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A01558	The life and death of Levvis Gaufredy a priest of the Church of the Accoules in Marceilles in France, (who after hee had giuen him selfe soule and bodie to the Diuell) committed many most abhominable sorceries, but chiefly vpon two very faire young gentle-women, Mistris Magdalene of the Marish, and Mistris Victoire Corbier, whose horrible life being made manifest, hee was arraigned and condemned by the Court of Parliament of Aix in Prouince, to be burnt aliue, which was performed the last day of April. 1611. Together with the 53. articles of his confession. To which is annexed, a true discourse of a most inhumaine murther, committed by foure women witches, vpon a young gyrle, of about tenne yeares olde, who were all executed the 28. of Iune last past. Translated and faithfully collected out of two French copies, the one printed at Paris, the other at Roane. Anno. 1612.		1612 (1612)	STC 11687; ESTC S102950	21,142	38

THE LIFE AND DEATH of Lewis Gaufredy A Priest of the Church of the Accoules in Marceilles in France who after hee had giuen him selfe soule and bodie to the Diuell committed many most abhominable Sorceries but chiefly vpon two very faire young Gentle women Mistris Magdalene of the Marish and Mistris Victoire Corbier whose horrible life being made manifest hee was Arraigned and Condemned by the Court of Parliament of Aix in Prouince to be burnt aliue which was performed the last day of Aprill 1611. Together with the 53. Articles of his Confession To which is annexed a true discourse of a most inhumaine murther committed by foure women Witches vpon a young Gyrle of about tenne yeares olde who were all executed the 28. of Iune last past Translated and faithfully collected out of two French Copies the one Printed at Paris the other at Roane Anno. 1612. LONDON Printed by Tho. C. for Richard Redmer and are to be solde at his shoppe at the signe of the Starre at the west ende of S. Paules 1612. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF LEWIS GAVFREdy a most notorious Magician AA IN Marcelles a Towne in France one Lewis Gaufredy borne in Beauuerer Les Colmars liued many yeares in very good repute being there beneficed in the Church of the Accoules where such was his wordly excesse of prosperitie that notwithstanding his Ecclesiasticall function through a setled pride now raised to the height and a beastly and strong luxurious appetite formerly bred and now raigning and raging also in him he became méerely sensuall He had an aged Unkle also well knowne both in Marcelles and other places thereabouts of as pernitious manners as himselfe who was no small backe to his impieties who happening to die very rich aswel in Lands and reuenues as in Gold and siluer Bookes other moueables which this miscreant being indéed the next heire no sooner claimed but was as soone possest thereof Now being thus ouermuch inriched what else could be vnto him greater contentment then to take his ease and as he could permit himselfe any leisure for such purposes he would sometimes for recreation sake betake himselfe to that Library formerly his Unkles where amongst other bookes not much opponent to his obscene liking he hapned to light vpon two most damnable Diabolicall the one of Cor Agrippa and the other of Tolle● wherein this mad braine tooke such singular delight that he ceased not till he had read them cleane through But such reading befits none but those who deny the power of the supreme and vniuersall Gouernour and that renounce the Celestiall inheritance promised to all those who are Registred in the sacred Record of the euerliuing To bury therefore in vnprofitable silence the prodigious Acts committed by this execrable inhumane wretch in his destowring Rape of one Mistres Magdalen of D●●ādouls so called of the Marish would be an endlesse torment to my soule together with other his allurements sorceries Incantations and abhominations wherin this perfidious wretch spent the most flourishing part of his youthfull spring time who forgetting the Obligation wherein he stood bound to his Creator and Sauiour without any regard or pittie of his owne soule plunged himselfe so déepely into the Infernall Gulph of the Coniurations and Inuocations comprehended contained in the said bookes of Toliet and Agrippa that in pronouncing and often repetition to himselfe of what he there read the vowed enemie to all mankind appeared approached neare vnto him demaunding vpon what occasion he did inuoake and call vpon him or what his desire was the fearefull sight of whom albeit the appearance was in a beautifull humane shape did driue this horrible blasphemer vnto such an affrighted Extasie that for a time he was and continued as one distracted accursed wretch more happie had it bin that euen in that distraction thou hadst lost thy being then so diabolicallie to reuiue to die againe and dying to draw with thee insnared by thy subtiltie so may sillie soules the number whereof is best knowne to God alone pittie it was that hell did not then swallow thée vp or the Earth deuoure or fire from heauen consume thée But who can reach vnto the depth of Gods al-séeing prouidence whose armes are stretched out and whose arrowes are keene when he pleaseth to be auenged on his Enemies Thou wast not thus long suffered but to Gods greater glorie This said distraction continuing but a while this caitiue re-assuming his former sences forgetting all dutie or respect vnto his Creator and reiecting all soule sauing considerations after no long debatement betweene the Diuell and himself he couenanted wofull couenant that for the space of fortie yeares he might enioy the full fruition of his detested ambition in holding the place prerogatiues liberties and honors of chiefe and principall Confessor that he might haue power and meanes to know carnally all women or maides whatsoeuer on whom his pernitious and lustfull eyes should but reflect and that his charming tongue might flow with eloquence and that notwithstanding these he might be still reputed graue and religious to these may be added those ensuing Articles of his owne confession to which the Diuell condescending This firebrand of perdition gaue himselfe body and soule together with all things else to him appropriate to the said Diuell from thenceforth for euer hidiously renouncing God his faith Heauen and the euer-blessed fellowship of all the holy Angels and Saints of God who can reade this or who can heare it but their haire must stand on end their hearts tremble Ah treacherous caitiffe whence couldst thou deriue that power title so lightly to passe ouer and to confirme the contract and sale of thy body soule to him who for requitall will pay thée with griefe vpon griefe torment vpon torment and that not for a moment onely but perpetually Beware therefore all ye whose soules are luxuriously affected whose hearts are swolne big with pride whose ambition pierceth the very heauens coueting as did those aspiring Angels to be as Gods for by these and such like baites and snares that wilie deceiuer intangleth insnareth and catcheth many millions of soules craftie fowler sillie fowles now more pretious then the richest Iemmes but by and by as stubble for the fire buying their too late repentance at so deare a rate as eternall desperate despaire for so it fell out with him who so soone as he was possest of that diuelish Librarie as one rauisht in contēplation thereof he delighted in nothing more then the practise of his Charmes and Incantations but after the contract betweene the Diuell and himselfe he was able as afterwards himselfe testifies by onely the breath of his mouth to inflame with lust all those on whom he was pleased to breath wherwith he so bewitched Mistris Victoire Corbier that she was cōstrained to lust after him immeasurably which he effected in the month of April last past Before the discouerie of these his impudent villanies he was

exceedingly reuerenced and very much respected by the Marcellian Vulgar yea in all places wheresoeuer he came aswell for the religious apparance he carried as also for the great learning was knowne to be in him for such was his fluence of spéech that he could so tickle and charme the eares of his Audience that it contented them perpetually to heare him so mellifluously did he hony them who were abused poore soules in their attention falsely deluded with his Eloquence which occasioned that he was then reputed for a most religious and deuout Priest seruing for a pretious Antidote against the poysonsome infection of sinne as their shallow vnderstandings belieued for firme truth who notwithstanding shortly after had knowledge of his diabolicall commerce He held notwithstanding he was in the Diuels hereditarie possession all his Presbiterall functions so that amongst others he being one day in a solitarie place there hapned to come vnto him on Mistresse Magdalen of the Marish requesting him to heare her confession who was then vtterly ignorant of his fatall relinquishment of Religion which at that time was graunted her by the abhominable Impostor This poore innocent maide therefore humbled at the féete of this Uulture and requesting his counsell and aduise for reformation of her former errors and transgrestions heard no other perswasions to come from this Diuelish seducer but cleane to shake off the zeale and desire that thee had to be reconciled to God and further intimated vnto her with painted and colourable speeches not fitte to bee once mentioned amongst Christians that it shee would liue the rest of her life happily he would be the meanes that shee should obtaine and enioy whatsoeuer pleasure shee could desire or wish for In this his perswasion the prophane dogge breathed vpon the countenance of this poore afflicted maide who in that moment was inchaunted and intangled in the snares of this sacrilegious villaine Surely Hell it selfe had placed in the bodie of this tyrant some ghastlie and vncleane spirit to bee as an Instrument and guide to this accursed Inchaunter Oh Heauens Is it possible that such a hell-hound should bee permitted to liue amongst men who inraged with an Infernall Furie drawes and allures such sillie soules vnto him as are not well grounded and confirmed in Faith as we may plainely perceiue in this silly soule who being catcht by the deceitfull ginnes of this disloyall Apostate forsaking her God and giuing credence to the wordes and proferd promises of this accursed Impostor shée also as hee formerly had done and thereto now perswaded her giues herselfe soule and bodie to the Diuell whom at that instant she saw in the forme of a man In which course of his that they of Marcelles could not in so long space discouer the Tragicall trecheries of this their so wel-beloued flatterer whose Charmes inchantments procured that they estéemed him their spirituall minion was wonderfull for so excessiue was their boūd-les affection that to haue exempted him from legal punishments they would haue most of them parted with all their wealth Blinde Marcellians that could thinke it possible for one man by his priuate studies to attaine to such perfection in all humane sciences and in so short a moment the like whereof the best Learned by their manie yeares industrie could neuer attaine vnto neither could bee without his ayde who continually ceased not to reueale those things vnto him wherewith hee fedde the greedie expectation of those whose conuersation hée most desired Nor but that in the publike viewe of a whole Court of Parliament in Prouince hée was in particular accused and conuinced of these insuing Articles and thereof being condemned was put to death in Aix a Towne neare therevnto They would not yet retaine any beliefe concerning his offences But now too late these Iudiciall proceedings haue inforced you to assure your selues concerning his abuses delusions wherewith yée were blinded in cherishing and pampering him so tenderly whose quarters rather would haue adorned the Gates of your Citie which may be accounted happie in being at the last cleansed of so dangerous and fearefull a plague But let vs returne againe vnto the said Mistris Magdalen of the Marish whō though she had fréely giuē her selfe by the cursed allurements of this accursed Curre to the Diuell by his further perswasions diuers times more fully confirmed the said contract receiuing diuers marks of the Diuell in seuerall parts of her bodie A thing testified by the Fathers and Doctors of S. Maxime and exprest in the sentence or death denounced against the saide Gaufredy shee was notwithstanding so incessantly afflicted both in bodie and soule when shee considered the daunger of her ruine that posting in the perturbation of her wauering selfe conflict shee retires her selfe to a Religious man desirous to reueale her sinne acknowledging vnto him that it was such a sinne as could not almost be forgiuen the Tenor whereof much astonished this Religious man For which cause he laboured her to confesse what that sinne might bee but shee fearing the rigorous hand of secular Iustice made answere vnto him that she would willingly tell him vpon condition that she might first obtaine pardon from the chiefe president of the said Towne of Aix which he fearing that she had entered into some practise or complotted some Treason against his Maiestie or his estate denied her perswading her how she might well obtaine this pardon after a little time but that first it was necessarie for her to make knowne wherein she had offended his perswasions could not preuaile with her till such time as he did condiscend to her desired pardon Now the matter knowne and he vndertaking to procure her pardon forthwith hastened to Marcelles to the Court of Parliament where giuing aduertisement of what had passed to the Lord President declaring vnto him what words the said Magdalen had vsed inferring how for the seruice he ought to the Kings Maiestie and publike Iustice considering the wonderful detriment that France had sustained in former times by such trayterous Paracides and blood suckers as she had brought forth he was come in that manner The Lo President delayed not to send with this Religious man many officers to Marcelles At whose comming he fained to be possest of her pardō which she beléeuing was rauished with incomparable ioy which was no sooner conceiued but as suddenly it vanished away for she no sooner appeared or presented herself to his Uiew but the Officers attēding him conueyed her presently to the said Parliament of Prouince whence she was by the commaundement of the said Lo President clapt vp close in a Dungeon whither afterward was also committed Mistresse Victoire Courbier but so as neither could haue conference with any Not long after which imprisonment report was made to the said Lo President that the said Magdalen of the Marish being shut vp in a place so disconsolate and miserable would haue murthered her selfe which to preuent she was forthwith caused to be

brought before him in presence of all the chiefe counsellors and Assistants of that Court whether being come wofully blubbered with her continued teares and almost dead with sorrowe astonished to behold those who by their iust doontes punish crimes committed she was examined by a Counsellor Commissioner reputed thereunto by the said Parliament and herevpon sworne to deliuer nothing but truth when calling to minde what she had perpetrated feare and trembling surprising her without the vsuall inforcements of racke and forments she openly confessed how she repairing to the afore said Maister Gaufredy requesting him to examine and cleare her conscience he in manner aforesaid was the cause and originall of her vtter ouerthrow and perdition Upon which her confession a warrant by the instance of the Kings Atturnie Generall was sent out for the bodily apprehension of the foresaid Lewis Gaufredy Priest who being accordingly apprehended was committed to the said common gale of Aix in prouince till such time as it was conuenient for him to make his open appearance in the said court whether he was very speedily called and as exactly examined of the crimes imputed vnto him both by the foresaid Magdalen and Mistres Victoire Corbier But herein behold the deceitfull potencie of that old and subtill deceiuer the Diuell who had fortified this his champion with such seeming Innocencie and inabled him so much beyond all vulgar exspectation that the whole Bench were not able to conuince or cast him which thing being wel considered by one of the most ancient Commissioners who perceiuing much subtiltie in his answeres moued by a feruent zeale to boult out the truth he earnestly requested the residun of those Noble Commissioners to ioyne with him in prayer vnto the all-searching eye of the omnipotent that he for his owne glorie sake would vouchsafe them power and meanes to discouer the falcities and illusions of this pernitious miscreant Which ended the said Graue Counsellor now better armed then before to incounter with this grand Champion of Sathan let fly at him so sacred an admonition seconded with so terrible a commination that all his former shifts and glosings now broken staues of defence so failed him that the re●●ue of his answeres allegations were so variable being nothing now but fearefull stamerings that his owne words serued for testimonie sufficient to conuince him which vpon a little farther arguing caused him to confesse as followeth A Confession made by M. Lewys Gaufredie a Priest of the Church of the Accoules in Marceilles Chiefe of all The Magicians betweene Constantinople and Paris IT is about some 13. or 16. yéeres since I began to reade on a Magicke Booke which I had from an Unckle of mine about the same time during these entercourses the Diuell appeared vnto mee in humane shape apparelled like a Gallant Fellowe At the first confcontment I was affrighted and then I was possessed with two verie badde affections which I had affected of long time before One was of Ambition to liue in great reputation in the world but especially amōgst honest men and the other was a certaine disordinate affection to inioy the companie of some speciall Maidens The aboue mentioned Diuell surnamed Lucifer saide thus vnto me in my chamber betwixt him and mée what should I giue thee to enioy on the other side that which I would desire of thee I being glad of such an offer made answere whatsoeuer he could wish from me onely that he would aske it and I would willingly giue him the same He then replyed why giue me thy selfe and all the goods which thou possessest I made answere that I would willingly giue my selfe vnto him with all other goods which any way touched or concerned my particular but as for the validitie of the Sacraments which I administred to others that I would not graūt him wherunto he agreed being contented with my former offer so we couenāted together came to an agréement he required fome solemne promise of me which I set downe in writing as followeth I Lewys Gaufredy renounce all my goods as well spirituall as temporall which any wayes may be conferred vpon me on the behalfe of God the Uirgin Marie and all the Saints both hee and shee of Paradise and more particularlie from my Patrone Saint Iohn Baptist S. Peter S. Paule and S. Francis and so giue my selfe both bodie and soule to you Lucifer here present with all the goods which I shall euer possesse excepting the validitie or the Sacraments in regard of them that at my hāds shall receiue the same And hereunto I doe subscribe witnes See here me the Tenor of the promise This being done I demanded wherin he would satisfie I confesse that I kept the abouenamed booke of Magike vnder the Mantle-tree of my Chamber-chimney on the right hand fastened with a naile to a woodden boorde I confesse how I tooke extreame pleasure to read on the same Booke as soone as I read on the same booke the Diuell would appeare vnto me in forme aboue mentioned I confesse that two or thrée dayes after the said premise the Diuell returned as formerly hee promised and then he said vnto mee that by the vertue of my breath I should enflame with my Loue all the Women and Maides that I desired to enioy so that my breath did but come to their nostrilles And so I beganne to breath on all those that I had any liking vnto I confesse that the Diu●ll brought me a scedule signed by himselfe comprehending the vertue and power of my breath which yet lyes by mee I confesse that I breathed on about a thousand Maids and women taking great delight to see them transported with my Loue And speaking of many particulars I haue many times said to their Fathers Your Daughters haue ●s much as they can well carrie about them without fur●her expressing my selfe I confesse that I familiarlie frequented the house of Monsieur de la Palud a Gentleman of Marceilles and by reason of my great reputation I was very welcome thither Hee had three Daughters verie exceeding faire well brought vp and merueilous deuout I had a desire to enioy one of them called Mistris Magdalen but her mother lookt narrowly to her so as I could haue no meanes to come to the sight of her and therefore I first breathed on her mother to the end that she might bring her to my chāber and be confident in me whiles I was in her house the which I easily obtained so as being oftentimes in company with the said Magdalen I kissed her and more also I confesse furthermore that I breathed on many women contenting my selfe onely to sée them carried away headlong with my Loue and taking singular pleasure therein without proceeding any further I confesse that the first time that I would enioy Mistris Magdalen I laite my hand on her forehead there where the Graces had lodged her Uirginitie and shée auoucheth the words I then spake I confesse that I

breathed on this Damosell manie times For the oftner I breathed the madder she was of my loue and enioyance I desired that the effect of our concupiscences might come from her And so déepely I infected her by my breath as she was ready to die with impatience when I was not with her for shée hunted after me in the Fieldes and in the Church and desired to haue mee alwayes about her Fathers And thus I had knowledge of her at my pleasure I confesse that thrée dayes after I gaue her to a Diuell called Fimodes to assist serue and preserue her and to heate her the more in my loue when I saw her so transported with ioy delight therein and euen to bende her knées to my desires I thus debated with her Magdalene the height of my desires and shée for whose sake I haue so often called on the internall powers I will marrie thee to the Prince of Diuels Belzebub by name She freely consented there vnto And then I caused him to come in forme of a Gentleman which being done I saide so Magdalen how it was requisite that shee must make a promise to Belzebub the Diuell the which I set downe vnto her in manner as followeth I here protest in the presence of God of all the celestiall Court of you M. Lewys Gaufredy and of the Diuell Belzebub heere present that I absolutely renounce with all my heart all my power all my might God the Father God the Sonne God the holie Ghest the most holie mother of God all the Angels but especially my good Angell the Passion of our Lord Iesus Christ and his blood and all the merites thereof my part in Paradise all the good inspirations that God may hereafter put into me all praiers that haue bene or may be made for me I further protest that I absolutely giue my selfe bodie soule force and power to the Diuell and you withdrawing my selfe presently out of the hands of God that I may entirely fall into the hāds of the Diuell In Testimonie whereof I doe signe and subscribe the same with my blood Magdalen saith that M. Lewys Gaufredy in the presence of the Diuell Belzebub pricked her with a slender thinne Bookin he had made like a néedle in the ioynt of the right hands little finger that so he might come to blood wherewith to subscribe the said promise I confesse further that I made seuen or eight promises to hun tending to divers ends all concerning the Diuell and mee and I brooke or went backe from thrée or foure of them once when he brought me a certaine number I also confesse that the Diuell detained the iurisoiction and custodie of all the aboue said promises as well from Magdalen as from my selfe to carry them whether hee would and when he thought good I likewise confesse that the Diuel said vnto me that if I burnt the said promises he would make such an horror and terror that I should fall downe dead to the ground I also confesse that I kept all the said promises in my chamber with the aboue mentioned booke of Magicke and one day when I came from Aix which was the second time that I went thither to speake with the Fathers Michaell Iacobyne and Antonie Capuchin when I came backe to my chāber I burnt the said booke of Magicke not vpon any intention to amend my life but rather for feare to be found possest therewith the Ashes of which booke are yet in my chamber for the couenants I was much astonished when I found them not because the diuell had carried them away euen as I told those Fathers I confesse moreouer that the first time we goe to the Sabbath all Sorcerers Witches and Magicians are marked with a diuels little finger who hath an office and charge thereto belonging I confesse that when this diuell markes one shall féele a little piercing heate and there where he toucheth the flesh remaines somewhat sunck and hollow I further confesse that I was marked at the Sabbath by my owne consent and that I also caused Magdalen there to be marked She is marked in the head in the heart in the bellie in the thighes in the legges in the feete and in many other parts of her bodie she hath also a needle in her thigh that she féeles not which I sée him put in and when the needle enters you would say that one pierced a péece of parchment I also confesse that there are many sorcerers inchaunters and Magicians who couer their markes but afterwards they growe againe of themselues and returne to their ancient forme for this marke remaines alwaies with them by reason of their vow of perseuerance which they make in particular when they giue themselues to the diuell I confesse also that the said markes are made for a protestation and vow that they shall alwaies continew good and faithfull seruants to the diuell throughout the whole course of their life I confesse in like manner that I haue bene abroad at the Saboth in diuers places that is to say at la Baume de Rolla●●● La Baume de Loubiers that twice or thrise I desired to goe to Saint Baume And thither once I went expressely to cause the diuell to bring backe Magdalen and to carrie her through all the woods of Saint Baume I confesse in like manner that when I would goe to the Saboth I would sometimes put my selfe out at an open windowe otherwhiles I went out of my chamber locking my chamber doore and putting my keyes into my pocket Lucifer would then take me and in an instant I was transported to the place where the Saboth was held remaining there somtimes on two thrée or fower houres and for the most part according to my humor and occasions I declare and testifie that at the entrie into the Saboth all enchaunters sorcerers and Magicians doe worship and hoimnage to the diuell euery one according to his degrée That is to say the Enchaunters worship him groueling vpon the earth The sorcerers being on their knées and bending their bodies and the Magicians in that they are the principalls of the Saboth bend themselues onely on their knées I confesse that as soone as we are entred into the Sabboth there is a diuell that is commaunded in particular to make euery one of them renounce God all the Saints but more specially Saint Francis I also confesse that I haue bene often at the Saboth with Magdalen and cald her to swallow downe Caracters out of a spoone by the ministration of diuels and so others for my selfe the more to enrage her in my loue I also confesse that at Saboth I had knowledge of her and of a Princesse of Freefeland I confesse that I haue abused many Maides whom I breathed vpon out of the Saboth I confesse also that the diuell is the true Ape of the Church performing at his Sabeth whatsoeuer is performed in the Church Also I confesse that they baptise in these Saboths and euery

sorcerer makes a particular vow giuing himselfe to the diuell that he shall cause all his children to be baptised in the Saboth if it to may be as also names are imposed on euery one of them which came to the Saboth different from their proper names I further confesse that at Baptisme they vse water sulphure salt sulphure makes them slaues to the diuell and salt confirmes their baptisme to the diuels seruice I confesse moreouer that the forme and prescription thereof is to baptise in the name of Lucifer Belzebub and other diuels making the signe of the Crosse beginning it cleane backward then prosecuting it by the féete and ending in the head I confesse moreouer that there was twelue Priests at the Saboth and how each one saies Masse in his turne the said Priests are set in very high places as being the principalls of the Saboth but there was one a notable ignorant and blockheaded fellow Also I confesse that whensoeuer I was at the Saboth I haue heard Masse and vnderstood it well but when it came to my turne I caused it to be said by an other Priest of the Saboth I likewise confesse that at the beginning of Masse euery one prostrates himselfe on the ground and a diuell it is that assists at Masse I confesse that the candles which are burnt during Masse are of powder and sulphure and in stead of a torch at the eleuation of that accursed sacrament the diuell assistant makes a great light which stinkes exceedingly Also I confesse that the Priest which saies Masse is carried to the Saboth by his proper diuell hauing on a violet colourd Chousill I confesse that the bell which rings to Masse at the Sanctus and the Sacre is of horne the clapper being of wood to make it sound Further I confesse that wheresoeuer mention is made of the names of Iesus of the holy Uirgin or of the Saints they are taken away and in their stead they put too the names of diuels it requires some studie to say Masse in these Saboths I further confesse that they offer and consecrate vnleauened bread and when there is none they consecrate ordinarie bread taking most ordinarily the bottome crust of some loaues I also confesse that many crusts péeces are consecrated to be communicated to the Assistants and when there is not vnder crusts enough they take the vpper ends I confesse that they pronounce on high the words of consecration whether it be of the body or of the blood and when the Sacrament is eleuated euery one renounceth God alowd and cryes Maister helpe vs addressing themselues to Lucifer and other diuels I confesse that they vse to consecrate blood in a vessel and a very great bason and after consecration made the Priest that saies Masse bathes therein and then sprinkles it on the assistants I further confesse that euery one takes of it in their hands and poores it on their heads saying his blood be vpon vs and vpon our children I confesse that all the crosses which are made during the masse are made cleane a reuerse or backward as aboue mentioned Further I confesse that when one saith Agnus dei and Domine non sum dignus euery one being enraged in hart crie out like desperate mē Addressing their words to the Diuell O Maister bee euer our helpe and aide I confesse furthermore that euery one is bound to communicate when he does not he is bound to giue his part to be eatē to a Diuell who is trāsformed into a Dog And I remember well that the diuell whose office this is was sharply reprehended by others for not discharging it well I confesse how there be certaine Enchauntors who are charged to bring a great dogge out of their villages to eate vp that part of the communion which others will not eate I also confesse that when one saith Ite Missa est They say Depart you all in the Diuells name Further I confesse that all the Usurers Enchaunters Sorcerers Magicians are bound when any Childe dies which was baptised in the sabboth to goe disenterre and bring the same to the sabboth there to be eaten by Diuels I confesse that when any dies at the sabboth all the Diuells Enchanters Magicians request him to stand firms to the Diuell when hee is dead they all carrie him together to the Sea or some Riuer wherintoo they throw him from the toppe of some Rocke or else they close him vp in same Caue there to preserue him I confesse also that the Diuell neuer left mée except it were when I went into the Capuchines Church their he would stay for me at the Church doore Lastly I confesse that it is about 14. or 15. yéeres agoe since I gaue my selfe to the diuell body soule renouncing all that which any wayes I might hope for from the mercies of GOD. Upon which his confession his Inditement was framed and perfected at the sute of the Atturney generall the said Magdal●n Mistris Victoire Corbier brought face to face before him who iustifying their accusations a Iudgemēt was pronounced against him as hereafter in the insuing Extract of the Records of the procéedings herein may ap peare but Mistris Magdalen and Mistris Victoire Corbier were returned to the foresaid cōmon Iayle where they yet remaine to be disposed of ¶ An Extract of the Recordes of the Court of Parliament of Aix THe Court hauing considered the criminall Enditement Procéedings thereupon by the authoritie of the same Court at the demand of the Kings Atturney Generall plaintife in a case and Crime of Rape seduction impietie magicke forcerie other abhominatiōs against M. Lewys Gaufredy borne in Beauueres les Colmars a Priest beneficed in the Church of the Accoules within the Towne of Marceilles defendāt and Prisoner within the publike prison of the Pallace The verball Enditement of proofes and manifestations of the possession of Magdalen of Demandoux called of the Marrish held possessed with wicked spirits obserued and discerned in her person from the first of Ianuary last to the fifth of Februarie in S. Bean é by Frier Sebastian Michell Doctor of Diuinitie Uicar generall of the Reformed congregation of Friers Preachers and Prior of the Royall Conuent of S. Maxime duely approoued and testified by other Fathers by a Relation dated the twentie of the said moneth A deliberation of the Court containing a Commission to M. Antonie Seguiran Counsellour of the same Court to informe vpon the Actions of the said accusati●●● and to sease vpon and cause to be conducted to the Pri●● of the Pallace the said Gaufredy on the 19 of the said moneth Charges and Informations taken by the said Commissarie and verball processe and the seazure and conduction of the said Gaufredy Another deliberation of the saide Court containing a Commisson to M. Anthony Thoron Counsellor also of the same Court to heare the saide Magdalen to informe vpon the Actes Euidences brought in