[53] ‘A Collection of Modern Relations of Matter of Fact concerning Witches and Witchcraft upon the Persons of People,’ etc. London, 1693. [54] ‘Witchcraft Farther Display’d.’ London, 1712. [55] A solar was an upper chamber. [56] Patrick Adamsone, Archbishop of St. Andrew’s. [57] Fever and ague. [58] Palpitation of the heart. [59] Weakness of the back and loins. [60] Flux. [61] A salve. [62] Large clasp-knives. [63] Contrary to the course of the sun. [64] Hand. [65] Weaver’s. [66] Paw. [67] Tips. [68] Always. [69] Mutilated. [70] Wet. [71] A piece of flat wood, somewhat like a cricket bat, with which, in washing, the clothes are beaten. [72] Be allayed. [73] Shapes and trims. [74] Hollow-backed. [75] Gruffly. [76] Alive. [77] Jerk. [78] Touch. [79] A coat of mail. [80] Crow. [81] Bean-straws. [82] Besom. [83] Cattle. [84] Webs of cloth. [85] Stroking or rubbing. [86] Sciatica. [87] Haunch. [88] Frightened. [89] Ends. [90] One or more. [91] Grains of barley. [92] Chopped up together. [93] In a fold of his plaid. [94] A _quaigh_, or cup. [95] Hard. [96] Lingering sickness. [97] Stubble. [98] ‘History of Scotland,’ by David Scott. London, 1727. [99] Lyne, or Linne, in Ayrshire. [100] Battle of Pinkie, September 10, 1547. [101] Grieving much. [102] Weeping. [103] Child-bed; in old French, _gisante_, a woman that lies in. [104] Hailed. [105] Dwindled away. [106] Provoked. [107] Frightened. [108] Trust. [109] In baptism. [110] Riven, drawn asunder. [111] Went. [112] Fairyland. [113] Ewe. [114] Went. [115] Sift or strain. [116] Thinking if. [117] Likewise. [118] Wishing. [119] Buried. [120] Gate. [121] I have before me at this present writing seventeen volumes of American magazines containing articles on witchcraft in America, and that is not an exhaustive list. [122] ‘The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May, 1665,’ by J. Hammond Trumbull (Hartford, 1850), vol. i. p. 77. [123] ‘Records,’ vol. ii., p. 575. [124] The _New Englander_, November, 1885, p. 817. [125] For this and much else relating to witchcraft in Massachusetts, I am indebted to that most exhaustive book, ‘Salem Witchcraft,’ etc., by Charles W. Upham (Boston, 1867). [126] Hutchinson, ‘History of Massachusetts Bay,’ 1767, vol. i., p. 179. [127] Hutchinson, ‘History of Massachusetts Bay,’ 1767, vol. i., p. 187. [128] ‘Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts and Possession,’ etc., by Cotton Mather (Boston, 1689), p. 1. [129] Major Pearson, at the sale of whose library the British Museum acquired the ‘Roxburghe Ballads.’ Transcriber’s Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_. Superscripted characters are indicated by {superscript}. End of Project Gutenberg's The Devil in Britain and America, by John Ashton