Last of all, I asked her of these spirits
How she knew whether they were good spirits, or evil spirits? And she told me
She thought they were good spirits, because she saw them continually in prayer. I asked her
Whether she [saw] their prayer book? And she told me she did. I demanded of her
What was contained in the said book? because, said I, [I] have heard that thou canst read. And she told me
Yes. There was contained in the book the commandments of God, and the commandments of the Devil. I asked her
How she thought these spirits could be good which had anything to do with the devil’s commandments? She answered
She hoped they were good. I asked her
What the cause of these spirits appearing unto her was, and to what intent they came? She told me
She could not tell, for there was no manner of hurt with them, but continual prayer. Hurt, to her knowledge, they never did. A---e ------
Upon her first examination before Master Braceg-------- [u]pon her second first examination before Master M------ spake any one word of accusing my wife or any of my ---- such time as she had been a pretty while in prison.
?and ?e—ing th--- prison with Master Bracegirdle, there I found Master Tharpe talking with her, what end I do not know, nor what his speech to her was.
[RYE 13/6 letter]
