[[311]] In Philo pseud. p. 840.
[[312]] Bolland, 31 Jul. p. 211.
[[313]] Plaut. Mostell. act. ii. v. 67.
[[314]] Vide Joan. Vier. de Curat. Malific. c. 215.
[[315]] Tob. viii.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
OTHER INSTANCES OF SPECTRES WHICH HAUNT CERTAIN HOUSES.
Father Pierre Thyree,[[316]] a Jesuit, relates an infinite number of anecdotes of houses haunted by ghosts, spirits, and demons; for instance, that of a tribune, named Hesperius, whose house was infested by a demon who tormented the domestics and animals, and who was driven away, says St. Augustin,[[317]] by a good priest of Hippo, who offered therein the divine sacrifice of the body of our Lord.