Sentence:  The confessor gave him an <WSD>hostie</WSD>, with a piece of wood, that was, as he pretended, a true piece of the cross, and by these he was to be fortify himself, if any other apparition should come to him, since evil spirits would certainly be chained up by them....The friar presented the <WSD>hostie</WSD> to them, which gave them such a check, that he was fully satisfied of the virtue of this preservative. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist, host.