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by them. This night they fet candles all about the rootJis^ and 
made fires wvi to the mantle-trees of the chimneys ; but all were 
put out no body knew how, the /re, and billets that made it, be- 
ing thrown up and down the room; the curtains torn with the 
roJs from their beds^ and the bed-fofisipulVd away, that the tejier 
fell down upon them, and the feet of the bedfied cloven in two : 
And VL^onthtfervantsm the truchje-bed^ w^ho lay all this time 
fweating for fear, there was firft a little, which made them be- 
gin to ftir ; but before they could get out, there came a whole 
coule^ as it were, of (linking ditcb-water down upon them, fo 
green^ that it made their flirts and Jleets of that colour too. 
. 43. The fame night the windows were all broke by throwing of 
J^ones^ and there was moft terrible noifes in three feveral places 
together, to the extraordinary wonder of all that lodged near 
them ; nay, the very Cony-ftealers that were abroad that night, 
were fo affrighted with the difmal thundering, that for haft they 
left their Ferret in the Cony -boroughs behind them, beyond Ro- 
famonds well. Notwithftanding all this, one of them had the 
boldnefs to ask in the Name of God^ what it was ? what it would 
have ? and what they had done^ that they Jhould be difturbed in this 
manner ? to which no arifwer was given, but the noife ceafed for 
awhile. At length it came again, and (as all of them faid) brought 
feven Devils worfethan it felf Whereupon one of them light- 
ed a candle again, and fet it between the two chambers in the 
door-way, on which another of them fixing his e^er, faw the 
fimilitude of a hoof ftriking the candle and candle-ftick into the 
middle of the bed-chamber^ and afterv^ards making three fcrapes 
on the fnuff to put it out. Upon this the fame perfon was fo 
bold as to draw his fword^ but he had fcarce got it out, but there 
was another invifible band had hold of it too, and tug'd with him 
for it, and prevailing, ftruck him fo violently with the pummel^ihdt 
he was ftun'd with the blow. 
44. Then began grievous noifes again, in fo much that they 
called to one another, got together and went into the Prefence- 
chamber , where they faid Prayers and fang Pfalms • notwith- 
ftanding all which, the thundring noife ftili continued in other 
rooms. After this, November 3. they removed their Lodgings 
over the gate ; and next day being Sunday-, went to Ewelm^ 
where how they efcaped, the Authors of the Relations knew not ; 
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