the case of Pierre Bourgot, who confessed that the Devil required him to kiss his left hand, which was black, death-like, and quite cold. Antilde Colas also revealed that Satan commanded her to pray to him night and morning before she set about any other work, and that afterwards she might go to church and pray as much as she pleased.
Chapter X.
Of the Voice of Demons.
The matters we have discussed in the last two chapters lead me to speak of the manner of speech used by demons. For since they are purely spiritual, it would seem that they are incapable of speech, which is formed by the lungs, the palate, the tongue and the teeth, which are lacking in a spirit. Yet it is certain that demons do in some manner speak; for we see every day now they answer through the mouths of demoniacs. When Rollande du Vernois was possessed, her two devils so exactly imitated her own utterance at times, that we thought it was she who was speaking and answering us. But it has been observed that generally the Devil cannot control his voice so well as to imitate the human voice in such a way that it cannot be distinguished; for his voice is either harsh, or thin and penetrating, or like that of a man speaking in a tub.
de Dæmon.Psellus explains that the Devil speaks in this
