10383. Dicebant quod graviter puniantur illi qui sancta profanant, et antequam venit spiritus punitor, apparet illis rictus leonis latus, lividi coloris, qui videtur quasi velle deglutire caput, ac divellere id a corpore, inde horror occupat eos; spiritum punitorem vocant diabolum.
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