‘About this time, my[8] curiosity drew me to the House, to be a witness of some of those strange passages. _It_ had ceased from _It’s_ pranks of _Drumming_, and _ruder noises_, before I came; but most of the more remarkable circumstances before related were confirmed to me there, by several of the Neighbours together, who had been present at them. At that time _It_ used to haunt the Children; I heard _It_ scratch very loudly and distinctly in their Bed, behind the Boulster. I thrust in my hand to the place where the noise seemed to be, upon which It withdrew to another part of the Bed; and, upon the taking out of my hand, _It_ returned as before. I had heard of _It’s_ imitating noises, and therefore made the trial, by scratching certain determinate times upon the Sheet, as 5. and 7. and 10. which _It_ did also, and still stopt at my number. After a while _It_ went into the midst of the Bed, under the Children, and there _panted_ like a Dog, very loudly. I put my hand upon the place, and felt the Bed bear up against it, as if something had thrust it up; but, by grasping, could feel nothing but the Feathers: and there was nothing under it. The motion _It_ caused by this _panting_ was so strong, that it shook the Rooms and Windows. _It_ continued thus for more than half an hour, while I stayed, and as long after. I was certain that there could be no _fallacy_ nor _deceit_ in these passages, which I critically examined; and I am sure there was nothing of _fear_ or _imagination_ in the case; for I was no more concerned than I am at the Writing this Relation. ‘But to proceed with M. _Mompesson’s_ own particulars. ‘There came one morning a light into the Children’s Chamber, and the voice, crying, _A Witch, A Witch_, for at least an hundred times together. M. _M._ seeing at a time some Wood move that was in the Chimney, when no one was near, discharged a Pistol into it; after which they found several drops of Blood on the Hearth, and in divers places of the Stairs.