they ate nothing but wind at the Sabbat; Christofle of Aranthon that it seemed to her as if she had eaten nothing. All this shows how the Devil is always a deceiver, since he feeds his own people with wind instead of solid meat, as if they were chameleons. I have read that two Counts who were sorcerers followed his example, and treated their guests in such a way that they always came hungry away from their feasts; but Numa Pompilius and Pasetes had already acted in the same manner. But it must always be believed that, in most cases, those who eat at the Sabbat know very well what they are about.
Having finished the banquet, they render to Satan an account of what they have done since the last assembly; and those are the most welcome who have caused the death of the most persons and cattle, who have cast the most spells of illness, and spoiled the most fruit—in short, those who have done the most mischief and wickedness. Others, who have behaved rather more humanely, are hissed and derided by all, are set apart to one side, and are generally beaten and ill treated by their master; and from this arises the proverb that is common among them—“Do the worst you can, and the Devil will not know what to demand of you.”
At this point Satan forms a league with his followers against Heaven, and plots the ruin of the human race. He makes these wretched creatures repeat their renunciation of God, Chrism and Baptism, and renew the solemn oath they have taken never to speak of God, the Virgin Mary, or the Saints except in the way of mockery and derision: he makes them abandon their share in Paradise and promise that they will,
