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A35351	Sadducimus debellatus: or, a true narrative of the sorceries and witchcrafts exercis'd by the devil and his instruments upon Mrs. Christian Shaw, daughter of Mr. John Shaw, of Bargarran in the County of Renfrew in the West of Scotland, from Aug. 1696 to Apr. 1697. Containing the journal of her sufferings, as it was exhibited and prov'd by the voluntary confession of some of the witches, and other unexceptionable evidence, before the Commissioners appointed by the Privy Council of Scotland to enquire into the same. Collected from the records. Together with reflexions upon witchcraft in general, and the learned arguments of the lawyers, on both sides, at the trial of seven of those witches who were condemned: and some passages which happened at their execution.	Cullen, Francis Grant, Lord, 1658-1726.	1698 (1698)	Wing C7475A; ESTC R215462	80,964	71

the Morning She continued thus the rest of the day and it was observed that some Charm and Inchantments were put in her Mouth as formerly of which being very sensible She fell down on a sudden to the Ground putting her hand to some Spittle which came out of her Mouth and lifted up some Trash which She again cast down to the Ground so as it made a Noise yet nothing could be seen in her Spittle nor elsewhere by Spectators tho in her Mouth they could distinctly observe something like Orange Pils Whites of Eggs and peeces of Chesnuts Munday Being March 21. the before mentioned L. M. or I. G. came to Bargarrans house and being confronted with the Damsel questioned her if ever she had seen her in any of her Fits alledging that she withal could be none of her Tormentors because she was not now seiz'd with a Fit tho looking upon her as she us'd to be when she look'd upon any of her other Tormentors upon which the Damsel being for sometime silent I. M. or I. G. did again propose the same question to which the Damsel distinctly reply'd Yes upon which L. M. reply'd perhaps you have seen the the Devil in my Shape As to this Conference there are several things exceeding remarkable as first that the Damsel upon her Answering Yes was immediatly seiz'd with a Fit 2dly That tho after Katharine Campbel had touch'd the Damsel in presence of the Commissioners upon the 5th of February last She had ever since that time freedom to touch any of her Tormentors without being seiz'd with her Fits as has been hinted yet true it is that in the room of that Charm a new one took place viz. When any time She looked upon her Tormentors in the Face at the very first look She was seiz'd with her Fits which Charm She declar'd was laid on her by the said L. M. or I. G. And taken off again by her that very Morning before She came to visit the Damsel and this She said was suggested to her by some invisible beeing speaking distinctly over her head and that therefore the Damsel now had freedom to look L. M. in the Face without being seiz'd with Fits which for a considerable time before She could not do when confronted with any of her Tormentors 3ly It is yet more observable that the same Morning before ever L. M. came to visit her it was told by the Damsel to several Persons in the Family that L. M. had taken off that Charm of her being seiz'd with Fits when looking any of her Tormentors in the Face but withal that She had laid on another it is room to wit that as soon as the Damsel should by words confer with any of her Tormentors so soon should She be seiz'd with a Fit which accordingly w●… verified when She spoke to L. M. or I. G. On Tuesday March 23d The Damsel being asleep in the Bed with her Mother about three a clock in the Morning was on a sudden awakned having for sometime Struggled in her Sleep in great fear and consternation and being seiz'd with her Blind and Deaf Fits took fast hold of her Mother declaring to her Father and her that the Devil was standing near the Bed assaulting her upon which She try'd out suddenly God Almighty keep me from thy meetings I 'll die rather then go to them I 'll never thorow the Grace of God Renounce my Baptism for I 'll certainly go to Hell if I do it Thou sayest I 'll go to Hell however because I am a great Sinner but I believe what the word of God sayeth tho I have many Sins yet the Blood of Christ cleanseth from all Sin and I will not add that great wickedness to my other Sins which thou art tempting me too It s no wonder thou lie to me seeing thou wast bold to lie i●… Gods Face I know thou art a Liar from the beginning and the red Coat thou promisest me I know thou canst not perform it And altho I should never Recover I 'm resolv'd never to renounce my Baptism It is God who hath kept me all this time from being a Witch and I trust he will yet by his Grace keep me not because of any thing in me but of his own great Mercy and that he who hath kept me hitherto from being devoured by thee I hope will yet keep me This Conference continued near the space of an hour her Father Mother and others being ●…ar Witnesses to the same And after recovery the Damsel declared that it was the Devil who in the ape of a naked Man in a Shirt having much hair upon his hands and his Face like Swines Bristles had appear'd to her tempting her as aforesaid Until Sabbath following She continued in the light Fit but withal every Morning and Evening was still seiz'd with her sore Fits and continued still to name M. M. who was at this time set at liberty the forementioned L. M. E. T. an Highland Woman and others as being her Tormentors It is fit to be observed here that M. M. being set at Liberty upon Bail the very day after She went home She again appear'd to the Damsel tormenting her in her fits and continued so to do several days particularly on the Saturday March 27 after She was set at liberty on which day the Damsel was heard name her in her fits and saying to her wilt thou say God help me poor mad or foolish child as thou saidst the other day before the Iudges art thou wishing the Devil to take me where is the Habit thou wast cloathed with the other day On ●…abbath Morning March 28. the Damsel throw God's great Mercy towards her was perfectly recovered from all her Fits and became as Well Sensible and Composed as ever If it be questioned how the Truth of all these strange Things is attested There is none of those Particulars but had the Witnesses Names inserted at the end of every particular Paragraph and were attested before the Commissioners for Enquiry at Renfrew by the Subscriptions of the respective Witnesses But seeing the placing of them so now would have occasioned the repetition of several persons Names and made the Narrative swell too much Therefore we judg'd it fittest to set down the Names of the Chief Witnesses altogether at the end of the Narrative and the rather because those things fell not out in a private Corner but Thousands in this Countery have been Eye and Ear Witnesses of 'em and been fully convinced of a Diabolical hand in the Affliction of the Damsel We shall only here make mention of a few Viz besides the Father Mother Grand-mother and nearest Relations of the Damsel and servants of the Family who were always present with her in her Fits such of the Commissioners for Inquiry and of Justiciary as had occasion to be on the place of the Events were as follow the Lord Bantyre Mr. Francis Montgomery of Giffen Sir Iohn Maxwell of Pollock Sir Iohn

seen them before his Confession nor had any occasion of Information in Conference with others being immediately brought thither from the Prison of Glasgow where he had been shut up some Weeks before as a Vagabond in order to be sent to Forreign Plantations A more particular Account of what all of them freely Confess'd and Acknowledg'd before the Commissioners for Enquiry we have for the satisfaction of the Reader subjoyn'd to the Narrative with an Abstract of the Report made by the Commissioners to the Lords of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy-Council concerning the who●…e Affair February 11. There was by the Presbitry's Appointment a Publick Fast kept on the Damsels account in the Church of Erskine in which Mr. Turner Minister of the Place begun with Prayer Expounding Rev. 12. from Vers. 7. to Vers. 13. Mr. Iames Hutchison Minister at Killellan took the next turn of Prayer and Preach'd on 1 Pet. 5. 8. and Mr. Simpson concluded the Work Preaching on Mat. 17. 20 21. The Girl was present all Day and before she came to Church that Morning told That while she was in one of her Fits the Night before she heard the Devil speaking of that Publick Fast and what Ministers were to be there and that the Old Man Mr. Iames Hutchison should stumble and his Peruick fall off as he went up to the Pulpit and all the People should Laugh at him and he should break his Neck in going home And when she came out of the Church she said The Devil was a Liar for no ●…uch thing fell out as he had threatned She was all Day very quiet in Church though troubled with some of her light Fits during which some Spectres appear'd as she told afterwards About Six at Night there were present in the Chamber with the Damsel Mr. Simpson with his Wife the Lady Northbarr and others discoursing and conferring about her Case and while they were thus conferring together she told them she would gladly make some things known if she durst for her Tormenters and afterwards attempting to do it was instantly seiz'd with a violent Fit in which she leapt strait up and appear'd as if she had been choak'd so that it was as much as one or two could do to hold her fast in their Armes And when the Fit was over Mr. Simpson going about Family Worship did Expound Psalm 110. and speaking of the limitted power of the Adversaries of our Lord JESUS CHIST from the latter part of Verse 1. she was on a sudden seiz'd with another grievous Fit and some Blood issued from her mouth which rais'd Grounds of Fear and Jealousy in the minds of the Spectators as to the occasion of it yet they could not get her mouth open'd her Teeth being close set And in the Interval of the Fit being ask'd If she found any thing in her mouth that had been the occasion of that Blood she reply'd She found nothing nor knew not the Cause of it but opening her mouth they found one of her Double-Teeth newly drawn yet tho' search was made for the same it could not be found After which the Minister proceeded upon the same Subject but was again interrupted by her renewed Fits yet closed the Exercise with Prayer after which she was taken to Bed without any farther Trouble that Night February 12. Margaret Laing and her Daughter Martha Semple being accused by the three that had Confessed and accused by the Girl to have been active Instruments in her Trouble came of their own accord to Bargarran's House and before they came up Stairs the Girl said she was now bound up and could not accuse Margaret Laing to her Face And accordingly the Girl 's Mother having desired some of those who were sitting by her to feel her Body they found her so stiff and inflexible that there was no moving of it and immediatly again found some parts of her Body contracted and drawn hard as if by Cords after this Margaret Laing and her Daughter having gone to the Chamber to the Girl did in presence of the Ministers and others desire the Damsel to come to her for she would do her no Harm and laying her Arms about her spake very fairly to her and question'd her if ever she had seen her or her Daughter amongst her Tormentors to which the Girl did positively reply she had frequently seen her Daughter but declined throw fear to accuse her self saying faintly No after which Margaret and her Daughter returning into the Hall and the Minister requiring at her why she said No seeing she had accus'd her before she answered you must take my meaning to be otherwise upon which she was seiz'd with a grievous Fit and after her recovery being urg'd again to tell her Mind freely whether or not Margaret Laing was one of her Tormentors the Child thereupon Essaying to say Yes and having half pronounced the Word was cast into unexpressible Anguish and again in the interval of the Fit she Essay'd to express the same thing and saying only the word Tint that is lost was on a sudden struck with another fit and when the fit was over and the Child returned to the Chamber Margaret Laing who was sitting near the Hall door spoke these words The Lord bless thee and ding that is beat or drive the Devil out of thee A little after which Margaret going down stairs the Damsel came to the Hall and said her Bonds were now loos'd and that she could accuse Margaret Laing to her Face and declar'd the occasion of her being so Restrain'd while Margaret was present was her letting fall a parcel of Hair at the Hall door as she came in being a Charm made by her for that end which also had been the occasion of her uttering the word Tint in the former fit And accordingly a parcel of Hair had been found at the Hall-door after Margaret Laing had gone straight from the Hall to the Chamber which immediatly was cast into the Fire and burnt And its remarkable that it could be attested that there was no Hair or any other thing else in that place before Margaret Laing came in and the Girl being enquired what way she knew Margaret Laing had laid the fore-mentioned Charm upon her replyed that something speaking distinctly to her as it were over her Head inform'd her so About Eight at Night she was severely handled in her Fits much after the former manner and while she was in her swooning Fits there was seen in her Mouth a Pin wherewith she seem'd almost Choak't but by Divine Providence it was got out tho with great difficulty After this she was somewhat composed and did not much complain of pain but was distinctly heard to entertain discourse with some invisible Creatures about her and the Reply's given by her and heard by those who took care of her gave them ground to conclude she was tempted to set her Hand to a Paper then presented to her with Promises that upon her yielding thereunto she

Houston of Houston Alexander Porterfield of Porterfield the Laird of Black-hall younger the Laird of Glandeertone the Laird of Craigens Porterfield of ●…ullwood Iohn Alexander of Black-house Mr. Semple Sheriff of Renfrew And several other Honourable persons of good Sense and Quality as the Earl of Marshal●… the Laird of Orbiston the Laird of Killmarnock the Laird of Meldrum the Lairds of Bishopton Elder and Younger Gavin Cochran of Craigmure William Denneston of Colgrain Dr. Mathew Brisben c. And several Ministers who kept days of Humiliation and Prayer weekly in the Family and sometimes in the Parish-Church with the Congregation viz. Mr. Iames Hutchison Minister of the Gospel at Killelan Mr. Patrick Simson of Renfrew Mr. Iames Stirling of Kilbarchan Mr. Thomas Blachwal of Paisly Mr. Iames Brisban of Kilmacolme Mr Robert Taylor of Houston and of Neighbouring Presbytries Mr. Neill Gillies Mr. Iames Brown Mr. Iohn Gray Ministers of Glasgow while the Damsel was there Mr. Iohn Ritchie Minister of Old Kilpatrick Mr. Alexander King of Bonui●… Mr. Archibald Wallace of Cardross Mr. Iohn A●…son of Drymmen Mr. Andrew Turner Minister of the Place who was frequently there besides Mr. Menzies of Cammo and Mr. Grant of Cullen Advocates who were Eye and Ear-witnesses to several important passages of the Damsels Affliction and the convincing Evidences of its flowing from the Operation of the Devil and his Instruments The Truth whereof is further demonstrated by the Progress and Issue of the Tryal at which were present at several Occasions not only Sir Iohn Hamiltoun of Halcraig one of the Senators of the Colledge of Justice Sir Iohn Shaw of Greenock Commissar Smollet of Bonnill Mr. Iames Stewart Advocat who were concerned in the Commission with the others before mentioned But also a great Confluence of several of the Nobility and Gentry out of the Countrey such as the Earl of Glencairn the Lord Killmares the Lord Semple c. The Report made by the Commissioners appointed by His Majest's Privy-Council for Enquiry And of the Confession of Elizabeth Anderson James Lindsay and Thomas Lindsay Transmitted by those Commissioners to the Council before granting of the Commission for a TRIAL To which is subjoyned the Sum of the Confessions of Margaret and Jannet Rogers who did Confess During the Tryal of the Rest beyond Expectation Together also with an Account of the Confession and Death of John Reid who made a Discovery Agreeable to that of the former Witnesses after the Trial was over And in the last place there are added some Passages which fell out at the Execution of the Seven WITCHES who were Condemned THE Commissioners for Enquiry having met at Bargarran in February 1697 did Chose the Lord Blantyre for Chairman and took the Confession of Elizabeth Anderson Aged about 17 Years as follows That about Seven years ago the stayed with Iean Fultoun her Grand-mother and Playing about the Door she saw a Black Grim Man go into her Grand-mothers House After which her Grand-mother came to the Door called her in and desired her to take the Gentleman as she Nam'd him by the hand which she did but finding it very Cold became Affraid and immediately he ●…anish'd About a Month after her Grand-mother and she being in the House together the said Gentleman whom she then suspected to be the Devil appeared to them and fell a Talking with her Grand-mother and whispering in one anothers Ears Upon which the Grand-mother desired her to take him by the hand being a Friend of hers but Elizabeth refusing her Grand-mother threatned that she should have none of the Cloaths promised her unless she would obey Yet Elizabeth withstood saying The Lord be between me and him whereupon he went away in a Flight but she knew not how Elizabeth was not troubled for a long time after till her Father desiring her to go with him a Begging through the Countrey and ●…e saying That she needed not seek her Meat seeing she might have Work her Father pressed her to go along with him and took her to a Heath in Kilmacome where were gathered together at that and other subsequent Meetings Katharine Campbel Margaret Fulton her Grand Aunt Margaret Lang Iohn Reid Smith Margaret and Ianet Rodgers the three Lindsays besides the two Confessing ones c. and several others whom she did not know and the foresaid Gentleman with them he came to her the said Elizabeth bidding her Renounce her Baptism promising that if she would consent thereunto she should have better Meat and Clothes and not need to Beg. But as she declared she would not consent Then he enquired what brought her thither she answered That she came with her Father Whereupon the Devil and her Father went and talked together apart but she knew not what She declares that in that Meeting was conserted the Tormenting of Mr. William Fleeming Minister of Innerkipp's Childe The said Elizabeth Confesses she was at another Meeting with that Crew above the Town of Kilpatrick with the foresaid Gentleman whom they called their Lord And that she went with her Father to the Ferrie-boat of Erskin where the Devil with the rest of the Band Overturn'd the Boat and Drowned the Laird of Bridghouse and the Ferriman of Erskine with several particular Circumstances concerning that affair as that some of the Crew would have saved the Ferriman but one of them viz. His Mother-in-Law gainstood it because he had expelled her out of his House a little while before the Meeting She acknowledges she was present with them at the destroying of William Montgomeries Child by strangling it with a Sea Handkerch that having entered the house they lighted a Candle which was somewhat Blewish and Agnes Naismith saying what if the People awake Margaret Fulton replyed ye need not fear She also declares that about five Weeks before the date her Father brought her on foot to Bargarran's Orchard into which they entred by a breach in the Wall and there were present the Persons before-named c. and the Devil who told them that no Body would seem them at which they Laugh'd At this Meeting they with their Lord contriv'd the Destruction of Christian Shaw Some being for stobbing her with a a Rappier others for Hanging her with a Cord a third sort for Choaking her and some intended to have her out of the House to Destroy her but fearing they might be taken before the next Meeting their Lord as they call'd him gave them a piece of an Unchristened Child's Liver to eat but the Deponent and the other two Confessers avoided the Eating of it telling them That though they were Apprehended they should never Confess which would prevent an effectual Discovery And further several of them being affraid that the Deponent would Confess and Discover them as she had formerly done her Grand-mother they threatned to Tear her in Pieces if she did so and particularly Margaret Laing Threatned her most After two hours or thereabouts they disappeared and flew away except the Deponent