Hare-skin thongs of triple ply were wound about Diable's crossed arms from wrists to elbows.
Et au sortir de l, s'en alloyent enyurer, & chanter au Diable leurs sorceleries accoustumes.
I would as lief have a diable petit dancing his infernal hornpipe on my cerebellum as to be in the room with one.
But the most popular of his works was the Diable amoureux , a fantastic tale in which the hero raises the devil.
Such is the point of view of the author of La Mare au Diable, which we are invited to consider as a parable and an apologue.
