_Gregorie Neocæsariensis_ in his jornie and waie to passe over the _Alpes_, came to the temple of _Apollo_: where _Apollos_ priest living richlie upon the revenues and benefit proceeding from that idoll, did give great intertainement unto _Gregorie_, and made him good cheare. But after _Gregorie_ was gone, _Apollo_ waxed dumbe, so as the priests gaines decaied: for the idoll growing into contempt, the pilgrimage ceased. The spirit taking compassion upon the priests case, and upon his greefe of mind in this behalfe, appeared unto him, and told him flatlie, that his late ghest _Gregorie_ was the cause of all his miserie. For (saith the divell) he hath banished me, so that I cannot returne without a speciall licence or pasport from him. It was no need to bid the priest make hast, for immediatlie he tooke post horsses, and galloped after _Gregorie_, till at length he overtooke him, and then expostulated with him for this discourtesie profered in recompense of his good cheare; and said, that if he would not be so good unto him, as to write his letter to the divell in his behalfe, he should be utterlie undone. To be short, his importunitie was such, that he obtained _Gregorie_ his letter to the divell, who wrote unto him in maner and forme following, word for word: _Permitto tibi redire in locum tuum, & agere quæ consuevisti_; which is in English; I am content thou returne into thy place, and doo as thou wast woont. Immediatlie upon the receipt of this letter, the idoll spake as before. And here is to be noted, that as well in this, as in the execution of all their other oracles and cousenages, the answers were never given _Ex tempore_, or in that daie wherein the question was demanded, because forsooth they expected a vision (as they said) to be given the night following, whereby the cousenage might the more easilie be wrought. ♦Note the cousenage of oracles.♦ The sixt Chapter. _Apollo, who was called Pytho, compared to the Rood of grace: Gregories letter to the divell confuted._