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 ﬂushed, and she seemed to be asleep; her head was covered with a. cloth of so fine a texture that they said no human band could make any thing so fine; her breathing was so gentle as to be scarcely perceptible. Her hostess, in reply, stated that when she came back from heaven, she was always clad in finest linen. The Sibyl had told her that the angels made her bed and gave her these presents; she had also stated that the angels had blessed this water, to enable her to overcome the attempts of the devil. The hostess desired the Bishop and the friars to drink the water and sprinkle themselves with it, to preserve themselves from the devil. The Bishop was thinking of building a church for her, where the pilgrims might come and visit her. But her deceptions were accidentally discovered; she had declared that on a certain day she would have a trance, and once more be taken up to heaven. The doors of the house were closed; the persons who lived there were asleep; she rises from her bed and speaks in a hoarse tone, to personate the devil; she suddenly changes her voice to imitate that of an angel. Some who listened believed it to be a controversy between Satan and an angel. One of the friars, anxious to hear the nature of this, drew close to the wall of the Sibyl’s chamber, where he saw, through a chink in the wall, the Sibyl, whom they thought was in a trance, busily occupied in arranging her bed. Those who were there immediately forced the door open, when she threw herself on her bed. They roused her from her pretended