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In the “Hummer of the Witches,” the book on witchcraft sanctioned by the Church, on page 41 there is a discussion of why there were so many female witches, but only a few males. The explanation was that a woman is by nature quicker to waver in her faith, and consequently quicker to abandon the faith, which is the root of witchcraft. A woman’s natural will is different of that of a man. When a woman hates someone she acts with anger and impatience as the waves of the sea are always heaving and boiling. Women, as it is claimed, also have weak memories and it is natural vice in them not to be disciplined but to follow the old impulses without any sense of what is due. All witchcraft comes from carnal lust, which is in women insatiable. Therefore there are more women than men are infected with a heresy of witchcraft. Overall, there are three basic sins in women, such as infidelity, ambition, and lust. The Devil, of course, can attack men. He invisibly lures men by means of persuasion. However, some men are more vulnerable than others due to their natural inclinations.