fessed also that the devil gave them a beast
about the bigness and shape of a young cat, which they
called a carrier; and that he gave them a bird too, as
big as a raven, but white. And these two creatures
they could send anywhere; and wherever they came, they
took away all sorts of victuals they could
get--butter, cheese, milk, bacon, and all sorts of
seeds, whatever they found, and carried it to the
witch. What the bird brought, they kept for
themselves; but what the carrier brought, they
reserved for the devil....

"They added, likewise, that these carriers filled
themselves so full sometimes that they were forced to
spue by the way, which spueing was found in gardens
where colworts grew, and not far from the houses of
witches. It was of a yellow colour like gold, and was
called butter of witches.

"The Lords Commissioners were very earnest, and took
great pains to persuade the witches to show some of
their tricks, but to no purpose; for they unanimously
said that, since they had confessed, they found that
all their witchcraft was gone, and that the devil
appeared to them very terrible, with claws on his
hands and feet, and with horns on his head, and a long
tail behind, and showed them a pit burning with a hand
put out; but the devil did thrust the person down
again with an iron fork, and suggested to the witches,
that if they continued in their confession, he would
deal with them in the same manner."

CHAPTER LXVII.

Superstition in France--Pope John XXII. celebrated in
the History of Sorcery and Magic--A Bishop skinned
alive and torn by Horses for Witchcraft--King Philippe
and Superstition--Springs poisoned by Lepers and
Jews--Extracting Teeth without Pain--A Dentist
strangled by a Demon--Berne Witch--Charmed
Ointment--Sorcerers in Navarre--Demoniacal
Operations--Voice in the Air--Witch Flying--Witches
meeting their Deserts--Maria Renata's
Witchcrafts--Nuns possessed of Devils--Promise of Life
by Satan--End of Renata--Jeanne D'Arc--Credulity of
France and England--Fairies of Domremi--Charmed
Tree--Sparkling Spring--Mandrakes--Jacques D'Arc and
his Wife--Jeanne D'Arc in Childhood--Converse with
Spirits and Angels--France under Tyranny--Jeanne's