Note 199 — LETTERS TO MADAME DE GRIGNAN[11] FROM 1671 TO 1690. (continued 5)

Alluding to the Histoire des Diables de Loudun, History of the Devils of Loudun. It is well known that the fierce hatred of Cardinal de Richelieu, the maneuvers of the Capuchin Joseph, and the cruelty of the judge, Laubardement, caused the unfortunate curé Urbain Grandier to perish in the flames, as convicted of the crime of magic, “upon the deposition of Ashtaroth, devil of the order of Seraphims, and chief of the possessing devils, and Eusas, Cham, Acaos, Zebulan, Nephthaim, Uriel, and Acas, of the order of the principalities.” These are the terms of the sentence.