he was a
regular attendant. When he was ready to go--it was usually at
night--he either went to the open window of his chamber, or
left the chamber, locking the door, and proceeded into the open
air. There Lucifer made his appearance, and took him in an
instant to their place of meeting, where the orgies of the
witches and sorcerers lasted usually from three to four hours.
Gaufridi divided the victims of the Evil One into three
classes: the masques, (perhaps the novices,) the sorcerers, and
the magicians. On arriving at the meeting, they all worshipped
the demon according to their several ranks; the masques falling
flat on their faces, the sorcerers kneeling with their heads
and bodies humbly bowed down, and the magicians, who stood
highest in importance, only kneeling. After this they all went
through the formality of denying God and the Saints. Then they
had a diabolical service in burlesque of that of the church, at
which the Evil One served as priest in a violet chasuble; the
elevation of the demon host was announced by a wooden bell, and
the sacrament itself was made of unleavened bread. The scenes
which followed resembled those of other witch-meetings.
Gaufridi acknowledged that he took Magdalen thither, and that
he made her swallow magical 'characters' that were to increase
her love to him; yet he proved unfaithful to her at these
Sabbaths with a multitude of persons, and among the rest with
'a princess of Friesland.' The unhappy sorcerer confessed,
among other things, that his demon was his constant companion,
though generally invisible to all but himself; and that he only
left him when he entered the church of the Capuchins to perform
his religious duties, and then he waited for him outside the
church door.

"Gaufridi was tried before the Court of Parliament of Provence
at Aix. His confession, the declaration of the demons, the
marks on his body, and other circumstances, left him no hope of
mercy. Judgment was given against him on the last day of April,
and the same day it was put in execution. He was burnt alive."

_Narratives of Sorcery and Magic_ is a skilful and popular selection of
stories or narratives relating to the subject, not a philosophic
treatise. We are carried to France, Germany, England, Ireland, Scotland,
Spain, and America,