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126 campion's historie and Witch-craft objected to her, and to Petronilla, and Basill her complices. They charged her mightily to have carnall conference with a spirit called Robin Artison, to whom shee sacrificed in the high way nine redde Cockes, and nine Peacockes eyes, shee swept the streetes of Kilkenny hetweene compleere and twilight, raking all the filth towards the doores of her sonne William Outlaive, murmuring these wordes, To the house of 1 /r Villiam my sonne, hye all the tvealth of Kilkenny towne. At the first conviction they abjured and accepted pennance, but were very shortly found in relapse, and then Petronilla was burned at Kilkenny, the other twayne could not be had : shee at the houre of her death, accused the said William as privy to their sorceyres, whom the Bishop helde in durance nine weekes, forbidding his keepers to eate or drink with him, or to speake with him more then once in the day, by procurement of Arnold le Power, then Senischall of Kilkenny hee was delivered, & corrupted the Senis- chall to vexe the Bishop, which he did, thrusting him into prison for three moneths. In ryfling the closet of Alice, they found a wafer of Sacramentall bread, hav- ing the devils name stamped thereon, instead of Iesus, and a pype of oyntment, wherewith shee greased a staffe, whereon shee ambled through thicke and thinne, when and how shee listed. This businesse troubled all the Cleargy of Ireland, the rather for that the Lady was supported by Noblemen : and lastly, conveyed into England, since which time no man wotteth what be- came of her.