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The History of the Devils of Loudun, Volumes I-III / The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns, and the Trial and Execution of Urbain Grandier, Told by an Eye-witness

Chapter 13: Transcriber's Note.
By Des Niau
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An eyewitness account recounts allegations that members of an Ursuline convent became possessed, describes their exorcisms and the theatrical displays that accompanied them, and traces the investigation, trial, and execution of a priest accused of causing the disturbances. It documents legal, ecclesiastical, and medical procedures used to interrogate suspects and extract confessions, while situating the events within contemporary beliefs about magic, demonology, and relics. The narrative also considers political, personal, and social tensions that intensified suspicion and shaped public reaction.

FOOTNOTES:

[14] Rec. of Just. 18th May 1588.

[15] In the original it is Queen of Elfland.

[16] Good Neighbours was a term for witches. People were afraid to speak of them opprobriously, lest they should provoke their resentment.

[17] Records of Justiciary, 7th August 1590.

[18] Ibid, 26th December 1590.

[19] Rec. of Just. Jan. 27. 1590. A story is told of this woman in Spottiswood's Hist. p. 383. which is nowise confirmed by the record. His fable is absurd; and seems to have been invented by some zealous believer in the divine right of Kings.

[20] Rec. of Just., 8th May 1591.

[21] Unprinted Acts, A.D. 1592. No. 70.

[22] He who obtains a gift of the forfeiture.

[23] "Johnstoni Historia Rerum Britannicarum," p. 172.

[24] Records of Justiciary, March 20. 1620.

THE END.

Transcriber's Note.

Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuation inconsistencies have been silently repaired.

Corrections.

The first line indicates the original, the second the correction.

Volume I.

p. 10.

  • a particular star contsrolled the natal hour of everyone.
  • a particular star controlled the natal hour of everyone.

p. 12.

  • of illimitable wealth and endlesss life.
  • of illimitable wealth and endless life.

p. 30 (Note 3).

  • The ong windows of the silk-weavers' houses
  • The long windows of the silk-weavers' houses

Volume II.

p. 16.

  • so thorougly masters their mind that they fear
  • so thoroughly masters their mind that they fear

p. 18 (Note 7).

  • nterponed frae the said Censures
  • interponed frae the said Censures

p. 27.

  • they are all to be found in the Nuns of of Loudun,
  • they are all to be found in the Nuns of Loudun,

p. 34.

  • that an example convinces a whole asembly.
  • that an example convinces a whole assembly.

p. 34 (Note 11).

  • have occasioned her rhaphsodies
  • have occasioned her rhapsodies

p. 37.

  • without the slighest increase of pulsation
  • without the slightest increase of pulsation

p. 39 (Note 11).

  • female suspected and accused of withcraft
  • female suspected and accused of witchcraft

p. 40 (Note 11).

  • to be burned or oherwise executed to death
  • to be burned or otherwise executed to death

p. 41 (Note 11).

  • No special act of withcraft was
  • No special act of witchcraft was

p. 42 (Note 11).

  • fouud these articles proved,
  • found these articles proved,

Volume III.

p. 18.

  • who had been connected wilh the affair
  • who had been connected with the affair

p. 34.

  • soldiers quarterted in his house were soundly beaten
  • soldiers quartered in his house were soundly beaten