the night of the preceding Christmas she had been there between the midnight Mass and the first Mass of the day. This is how the wicked one celebrates his assemblies on Holy Days, and seduces the creatures of God from His service.
Chapter XX.
Of the Place of the Sabbat.
Some have observed that the Sabbat is always held in some conspicuous place, marked by trees or a Cross; but for my part I do not know what to say about this. For the witches of Longchamois used to meet in a meadow on the high-road to Saint Claude, with the ruins of a house in sight; while those of Coirieres held their Sabbat by the village of Coirieres near the water, in a place called és Combes, where there are no roads at all. Pierre Gandillon, George Gandillon and Antoine Gandillon met at a place called és Fontenelles near the village of Nezan, which is a conspicuous enough place; and Jacquema Paget and Antoine Tornier said that the witches of Mouille held their Sabbat in the courtyard of the Priory of that place. So it will be seen that it is useless to consider too much of the place where witches hold their Sabbats and assemblies. For witches have no trouble in finding the place since Satan guides and conveys them to it. Yet I shall say that, according to Antoine Gandillon’s statement, there must be water in that place; for when
