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OF THE DEVIL.
TALE LXXX.
OF THE SEDUCTIONS OF THE DEVIL.
It often happens that the devils transform themselves into angels of light, in order to foster in human hearts whatever is fiendish. In proof of which, a most remarkable instance is subjoined.
When Valentine filled the episcopal see of Arles[1], there stood on the outskirts of the diocese, a castle, the lady of which invariably quitted church before the celebration of mass. This peculiarity gave her husband much uneasiness, and he determined to ascertain the reason of so singular a proceeding. On a certain day, the Gospel being ended, she was about to retire, when, after much violent struggling, she was forcibly detained by her
- ↑ A town in France.
