And he also sayth, That the names of the said Witches as were on Good-Friday at this Examinates said Grandmothers house, and now this Examinates owne mothers, for so many of them as hee did know, were these, viz. The wife of Hugh Hargreiues of Burley; the wife of Christopher Bulcock, of the Mosse end, and Iohn her sonne; the mother of Myles Nutter; Elizabeth, the wife of Christopher Hargreiues, of Thurniholme; Christopher Howgate, and Elizabeth, his wife; Alice Graye of Coulne, and one Mould-heeles wife, of the same:  and this Examinate, and his Mother.  And this Examinate further sayth, That all the Witches went out of the said House in their owne shapes and likenesses.  And they all, by that they were forth of the dores, gotten on Horsebacke, like vnto Foales, some of one colour, some of another; and Prestons wife was the last:  and when shee got on Horsebacke, they all presently vanished out of this Examinates sight.  And before their said parting away, they all appointed to meete at the said Prestons wiues [Sidenote:  Executed at Yorke the last Assises.] house that day twelue-moneths; at which time the said Prestons wife promised to make them a great Feast.  And if they had occasion to meete in the meane time, then should warning be giuen, that they all should meete vpon Romleyes Moore.[G4_b_]

And there they parted, with resolution to execute their deuillish and bloudie practises, for the deliuerance of their friends, vntill they came to meete here, where their power and strength was gone.  And now finding her Meanes was gone, shee cried out for Mercie.  Whereupon shee being taken away, the next in order was her sonne Iames Deuice, whom shee and her Mother, old Dembdike, brought to act his part in this wofull Tragedie.

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THE ARRAIGNMENT and Triall of IAMES DEVICE, Sonne of ELIZABETH DEVICE, of the Forrest of Pendle, within the Countie of Lancaster aforesaid, Laborer, for Witchcraft; Vpon Tuesday the eighteenth of August, at the Assises and generall Gaole-Deliuerie holden at Lancaster

Before

Sir EDWARD BROMLEY Knight, one of his Maiesties Iustices of Assise at Lancaster.

James Deuice.

This wicked and miserable Wretch, whether by practise, or meanes, to bring himselfe to some vntimely death, and thereby to auoide his Tryall by his Countrey, and iust iudgement of the Law; or ashamed to bee openly charged with so many deuillish practises, and so much innocent bloud as hee had spilt; or by reason of his Imprisonment so long time before his Tryall (which was with more fauour, commiseration, and reliefe then hee deserued) I know not:  But being brought forth to the Barre, to receiue his Triall before this worthie Iudge, and so Honourable and Worshipfull an Assembly of Iustices for this seruice, was so insensible, weake, and vnable in all thinges, as he could neither speake, heare, or stand, but was holden vp[H2_a_1] when hee was brought to the place of his Arraignement, to receiue his triall.