Chapter XVIII.. Trial of the Great.

Trial of the Great.

A 'Morality' at Tours--The 'St. Anthony' of Spagnoletto--Bunyan's Pilgrim--Milton on Christ's Temptation--An Edinburgh saint and Unitarian fiend--A haunted Jewess--Conversion by fever--Limit of courage--Woman and sorcery--Luther and the Devil--The ink-spot at Wartburg--Carlyle's interpretation--The cowled Devil--Carlyle's trial--In Rue St. Thomas d'Enfer--The Everlasting No--Devil of Vauvert--The latter-day conflict--New conditions--The Victory of Man--The Scholar and the World