History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire : Being a Description of the Rivers Witham And Welland And Their Estuary; And An Account of the Reclamation And Drainage of the Fens Adjacent Thereto
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Guthlac earnestly entreated that he would show him that place. Tatwine, therefore, yielding to the request of this holy man, taking a fisher's boat (Christ being his guide through the intricacies of this darksome fen) passed thereunto, it being called Crowland, and situate in the midst of the lake, but in respect of its desert- ness formerly known to very few, for no countryman, before that devout servant of Christ, S. Guthlac, could endure to dwell in it by reason that such apparitions of devi...ls were so frequently seen there." "Not long after, St. Guthlac being awoke in the night time, betwixt his hours of prayer, as he was accustomed, of a sudden he discerned his cell to be full of black troops of unclean spirits, which crept in under the door, as also at chinks and holes, and coming in both out of the sky and from the earth, filled the air as it were with dark clouds. In their looks they were cruel, and of form terrible, having great heads, long necks, lean faces, pale countenances, ill-favoured beards, rough ears, wrinkled foreheads, fierce eyes, stinking mouths, teeth like horses, spitting fire out of their throats, crooked jaws, broad lips, loud voices, burnt hair, great cheeks, high breasts, rugged thighs, bunched knees, bended legs, swollen ancles, preposterous feet, open mouths and hoarse cries ; who with such mighty shrieks were heard to roar that they filled almost the whole distance from heaven with their bellowing noises ; and by and by rushing into the house, first bound the holy man ; then drew him out of his cell, and cast him over head and ears into the dirty fen ; and having so done carried him through the most rough and troublesome parts thereof, drawing him amongst brambles and briers for the tearing of his limbs." — (hicjulpk.) The reputation for piety acquired by St.
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