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2. But (to name no more) he that will read a small Book called The Devil of Mascon, written by Mr. Perreand, and published by Dr. Peter Moulin, will see an instance past all question: The Devil did there for many months together at certain hours of the day, hold discourse with the inhabitants, and publicly disputed with a Papist that challenged him, and when he had done, turned him and cast him down so violently, that he went home distracted: He would sing and jest and talk familiarly with them as they do with one another: He would answer them questions about things done at a distance; and would carry things up and down before them, and yet never seen in any shape: All this was done in the house of the said Mr. Perreand a Reverend faithful Minister of the Protestant Church, in the hearing of persons of both Professions, Papists and Protestants that ordinarily came in, for above three months at Mascon a City of France (And at last upon earnest Prayer it ceased.) Mr. Perreand's piety and honesty was well known; and attested to me by the Right Honourable the Earl of Orrery, now Lord President of Munster in Ireland, and attested to the World by his most learned, worthy, honourable Brother Mr. Robert Boil, in an Epistle before the Book; neither of them persons apt to be over-credulous of such unusual things, yet both fully satisfied of the truth of this story by Mr. Perreand's own Narratives, with whom they were very familiar.

2. But (to name no more) he that will read a small Book called The Devil of Mascon, written by Mr. Perreand, and published by Dr. Peter Moulin, will see an instance past all question: The Devil did there for many months together at certain hours of the day, hold discourse with the inhabitants, and publikely disputed with a Papist that challenged him, and when he had done, turn'd him and cast him down so violently, that he went home distracted: He would sing and jest and talk familiarly with them as they do with one another: He would answer them questions about things done at a distance; and would carry things up and down before them, and yet never seen in any shape: All this was done in the house of the said Mr. Perreand a Reverend faithfull Minister of the Protestant Church, in the hearing of persons of both Professions, Papists and Protestants that ordinarily came in, for above three months at Mascon a City of France (And at last upon earnest Prayer it ceased.) Mr. Perreands piety and honesty was well known; and attested to me by the Right Honourable the Earl of Orrery, now Lord President of Munster in Ireland, and attested to the World by his most learned, worthy, honourable Brother Mr. Robert Boyl, in an Epistle before the Book; neither of them persons apt to be over-credulous of such unusual things, yet both fully satisfied of the truth of this story by Mr. Perreands own Narratives, with whom they were very familiar.