stand Joseph Hargreaves testifies the first and third of Nathaniel Waddington Richard Crichly under his hand testifies concerning Richard Dugdale's Strength Several Testimonials about the said Richard Dugdale's Case do follow WE whose Names are Subscribed being Ministers of the Gospel having read or heard the Affidavits and Declarations taken before the Right Honourable Hugh Lord Willonghby and Ralph Egerton Esq two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County Palatine of Lancaster concerning one Richard Dugdale of Surey in the Parish of Wholley do verily believe the truth of the same and that the strange Fits of the said Dugdale were by a Diabolical Power Given when we met at Blackburn in Lancashire on August the 6th 1695. Thomas Crompton Peter Aspinwall John Crompton John Parr Samuel Angier Nathaniel Haywood Samuel Eaton Nathaniel Scholes I Do hereby testify as many more will if ther be occasion from my own observation as an Eye and Ear-Witness at the Meetings concerning Richard Dugdale That I do verily believe he was then under a Diabolical Possession or Obsession I do also testify that he is now fully diliver'd from this Supernatural Malady and that no other probable Means of his said Deliverance may be assigned but the Word of God and Prayer with Fasting which Spiritual Means were made use of by several Ministers with great Faithfulness and Diligence for a considerable time together Witness my Hand this 10th of June 1695. At Hely in Lancashire Robert Whitaker Medicus Concerning Richard Dugdale's Certificate which he voluntarily subscribed before Jame Gregson and my silf with others Which is mentioned in the last Page of the Surey Demoniack there is some mistake tho not much material For the words in the original are follows July the 10th 1695. I Richard Dugdale Son of Thomas Dugdale of Surey near Whalley in Lancashire Gard'ner do certisy all to whom this may come That my former strange Fits were not any of them by any Cheat or any Art of Man that I konw of but as I do verily believe were caused by the Devil From whom and from my terrible Fits I do verily believe my Body was cieared through the Ministers I Prayers at or a out Lady-day 1690. After which I never had any more such Fits whereupon I took some Physick for the clearing of my Body from any ill Humours it might have gotten by my said sad Fits Witness my Hand the Day and Year abovesaid Richard Dugdale In presence of us James Gregson his 1 Mark Thomas Jolly WE whose Names are Subscribed were present at many of the with in mentioned Meetings concerning Richard Dugdale so were Eye and Ear-Witnesses to many of the things within mentioned and do verily believe the rest not doubtng but that the said Dugdale's Assliction was through Possession or Obscession by Combination or by some secret Judgment of God from which he was delivered as we are fully perswaded by the Gospel-Means within mentioned William Cross John Duerden Lan. Walmsly John Baxon John Bayley Christopher Duckworth Leonard Barley Juhn Marsh James Whitaker William Waddington George Cockshout Samuel Hey Charles Riley James Hindle Nehemiah Hindle Richard Jackson William Barton Christ Tattersiâ—l Richard Sudal Nich. Grimshaw Upon occasion of Mr. Taylor 's reflecting on the Reverend Mr. Pendlebury deceased Alexander Haworth gives in the following Certificate I Alexander Haworth of Top-Royl in Bury Parish in Lancashire Yeoman going with the Reverend Mr. Pendlebury to see Richard Dugdaie under his strange Fits at the first time upon mine asking of him his opinion of the said Dugdale's Fits he answered that he question'd whether the said D. might not be acted by some bodily Distemper in the said Fits But when the said Mr. Pendlebury had been with the said D. a second time I asked him his opinion again in that Case and then he had alter'd his perswasion concerning D. having seen such things in him as he judged more than natural and he gave such Reasons for it as alter'd my Judgment as well as his Dec. 25. 1697. Alexander Haworth Concerning the Expressions in Prayer which Mr. T. falsly chargeth me with from an Anonymous Author I have diligently enquired of those who were most constant hearers upon the occasion of the Surey Demoniack and they remember not that I ever used the Expressions charg'd upon me or any to that purpose which mine Accuser would wrest them unto Only one Person viz. Nathanie Waddington doth well remember some Words I once used in Prayer on the said occasion and are as follows How if thou should'st susser Satan to enter into such Persons as do not believe this young Man is possest Which Words he understood not to be at all by way of Imprecation but by way of Supposition if God in Judgment should suffer such a thing for their Infidelity as to the Case and their Uncharitableness as to the Party How sad this would be Nathaniel Waddington Here follow the further Informations as to the Case of the said Richard Dugdale taken before the Right Honourable Hugh Lord Willoughby and William Hulme Esq two of his Maiesty's Justices of the Peace and Quorum for the County Palatin of Lancaster Taken at the House of Richard Sharples of Blakhurn in the County asoresaid the 15th 16th and 17th of September 1697. Where the Informants were examin'd by the said Justices upon occasion of several Passages in a Book called the Surey-Impostor The Confession of Richard Dugdale of Whalley in the County of Lancashire Gardner taken before the Right Honourable Hugh Lord Willoughby and William Hulme Esq two of His Majesly's Justices of the Peace and Quorum for the said County taken at the House of Richard Sharples of Blackburn in the County aforesaid the 15th day of September Anno Domini 1697. IMprimis The said Richard Dugdale answers and says that he was in Health of Body and Mind at the Age of Eighteen Years or thereabours About the Ninâ—eenth Year Commonly called West-by he says he was a hired Servant with Thomas Lister of Arnald's-bigging in the County of York Esq and begged leave of his said Master to go to a Rush-bearing to Whalley and being in Drink fell out at Whalley with a Man and fought about dancing that Night He says afterwards he went to his Farthers House The day afterwards he went from his Fathers House to Arnald's bigging and on the Road being troubled in Mind he thought that he saw several Apparitions but could not tell the resemblance thereof The day afterwards he says he went to make Hay and found himself clogged with some heaviness that he could not work or stoop from thence he weut to a Well about a Fields breadth from the Hall aforesaid and saw a Gallon or Pale standing at the Well and that he laid himself down to drink at the Well and as he was drinking there came up to him a Neighbour-woman of good Repute and advised him not to drink so much Water but rather go up to the said Hall and
Thief was verily fubseribed by his Neighbours many more of whose Hands he might have got had he desired them John Fielding Thomas Booth of Hay-Honses confesses at the same time and declares That his former Examination was true and furhter adds that he and another striving to lift him up could not stir him off the spot and yet within one quarter of an hour after he alone did lay hold upon him about the the Hips and lift him up about three quarters of a Yard high and held him for a considerable while and felt him to be no heavier than his Stick and his whole Body was stright and stiss after which he having laid him down saw him in his dead Fit half an hour longer without any motion from Richard either as he lay or at he was lift up Thomas Booth the 16th day of September 1697. These Informations were given besere us Willoughbly Will. Hulme John Smalley of Harwoâ—d estifies That his Information formerly given about R. Dugdale was true and he is certain that Richard's Shoes specified therein were buckled just before theâ—â—lâ—w off nor had he any hand himself in loosening them or helping them off so knew of any other Person or outward Means confederate or assisting in their flying off John Smally Lawrence Robertshaw of Harwood testifies That the Information he formerly gave in the Surey-Demoniack was true Lawrence Robertshaw William Livesay testifies That the Information he formerly gave in the Surey-Demoniack is true and says he saw two Stones thrown into the Barn end that Richard foretold were a coming which he took up and felt them more than ordinary warm Nor did he go up and down to pick up Company to go to the Surey nor knows he of any Spy that went over the Fields or any other ways to give Intelligence William Livesay The Informations were given before us the 16th day of September at the House of Richard Sharples of Blackburn 1697. Willoughby Will. Hulme James Abbot doth under his Hand testify That when Dugdale had told me of my Cheshire and Stassordshire Journy I came home and told our Folks that I wondered what I might go into Cheshire for we none of us having any occsion thither hard after a Letter came from Beverly to inform us that one Eliz. Gandy would comeover to see her Grandfather and from thence into Cheshire unto knotsford but in all this I never thought of Staffordshire nor had I ever been there not ever thought that I should ever have gone thither yet when it fell so out I called to remembrance that Dugdale told me of it James Abbot the 16th day of September 1697 at the House of Sharples of Blackburn This is further added to the forme Confession taken before us Willoughby Will. Hulme John Jolly testifies That the Private Information of Thomas and Ann Dugdale Parents to Richand Dugdale with Mary and Alice Dugdale Sisters to the said Richard Dugdale which is printed in the Surey-Demoniack was freely declared to him by the Parties aforesaid at Surey July the 31st 1695. And that the Information aforesaid was by him put down in Writing in their own words and meanings And that all the said Information was distinctly read over to the Parties aforesaid to which they then voluntarily put their Marks John Jolly the 16th day of September 1697. This was affirmed before us Willoughby William Hulme Joseph Hargreaves testifies That his former Confession in the Surey-Demoniack is true Joseph Hargreaves Nathaniel Waddington confesses and testifies That the Information he formerly gave concerning Richard Dugdale is true except what is mentioned about Fielding and likewise what was mentioned about the Gold and Bisket which he only heard by report He further says he was present when Dugdale accused the Gentlewoman of having Bisket in her Pocket and chalienged her to play with her at Cards for the Gold she had in her Pocket but says he cannot tell whether she had any or no ut it was generally reported that she had both in her Pocket Nathaniel Waddington William Fort of Altham confesses and trstifies That he saw Richard Dugdale in one of his Fits at his Fathers House in Altham and that for half a quarter of an hour together he stood streight up and was as one dead and breathless he says that he himself and others all that while held a Candle to his Mouth and Nostrils and could not in the least perceive that he had any Breath in his Body Before this whilst he was in his Fit he says he saw his Body rise up from the Ground five of six times being stiff and streight three quarters of a Yard above Ground and that he did not bend in any Joint whatever but with sudden Motions was thrown from his Back to his Belly and so likewise from his Belly to his Back rising three quarters of a Yard from the Ground as he turned himself He likewise says that he heard him sing some Verses of a Psalm in Latin and some Schollars that were present said was true Latin William Fort. the 17th of September 1697. These Informations were taken before us Willoughby Will. Hulme The further Information of William Sellar's of Pendleton Husbandman concerning Richard Dugdale which he is ready to take his Oath upon when he is called to it and it be within compase considering his great Age and bodily Weakness Whereas I did heretofore make Oath as to several Particulars of R. D's case before the Right Honourable the Lord Willoughby and Ralph Egerton Esq two of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Lancaster I do now upon occasion more particularly express and explain my said Testimony as follows I did lift up the said Richard Dugdale several times and because I thought it very strange that he should be so light I do well remember that I did once my self without any help list him up by his Legs all at once about a Yard form the Barn-floor and held him up so long as I could well judg of his weight R. D's Unkle being present when he was as light as an Hat or a Walking-Cane and as streight as a Cane he was then in a dead Fit and continued therein some considerable time after I had laid him down again all this I do saithfully testify Witness my Hand John Birch William Sellars This Paper being read before the Right Honourable the Lord Willoughby and William Hulme Esq was approved by them as delive'd by John Birch to them but could not be sucseribed in William Sellar 's Absence John Hindle testifies further That he and John Walmsly were present when Dugdale had his last Fit in the Surey-Barn where in his Fit R. D. said it was Obscession and in a Combination and that he might never have more Fits and it should never be discovered while the World endured John Hindle As to the following Informations they were brought to me after the meeting before the Justices at Blackbrun And much more might be gîven in
See Dr. Stillingst his opinions as to this in his Origin Sacr. pag. 263. as appears by Mat. 17.15 Luk. 9.39 compared The Devil taking advantage by his Lunacy to get Possession of him as we call Melancholy Vehiculum Diaboli In this case there was not so much as Melancholy Lunacy nor any such bodily Malady as we suppose to be the Evil Spirit 's Vehicle into D's Body that Physical Means should carry it out he being of an healthful Constitution before these Fits begun with him Corporeal things have no direct Physical Influence on Infernal Spirits as Mr. observes Even in case of immediate Dispossessions by our Blessed Saviour they imputed them unto wrong Causes Let not us run into the same Error If the Malady was complicated viz in part Supernatural and in part Natural that being causal of this and this being conseqential of that Then both sorts of Means must be acknowledged in their several places Yet must Spiritual Means have the Precedency as having most of God in them tho Physical Means are not to be neglected or despised So in those Cases Job 33.14 to 31. Jam. 5.14 15 16. It 's evident that the young Man was something disordered in his Body by his strange Fits It 's a wonder that his Body was no more distempered He needed Physical Medicines to open and ease his Body being advised thereto he made use of Mr. Chew whom he had formerly without success applied himself unto His Medicines were now used and blessed to the said purposes We dare not slight the Bodily Mercy nor the Physical Means but would own each in their place giving all the Glory to God whoever were the Instruments whatever were the Means What a disturbance and distraction would it have been to all about him if he had not been delivered After all this we are too tim'rous acknowledging this signal answer of Prayers and too backward in solemn Thanksgiving for such a deliverance Insomuch as it is also a Reformation of the young Man in several things O that we could say in every thing Yet is he now more devout in his way and of the more sober sort among his Neighbours as they themselves confess As to some others alas They will not believe tho they see so many Signs and Wonders in this Age of Wonders It 's well if it happen not to them that as Despisers they wonder and perish the Lord working a work in their Day a work which they shall in no wise believe tho a Man declare it unto them If they be a little affected yet they sit down in more security either in their Sensuality or Formality Tho others regard not the Works of the Lord nor consider the Operations of his Hands Yet the Wise shall understand his works and walk in his ways Not being scandalized at others ridiculing this seeing Men dare to deal so now a-days with the great Truths and Things of God We must conclude not only with the sincere Acknowledgment of our own Weaknesses and Failings for which we beg Pardon but also with this solemn Recognition of the Lord's Assistance upon this occasion Yea also this his answering of Prayers in the perfect Recovery of this D. as to his outward Man and in part at least as to the Reformation of his Conversation which Publick Testimony of our thankfulness to God for this signal Publick Mercy and the Praise to his Name alone for it we hope he will graciously accept in Christ notwithstanding our slack and slender Returns to him That the Lord will further appear in pleading this Cause so far as it is his own to the vindicateing and glorifying of his Name however Yea that he will further bless his Word and Works to the special spiritual advantage of many is the earnest desire as well as design of Thomas Jolly The Testimony and Information upon Oath of several Persons who voluntarily offered themselves concerning Richard Dugdale of Whalley in the County of Lancaster Gardener taken before Hugh Lord Wiloughby and Ralph Egerton Esq Two of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County of Lancaster at Holcomb in the said County the Nine and Twentieth day of July 1695. THomas Dugdale Father of the said Richard Dugdale maketh Oath that he consulted one Crabtree in behalf of his said Son then under a strange Distemper and had his Answer that if there was Money enough he could effect the Cure whereupon this Deponent seeing his Sons Body much weakned with the said Crabtree's Physick and his Fits more violent did apply himself to Mr. Jolly a Neighbouring Minister and others of his Brethren in the Ministry And this Deponent saith he hath seen his Son vomit up Stones several times and other things Once he declared he must either vomit Gold Silver or Brass Rings and an Hair Button and accordingly he did so At other times he vomited great Stones also blew Stones like Flints One time he vomited a Stone as was an Inch and an half long and an Inch and an half broad having Blood upon the edges which this Deponent and others standing by him apprehended it was very painful to him And further this Deponent maketh Oath that one day a little before Night walking by his said Son then in a Fit it growing dark a Candle being brought in the Deponent looking upon him there was a great Stone laid upon his Belly weighing about Twelve or Thirteen Pounds this Deponent not knowing how it came there nor was there any such like Stones about the House Besides Stones have been thrown at the Barn side falling very thick upon the Door yet this Deponent could never discover the hand which threw them nor any Person imploy'd therein altho this Deponent's Wife was hit with one of them but without any Rurt At other times the said Richard Dugdale would cast Goose-dung at this Deponent and others standing by which he seem'd to fetch out of the Barn side altho neither this Deponent nor those that were with him could find any there nor discover any one that brought it nor were there any Geese kept at the House nor other Geese came near it And Lastly This Deponent saith that his said Son would run upon his Hands and his Feet together as fast as most Men could run upon their Feet alone and his Body would sometimes be so heavy that two or three strong Men could hardly lift it up at other times as light as a Bag of Feathers John Walmsly of Harwood in the said County of Lancaster Sadler Deposeth That he hath seen the said Richard Dugdale in a Fit held in a Chair by six Men. And whilst his Feet were off the ground he hath leaped up in the Chair for two or three Hours together as fast as a Man can ordinarily count any thing and hath so sweated through his Cloaths that it hath stood like a Dew upon them Moreover this Deponent hath taken the said Richard Dugdale by his Shoe betwixt this Deponents formost Finger and his
Doctor for help who prescribed several things which were observed without effect whereupon the Doctor was desired to take Richard Dugdale to his own House but refused acknowledging he had done what he could yet promised to ride his Horse a Hundred Miles if he thereby could help him After this Richard Dugdale's Fits were more violent soon after we consulted Dr. Crabtrâ—e who undertook to cure Richard Dugdale Thomas Dugdale went along with his Son Richard Dugdale to Dr. Crabtree where they staid about a Fortnight and upon Richard Dugdale's Fits abating they came home within a few days after his return his Fits were more violent than ever After a Fort-night stay at home Thomas Dugdale and Richard Dugdale went to Dr. Crabtree the second time where they staid not so long as before The Reasons were two First Richard Dugdale was tired with the Methods Dr. Crabtree took the Doctor confest that he gave the Patient Physick at once enough for six Men which weakened Richard Dugdale so much that he had Strength little enough to carry him cross the House yet in his Fits 7 strong Men could not hold him The second Reason was the great Charges we were at for it cost us more than three Pound ten Shillings in little time more than three Weeks which was insupportable considering our Indigency and no incouraging sings of help but the Doctors words to his Neighbours were at first that if the Father would bring Money enough he would cure Richard Dugdale yet said another time if the Spirit in Richard Dugdale was a Water-Spirit there was no cure for it Some time after we consulted Mr. Jolly who with others in the Ministry upon our Request were much concerned for Richard Dugdale praying for him near twelve Months in which time he had many strange Fits sometimes vomited Stones a Curtain-Ring a large Hair-Button in Fits would be lighter than so many Feathers In the beginning of several Fits would gape and catch with his Mouth as a Dog at Flies ten or eleven times together in the end open'd his Mouth so oft when we thought Spirits might come into him and in the end leave him In many of his last Fits he told People he might be killed or cured before the 25th of March which prov'd true for on the 24th coming from his work on Hinfield-side his last Fit seiz'd him when he came home he was in the Fit his Face black as a Coal Upon this he fell down lay a while then recover'd out of his last Fit After this Richard Dugdale had no Fit tho once when he had got too much Drink he was after another manner than drunken Persons usually are Thomas Dugdale Ann Dugdale Mary Dugdale Alice Dugdale Altham August the 4th 1695. Nathaniel Waddington further testifieth First That he had seen Richard Dugdale gallop round the Barn several times together and heard him whinying very like a Horse and make a noise as if an Horse had been eating Provender Secondly That he told things in his Fit that neither he nor any could by lawful art As one time he the said Nathaniel Waddington and his Neighbour Joseph Hargreaves going to Surey to see Richard Dugdale they called at the House of a Neighbour of theirs to desire the Master to go with them but a Relations averseness prevented him Richard Dugdale was in a Fit at the same time and spoke it before a great number of People that Nathaniel Waddington and Joseph Hargreaves were coming that they called on such a one whom he named and told further how that good Man's Wife hinder'd him The latter part viz. the discovery they met with from several which were with Richard Dugdale in the Bart being sure that things were so circumstanced that Richard Dugdale could have no intelligence And further Richard Dugdale's Relation was so particular that it could not be an uncertain guess Further That a certain Person going to see Richard Dugdale took some Bisket and a piece or pieces of Gold on purpose as the Person said to try whether Richard Dugdale could discover it Soon after the Party came to the Surey the Relator saw the Person standing upon a Seat to take a fuller view of Richard Dugdale in his Fit Richard Dagdale immediately treated her so very rudely discover'd the Bisket and said I will play at Cards with thee for those Guineas in thy Pocket c. These words the Relator heard Richard Dugdale speak in his Fit further that John Fielding Joyner related in the hearing of the said Nathaniel Waddington and others that he the said John Fielding was working at his Calling above thirty Miles distant from the Surey and that Richard Dugdale in one of his Fits said John Fielding is this day at such a place working and further named the piece of work which he had in hand at that time The said John Fielding coming over to see his Relations several Persons who had heard Richard Dugdale speak those words and relate such strange Circumstances came to the said John Fielding to know whether it were true this he acknowledged being much surprizd at their Relation Thirdly That he asked this Richard Dugdale when he came out of his Fits whether he could give account of any thing that past in the Fit this Richard Dugdale denied only once related a strange Passage that in his Fit he thought he had distinct sight of a Person and told the posture he thought he saw him in and the place where many Miles from the place where Richard Dugdale had his Fit Which things concerning that Person were found ture upon enquiry Nathaniel Waddington further testifies That Richard Dugdale in his Fits would sometimes pretend that a good Spirit was in him and that Richard Dugdale then would in a long discourse speak against several Sins viz. Drinking Gaming c. bringing several pat Scriptures naming Book Chapter Verse either whole or part so much as was pertinent Mr. John Grimshaw examin'd the places and found them true and that Richard Dugdale in his Discourse would use many pretty Similitudes Joseph Hargreves Neighbour to Nathaniel Waddington testifies That coming to the Surey and finding the Boy laid on the Barn Boor he the said Joseph Hargreaves lifted Richard Dugdale from the Ground more than once and thinks speaking to the sall that Richard Dugdale did not weigh aboves Stone and a half Further that six strong Men could not hold him in a Fit but that he hath drawn them all a great way and been forced from amongst them hanging upon him at a Table a Yard high that he saw the Lump upon his Legabout the bigness of a Turkey Egg rise towards his Body and that he and others have endeavoured to stop it by girding a Boot-Garter above it under the Knee and by grasping that part with their hands yet could not prevent its rising into the Chest of his Body that this to his thinking crep up his Leg like a Rat sometimes in motion at times would be at a
in his Fits we saw Tho' he saith and others testisy he could not dance at all besore nor then out of his Fits The Youth out of his Fit would not confess any thing of a Contract with the Devil that he knew of But it 's too probable that there was a Consederacy At least wt did thensuspect such a thing because the Devil was so ready to gratify him not only in such artisicial dancing but to tell many things which could not be known without such hellish help yeathose discoveries being frequently upon whispering with something in a certain Corner That it is the Devil which speaks in him seems very plain speaking strange Langugges which the Youth never learned and with another Voice than his own Yea with two Voices at once and sometimes speaking when the Organs of Speech were nor made use of Also his saying that he was God and requiring to be worshipped yea using many such VVords and Gestures as are most dreadful tho' the Youth can tell nothing of them when the Fit is over Yet at some other times in his Fits he deelaimed much against the Sins of the Place and Time Upon the 11th of October we again met at the Surey in the same manner and upon the same account the People still flocked to the meeting very much and many were much convinced and wrought upon all along the Lord working by Providence and Ordinance together Being desired I stayed to see his Fitover tho' that was till about of the Clock in the Evening some of the time was spent in discoursing expounding singing and praying the Youth was very attentive all the while and at the close of the Exercises his Fit began and lasted about an hour in which Fit the Spirit said that the young Man was his own declining any discourse with me and insulting at Mr. Carrington's not appearing that Evening as he had done the Night before For then Mr. Carrington had baited the Evil Spirit sufficiently His Language in his Fit seemed to me to be but a sort of Gibberish at that time or he spake his words so thick that I could make nothing of them there was a great multitude of People even in the Night and they were very rude so that some harm was done to the place and to some Persons We met again at the Surey on the 18th Instant the Crowd of People was very great tho' the Season was very wet it was some Distraction among our selves that one of the Ministers whilst he was praying turned his Speech to Satan as we thought which some took to be an unwarâ—antable Apostrophe Tho' the dissatisfaction was privately managed yet the Deviltook notice of it and did reslect upon some for it Upon the 22d Instant we met again at Altham upon this occasion a great Consluence of People was there also tho' we divulg'd not the opportunity but changed the place on purpose to conceal it the more He had a Fit in time of the Exercise in which Fit two Voices spake in him at the same time and in a strange manner the Devil threamed what he would do this very day and said how narrowly the Youth escaped being hoisted quite away in the Air as he came to the Meeting Some would say that it 's a bodily Distemper or a Cheat Also that there was an Agreement of Themas Dugdale the Father with a Popish Priest but Thomas disown'd it and the Event disprov'd it Tho' some will not believe yet it 's an evident Testimony angainst the Vanity and prosanity of the Times whereof this Family had been very guilty Also against the Saducism and Atheism of many yea some testify their Envy against God's Servants and their Enmity against his ways as others are much convinced and their prejudice quite removed upon this occasion VVe could do no less than with the good Samaritan take compassion when the Priest and Levite passed by However Upon the 31st Instant we met again at Surey upon this occasion the Evil Spirit had so tormented him the Night before that his Limbs were taken from him as to the use of them and he continued in great Anguish So that before we begun the Exercise he broke out into a Fit of Impatience resolving that this should be the last Prayer-day and that he would take another course for his help had his Patents been in the same mind we had then desisted But the Father with Tears entreared us to go on the Youth was some what eased and very quiet all the time of the Exercise In the close he thanked us and wished us to go on in the same course So that it seems altogether improbable by this and several other Passager that their was any ill Design or Cheat in the Party or in his Parents who ' some have been apt to cnarge them to that purpose Charity would rather offend on the other Hand especially when the charge is so criminal Upon the 7th of November we met again at Surey upon the same account then we sound young Dugdale in a much better Frame and carrying it better then formerly the young Man all along seem'd to us be naturally of a plain Spirit nei her having the Art not being apt to dissemble the worse nor the better Here a Christian Candour appeared to us Again at Surey upon the 14th Instant since our last meeting a great Stone about 14 Pounds weight as I suppose was laid upon him in one of his Fits yet without harm to him Neither the Family nor the Spectators knew whence it came nor how it came there none such Stone being thereabout The day after he was extreamly hurried in his Fits ridden about and chafed on his Head as it were the Form of an Horse hard ridden and of a very rank smell Yet the Spirit confessed in his Fâ—t there was good news for Dick as he call'd the Youth but ill news for it self viz. The Spirit meaning some respite the Demaniack should have for some considerale time The Youth fasted for 3 or 4 days together being always full when he should come to his Meals this seems unaccountable to us in anatural ordinary way Upon the 21st Instant we met again at Surey upon the same account Our number of Ministers and of others was but slender the Lord 's assisting of us without any abatement of our other Exercises about home and abroad appear'd both as to our Spirits and Bolies For some of us did find that we could well fast 24 Hours not withstanding extraordinaly pâ—ins besides upon this occasion The Youth being lighter by more than the half and as heavy again as at other times yea this in the same dead Fit is alhing altogether unaccountable when the Sadducees of the Times have studied and said their u m st Upon the 28th Instant we met at my House this being one main occasion of the Day the Youth was quiet and attentive all the while yea very devout both now and at other times