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In a village some three miles from Blois, on the outskirts of a forest, dwelt an innkeeper called Antonio Cellini, who, as the name suggests, was of Italian origin. IN A VILLAGE SOME THREE MILES FROM BLAESE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A FOREST DWELT AN INNKEEPER CALLED ANTONIO CELLINI WHO AS THE NAME SUGGESTS WAS OF ITALIAN ORIGIN
you hate and despise and are paid to exterminate. Assassin, I have spared you. Be not ungenerous. Spare others." The captain was moved. Still speechless, he seized the minister's hands and wrung them. And from that hour to the day of his death--which was not for many years afterwards--the Huguenots had no truer friend than André Bonivon. WERWOLVES AND WITCHES Other instances of werwolves of a benignant nature are to be found in the "Bisclaveret" in Marie de France's poem, composed in 1200 A.D.; and in the hero of "William and the Werwolf" (translated from the French about 1350). To inflict the evil property of werwolfery upon those against whom they--or some other--bore a grudge was, in the Middle Ages, a method of revenge frequently resorted to by witches; and countless knights and ladies were thus victimized. Nor were such practices confined to ancient times; for as late as the eighteenth century a case of this kind of witchcraft is reported to have happened in the vicinity of Blois. E YOU HATE AND DESPISE AND ARE PAID TO EXTERMINATE ASSASSIN I HAVE SPARED YOU BE NOT UNGENEROUS SPARE OTHERS THE CAPTAIN WAS MOVED STILL SPEECHLESS HE SEIZED THE MINISTER'S HANDS AND WRUNG THEM AND FROM THAT HOUR TO THE DAY OF HIS DEATH WHICH WAS NOT FOR MANY YEARS AFTERWARDS THE HUGUENOTS HAD NO TRUER FRIEND THAN ANDREA BONIVON WAREWOLVES AND WITCHES OTHER INSTANCES OF WAREWELLS OF A BENIGNANT NATURE ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE BIS CLERVERT IN MARIE DE FRANCES POEMS COMPOSED IN TWELVE HUNDRED A D AND IN THE HERO OF WILLIAM AND THE WHEREWORLF TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH ABOUT THIRTEEN FIFTY TO INFLICT THE EVIL PROPERTY OF WAREW WOLFRY UPON THOSE AGAINST WHOM THEY OR SOME OTHER BORE A GRUDGE WAS IN THE MIDDLE AGES A METHOD OF REVENGE FREQUENTLY RESORTED TO BY WITCHES AND COUNTLESS KNIGHTS AND LADIES WERE THUS VICTIMIZED NOR WAS SUCH PRACTICES CONFINED TO ANCIENT TIMES FOR AS LATE AS THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A CASE OF THIS KIND OF WITCHCRAFT IS REPORTED TO HAVE HAPPENED IN THE VICINITY OF BLAESE
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