Ista ipsa Virgo Caelestis pluviarum pollicitatrix, ipse iste Aesculapius medicinarum demonstrator, alia die morituris Socordio et Tenatio et Asclepiodoto sumministrator, nisi se daemones confessi fuerint Christiano mentiri non audentes, ibidem illius Christiani procacissimi sanguinem fundite! Quid isto opere manifestius? Quid hac probatione fidelius? Simplicitas veritatis in medio est.
Let us take your great Virgin of Heaven herself,b promiser of rain, your great Aesculapius, discoverer of medical arts, giver of life to Socordius, Thanatius, Asclepiodotus (who will die some other day all the samec)'if they do not confess they are demons, not daring to lie to a Christian, then shed that impudent Christians blood on the spot! What could be plainer than such a deed? What proof more reliable? The simplicity of the truth is plain to see.
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