sit down; And that hard by this Room was another Chamber in which there were very lovely and delicate Beds.”[14] Obviously a fine Swedish country house, perhaps belonging to a wealthy witch, and in the minds of the poorer members of the gang it presently became imaginatively exaggerated and described. Christian Stridtheckh _De Sagis_ (XL) writes: “They have different rendezvous in different districts; yet their meetings are generally held in wooded spots, or on mountains, or in caves, and any places which are far from the usual haunts of men. Mela, Book III, chapter 44, mentions Mount Atlas; _de Vaulx_, a warlock executed at Etaples in 1603, confessed that the witches of the Low Countries were wont most frequently to meet in some spot in the province of Utrecht. In our own country, the Mountain of the Bructeri, which some call Melibœus, in the duchy of Brunswick, is known and notorious as the haunt of witches. In the common tongue this Mountain is called the _Blocksberg_ or _Heweberg_, _Brockersburg_ or _Vogelsberg_, as _Ortelius_ notes in his _Thesaurus Geographicus_.”[15] The day of the week whereon a Sabbat was held differed in the various districts and countries, although Friday seems to have been most generally favoured. There is indeed an accumulation of evidence for every night of the week save Saturday and Sunday. De Lancre records that in the Basses-Pyrénées “their usual rendezvous is the spot known as Lane du Bouc, in the Basque tongue _Aquelarre de verros, prado del Cabron_, & there the Sorcerers assemble to worship their master on three particular nights, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.”[16] Boguet says that the day of the Sabbat varied, but usually a Thursday night was preferred.[17] In England it was stated that the “Solemn appointments, and meetings ... are ordinarily on Tuesday or Wednesday night.”[18] Saturday was, however, particularly avoided as being the day sacred to the immaculate Mother of God. It is true that the hysterical and obscene ravings of Maria de Sains, a witness concerned in the trial of Louis Gaufridi and who was examined on 17-19 May, 1614, assert that the Sabbat used to be held on every day of the week. Wednesday and Friday were the Sabbats of blasphemy and the black ass. To the other days the most hideous abominations of which humanity is capable were allotted. The woman was obviously sexually deranged, affected with mania blasphematoria and coprolalia.