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, Dæmonis species. Gervasius Tilleberiensis MS. lib. 3. de Otiis Imperialib. cap. 64 : Est in Anglia quoddam Dæmonum genus, quod suo idiomate Grant nominant, ad instar pulli equini anniculi, tibiis erectum, oculis scintillantibus. Istud Dæmonum genus sæpissime comparet in plateis in ipsius diei fervore, aut circa solis occiduum, et quotiens apparet, futurum in urbe illa, vel vico, portendit incendium, Cum ergo sequente die vel nocte instat periculum, in plateis, discursu facto, canes provocat ad latrandum : et dum fugam simulat, sequentes canes ad insequendum spe vana consequendi invitat : hujusmodi illusio convicaneis de ignis custodia cautelam facit, et sic officiosum dæmonum genus, dum aspicientes terret, suo adventu munire ignorantes solet.

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