A true relation of an apparition expressions and actings of a spirit which infected the house of Andrew Mackie in Ring-Croft of Stocking, in the paroch of Kerrick, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scotland / by Mr. Alexander Telfair, minister of that paroch ; and attested by many other persons who were also eye and ear-witnesses.
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             A true relation of an apparition expressions and actings of a spirit which infected the house of Andrew Mackie in Ring-Croft of Stocking, in the paroch of Kerrick, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scotland / by Mr. Alexander Telfair, minister of that paroch ; and attested by many other persons who were also eye and ear-witnesses.
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           A
           TRUE
           RELATION
           OF
           AN
           Apparition
           ,
           Expressions
           and
           Actings
           ,
           OF
           A
           SPIRIT
           ,
           Which
           Infested
           the
           House
           of
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           in
           Ring-Croft
           of
           Stocking
           ,
           in
           the
           Paroch
           of
           Rerrick
           ,
           in
           the
           Stewartry
           of
           Kirkcudbright
           ,
           in
           Scotland
           .
           By
           Mr.
           
             Alexander
             Telfair
          
           ,
           Minister
           of
           that
           Paroch
           :
           and
           Attested
           by
           many
           other
           Persons
           ,
           who
           were
           also
           Eye
           and
           Ear-Witnesses
           .
        
         
           
             Eph.
             6.11
             .
          
           
             Put
             on
             the
             whole
             Armour
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             ye
             may
             be
             able
             to
             stand
             against
             the
             wiles
             of
             the
             Devil
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vers.
             12.
             
          
           
             For
             we
             wrestle
             not
             against
             flesh
             and
             blood
             ,
             but
             against
             Principalities
             ,
             and
             Powers
             ,
             &c
             ,
          
        
         
           
             James
             4.7
             .
          
           
             —
             Resist
             the
             Devil
             and
             he
             will
             flee
             from
             you
             .
          
        
         
           EDINBVRGH
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             GEORGE
             MOSMAN
          
           ,
           And
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           his
           Shop
           in
           the
           Parliament
           Closs
           ,
           1696.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           I
           Assure
           you
           It
           is
           contrare
           to
           my
           Genius
           ,
           (
           all
           Circumstances
           being
           considered
           )
           to
           appear
           in
           Print
           to
           the
           View
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           yet
           these
           Motives
           have
           prevailed
           with
           me
           ▪
           to
           publish
           the
           following
           Relation
           (
           beside
           the
           satisfying
           of
           some
           reverend
           Brethren
           in
           the
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           several
           worthy
           Christians
           )
           As
           1.
           
           The
           Conviction
           and
           Confutation
           of
           that
           prevailing
           Spirit
           of
           Atheism
           ▪
           and
           Infidelity
           in
           our
           time
           ,
           denying
           both
           in
           Opinion
           and
           Practice
           the
           Existence
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           either
           of
           God
           or
           Devils
           ;
           and
           consequently
           a
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           :
           And
           imputing
           the
           Voices
           ,
           Apparitions
           and
           Actings
           of
           Good
           ,
           or
           Evil
           Spirits
           ,
           to
           the
           Melancholick
           Disturbance
           or
           Distemper
           of
           the
           Brains
           and
           Fancies
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           pretend
           to
           hear
           ▪
           see
           ,
           or
           feel
           them
           :
           2.
           
           To
           give
           occasion
           ,
           to
           all
           who
           read
           this
           ,
           To
           bless
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           hath
           sent
           a
           stronger
           (
           even
           
             Christ
             Iesus
          
           )
           than
           the
           
           strong
           Man
           ,
           to
           bind
           him
           ,
           and
           spoil
           him
           of
           his
           Goods
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           even
           by
           these
           things
           whereby
           Satan
           thinks
           to
           propagate
           his
           Kingdom
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           to
           discover
           ,
           weaken
           a●d
           bring
           it
           down
           ▪
           3
           ▪
           To
           induce
           all
           Persons
           ,
           particularly
           Masters
           of
           Families
           ,
           to
           private
           and
           Family-Prayer
           ;
           lest
           the
           neglect
           of
           it
           prov●ke
           the
           Lord
           ,
           nor
           only
           to
           pour
           out
           his
           Wra●h
           upon
           them
           otherwise
           :
           But
           to
           let
           Satan
           loose
           to
           haunt
           their
           Persons
           and
           Families
           with
           audible
           Voices
           ,
           Appa●ition●
           ,
           and
           hurt
           to
           their
           perso●s
           and
           Goods
           ▪
           4
           ▪
           That
           Minist●rs
           and
           Congregations
           ,
           whe●e
           the
           Gosp●l
           is
           in
           any
           measure
           in
           purity
           and
           power
           ,
           may
           be
           upon
           their
           guard
           ,
           to
           wrestle
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           against
           these
           Principalities
           and
           Powers
           ,
           and
           Spiritual
           Wickednesses
           ,
           who
           still
           seek
           to
           ma●r
           the
           Success
           and
           Fruit
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           sometimes
           b●
           force
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           by
           fraud
           ,
           sometimes
           secretly
           ▪
           and
           sometimes
           openly
           ▪
           (
           
             Tunc
             tua
             res
             agitur
             ,
             paries
             cum
             proximus
             ardet
          
           )
           And
           for
           th●se
           Ends
           learn
           to
           know
           his
           Wiles
           ,
           and
           put
           on
           the
           whole
           Armour
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           able
           to
           debate
           wi●h
           him
           And
           5
           ▪
           That
           all
           who
           a●e
           by
           the
           goodness
           of
           God
           ●re●
           from
           these
           audible
           Voices
           ,
           Apparitions
           or
           Hurts
           from
           Satan
           ,
           may
           learn
           ●o
           ascribe
           Praise
           and
           Glory
           to
           God
           ,
           who
           leads
           them
           not
           into
           Temptation
           ,
           but
           delivers
           them
           from
           Evil
           :
           And
           that
           this
           true
           and
           attested
           Account
           of
           Satan's
           M●thods
           in
           this
           Place
           ,
           may
           carry
           th●
           foresa●d
           Ends
           ,
           i●
           the
           earn●st
           Prayer
           of
        
         
           
             
               An
               weak
               Labourer
               in
               the
               Work
               of
               the
               Gospel
               in
               that
               Place
               ,
               and
               Your
               Servant
               for
               Christ's
               sake
            
             ALEXANDER
             TELFAIR
             .
          
           
             Edinburgh
             ,
             
               Decem.
               2●
               ,
               1695.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           true
           Relation
           of
           an
           Apparition
           ,
           Expressions
           and
           Actings
           ,
           of
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           which
           Infested
           the
           House
           of
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           in
           Ring-Croft
           of
           Stocking
           ▪
           in
           the
           Paroch
           of
           Rerrick
           ,
           in
           the
           Stewartry
           of
           Kirkcudbright
           ,
           in
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           many
           are
           desirous
           to
           know
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Evil
           Spirit
           and
           its
           Actings
           ,
           that
           troubleth
           the
           Family
           of
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           in
           Ring-Cro●t
           of
           
             Stocking
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           are
           lyable
           to
           be
           mis-informed
           ,
           as
           I
           do
           find
           by
           the
           reports
           that
           come
           to
           my
           own
           Ears
           of
           that
           matter
           .
           Therefore
           that
           satisfaction
           may
           be
           given
           ,
           and
           such
           mistakes
           may
           be
           cured
           or
           prevented
           :
           
             I
             the
             Minister
             of
             the
             ●a●d
             Paroc●
          
           (
           who
           was
           present
           several
           times
           ,
           and
           was
           Witness
           to
           many
           of
           its
           Actings
           ,
           and
           have
           heard
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           whole
           of
           its
           Methods
           and
           Actings
           from
           the
           pers●ns
           present
           ,
           towards
           whom
           ▪
           and
           before
           whom
           it
           did
           act
           )
           have
           given
           the
           ensuing
           ,
           and
           short
           Account
           of
           the
           
           whole
           Matter
           :
           which
           I
           can
           attest
           to
           be
           the
           very
           Truth
           as
           to
           that
           Affair
           and
           before
           I
           come
           to
           the
           Relation
           it self
           ,
           I
           premise
           these
           things
           with
           respect
           to
           what
           might
           have
           been
           the
           occasion
           and
           rise
           of
           that
           Spirits
           appearing
           and
           acting
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           said
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           being
           a
           Meas●n
           to
           his
           Employment
           ,
           't
           is
           given
           out
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           took
           the
           Meason-word
           ,
           he
           devouted
           his
           first
           Child
           to
           the
           Devil
           :
           But
           I
           am
           certainly
           informed
           ,
           he
           never
           took
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           knows
           not
           what
           that
           Word
           is
           .
           He
           is
           outwardly
           Moral
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           known
           to
           his
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           ,
           but
           honest
           ,
           civil
           ,
           and
           harmless
           ▪
           beyond
           many
           of
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           doth
           delight
           in
           the
           Company
           of
           the
           best
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           was
           under
           the
           Trouble
           of
           that
           evil
           Spirit
           ,
           did
           pray
           to
           the
           great
           satisfaction
           of
           many
           .
           As
           for
           his
           
             Wife
             and
             Children
          
           ,
           none
           have
           imputed
           any
           thing
           to
           them
           as
           the
           ri●e
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           ground
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           ▪
           for
           any
           to
           do
           so
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Whereas
           it
           s
           given
           out
           that
           a
           Woman
           
             sub
             malâ
             fam●
          
           ,
           did
           leave
           some
           Cloaths
           in
           that
           house
           ▪
           in
           the
           Custody
           of
           the
           said
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           ,
           and
           died
           before
           they
           were
           given
           up
           to
           her
           ;
           and
           he
           or
           his
           Wife
           should
           have
           keeped
           some
           of
           them
           back
           from
           her
           friends
           :
           I
           did
           seriously
           pose
           both
           him
           and
           his
           Wife
           upon
           the
           Matter
           ,
           they
           declared
           they
           knew
           not
           what
           things
           were
           left
           ,
           being
           bound
           up
           in
           a
           Sack
           ▪
           but
           did
           deliver
           entirely
           to
           her
           Freinds
           all
           they
           received
           from
           the
           Woman
           ▪
           which
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           .
        
         
           3
           Whereas
           one
           Macknaught
           ,
           who
           sometimes
           before
           possessed
           that
           House
           ,
           did
           not
           thrive
           in
           his
           own
           Person
           ,
           or
           Goods
           :
           It
           seems
           he
           had
           sent
           his
           Son
           to
           a
           Witch-wife
           ,
           who
           lived
           then
           at
           the
           Routing-bridge
           ,
           in
           the
           Paroch
           of
           Iron-gray
           ,
           to
           enquire
           what
           might
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           decay
           of
           his
           Person
           and
           Goods
           :
           the
           Youth
           meeting
           with
           some
           Forreign
           Souldi●rs
           ,
           went
           abroad
           to
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           did
           not
           return
           with
           an
           Answer
           .
           Some
           years
           after
           there
           was
           one
           
             Iohn
             Redick
          
           in
           this
           Paroch
           ,
           who
           having
           had
           occasion
           to
           go
           abroad
           ,
           met
           with
           the
           said
           young
           Macknaught
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           they
           knowing
           other
           ,
           Macknaught
           enquired
           after
           his
           Father
           and
           other
           Friends
           ;
           and
           finding
           the
           said
           
             Iohn
             Redick
          
           was
           to
           go
           home
           ,
           desired
           him
           to
           go
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           or
           who
           ever
           dwelt
           in
           the
           Ring-croft
           ,
           and
           desire
           them
           to
           raise
           the
           door-threshold
           ,
           and
           search
           ,
           till
           they
           found
           a
           Tooth
           ,
           and
           burn
           it
           ▪
           for
           none
           who
           dwelt
           in
           that
           house
           would
           thrive
           till
           that
           was
           done
           .
           The
           said
           
             Iohn
             Redick
          
           coming
           home
           ,
           and
           finding
           the
           old
           man
           Macknaught
           dead
           ,
           and
           his
           Wife
           out
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           did
           never
           mention
           the
           matter
           ,
           nor
           further
           mind
           it
           ,
           till
           this
           trouble
           was
           in
           
             Andrew
             Mackie's
          
           Family
           ;
           then
           he
           spoke
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           told
           the
           matter
           
           to
           my self
           Betwixt
           Macknight's
           death
           ,
           and
           Andrew
           Mackie's
           Possession
           of
           this
           House
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           
             Thomas
             Telfair
          
           ,
           who
           possest
           it
           some
           years
           ;
           what
           way
           he
           heard
           the
           Report
           of
           what
           the
           
             Witch
             wife
          
           had
           said
           to
           Mack●ight's
           Son
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ;
           but
           he
           searched
           the
           door-threshold
           ,
           and
           found
           something
           like
           a
           Tooth
           ,
           did
           compare
           it
           with
           the
           Tooth
           of
           Man
           ,
           Horse
           ▪
           Nolt
           and
           Sheep
           (
           as
           he
           said
           to
           me
           )
           but
           could
           not
           say
           which
           it
           did
           resemble
           ,
           only
           it
           did
           resemble
           a
           Tooth
           :
           he
           did
           cast
           it
           in
           the
           fire
           ,
           where
           it
           burnt
           like
           a
           Candle
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           Tallow
           ;
           yet
           he
           never
           knew
           any
           trouble
           about
           that
           house
           by
           night
           or
           by
           day
           ,
           before
           or
           after
           ,
           during
           his
           Possession
           .
           The●e
           things
           premised
           ,
           being
           suspected
           to
           have
           been
           the
           occasion
           of
           the
           Trouble
           ;
           and
           there
           being
           no
           more
           known
           as
           to
           them
           ,
           than
           what
           is
           now
           declared
           ,
           I
           do
           think
           the
           matter
           still
           unknown
           ,
           what
           may
           have
           given
           an
           arise
           thereto
           .
           But
           leaving
           this
           I
           subjoin
           the
           matter
           as
           ●ollows
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Moneth
           o●
           Feb●uary
           ,
           the
           said
           
             Andrew
             M●ckie
          
           had
           some
           young
           Beasts
           ,
           which
           in
           the
           night
           time
           were
           still
           loosed
           ,
           and
           their
           Bindings
           broken
           :
           he
           taking
           it
           to
           be
           the
           unrulyness
           of
           the
           Beasts
           ,
           did
           make
           stronger
           and
           stronger
           Bindings
           of
           Withes
           and
           other
           things
           ,
           but
           still
           all
           were
           broken
           :
           at
           last
           he
           ●uspected
           it
           to
           be
           some
           other
           thing
           ,
           whereupon
           he
           removed
           them
           out
           of
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           night
           thereafter
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           was
           bound
           with
           a
           Hair-tedder
           to
           the
           balk
           of
           the
           hou●e
           ,
           so
           strait
           that
           th●
           feet
           of
           the
           Beast
           only
           touched
           the
           ground
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           move
           no
           way
           else
           ,
           yet
           it
           sustained
           no
           hurt
           .
           An
           other
           night
           ,
           when
           the
           Family
           were
           all
           sleeping
           ,
           there
           was
           the
           full
           of
           an
           back-creel
           of
           Pee●s
           ,
           set
           together
           in
           midst
           of
           the
           ●ouse
           floor
           ,
           and
           fire
           put
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           smoak
           wakened
           the
           Family
           ,
           otherwise
           the
           house
           had
           been
           burnt
           ;
           yet
           nothing
           all
           the
           while
           was
           either
           seen
           or
           heard
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           7
           th
           .
           of
           March
           there
           were
           stones
           thrown
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           places
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           it
           could
           not
           be
           discovered
           from
           whence
           they
           came
           ,
           what
           ,
           or
           who
           threw
           them
           :
           After
           this
           mann●r
           it
           continued
           till
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           now
           and
           then
           throwing
           both
           in
           the
           night
           and
           day
           ,
           but
           was
           busiest
           throwing
           in
           the
           night
           time
           .
        
         
           Upon
           Saturnd●y
           ,
           the
           Family
           being
           all
           without
           ,
           the
           Children
           coming
           in
           ,
           saw
           something
           ,
           which
           they
           thought
           to
           be
           a
           body
           ●itting
           by
           the
           ●ire-side
           with
           a
           Blanket
           (
           or
           Cloath
           )
           about
           it
           ,
           whereat
           they
           were
           af●raid
           :
           The
           youngest
           ▪
           being
           a
           boy
           about
           9
           or
           ●0
           years
           of
           age
           ,
           did
           chide
           the
           rest
           ,
           saying
           ,
           why
           are
           you
           fear'd
           ?
           let
           us
           ●aine
           (
           or
           bless
           )
           our selves
           ,
           and
           then
           there
           is
           no
           ground
           to
           fear
           't
           :
           he
           perceived
           the
           blanket
           to
           be
           his
           ,
           and
           ●aining
           
           (
           or
           blessing
           )
           himself
           ,
           ran
           and
           pulled
           the
           blanket
           from
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           it
           hath
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           my
           bl●nket
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           found
           it
           to
           be
           a
           four
           footed
           Stool
           set
           upon
           the
           end
           ▪
           and
           the
           blanket
           cast
           over
           it
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           being
           the
           1●
           ●h
           .
           of
           March
           the
           Crook
           and
           Pot-clips
           were
           taken
           away
           ,
           and
           were
           a
           wanting
           four
           days
           ,
           and
           were
           found
           at
           last
           on
           a
           ●o●ft
           ▪
           where
           they
           had
           been
           so●ght
           ●everal
           times
           before
           .
           This
           is
           atte●ted
           by
           
             Cha●les
             Mack●ela●e
          
           of
           Colline
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Cairns
          
           in
           Ha●dhills
           .
           It
           was
           observe●
           that
           the
           Stones
           which
           hi●
           any
           person
           ,
           had
           not
           half
           their
           natural
           weight
           ,
           and
           the
           throwi●g
           wa●
           more
           frequent
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           than
           at
           other
           ti●es
           :
           and
           especi●lly
           in
           time
           of
           Prayer
           ▪
           above
           all
           other
           times
           ,
           it
           was
           busi●st
           ▪
           then
           throwing
           most
           at
           the
           person
           praying
           .
           The
           said
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           told
           the
           matter
           to
           me
           upon
           S●bbath
           after
           Sermon
           ;
           upon
           the
           Tuesday
           thereafter
           I
           went
           to
           the
           house
           ,
           did
           stay
           a
           considerable
           ●ime
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           prayed
           twice
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           no
           trouble
           :
           Then
           I
           came
           out
           with
           a
           resolution
           to
           leave
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           was
           standing
           ,
           speaking
           to
           some
           men
           at
           the
           barn
           end
           ,
           I
           saw
           two
           little
           stones
           drop
           down
           on
           the
           Croft
           at
           a
           little
           distance
           from
           me
           ;
           and
           then
           immediatly
           some
           came
           crying
           o●t
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           become
           as
           ill
           as
           ever
           within
           :
           whereupon
           I
           w●nt
           into
           the
           house
           again
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           was
           at
           Prayer
           ,
           it
           threw
           several
           stones
           at
           me
           ,
           but
           they
           did
           no
           ●urt
           ▪
           being
           very
           small
           ;
           and
           after
           there
           was
           no
           more
           trouble
           till
           the
           18
           day
           of
           March
           :
           and
           then
           it
           began
           as
           before
           ,
           and
           threw
           more
           frequently
           ,
           greater
           stones
           ,
           whose
           str●kes
           were
           sorer
           where
           they
           hit
           :
           and
           thus
           it
           continued
           to
           the
           21.
           
           Then
           ●
           went
           to
           the
           hou●e
           and
           stayed
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           but
           was
           greatly
           troubled
           ;
           stones
           ,
           and
           several
           ●ther
           things
           were
           thrown
           at
           me
           ;
           I
           was
           struck
           several
           times
           on
           the
           sides
           ,
           and
           ●houlders
           ,
           very
           sharply
           with
           a
           great
           staff
           ,
           so
           that
           those
           who
           were
           present
           heard
           the
           noise
           of
           the
           strokes
           :
           that
           night
           it
           threw
           off
           the
           bed-side
           ,
           and
           rapped
           upon
           the
           Christs
           and
           Boards
           ,
           as
           one
           calling
           for
           access
           :
           This
           is
           attested
           by
           
             Charles
             Macklelane
          
           of
           
             Colline
             ▪
             William
             Mackminn
          
           ,
           and
           
             Iohn
             Tait
          
           in
           Torr.
           That
           night
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           once
           at
           Prayer
           ,
           leaning
           on
           a
           bed-side
           ,
           I
           felt
           something
           pr●ssing
           up
           my
           arme
           ,
           I
           casting
           my
           eyes
           thither
           ,
           perceived
           a
           little
           white
           Hand
           and
           Arm
           from
           the
           elbow
           down
           ,
           but
           presently
           it
           evanished
           .
           It
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           of
           all
           that
           was
           felt
           and
           heard
           ,
           from
           the
           first
           to
           the
           last
           of
           this
           matter
           ,
           there
           was
           never
           any
           thing
           seen
           ,
           except
           that
           hand
           I
           saw
           ,
           and
           a
           Friend
           of
           the
           said
           
             And●ew
             Mackie's
          
           said
           he
           ●aw
           as
           it
           were
           a
           young
           Man
           ,
           red
           faced
           ,
           with
           yellow
           hair
           ,
           looking
           in
           at
           the
           Window
           ;
           
           and
           other
           two
           orthree
           Persons
           ,
           with
           the
           said
           Andr●w
           his
           Children
           ,
           saw
           at
           several
           times
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           a
           young
           Boy
           about
           the
           age
           of
           14
           years
           with
           gray
           Cloths
           ,
           and
           a
           bonnet
           on
           his
           head
           ,
           but
           pre●ently
           disappeared
           ;
           as
           also
           what
           the
           three
           Children
           saw
           sitting
           by
           the
           ●ire-side
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           22
           the
           Trouble
           still
           increased
           ,
           bo●h
           against
           the
           Family
           ,
           and
           against
           the
           Neighbours
           who
           came
           to
           visite
           them
           ,
           by
           throwing
           stones
           ,
           and
           beating
           them
           with
           staves
           ;
           so
           that
           some
           were
           forced
           to
           leave
           the
           house
           before
           their
           inclination
           :
           This
           is
           attested
           by
           
             Charles
             Macklelane
          
           of
           Colline
           ,
           and
           
             Andrew
             Tait
          
           in
           Torr.
           Some
           it
           would
           have
           met
           as
           they
           came
           to
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           stoned
           with
           stones
           about
           the
           yards
           ,
           and
           ●n
           like
           manner
           stoned
           as
           they
           went
           from
           the
           house
           ;
           of
           whom
           
             Thomas
             Telfair
          
           in
           Stocking
           was
           one
           .
           It
           made
           a
           little
           Wound
           on
           th●
           said
           
             A●●rew
             Mackie's
          
           brow
           ▪
           did
           thrust
           several
           times
           at
           his
           shoulder
           ,
           he
           not
           regarding
           ,
           at
           last
           it
           gripped
           him
           so
           by
           the
           hair
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           something
           like
           nails
           of
           fingers
           scratched
           his
           skin
           .
           I●
           dragged
           severals
           up
           and
           down
           ●he
           house
           by
           the
           Cloaths
           :
           This
           is
           atte●ted
           by
           
             Andrew
             Tait
          
           .
           It
           gripped
           one
           
             John
             Ke●ge
          
           Miller
           in
           Ach●ncairn
           so
           ,
           by
           the
           side
           ,
           that
           he
           intreated
           his
           Neighbours
           to
           help
           ,
           and
           cryed
           ,
           it
           would
           rive
           the
           side
           from
           him
           .
           That
           night
           it
           lifted
           t●e
           Cloaths
           off
           the
           Children
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           sleeping
           in
           bed
           ,
           and
           beat
           them
           on
           the
           hipps
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           with
           ones
           hand
           ,
           so
           that
           all
           who
           were
           in
           the
           house
           heard
           it
           .
           The
           door-barr
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           ,
           would
           go
           thorrow
           the
           house
           as
           if
           a
           person
           had
           been
           carrying
           them
           in
           their
           hand
           ,
           yet
           nothing
           seen
           doing
           it
           :
           This
           is
           attested
           by
           
             John
             Telfair
          
           in
           Achinle●k
           ,
           and
           others
           .
           It
           rattled
           on
           the
           Chests
           and
           Bed
           sides
           with
           a
           staff
           ▪
           and
           made
           a
           great
           noise
           ;
           and
           thus
           it
           continued
           by
           throwing
           stones
           ,
           stricking
           with
           staves
           ,
           and
           rattling
           in
           th●
           house
           ,
           till
           the
           2
           d.
           of
           Apr●●
           ,
           at
           night
           it
           cryed
           
             Wisht
             ,
             Wisht
          
           ,
           at
           every
           Sentence
           in
           the
           close
           of
           Prayer
           ;
           and
           it
           Whi●●●ed
           so
           distinctly
           ,
           that
           the
           Dog
           barked
           ,
           and
           ran
           to
           the
           door
           ,
           as
           if
           one
           had
           been
           calling
           to
           hou●d
           him
           .
        
         
           ●p●●l●
           3.
           
           It
           whisled
           several
           times
           ,
           and
           cryed
           
             wisht
             ,
             wisht
          
           ,
           this
           is
           attested
           by
           
             A●drew
             Ta●●
          
           .
           Upon
           the
           4
           
             th
             ▪
             of
             Apr●l●
             ,
             Charles
             M●cklel●ne
             of
             Collin
          
           Land-lord
           ,
           with
           the
           said
           
             Andrew
             Ma●kie
          
           ,
           went
           to
           a
           certain
           Number
           of
           Min●ster●
           met
           at
           Buttle
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           matter
           ;
           where
           upon
           these
           Ministers
           made
           publick
           Prayers
           for
           the
           Family
           ,
           and
           two
           of
           their
           Number
           .
           viz.
           Mr.
           
             Andrew
             Aeva●t
             Minister
             of
             Kells
          
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Murdo
             Min●ster
             of
             C●rsmich●el
          
           came
           to
           the
           House
           and
           spent
           that
           Night
           in
           fasting
           and
           praying
           :
           But
           it
           was
           very
           cruel
           against
           them
           ,
           especially
           by
           throwing
           ●r●at
           Stones
           some
           of
           them
           about
           half
           an
           stone
           weight
           :
           It
           wounded
           Mr
           ▪
           
           
             Andrew
             Aewart
          
           twice
           in
           the
           Head
           ▪
           to
           the
           effusion
           of
           his
           Blood
           ,
           it
           pulled
           off
           his
           Wigg
           in
           time
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           was
           holding
           out
           his
           Napkin
           betwixt
           his
           hands
           ,
           it
           cast
           a
           Stone
           in
           the
           N●pkin
           ,
           and
           therewith
           threw
           it
           from
           him
           :
           It
           gave
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Murdo
          
           several
           sore
           strokes
           ;
           Yet
           the
           wounds
           and
           Bruises
           received
           did
           soon
           cure
           :
           There
           were
           none
           in
           the
           House
           that
           Night
           escaped
           from
           some
           of
           its
           fury
           and
           cruelty
           :
           That
           Night
           it
           threw
           a
           firie
           peet
           amongs
           the
           People
           ;
           But
           did
           no
           hurt
           ,
           it
           only
           disturbed
           them
           in
           time
           of
           prayer
           :
           And
           also
           i●
           the
           dawning
           ,
           as
           they
           rose
           from
           Prayer
           ▪
           the
           Stones
           poured
           down
           on
           all
           who
           were
           in
           the
           House
           to
           their
           hurt
           ▪
           this
           is
           attested
           by
           Mr.
           
             Andrew
             Aevart
          
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Murdo
             ,
             Charles
             Macklelane
             ,
             and
             John
             Tait
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           the
           5
           
             th
             .
             of
             Aprile
          
           :
           It
           set
           some
           Thatch-straw
           in
           fire
           which
           was
           in
           the
           Barne
           yeard
           :
           At
           night
           the
           House
           being
           very
           throng
           with
           Neighbours
           ,
           the
           Stones
           were
           still
           thrown
           down
           among
           them
           ;
           As
           the
           said
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           his
           Wife
           went
           to
           bring
           in
           some
           peets
           ,
           for
           the
           fire
           when
           she
           came
           to
           the
           door
           ,
           she
           found
           a
           broad
           Stone
           to
           shake
           under
           her
           foot
           ,
           which
           she
           never
           knew
           to
           be
           loose
           before
           :
           She
           resolved
           with
           her self
           to
           see
           what
           was
           beneath
           it
           in
           the
           morning
           there
           after
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           6
           
             th
             .
             of
             Aprile
          
           ,
           when
           the
           House
           was
           quiet
           ,
           she
           went
           to
           the
           stone
           ,
           and
           there
           found
           
             Seven
             small
             bones
             ,
             with
             Blood
             ,
             and
             some
             Flesh
             ,
          
           all
           closed
           in
           a
           peice
           of
           Old
           suddled
           Paper
           ,
           the
           
             Blood
             was
             fresh
          
           and
           bright
           :
           The
           sight
           whereof
           troubled
           her
           ,
           and
           being
           affraid
           ,
           laid
           all
           down
           again
           ;
           And
           ran
           to
           Colline
           his
           House
           ,
           being
           an
           quarter
           of
           an
           Mile
           distant
           :
           But
           in
           that
           time
           ,
           it
           was
           worse
           then
           ever
           it
           was
           before
           ;
           by
           throwing
           Stones
           ,
           and
           fire-Balls
           ,
           in
           and
           about
           the
           House
           ,
           but
           the
           fire
           as
           it
           lighted
           did
           Evanish
           :
           In
           that
           time
           it
           threw
           an
           Hot-stone
           into
           the
           bed
           betwixt
           the
           Children
           ,
           which
           burnt
           through
           the
           bed
           cloaths
           ;
           And
           after
           it
           was
           taken
           out
           by
           the
           Mans
           Eldest
           Son
           ,
           and
           had
           lyen
           on
           the
           floor
           more
           nor
           an
           Hour
           ,
           and
           an
           half
           ;
           the
           said
           
             Charles
             Macccelan
             of
             Colln●
          
           could
           not
           hold
           it
           in
           his
           hand
           for
           he●t
           :
           this
           is
           attested
           be
           
             Charles
             Macklelan
          
           ▪
           It
           thrust
           an
           Staff
           thorrow
           the
           Wall
           of
           the
           house
           above
           the
           Children
           in
           the
           bed
           ,
           shook
           it
           over
           them
           ,
           and
           Groaned
           .
           When
           Colline
           came
           to
           the
           house
           ,
           he
           went
           to
           Prayer
           before
           he
           Offered
           to
           lift
           the
           Bones
           ;
           all
           the
           while
           he
           was
           at
           Prayer
           it
           was
           most
           cruel
           ;
           But
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           took
           up
           the
           Bones
           the
           trouble
           ceased
           .
           (
           this
           is
           attested
           be
           
             Charles
             Macklelane
          
           )
           he
           sent
           them
           presently
           to
           me
           ;
           upon
           sight
           whereof
           I
           went
           immediatly
           to
           the
           house
           :
           while
           I
           was
           at
           Prayer
           ,
           it
           threw
           great
           Stones
           which
           Hitt
           me
           :
           But
           they
           did
           not
           hurt
           :
           Then
           there
           was
           no
           more
           trouble
           that
           Night
           .
        
         
         
           The
           7
           
             ●h
             .
             Aprile
          
           ,
           being
           the
           Sabbath
           it
           began
           agai●●
           and
           threw
           Stones
           ,
           and
           wounded
           
             Wil●●am
             Macminn
             a
             Black-smith
          
           on
           the
           Head
           ,
           it
           cast
           a
           Plough-sock
           at
           him
           ,
           and
           al●o
           an
           Trough-●●one
           upwards
           of
           three
           stone
           Weight
           ,
           which
           did
           fall
           upon
           his
           B●ck
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           not
           hurt
           thereby
           .
           Attested
           by
           
             William
             Macminn
          
           ,
           it
           set
           the
           house
           twice
           in
           fire
           ,
           yet
           there
           was
           no
           hurt
           done
           in
           respect
           some
           neighboures
           were
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           who
           helped
           to
           quench
           it
           ,
           at
           N●●ht
           in
           the
           twi-light
           as
           
             Jo●n
             Mackie
          
           the
           said
           
             Andrew
             M●akie
          
           his
           Eldest
           Son
           was
           coming
           home
           ,
           near
           to
           the
           house
           ,
           there
           was
           an
           Extraordinary
           light
           fell
           about
           him
           ,
           and
           went
           before
           him
           to
           the
           house
           ,
           with
           a
           swift
           Motion
           .
           That
           night
           it
           containued
           after
           its
           wonted
           manner
           .
        
         
           Aprile
           8
           th
           .
           In
           the
           morning
           as
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           ,
           went
           down
           the
           Closs
           he
           found
           a
           Letter
           both
           writen
           and
           ●ealed
           with
           Blood
           ;
           it
           was
           directed
           on
           the
           back
           thus
           .
           3
           
             years
             tho
             shall
             have
             to
             repent
             a
             net
             it
             well
          
           And
           within
           was
           writen
           :
           
             Wo
             be
             to
             the
             Cotlland
             Repent
             and
             tak
             warning
             for
             the
             door
             of
             haven
             ar
             all
             Redy
             bart
             against
             the
             I
             am
             sent
             for
             a
             warning
             to
             the
             to
             fllee
             to
             god
             yet
             troublt
             shallt
             this
             man
             be
             for
             tuenty
             days
             a
          
           3
           
             rpent
             repnent
             ope
             nt
             sc●tland
             or
             els
             tow
             shall
             .
          
           In
           the
           midle
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           the
           Persons
           alive
           who
           lived
           in
           that
           house
           since
           it
           was
           Built
           ,
           being
           about
           28
           Years
           :
           were
           conveined
           by
           appointment
           of
           the
           
             Civil
             Magistrate
          
           ,
           before
           
             Colline
             my self
             and
             others
          
           and
           did
           all
           touch
           the
           Bones
           ,
           in
           respect
           there
           was
           some
           Suspicion
           of
           ●ecret
           Murder
           committed
           in
           the
           place
           :
           But
           nothing
           was
           found
           to
           discover
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           9
           
             th
             .
             of
             Ap●ile
          
           ,
           t●e
           Letter
           and
           Bones
           were
           sent
           to
           the
           Ministers
           who
           were
           all
           Occasionally
           met
           at
           Kirk●●●brugh
           ,
           they
           appointed
           five
           of
           their
           numbe●
           
             viz
             ▪
          
           Mr.
           
             John
             Murdo
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Iames
             Monte●th
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Iohn
             Mackmil●an
          
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Spalding
             ,
             and
          
           Mr.
           
             William
             Falconer
          
           with
           me
           to
           to
           go
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           spend
           so
           much
           ti●e
           in
           Fasting
           and
           Praying
           as
           we
           were
           able
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           10
           
             of
             Aprile
          
           We
           went
           to
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           no
           sooner
           did
           I
           begin
           to
           open
           my
           Mouth
           ;
           but
           it
           ●hrew
           stones
           at
           me
           ,
           and
           all
           within
           t●e
           House
           ,
           but
           still
           worst
           at
           him
           who
           was
           at
           Duty
           :
           It
           came
           often
           with
           such
           force
           upon
           the
           house
           that
           it
           made
           all
           the
           house
           Shake
           ,
           it
           brake
           an
           hole
           thorrow
           the
           Timber
           and
           Tha●ch
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           poured
           in
           great
           Stones
           ▪
           one
           whereof
           more
           then
           an
           Quarter
           weight
           fell
           upon
           Mr.
           
             James
             Mo●teith
          
           his
           back
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           not
           hurt
           ,
           it
           threw
           an
           other
           with
           great
           force
           at
           him
           when
           he
           was
           praying
           bigger
           t●en
           a
           Mans
           ●ist
           which
           hitt
           him
           on
           the
           Breast
           yet
           h●
           was
           neither
           hurt
           nor
           moved
           thereby
           ;
           ●t
           was
           ●hought
           ●it
           that
           one
           of
           
           our
           number
           ,
           with
           an
           other
           person
           ▪
           should
           go
           by
           turnes
           ;
           and
           stand
           under
           the
           hole
           in
           the
           outside
           :
           ●o
           there
           was
           no
           more
           trouble
           from
           that
           place
           ▪
           But
           the
           Barne
           being
           joyned
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           House
           ▪
           it
           brake
           down
           the
           Barne
           Door
           and
           Mid-wall
           and
           thr●w
           stones
           up
           the
           House
           ;
           But
           did
           no
           great
           hurt
           :
           ●t
           Gripped
           ,
           and
           Handled
           the
           Legs
           of
           ●ome
           ,
           as
           with
           a
           Mans
           hand
           ;
           ●t
           Hoised
           up
           the
           feet
           of
           others
           while
           standing
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           thus
           it
           did
           to
           
             William
             Len●●x
             of
             Mill-house
             ,
             my Self
             and
             others
             ,
          
           in
           this
           ma●ner
           it
           continued
           till
           Ten
           a
           Clock
           at
           night
           ;
           But
           after
           that
           there
           was
           no
           more
           trouble
           while
           we
           were
           about
           the
           house
           this
           is
           Attested
           by
           Mrs.
           
             Iames
             Monteith
             ,
             John
             Murdo
             ▪
             Samuel
             Spalding
             ,
          
           Mr.
           
             Falconer
             William
             Lennox
             ,
             and
             John
             Tait
             ,
          
           The
           11.12.13
           .
           ●t
           was
           worse
           then
           ever
           it
           was
           before
           ;
           for
           not
           any
           who
           came
           into
           the
           House
           did
           escape
           heavy
           stro●ks
           ;
           There
           was
           one
           
             Andrew
             Tait
          
           in
           Torr
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           coming
           to
           stay
           with
           the
           Familie
           all
           night
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           his
           Dog
           Catched
           a
           Thu●mard
           ,
           when
           he
           c●me
           in
           he
           cast
           it
           by
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           thereafter
           there
           w●re
           other
           three
           young
           Men
           who
           came
           in
           also
           :
           And
           when
           they
           were
           all
           at
           Prayer
           the
           Evil
           Spirit
           beat
           them
           with
           the
           dead
           Thulmard
           ,
           and
           threw
           it
           before
           them
           ;
           The
           three
           who
           knew
           it
           not
           to
           be
           in
           the
           house
           were
           greatly
           affrighted
           ,
           especially
           one
           
             Samuel
             Thomson
             a
             Chap-man
          
           ,
           whom
           it
           also
           gripped
           by
           the
           Side
           and
           Back
           ,
           and
           thrust
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           an
           hand
           beneath
           hi●
           Cloaths
           ,
           and
           into
           his
           Pockets
           ,
           he
           was
           so
           affrighted
           that
           he
           took
           Sickness
           immediatly
           ,
           this
           is
           Attested
           by
           
             Andrew
             Ta●t
          
           .
        
         
           The
           14
           th
           .
           being
           the
           Sabbat●
           ,
           it
           set
           some
           straw
           in
           fire
           that
           was
           in
           the
           Barn-yeard
           ,
           and
           threw
           stones
           while
           Ten
           a
           Clock
           at
           night
           ,
           it
           threw
           an
           Dike-spade
           at
           the
           said
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           with
           the
           Mouth
           toward
           him
           ;
           But
           he
           received
           no
           hurt
           ,
           while
           an
           Meal-●ive
           was
           to●sed
           up
           and
           down
           the
           house
           the
           said
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           takes
           hold
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           with
           difficulty
           gets
           the
           grip
           keeped
           ;
           At
           last
           all
           within
           the
           Rim
           is
           torn
           out
           ,
           thereafter
           it
           threw
           an
           hand●ul
           ,
           of
           the
           Sive
           Rolled
           together
           at
           
             Thomas
             Robertson
             i●
             Airds
          
           ,
           who
           was
           Witness
           to
           this
           ,
           yet
           in
           all
           thir
           Actings
           there
           was
           never
           any
           thing
           seen
           but
           what
           I
           mention●d
           ▪
           before
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           15
           
             th
             Aprile
             William
             Anderson
             a
             Drover
             a●d
             James
             Paterson
          
           his
           Son
           in
           Law
           ,
           came
           to
           the
           house
           with
           Colline
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           Colline
           going
           Home
           a
           while
           within
           night
           ,
           the
           said
           
             A●●rew
             Mackie
          
           sent
           his
           Sones
           to
           conv●y
           him
           :
           As
           they
           returned
           ,
           they
           were
           Cruelly
           stoned
           ,
           and
           the
           stones
           Rolled
           amongst
           their
           Legs
           like
           to
           break
           them
           :
           Shortly
           after
           they
           came
           in
           ,
           it
           wounded
           
             William
             A●derson
          
           on
           the
           Head
           to
           the
           great
           Effusion
           of
           his
           Blood
           ,
           in
           time
           of
           Prayer
           it
           
             Wh●sl●d
             ,
             Gr●●●ed
          
           ,
           and
           
             Cryed
             Whisht
             ,
             Whisht
          
           ,
           this
           is
           Attested
           by
           
             John
             Cair●es
          
           .
        
         
         
           The
           16.
           
           It
           continued
           
             Whi●●ing
             ▪
             Groaning
             ,
             Whisling
          
           ,
           and
           throwing
           stones
           in
           time
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           it
           cryed
           
             b●
             ,
             b●
          
           ,
           and
           
             Kick
             ,
             Cuck
          
           ,
           and
           shoke
           men
           back
           and
           foreward
           ,
           and
           Hoised
           them
           up
           as
           if
           it
           would
           lift
           them
           off
           their
           knees
           ,
           this
           is
           Attested
           by
           
             Andrew
             Tait
          
           ▪
        
         
           The
           whole
           Family
           went
           from
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           left
           five
           Honest
           neighbours
           to
           wait
           on
           the
           same
           all
           night
           but
           there
           was
           no
           hurt
           done
           to
           them
           nor
           the
           Family
           where
           they
           were
           ,
           nor
           to
           those
           neighbours
           who
           stayed
           in
           the
           said
           
             Addrew
             Mackie
          
           his
           house
           ,
           only
           the
           Cattle
           were
           cast
           over
           other
           to
           the
           hazard
           of
           killing
           them
           as
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           the
           Stakes
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           them
           were
           loosed
           ,
           this
           is
           Attested
           by
           
             John
             Cairnes
          
           ▪
        
         
           Upon
           the
           18.
           
           They
           returned
           to
           their
           House
           again
           ▪
           and
           there
           was
           no
           hurt
           done
           to
           them
           nor
           their
           Cattle
           that
           night
           except
           in
           a
           little
           House
           where
           there
           were
           some
           Sheep
           ,
           it
           coupled
           them
           together
           in
           paires
           by
           the
           Neck
           ,
           with
           Straw
           Ropes
           ,
           made
           of
           an
           Bottle
           of
           straw
           ,
           which
           it
           took
           off
           an
           Loft
           in
           the
           Stable
           ,
           and
           carryed
           to
           the
           Sheep-house
           ,
           which
           is
           three
           or
           four
           pair
           of
           Butts
           distant
           ,
           and
           it
           made
           mo
           Ropes
           than
           it
           needed
           for
           binding
           the
           Sheep
           which
           it
           left
           beside
           the
           straw
           in
           the
           Sheep-house
           ,
           this
           is
           Attested
           by
           
             Andrew
             Tait
          
           ▪
        
         
           Upon
           the
           19.
           it
           fired
           the
           straw
           in
           the
           Barn
           ,
           but
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           put
           it
           out
           (
           being
           there
           Threshing
           )
           without
           doing
           any
           hurt
           :
           it
           shut
           Staves
           thorrow
           the
           Wall
           at
           him
           but
           did
           no
           hurt
           .
        
         
           The
           20.
           it
           continued
           throwing
           stones
           ,
           Whisling
           and
           Whis●ing
           with
           all
           its
           former
           words
           ,
           when
           it
           hit
           any
           Person
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           take
           you
           that
           till
           you
           get
           more
           ,
           that
           person
           was
           sure
           immediatly
           of
           an
           other
           ,
           but
           when
           it
           said
           take
           you
           that
           ,
           the
           person
           got
           no
           more
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           this
           is
           Attested
           by
           
             John
             Tait
          
           .
        
         
           The
           21.22.23
           .
           It
           containued
           casting
           Stones
           ,
           beating
           with
           Staves
           and
           throwing
           Peet-mud
           in
           the
           f●ces
           of
           all
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           especially
           in
           time
           of
           Prayer
           with
           all
           its
           former
           Tricks
           .
        
         
           The
           24
           ▪
           Being
           a
           day
           of
           Humiliation
           appointed
           to
           be
           kept
           in
           the
           Parish
           for
           that
           cause
           ;
           all
           that
           day
           from
           Morning
           to
           Night
           ▪
           it
           containued
           in
           a
           most
           fearfull
           maner
           without
           intermission
           ,
           throwing
           Stones
           with
           such
           cruelty
           and
           force
           that
           all
           in
           the
           House
           feared
           lest
           they
           should
           be
           killed
           .
        
         
           The
           25
           th
           .
           it
           threw
           stones
           all
           night
           ▪
           but
           did
           no
           great
           hurt
           .
        
         
           The
           26
           th
           .
           it
           threw
           stones
           in
           the
           evening
           ,
           and
           knocked
           on
           a
           Chi●t
           seve●●l
           times
           ,
           as
           one
           to
           have
           access
           ;
           and
           began
           to
           speak
           ,
           and
           call
           those
           who
           were
           sitting
           in
           the
           house
           Witches
           ,
           and
           ●●kes
           ,
           and
           said
           it
           would
           take
           them
           
           to
           Hell.
           The
           People
           then
           in
           the
           house
           said
           among
           themselves
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           anyto
           speak
           to
           it
           ,
           now
           it
           would
           speak
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           was
           sleeping
           ,
           they
           wakened
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           hearing
           it
           say
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             be
             troubled
             till
             Tuesday
             ,
          
           asked
           ,
           Who
           gave
           the
           a
           Commission
           ?
           To
           whom
           it
           answered
           ,
           
             God
             gave
             me
             a
             Commission
             ;
             and
             I
             ●m
             sent
             to
             warn
             the
             Land
             to
             repent
             ;
             for
             a
             Iudgement
             is
             to
             come
             if
             the
             Land
             do
             not
             quickly
             repent
             ,
             and
             comm●nded
             him
             to
             rev●al
             it
             upon
             his
             perr●l●
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             Land
             did
             not
             repent
             ,
             it
             ●aid
             it
             would
             go
             to
             its
             Father
             ,
             and
             g●t
             a
             Commission
             to
             return
             with
             an
             hund●ed
             worse
             than
             it self
             ,
             and
             would
             trouble
             every
             particular
             Family
             in
             the
             Land
             :
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           said
           to
           those
           who
           were
           with
           him
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           tell
           this
           ,
           I
           would
           not
           be
           believed
           .
           Then
           it
           said
           ,
           
             Fetch
             betters
             ,
             fetch
             the
             Minister
             of
             the
             Paroch
             ,
             and
             two
             hon●st
             men
             upon
             Tuesdays
             night
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             declare
             before
             them
             what
             I
             have
             to
             say
             .
          
           Then
           it
           said
           ,
           
             Praise
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             whist●e
             to
             you
             ,
             Worship
             me
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             trouble
             you
             no
             more
             .
             Then
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           said
           ,
           The
           Lord
           ,
           who
           delivered
           the
           three
           Children
           out
           of
           the
           fiery
           Furnace
           ,
           deliver
           me
           ▪
           and
           mine
           this
           night
           ,
           from
           the
           Temptations
           of
           Satan
           :
           Then
           it
           replyed
           ,
           
             You
             mi●ht
             as
             well
             have
             said
             ,
             Shadrah
             ,
             Meshah
             ,
             and
             Abed-nego
          
           ▪
           In
           t●e
           mean
           time
           while
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           was
           speaking
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           
             James
             Te●fair
          
           in
           Buttle
           ,
           who
           was
           adding
           a
           word
           ▪
           to
           whom
           it
           said
           ,
           
             You
             are
             basely
             bred
             ,
             meddling
             in
             other
             mens
             Discourse
             ,
             wherein
             you
             are
             not
             concerned
             .
          
           It
           likewise
           said
           ,
           
             Remove
             your
             Goods
             ,
             for
             I
             will
             burn
             the
             house
          
           ▪
           He
           an●wered
           ,
           the
           Lord
           stop
           Satan's
           Fury
           ,
           and
           hinder
           him
           of
           his
           Designs
           .
           Then
           it
           said
           ,
           
             I
             will
             ●o
             it
             ,
             or
             you
             s●all
             g●ide
             well
          
           :
           All
           this
           is
           attested
           by
           
             John
             Tait
          
           in
           
             Torr
             ,
             and
             several
             others
             who
             cannot
             subscribe
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           the
           27
           it
           set
           the
           house
           seven
           times
           in
           fire
           .
           The
           28
           ,
           being
           the
           Sabbath
           ,
           from
           Sun
           rising
           to
           Sun
           setting
           ,
           it
           still
           set
           the
           house
           in
           fire
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           quenched
           in
           one
           part
           ,
           instantly
           it
           was
           fired
           in
           an
           other
           :
           and
           in
           the
           evening
           ,
           when
           it
           could
           not
           g●t
           its
           Designs
           fulfilled
           in
           burning
           the
           house
           it
           pulled
           down
           the
           end
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           all
           the
           stone-work
           thereof
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           could
           not
           abide
           in
           it
           any
           longer
           ,
           but
           went
           and
           kindled
           their
           fire
           in
           the
           stable
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Sabbath
           night
           ▪
           it
           pulled
           o●e
           of
           the
           Children
           out
           of
           the
           bed
           ▪
           gripping
           him
           as
           he
           thought
           ,
           by
           the
           craig
           and
           shoulders
           ,
           and
           took
           up
           the
           block
           of
           a
           tree
           ,
           as
           great
           as
           a
           plough-head
           ,
           and
           held
           it
           above
           the
           Children
           ,
           saying
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           a
           Commission
           I
           would
           brain
           them
           :
           thus
           it
           expressed
           it self
           ,
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           all
           who
           were
           in
           the
           house
           :
           attested
           ●y
           
             William
             Mackminn
          
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Corsby
          
           .
        
         
         
           The
           29
           ▪
           being
           Munday
           ,
           it
           continued
           Setting
           fire
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           the
           said
           
             Andrew
             Macki●
          
           finding
           the
           House
           so
           frequently
           set
           in
           fire
           ,
           and
           being
           weary
           quenching
           it
           ,
           he
           went
           and
           put
           out
           all
           the
           Fire
           that
           was
           about
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           poured
           water
           upon
           the
           Hearth
           ;
           yet
           after
           ,
           it
           Fired
           the
           House
           several
           times
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           no
           Fire
           within
           an
           quarter
           of
           an
           Mile
           of
           the
           house
           :
           this
           is
           Attested
           by
           
             Charles
             Maclelane
          
           and
           
             John
             Cairnes
          
           .
           In
           the
           midest
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           as
           
             Andrew
             Mackie
          
           was
           threshing
           in
           the
           Barne
           ,
           it
           whispered
           in
           the
           wall
           and
           then
           cryed
           
             Andrew
             ,
             Andrew
          
           ,
           but
           he
           gave
           no
           Answer
           to
           it
           :
           Then
           with
           an
           
             Auster
             ▪
             Angry
             Voice
          
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           it
           said
           Speak
           :
           Yet
           he
           gave
           no
           Answer
           ;
           Then
           it
           said
           ,
           
             be
             not
             troubled
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             no
             more
             trouble
             ,
             except
             some
             casting
             of
             Stones
             upon
             the
             Twesday
             to
             Fulfill
             the
             promise
             ,
             and
             said
             take
             away
             your
             Straw
             ,
          
           I
           went
           to
           the
           house
           about
           Eleven
           a
           Clock
           it
           Fired
           the
           house
           once
           after
           I
           went
           there
           ,
           I
           stayed
           all
           Night
           till
           betwixt
           Three
           and
           Four
           in
           the
           Twesdays
           morning
           ,
           dureing
           which
           time
           there
           was
           no
           trouble
           about
           the
           House
           ,
           except
           two
           little
           stones
           droped
           down
           at
           the
           Fire-side
           as
           we
           were
           siting
           down
           at
           our
           first
           entry
           ;
           a
           little
           after
           I
           went
           away
           ,
           it
           began
           to
           throw
           stones
           as
           formerly
           ,
           this
           is
           Attested
           by
           
             Charles
             Mackleland
          
           and
           
             John
             Tait
          
           .
        
         
           Upon
           Tuesdays
           night
           ,
           being
           the
           30
           of
           
             April
             ,
             Charles
             Macklelane
          
           of
           Colline
           ,
           with
           several
           Neighbours
           ,
           were
           in
           the
           barne
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           at
           prayer
           he
           observed
           a
           
             Black
             thing
          
           in
           the
           corner
           of
           the
           barne
           ,
           and
           it
           did
           increase
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           would
           fill
           the
           whole
           house
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           discern
           it
           to
           have
           any
           Form
           ;
           but
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           a
           
             black
             Cloud
          
           ,
           it
           was
           affrighting
           to
           them
           all
           ;
           and
           then
           it
           threw
           Bear-chaff
           ,
           and
           other
           mud
           upon
           their
           faces
           ,
           and
           after
           did
           grip
           severals
           who
           were
           in
           the
           house
           by
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           by
           the
           Arms
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           their
           Bodies
           so
           strait
           ,
           that
           some
           said
           ,
           for
           five
           days
           thereafter
           they
           thought
           they
           felt
           these
           gripps
           :
           after
           an
           hour
           or
           two
           of
           the
           night
           was
           thus
           past
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           more
           Trouble
           .
           This
           is
           attested
           by
           
             Charles
             Macklelane
             ,
             Thomas
             Mackminn
             ,
             Andrew
             Paline
             ,
             John
             Cairns
             ,
          
           and
           
             John
             Tait
          
           .
        
         
           Upon
           Wednesdays
           night
           ,
           being
           the
           1
           of
           May
           ,
           it
           fired
           a
           little
           Sheep-house
           the
           Sheep
           were
           got
           out
           safe
           ,
           but
           the
           Sheep-house
           was
           wholly
           burnt
           .
           Since
           there
           hath
           not
           been
           any
           trouble
           about
           the
           House
           by
           night
           nor
           by
           day
           .
           Now
           all
           things
           aforesaid
           being
           of
           undoubted
           Verity
           ,
           Therefore
           I
           conclude
           with
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           1
           Pet.
           5.8
           ,
           9.
           
           
             Be
             sober
             ,
             be
             vigilant
             ,
             because
             your
             adversary
             the
             Devil
             ,
             as
             a
             roaring
             lyon
             walketh
             about
             seeking
             whom
             he
             may
             devour
             :
             Whom
             resist
             stedfast
             i●
             the
             Faith
             :
          
        
         
           
             
             This
             Relation
             is
             attested
             ,
             as
             to
             what
             they
             particularly
             saw
             ,
             heard
             ,
             and
             felt
             ,
             by
             ▪
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Andrew
                 Aewart
                 
                   Minister
                   at
                
                 Kells
                 ▪
              
               
                 Mr.
                 James
                 Mon●eith
                 
                   Minister
                   at
                
                 Borg.
                 
              
               
                 Mr.
                 John
                 Murdo
                 
                   Minister
                   at
                
                 Corsmichael
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Samuel
                 Spalding
                 
                   Minister
                   at
                
                 Partan
                 .
              
               
                 M●
                 .
                 William
                 Falconer
                 
                   Minister
                   at
                
                 K●ltoun
                 ▪
              
               
                 Charl●s
                 Macklelane
                 of
                 Colline
                 ▪
              
               
                 William
                 Lennox
                 of
                 Millhou●e
                 .
              
               
                 Andrew
                 Tait
                 in
                 Torr.
                 
              
               
                 John
                 Tait
                 in
                 Torr
                 ▪
              
               
                 Joh●
                 Cairns
                 in
                 Hardhills
                 ▪
              
               
                 William
                 Mackminn
                 .
              
               
                 John
                 Corsby
                 .
              
               
                 Thomas
                 Mackminn
                 .
              
               
                 Andrew
                 Paline
                 ,
                 &c.