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.