Excerpt from Procès Verbal Fait pour Délivrer une Fille Possédée par le Malin Esprit à Lovviers: Publié d'Après le Manuscrit Original Et Inédit de la Bibliothéque Nationale
C'est ainsi que des auteurs qui, pour d'autres affaires, se servent de Palma Gayet, source unique, jusqu'ici, de l'histoire de Françoise, la laissent entierement de côté, tandis qu'ils donnent à l'affaire Bavent la place qu'elle même d'ailleurs. Cf. Cayla. Le diable, sa grandeur et sa décadence, p. 33i.
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