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B20918	A true narrative of the sufferings and relief of a young girle; strangely molested, by evil spirits and their instruments, in the west collected from authentick testimonies there-anent. With a preface and post-script containing reflections on what is most material or curious; either in the history, or trial of the seven witches who were condemn'd to be execute in that countrey.	Cullen, Francis Grant, Lord, 1658-1726.; MacGilchrist, John.	1698 (1698)	Wing C7475B; ESTC R213564	83,138	72

good Sense and pr●ing Witts such as the Noble Earl of Marshal the Laird of Orbiston the Laird of Kilmarnock the Laird of Meldrum the Laird of Bishopton Elder and Younger Gavin Cochran of Craigmure William Denneston of Colgrain Dr. Mathew Brisbon c. And many Ministers who kept days of Humiliation and Prayer weekly in the Family and sometimes in the Parish Church with the Congregation Viz. Mr. James Hutchison Minister of the Gospel at K●●ellan Mr. Patrick Simson at Renfrew Mr James ●tirling at Kilbarchan Mr. Thomas Blackwal at Paisly Mr. James Brisban at Kilmacolm● Mr. Rebort Tayler at Houston and of Neighbouring Presbytries Mr Neill Gillies Mr. James Brown Mr. John Gray Ministers of the Gospel at Glasgow while the Damsel was there Mr. John Ritchie Minister at Old Kilpatrick Mr. Alexander King at Bonnil Mr. Archibald Wa●lace at Cardress Mr. John Anderson at Dryramen Mr. Andrew Turner Minister of the Place who was frequently there besides Mr. Menzies of Camme 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 it's flowing from the Operation of the Devil and his Instruments The Truth whereof is further Adminiculat by the Progress and Issue of the Tryal at which were present at several Occasions not only Sir John Hamiltoun of Halcraig one of the Senators of the Colledge of justice Sir John Shavv of Greenock Commissar Smollet of Bonnill Mr James Stevvart Advocat who were concerned in the Commission with these others before mentioned But also a great confluence of several Nobility and Gentry out of the Countrey such as the Earl of Glencairn the Lord Killmares the Lord Semple c. And now we are sure that after all the pregnant evidences of the truth of this Relation as to matter of Fact they must be persons very hard of belief that can allow themselves to deny credite thereunto And must needs conclude that there is nothing credible in the World that ever hath been delivered to Mankind or posterity and that they resolve to believe nothing though never so fully attested which they do not see with their own Eyes and perhaps there are some hardned in their prejudicat conceits that will not believe even these so far as they may have influence to convince them of their Errors but wisdom is and will be justified of all her Children And among all Ingenuous and sober Persons We are hopefull this Narrative which plainly relates things as they fell out without any kind of disguise will obtain such entertainment as it is truely design'd for Viz. That we be hereby more and more confirmed in the Faith of the beeing of God and invisible Spirits and admire adore the wonderful works of God in the Depths of his Judgment that there is really a Hellish Hierarchy Combination of Infernal Spirits enemies to God working all the mischief they can to Men whereby also there is an evident Testimony giv'n to the Truth of what is related in the Scriptures concerning the same withall to lament that thorow the just displeasure of our Holy Righteous GOD those Devils get leave to break forth with so much Rage and Fury and gets so many among profest Christians into a hellish confederacy with themselves to be the instruments of their Malice and the actors of so many Tragedies in the Christian World To stir us up also to bless and magnifie our GOD that those Devils and their Instruments are chain'd and limited that they cannot work all the evil they would and as long as they will and therefore to join in Thanksgiving to GOD for His deliverance of that afflicted Family and Damsel Finally as we are to submit to such Afflictions as the LORD may think fit to measure out unto us by whatsoever instruments as in the case of Job so we are called to Watch and Pray that we enter not into Temptation while we have such Adversarys going about still seeking to devour us to rejoyce that we have a strong protector the blessed Captain of our Salvation the LORD JESUS CHRIST who hath obtained the Victory over all the Devils in Hell and hath promised all his Saints a share in His Victory which they begin to have even in time 1 Epistle Job 4.4 And he hath given us hope through Grace of a speedy and certain accomplishment thereof Rom. 16.20 And therefore when we see all these things come to pass Luk 21.28 Let us lift up our heads because our Redemption draweth nigh FINIS An Abreviat of the Precognition and Report made by the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty's Privy Council for Enquiry And of the Confessions of Elizabeth Anderson James and Thomas Lindsays transmitted by these Commissioners to the Council before granting of the Commission for the Trial. To which is subjoined the summ of the Confessions of Margaret and Jannet Rodgers who did confess during the Trial of the rest beyond Expectation Together also with an account of the Confession and Death of John Reid who made a Discovery conform to the former Witnesses after the Trial was over And finally 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 choose the Lord Blantyre Praeses and took the Confession of Elizabeth Anderson aged about 17 Years as follows That about seven Years ago she stayed with Jean Fultoun her Grand-mother and playing about the Door she saw a black grim Man go in to 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 and which she did but finding it very cold became affraid and immediatly he evanished About a Month thereafter 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 by rounding 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 the Grand-mother threatened that she would get none of the Cloaths promised to her unless she should obey Yet Elizabeth withstood saying The Lord be between me him whereupon he went away in a flight but she knew not how Elizabath was not trouble for a long time thereafter till her Father desiring her to go with him a Begging through the Countrey and she saying that she needed not seek her Meat seeing she might have Work her Father pressed her to go alongst and took her to a Moor in Kilmacome where were gathered together at that and other subsequent Meetings Katharine Campbel Margaret Fulton her Grand Aunt Margaret Lang John Reid Smith Margaret and Janet Rodgers the three Lindsays beside the two Confessant ones c. and severals whom she did not know and the foresaid Gentleman with

And that she had been at several meetings with the Devil and Witches and amongst others she did delate her own Father and the fore-mentioned High-land Fellow to have been active Instruments of the Girle 's Trouble and gave before she was confronted with him exact marks of this Highland body and tho she declar'd she knew not his Name yet when confronted with him did accuse him and affirm he was the person she spoke of February 5th A Quorum of the commissioners being met at Bargarran and the persons then delated by Elizabeth Anderson to have been at Meetings with the Devil and active instruments of the Damsels Trouble Viz Alexander Anderson her Father Agnes Nasmith Margaret Fultoun James Lindsay alias Curat John Lindsay alias Bishop Katharine Camphel were all of them excepting John Lindsay alias Bishop who was not then apprehended confronted with Christian Shaw before the Lord Blantyr● and the rest of the Commissioners at Bargarran and several other Gentlemen of Note and Ministers then present and accused by her as her Tormentors And they having all severally touched her i● presence of the Commissioners she was at each of their touches seiz'd with grievous Fits and cast into intolerable Anguishes others then present also touching her the same way but no such Effect followed And it is remarkable when Katharine Camphel touched the Girle she was immediatly upon her touch seiz'd with more grievous Fits and cast into more intolerable Torments then what followed upon the touch of the other accused persons whereat Camphel herself being Damped and Confounded tho she had formerly declined to Blessher uttered these words The Lord God of Heaven Earth Blesithee save that both Soul Body after which the Damsel when the Fits were over in which she had lyen a most pitiful Spectacle did declare she was now loos'd that the might freely touch any of the accus'd persons or they her after this without trouble which accordingly upon tryal fell so out and being enquired how she came to the knowledge of that answered as formerly in the like Case That some thing speaking distinctly as it were above her Head suggested this to her And likewise usually gave her the knowledge of the Names of her Tormentors and Places in which they liv'd February 6. The Girle being sez'd with sore Fits some thing was seen in her Mouth to the Judgdment of Spectators like pieces of Orange Pills invisibly convey'd into her Mouth which she seem'd in her Agonys to be Chewing and having got down her Throat as those present apprehended she did fall down Dead and stiff as if she had been Choak't struggling with her ●eet and Hands as if at the last Gasp her Throat swelling in a Prodigious manner to the affrightment of Spectators and when recovered but yet in the light Fit she 'd say O it was a very sweet Orange Fill which I got from the Gentlewoman and did constantly affirm the same declaring also that there had been others there present with the Gentlewoman particularly Margaret L. or pinch't Maggi whose Sirname she had neither Power nor Liberty to express neither durst she offer to do it lest she should be Tormented as was throatned and alwayes fell out when she Essay'd to do it either by speaking or writing which had appear'd the day before in presence of the Commissioners About this time Thomas Lindsay a young Boy not yet Twelve Years of Age was sez'd upon slagran Presumptions of Witchcraft he had said before several credible Persons the Devil was his Father and if he pleas'd he could fly in the likeness or a Crow upon the Mast of a Ship he sometimes caus'd a Flough stand the Horse break the Yoke upon the pronouncing of some words and turning himself about widder-shins that is a turning himself round from the right hand to the left contran to the Natural course of the Sun This he would do upon the desire of any Body who gave him a half-peny Upon these and ther like flagrant Presumptions he was apprehended who at first tho he continued most obstinat in denyal yet afterwards confess'd to the Minister in his own House before famous Witnesses compact with the Devil and that he had receiv'd the insensible mark from the Devil which is visible upon his Body As also that he had been at several meetings with the Devil and Witches where he said were present his Brother James with others and particularly those who had been delated by Anderson This he confest with some other wickedness of this kind before he was committed to Custody in Bargarran house After this Bargarran made diligent fearch for James Lindsay elder Brother to Thomas having been all along accused by the afflicted Damsel as one of her Troublers whom she call'd the Glei'd or squint Ey'd Elff as he was indeed for that was the Name the Crue about her gave him who when he was brought upon the place tho' he did at first most obstinatly deny his Guilt yet at length thorow the Endeavours of Mr. Patrick Simpson a Neighbour Minister ingenuously confessed the Guilt he was charged with and in his Confession did agree in every material Circumstance with the other two tho he knew not what they had confest he having not seen them before his Confession not had he any occasion of Information in conference with others there-anent being immediatly brought to the place from the Tolbooth of Glasgow where he had been some Weeks before that time in Prison as a vagabond Begger upon a design to have sent him to Forreign Flantations A more particular Account of what they freely Confess'd and Acknowledg'd before the Commissioners for Enquiry we have for the satisfaction of the Reader subjoin'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 whole Affair February 11. There was by the Presbitry's appointment a publick Fast kept upon the Damsels account in the Church of Eriki●e in which Mr. Turner Minister of the place begun the Work with Prayer expounding Rev. 12. from Ver. 7. to Ver. 13. Mr. James Hutchison Minister at Killellan took the next turn of Prayer and did preach upon 1 Pet. 5.8 and Mr. Simpson concluded the Work preaching upon Mat. 17.20 21. where the Girl was present all day but before she came to Church that Morning she 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 old Man Mr. James 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 after the Fotenoon's Work she said the Devil was a Liar for no such thing fell out as he had threatned She was all day very quiet in Church altho being in some of