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The Examination

of her blod. And thys ſhe gaue him at all times when he dyd anythynge for her, by pricking her hand or face and puttinge the bloud to hys mouth whyche he ſucked, and forthwith wold lye downe in hys pot againe, wherin ſhe kepte him, the ſpots of all the which priks are yet to be ſene in her ſkin.

Alſo ſhe ſaythe that another tyme being offended with one Father Kerſye ſhe toke her catte Sathan in her lap and put hym in the wood before her dore, and willed him to kyll three of this father Kerſyes hogges, whiche he dyd, and retourning agayne told her ſo, and ſhe rewarded hym as before, wyth a chicken and a droppe of her bloud, which chicken he eate vp cleane as he didde al the reſt, and ſhe cold fynde remaining neyther bones nor fethers.

Alſo ſhe confeſſed that fallyng out with one widdow Gooday ſhe wylled