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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. 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
 and ruining my home! Why? I do not know! Had I preferred for you a less pleasant death than drowning, I could have taken you ashore and killed you. Yet--I did not, because it is not in my nature to destroy anything. I have never in my life killed an animal, nor, to my knowledge, an insect; I love all life--animal life and vegetable life--everything that breathes and grows. Yet I am a Huguenot!--one of the race 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). ERING MY WIFE AND RUINING MY HOME WHY I DO NOT KNOW HAD I PREFERRED FOR YOU A LESS PLEASANT DEATH THAN DROWNING I COULD HAVE TAKEN YOU ASHORE AND KILLED YOU YET I DID NOT BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN MY NATURE TO DESTROY ANYTHING I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE KILLED AN ANIMAL NOR TO MY KNOWLEDGE AN INSECT I LOVE ALL LIFE ANIMAL LIFE AND VEGETABLE LIFE EVERYTHING THAT BREATHES AND GROWS YET I AM A HUGUENOT ONE OF THE RACE 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
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