The second woman that had her arms hanging down
was his own wife, who was the cause of all his misfortune, and who he
felt sure would never amend her evil life.
When his wife, who could see everything through the keyhole, heard him
placing her among the dead, she resolved to send him among them first.
On pretence of going to borrow some money, she went to an uncle she had,
named Neaufle, who was Master of Requests to the Duke of Alencon, and
informed him of what she had seen and heard. Neaufle, like the old and
worthy servant that he was, went forthwith to the Chancellor of Alencon
and told him the whole story.
As the Duke and Duchess of Alencon were not at Court that day, the
Chancellor related this strange business to the Regent,(15) mother of
the King and the Duchess, and she sent in all haste for the Provost of
Paris,(16) who made such speed that he at once seized the Proctor
and his sorcerer, Gallery. Without constraint or torture they freely
confessed their guilt, and their case was made out and laid before the
King.
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