Note 064 See the seventh and eighth Collations of Cassian, who gravely examines why the daemons were grown less active and numerous since the time of St. Antony. Rosweyde's copious index to the Vitae Patrum will point out a variety of infernal scenes. The devils were most formidable in a female shape.

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