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Of such instances, well authenticated, probably none would be more remarkable than those I am about to narrate. OF SUCH INSTANCES WELL AUTHENTICATED PROBABLY NONE WOULD BE MORE REMARKABLE THAN THOSE THAT I AM ABOUT TO RELATE
d in the more remote districts. Hence one could fill a dozen volumes with the stories, many of them well authenticated, of French werwolves. As far back as the sixth century we hear of them infesting the woods and valleys of Brittany and Burgundy, the Landes, and the mountainous regions of the Côte d'Or and the Cevennes. Occasionally a werwolf would break into a convent and make its meal off the defenceless nuns; occasionally it would select for its repast some nice fat abbot waddling unsuspectingly home to his monastery. Not all these werwolves were evilly disposed people; many, on the contrary, were exceedingly virtuous, and owed their metamorphosis to the vengeance of witch or wizard. When this was the case their piety sometimes prevailed to such an extent that not even metamorphosis into wolfish form could render it ineffective; and there are instances where werwolves of this type have not only refrained from taking human life, but have actually gone out of their way to protect it.  TO BE FOUND IN THE MORE REMOTE DISTRICTS HENCE ONE COULD FILL A DOZEN VOLUMES WITH THE STORIES MANY OF THEM WELL AUTHENTICATED OF FRENCH WAREWALLS AS FAR BACK AS THE SIXTH CENTURY WE HEAR OF THEM INFESTING THE WOODS AND VALLEYS OF BRITTANY AND BURGUNDY THE LAUNDES AND THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF THE COTE DU ROIRE AND THE SEVONES OCCASIONALLY A WOLF WOULD BREAK INTO A CONVENT AND MAKE ITS MEAL OF THE DEFENCELESS NUNS OCCASIONALLY IT WOULD SELECT FOR ITS REPAST SOME NICE FAT ABBOT WADDLING UNSUSPECTINGLY HOME TO HIS MONASTERY NOT ALL THESE WAREWALLS WERE EVILLY DISPOSED PEOPLE MANY ON THE CONTRARY WERE EXCEEDINGLY VIRTUOUS AND OWED THEIR METAMORPHOSIS TO THE VENGEANCE OF A WITCH OR A WIZARD WHEN THIS WAS THE CASE THEIR PIETY SOMETIMES PREVAILED TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT NOT EVEN METAMORPHOSIS INTO WOLFISH FORM COULD RENDER IT INEFFECTIVE AND THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WARE WOLVES OF THIS TYPE HAVE NOT ONLY REFRAINED FROM TAKING HUMAN LIFE BUT HAVE ACTUALLY GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO PROTECT IT
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