Demonology -- Early works to 1800; Magic -- Early works to 1800; Witchcraft -- Early works to 1800
tell what he was, and who sent him, and what his name was. At the first
he said, The divell, the divell. Then we charged him as before. Then
he rored and cried as before, and spake terrible words; I will kill
hir, I will kill hir; I will teare hir in peeces, I will teare hir in
peeces. We said, Thou shalt not hurt hir. He said, I will kill you all.
We said, Thou shalt hurt none of us all. Then we charged him as before.
Then he said, You will give me no rest. Wee said, Thou shalt have none
here, for thou must have no rest within the servants of God: but tell
us in the name of God what thou art, and who sent thee. Then he said
he would teare hir in peeces. We said, Thou shalt not hurt hir. Then
he said againe he would kill us all. We said againe, Thou shalt hurt
none of us all, for we are the servants of God. And we charged him as
before. And he said againe, Will you give me no rest? We said, Thou
shalt have none here, neither shalt thou rest in hir, for thou hast
no right in hir, sith Jesus Christ hath redeemed hir with his bloud,
and she belongeth to him; and therefore tell us thy name, and who sent
thee? He said his name was sathan. We said, Who sent thee? He said, Old
_Alice_, old _Alice_. Which old _Alice_, said we? Old _Alice_, said he.
Where dwelleth she, said we? In _Westwell_ streete, said he. We said,
How long hast thou beene with hir? These twentie yeares, said he. We
asked him where she did keepe him? In two bottels, said he. Where be
they, said we? In the backside of hir house, said he. In what place,
said we? Under the wall, said he. Where is the other? In _Kenington_.
In what place, said we? In the ground, said he. Then we asked him,
what she did give him. He said, hir will, hir will. What did shee bid
thee doo, said we? He said, Kill hir maid. Wherefore did she bid thee
kill hir, said we? Bicause she did not love hir, said he. We said; How
long is it ago, since she sent thee to hir? More than a yeare, said
he. Where was that, said we? At hir masters, said he. Which masters,
said we? At hir master _Brainfords_ at _Kenington_, said he. How oft
wert thou there, said we? Manie times, said he. Where first, said we?
In the garden, said he: Where the second time? In the hall: Where the
third time? In hir bed: Where the fourth time? In the field: Where the
fift time? In the court: Where the sixt time? In the water, where I
cast hir into the mote: Where the seventh time. In hir bed. We asked
him againe, where else? He said, in _Westwell_. Where there, said we?
In the vicarige, said he. Where there? In the loft. How camest thou to
hir, said we? In the likenesse of two birds, said he. Who sent thee
to that place, said we? Old _Alice_, said he. What other spirits were
with thee there, said we? My servant, said he. What is his name, said
we? He said, little divell. What is thy name, said we? Sathan, said
he. What dooth old _Alice_ call thee, said we? Partener, said he. What
dooth she give thee, said we? Hir will, said he. How manie hast thou
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