Being demanded by the Court, what answere shee could giue to the particular points of the Euidence against her, for the death of these seuerall persons; Impudently shee denied them, crying out against her children, and the rest of the Witnesses against her.

But because I haue charged her to be the principall Agent, to procure a solemne meeting at Malking-Tower of the Grand-witches, to consult of some speedy course for the deliuerance of her mother, Old Demdike, her daughter, and other Witches at Lancaster:  the speedie Execution of Master Couell, who little suspected or deserued any such practise or villany against him:  The blowing up of the Castle, with diuers other wicked and diuellish practises and murthers; I shall make it apparant vnto you, by the particular Examinations and Euidence of her owne children, such as were present at the time of their Consultation, together with her owne Examination and Confession, amongst the Records of the Crowne at Lancaster, as hereafter followeth.

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The voluntary Confession and Examination of ELIZABETH DEVICE, taken at the house of IAMES WILSEY, of the Forrest of Pendle, in the Countie of Lancaster, the seuen and twentieth day of Aprill, Annoq:  Reg.  Regis IACOBI Angliae, &c.  Decimo, & Scotiae Quadragesimo quinto.

Before

ROGER NOWEL and NICHOLAS BANISTER, Esquires, two of his Maiesties Iustices of the Peace within the same Countie. viz.

The said Elizabeth Deuice being further Examined, confesseth that vpon Good-Friday last, there dined at this Examinates house, called Malking-Tower, those which she hath said are Witches, and doth verily think them to be Witches:  and their names are those whom Iames Deuice hath formerly spoken of to be there.  And she further saith, that there was also at her said mothers house, at the day and time aforesaid, two women of Burneley Parish, whose names the wife of Richard Nutter doth know.  And there was likewise there one Anne Crouckshey[G3_a_] of Marsden:  And shee also confesseth, in all things touching the Christening of the Spirit, and the killing of Master Lister of Westbie, as the said Iames Deuice hath before confessed; but denieth of any talke was amongst them the said Witches, to her now remembrance, at the said meeting together, touching the killing of the Gaoler, or the blowing vp of Lancaster Castle.

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The Examination and Euidence of IENNET
DEVICE, Daughter of the said ELIZABETH
DEVICE, late Wife of IOHN DEVICE, of the
Forrest of Pendle, in the Countie of Lancaster.

Against

ELIZABETH DEVICE, her Mother, Prisoner at the
Barre, vpon her Arraignement and Triall, viz.