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TRIAL OF GEILLIS JOHNSTONE, 1614
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dwelling hous and seiking of responses at him, and how ane terrible fire
was raisit be the devill within the hous to the terror of hir self and haill
househald, thairby signifeing to hir quhat sould be hir end, etc.: that
article is nawayis relevant nocht condiscending thairin quid dixit [7r.] vel
quibus mediis he was raisit, quhilk factis and horriblenes thairof is only
forget1 and maliciouslie inventit be the persewaris aganis the panned, and
sho altogidder denies the samyn to be of veritie.
Answeris, the allegeance aucht to be repellit inrespect of the dittay quhilk
is sufficientlie knawn to the assyse.
Remittis the article to the assyse to be tryit be thame.
21. It is allegit be the panned and hir prelocutoris against the xxi article of
dittay, anent the consultatioun with Anny Sampsone,2 ane notorious
witche for the time, for cureing be sorcerie and witchcraft of Mathow
Johnestoun of ane diseas in maner specifeit in the said article etc.: that
article is nawayis relevant unles it war speciadie condiscendit upone
thairuntid that the panned consultit with the said Anny Sampsoun sciens
et prudens hir to be ane witche.
Answeris the persewaris, the allegiance aucht to be repedit in respect of
the dittay beirand consultation with Anny Sampsoun, quha was then ane
notorious witche and practiyet witchcraft in maner contenit in the said
article.
Findis that part of the said article relevant anent the consultation and
remittis the samyn to the assyse.
22. It is adegit be the panned aganis the xxii article of dittay, anent the
cureing and charming be witchcraft of Johnne Duncane, hir husband, and
consulting with the said Anny Sampson thairanent, etc.: that article is
nawayis relevant nocht condiscendand quhat forme of inchantment or
charmeing the panned uset to hir husband, et quibus mediis the samyn
was uset and wrocht, and that the said Geidis Johnestoun sciens et
prudens that the said Anny Sampsoun was ane witche, consultit with hir
and cravet hir help and cure as ane witche. And forder, albeit the said
Anny Sampsoun had declaret or confessit ony sic thing,3 hir declaration
sould nocht be respectit incaice it war producit, as it is nocht, scho being
1 Forged.
2 Annie (or Agnes) Sampson was tried for witchcraft on 27 Jan. 1591. Pitcairn, Trials, i,
230-41.
3 Healing John Duncan was item number eighteen in Sampson’s dittay. Pitcairn,TV/a/s', i,
232.
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dwelling hous and seiking of responses at him, and how ane terrible fire
was raisit be the devill within the hous to the terror of hir self and haill
househald, thairby signifeing to hir quhat sould be hir end, etc.: that
article is nawayis relevant nocht condiscending thairin quid dixit [7r.] vel
quibus mediis he was raisit, quhilk factis and horriblenes thairof is only
forget1 and maliciouslie inventit be the persewaris aganis the panned, and
sho altogidder denies the samyn to be of veritie.
Answeris, the allegeance aucht to be repellit inrespect of the dittay quhilk
is sufficientlie knawn to the assyse.
Remittis the article to the assyse to be tryit be thame.
21. It is allegit be the panned and hir prelocutoris against the xxi article of
dittay, anent the consultatioun with Anny Sampsone,2 ane notorious
witche for the time, for cureing be sorcerie and witchcraft of Mathow
Johnestoun of ane diseas in maner specifeit in the said article etc.: that
article is nawayis relevant unles it war speciadie condiscendit upone
thairuntid that the panned consultit with the said Anny Sampsoun sciens
et prudens hir to be ane witche.
Answeris the persewaris, the allegiance aucht to be repedit in respect of
the dittay beirand consultation with Anny Sampsoun, quha was then ane
notorious witche and practiyet witchcraft in maner contenit in the said
article.
Findis that part of the said article relevant anent the consultation and
remittis the samyn to the assyse.
22. It is adegit be the panned aganis the xxii article of dittay, anent the
cureing and charming be witchcraft of Johnne Duncane, hir husband, and
consulting with the said Anny Sampson thairanent, etc.: that article is
nawayis relevant nocht condiscendand quhat forme of inchantment or
charmeing the panned uset to hir husband, et quibus mediis the samyn
was uset and wrocht, and that the said Geidis Johnestoun sciens et
prudens that the said Anny Sampsoun was ane witche, consultit with hir
and cravet hir help and cure as ane witche. And forder, albeit the said
Anny Sampsoun had declaret or confessit ony sic thing,3 hir declaration
sould nocht be respectit incaice it war producit, as it is nocht, scho being
1 Forged.
2 Annie (or Agnes) Sampson was tried for witchcraft on 27 Jan. 1591. Pitcairn, Trials, i,
230-41.
3 Healing John Duncan was item number eighteen in Sampson’s dittay. Pitcairn,TV/a/s', i,
232.
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| Description | Edinburgh: Printed for the Scottish History Society by Lothian Print, 2004. Scottish History Society ; 5th ser., v. 14. Contents: Eight thirteenth-century texts / edited by W.W. Scott -- Dunfermline gild court book, 1433-1597: missing folios / edited by E. Patricia Dennison -- A memorandum on the customs, 1597 / edited by Athol L. Murray -- The trial of Geillis Johnstone for witchcraft, 1614 / edited by Michael B. Wasser & Louise A. Yeoman -- An early seventeenth-century Scottish conversion narrative / edited by David G. Mullan -- Fiscal Feudalism in seventeenth-century Scotland / edited by Julian M. Goodare -- Witchcraft cases from the register of commissioners of the privy council of Scotland, 1630-1642 / edited by Louise A. Yeoman -- John Hay, earl of Tweeddale, 'Relatione of the wrangs done to the Ladie Yester, 1683' / edited by Maurice Lee, Jr -- Colin Maclaurin's Journal of the 'Forty-five / edited by Bruce A. Hedman. |
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