
           of
           the
           Author
           by
           the
           Synod
           of
           Burgundy
           .
        
         
           WEe
           Pastors
           and
           Elders
           ,
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           of
           the
           Province
           of
           
             Burgundy
             ,
          
           assembled
           in
           a
           Synod
           at
           
             Bussy
          
           in
           the
           
             Bailliage
          
           of
           
             Chalons
          
           upon
           Saone
           ,
           certifie
           to
           all
           ,
           that
           Mr
           
             Perreand
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Holy
           Gospell
           ,
           hath
           exercised
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           holy
           Ministery
           in
           this
           Province
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           fifty
           yeares
           ,
           first
           in
           this
           towne
           of
           
             Bussy
             ,
          
           where
           he
           was
           borne
           ,
           being
           descended
           of
           the
           most
           ancient
           and
           considerable
           family
           of
           the
           towne
           ,
           and
           since
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Mascon
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           in
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           
             Bailliage
             of
             Gez
             ,
          
           where
           he
           is
           now
           ,
           serving
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Thoiry
             ;
          
           In
           all
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           those
           Churches
           ,
           doing
           the
           
           office
           of
           a
           good
           Pastour
           and
           a
           faithfull
           servant
           of
           God
           ,
           both
           in
           doctrine
           and
           life
           ;
           Of
           which
           he
           had
           an
           especiall
           testimoniall
           given
           him
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Mascon
          
           in
           the
           last
           Synod
           of
           this
           Province
           held
           at
           
             Psustile
          
           in
           the
           yeare
           1649
           ,
           the
           sayd
           Church
           expressing
           much
           satisfaction
           of
           his
           godlinesse
           and
           singular
           charity
           as
           it
           appeareth
           by
           the
           Acts
           of
           the
           Synod
           .
           And
           the
           like
           he
           hath
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           Thoiry
           by
           an
           Act
           bearing
           date
           the
           8
           of
           March
           1651.
           
           To
           which
           we
           adde
           that
           although
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           bring
           him
           into
           many
           ,
           and
           some
           very
           extraordinary
           trials
           ,
           especially
           while
           he
           served
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Mascon
             .
          
           yet
           the
           same
           God
           hath
           strengthened
           him
           with
           a
           constant
           health
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           and
           a
           godly
           tranquillity
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           hath
           endued
           him
           with
           virtue
           to
           beare
           and
           to
           overcome
           all
           his
           afflictions
           .
           We
           therefore
           beseech
           the
           Lord
           daily
           to
           fill
           his
           servant
           with
           more
           and
           more
           strength
           in
           his
           old
           age
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           he
           hath
           finish
           his
           course
           he
           may
           depart
           in
           peace
           ,
           and
           obtaine
           the
           Crowne
           of
           glory
           reserved
           
           for
           those
           that
           will
           persevere
           faithfull
           unto
           the
           end
           .
        
         
           
             Done
             at
             
               Bussy
            
             
               Octob.
               29.
               1651.
               
            
          
           
             SIGNED
             
               
                 Francis
                 Reynaud
                 
                   Moderatour
                   .
                
              
               
                 G.
                 Bruys
                 
                   Adjunct
                   .
                
              
               
                 H.
                 Morlet
                 
                   Secretary
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A54396e-410
           
             *
             A
             
               Charivary
            
             is
             a
             mad
             kind
             of
             serenada
             musique
             of
             pans
             and
             kettles
             given
             to
             old
             widowes
             when
             they
             marry
             .