But when I heard this I gave such a cry that the whole vault shook; and when my poor child, who was dying of terror and despair, had heard my voice she first struggled with her bound hands and feet like a lamb that lies dying in the slaughter-house, and then cried out, "Loose me, and I will confess whatsoe'er you will." Hereat _Dom. Consul_ so greatly rejoiced, that while the constable unbound her, he fell on his knees, and thanked God for having spared him this anguish. But no sooner was my poor desperate child unbound, and had laid aside her crown of thorns (I mean my silken neckerchief), than she jumped off the ladder, and flung herself upon me, who lay for dead in a corner in a deep swound. This greatly angered the worshipful court, and when the constable had borne me away, _Rea_ was admonished to make her confession according to promise. But seeing she was too weak to stand upon her feet, _Dom. Consul_ gave her a chair to sit upon, although _Dom. Camerarius_ grumbled thereat, and these were the chief questions which were put to her by order of the most honourable high central court, as _Dom. Consul_ said, and which were registered _ad protocollum_. _Q_. Whether she could bewitch? _R_. Yes, she could bewitch. _Q_. Who taught her to do so? _R_. Satan himself. _Q_. How many devils had she? _R_. One devil was enough for her. _Q_. What was this devil called? _Illa_ (considering). His name was _Disidaemonia_. Hereat _Dom. Consul_ shuddered, and said that that must be a very terrible devil indeed, for that he had never heard such a name before, and that she must spell it, so that _Scriba_ might make no _error_; which she did, and he then went on as follows:-- _Q_. In what shape had he appeared to her? _R_. In the shape of the Sheriff, and sometimes as a goat with terrible horns. _Q_. Whether Satan had re-baptized her, and where? _R_. In the sea. _Q_. What name had he given her? _R_.--. _Q_. Whether any of the neighbors had been by when she was re-baptized, and which of them? _R_. Hereupon my matchless child cast up her eyes towards heaven, as though doubting whether she should file old Lizzie or not, but at last she said, "No." _Q_. She must have had sponsors; who were they? and what gift had they given her as christening money? _R_. There were none there save spirits; wherefore old Lizzie could see no one when she came and looked on at her re-baptism. _Q_. Whether she had ever lived with the devil? _R_. She never had lived anywhere save in her father's house.