‘That about a Month ago, he appearing, she desired him to torment one _Elizabeth Hill_, and to thrust thorns unto her Flesh, which he promised to do, and the next Time he appeared, he told her he had done it. ‘That a little above a month since, this Examinant, _Alice Duke_, _Ann Bishop_, and _Mary Penny_, met about nine of the clock, in the night, in the common near _Trister Gate_, where they met a man in black Cloaths, with a little band, to whom they did courtesie and due observance; and the examinant verily believes that this was the Devil. At that time _Alice Duke_ brought a picture in Wax, which was for _Elizabeth Hill_: The man in black took it in his Arms, anointed it’s Forehead, and said, _I baptize thee with this oyl_, and used some other words. He was God father, and the examinant and _Anne Bishop_, God mothers; they called it _Elizabeth_ or _Bess_. Then the man in black, this examinant, _Anne Bishop_, and _Alice Duke_, stuck thorns into several places of the Neck, Hand wrist, Fingers, and other parts of the said picture. After which they had wine, cakes and roast meat, (all brought by the man in black,) which they did eat and drink; they danced and were merry, were bodily there, and their cloaths. ‘... She saith, before they are carried to their meetings, they anoint their foreheads and hand wrists with Oyl the Spirit brings them, (which smells raw) and then they are carried in a very short time; using these words as they pass, _Thout, tout a tout, tout, throughout and about_; and when they go off from their meetings, they say, _Rentum Tormentum_. ‘That, at their first meeting the man in black bids them welcome, and they all make low obeysance to him, and he delivers some wax candles, like little torches, which they give back again at parting. When they anoint themselves, they use a long form of words, and when they stick thorns in the picture of any they would torment, they say, _A pox on thee, I’ll spite thee_. ‘That, at every meeting, before the Spirit vanishes away, he appoints the next meeting, place and time; and at his departure there is a foul smell. At their meeting, they have usually Wine or good beer, cakes, meat or the like; they eat and drink really; when they meet in their bodies, dance also, and have musick. The man in black sits at the hither End, and _Anne Bishop_ usually sat next to him: He useth some words before meat, and none after; his voice is audible, but very low. ‘That they are sometimes carried in their bodies and their clothes, sometimes without, and, as the examinant thinks, only their spirits are present; yet they know one another.... The man in black sometimes plays on a pipe or cittern, and the company dances: at last the Devil vanisheth, and all are carried to their several homes, in a short space. At their parting, they say, _Hey boy, merry meet, merry part_.’