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MISCELLANY XIII
last he hard Geillis Johnestoun...
tyme confest in his presence t...
with witches and followit...
at sic tymes qu[hat] thay had be...
specifiet in the xxv article of...
the persones that war than prese[nt]...
of the said confessioun be hir....1 ...
Johnestoun being seike at that tyme...
visseit hir Mr Adame Colt, m[inister]...
portioner of Inveraske2 being thai[r]...
conforting hir....3 At quhilk ty[me]...
member ance hard Mr Adam Co[lt]...
hir gif the bruite that ...4 ...
and consultation with witch[es]...5...
was than upone the pointe of death...
To the quhilk the said Geillis [tha]...
in the deponer’s presence God forg[ive]...
haif bruitit me for Z6 never kne[w]...
and honestie.7 Upoun the ma...
mes (be the voice - foirsaidis)8 the said Geillis Johnestoun w...
[[9 The persewaris desyret [m]...
callit upone for exhibition...
[Jo]nettis depositiones tane...
handis.
1 There is a space after this word, and the narrative must have resumed again in the part
that is now missing. The narrative to this point probably featured the question that was
put to Bennett, consisting largely of a repetition of the charge contained in the article.
Bennett’s answer begins after this point.
2 This is probably Robert Douglas, portioner of Inverask, procurator fiscal of the regality
of Musselburgh, who was one of Geillis’s prosecutors in this case.
3 There is a blank space between the words ‘hir’ and ‘At’.
4 There is an illegible word here, prior to the tear in the page.
5 There is one or more illegible words here, prior to the tear in the page.
6 There is an oblique here, the meaning of which is unclear.
7 This is a variation of the testimony of previous witnesses who said that knew ‘nothing of
her but honesty’.
8 The words in round brackets were in the margin. This is the last line of Richard
Bennett’s testimony.
9 These next paragraphs, which have been crossed out, constitute the successful attempt
on the part of Geillis and her lawyers to have Irish Jonet’s depositions, which had been
taken under extrajudicial torture, excluded from the proceedings. The same story is told
once again on the opposite side (fo. 12v.) in a section that has not been crossed out.
MISCELLANY XIII
last he hard Geillis Johnestoun...
tyme confest in his presence t...
with witches and followit...
at sic tymes qu[hat] thay had be...
specifiet in the xxv article of...
the persones that war than prese[nt]...
of the said confessioun be hir....1 ...
Johnestoun being seike at that tyme...
visseit hir Mr Adame Colt, m[inister]...
portioner of Inveraske2 being thai[r]...
conforting hir....3 At quhilk ty[me]...
member ance hard Mr Adam Co[lt]...
hir gif the bruite that ...4 ...
and consultation with witch[es]...5...
was than upone the pointe of death...
To the quhilk the said Geillis [tha]...
in the deponer’s presence God forg[ive]...
haif bruitit me for Z6 never kne[w]...
and honestie.7 Upoun the ma...
mes (be the voice - foirsaidis)8 the said Geillis Johnestoun w...
[[9 The persewaris desyret [m]...
callit upone for exhibition...
[Jo]nettis depositiones tane...
handis.
1 There is a space after this word, and the narrative must have resumed again in the part
that is now missing. The narrative to this point probably featured the question that was
put to Bennett, consisting largely of a repetition of the charge contained in the article.
Bennett’s answer begins after this point.
2 This is probably Robert Douglas, portioner of Inverask, procurator fiscal of the regality
of Musselburgh, who was one of Geillis’s prosecutors in this case.
3 There is a blank space between the words ‘hir’ and ‘At’.
4 There is an illegible word here, prior to the tear in the page.
5 There is one or more illegible words here, prior to the tear in the page.
6 There is an oblique here, the meaning of which is unclear.
7 This is a variation of the testimony of previous witnesses who said that knew ‘nothing of
her but honesty’.
8 The words in round brackets were in the margin. This is the last line of Richard
Bennett’s testimony.
9 These next paragraphs, which have been crossed out, constitute the successful attempt
on the part of Geillis and her lawyers to have Irish Jonet’s depositions, which had been
taken under extrajudicial torture, excluded from the proceedings. The same story is told
once again on the opposite side (fo. 12v.) in a section that has not been crossed out.
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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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