THE DEVILS OF LOUDUN.

[COLLECTANEA ADAMANTÆA.—XXI.]

THE HISTORY OF THE Devils of Loudun,

The Alleged Possession of the Ursuline Nuns, and the Trial and Execution of Urbain Grandier,

TOLD BY AN EYE-WITNESS.

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL FRENCH,

AND

Edited by

EDMUND GOLDSMID, F.R.H.S.,

F.S.A. (Scot.)

VOL. I.

PRIVATELY PRINTED.

EDINBURGH.

1887.

This Edition is limited to 275 small-paper and 75 large-paper copies.

[Fac-simile of Title-Page.]

LA VERITABLE HISTOIRE

DES

Díables de Loudun,

De la possession des Religieuses Ursulines

et

de la Condamnation D'URBAIN GRANDIER,

Par UN TEMOIN.

A. POITIERS,

Chez J. Thoreau et la veuve Ménier,

Imprimeurs ordinaires du Roi et de l'Universitié.

M.DC.XXXIV.