taught her two prayers, the one to get drink and the other to cure the bewitched. The one to get drink was a very short one, simply--"Crucifixus, hoc signum vitam eternam, Amen;" but this would bring good drink into the house in a very strange manner. The other, the prayer to cure the bewitched, was longer:-- "Vpon Good Friday, I will fast while I may, Vntill I heare them knell, Our Lord's owne Bell, Lord in his messe With his twelve Apostles good, What hath he in his hand? Ligh in[115] Leath[116] wand: What hath he in his other hand? Heauen's doore key. Open, open, Heauen doore keyes, Steck, steck, hell doore. Let Crizum[117] child Go to it Mother mild. What is yonder that casts a light so farrandly?[118] Mine owne deare Sone that's nail'd to the Tree, He is nail'd sore by the heart and hand, And holy harne Panne.[119] Well is that man That Fryday spell can, His Childe to learne A Crosse of Blewe, and another of Red, As good Lord was to the Roode. Gabriel laid him downe to sleepe Vpon the grounde[120] of holy weepe; Good Lord came walking by, Sleep'st thou, wak'st thou, Gabriel? No, Lord, I am sted with stick and stake, That I can neither sleepe nor wake: Rise vp, Gabriel, and goe with me, The stick nor the stake shall neuer deere[121] thee, Sweete Jesus our Lorde. Amen." On such conclusive testimony as this, and for such fearful crimes, James Device was condemned for "as dangerous and malicious a witch as ever lived in these parts of Lancashire, of his time, and spotted with as much Innocent bloud as euer any witch of his yeares." Poor lad!