in the linkes of
Borrowstownes, and in the howss of yow Bessie Vickar,
and ye did eatt and drink with the devill, and with
ane another, and with witches in hir howss in the
night tyme; and the devill and the said Wm. Craw
browght the ale which ye drank, extending to abowt
sevin gallons, from the howss of Elizabeth Hamilton;
and yow the said Annaple had ane other metting abowt
fyve wekes ago, when yow wis goeing to the coal-hill
of Grange, and he invitted yow to go alongest, and
drink with him in the Grange pannes. And yow the said
Margaret Pringil have bein ane witch thir many yeeres
bygane; hath renownced yowr baptizme, and becwm the
devill's servant, and promised to follow him; and he
tuik you by the right hand, whereby it was, for eight
days, grevowslie pained; but having it twitched of new
againe, it imediatelie becam haill. And yow the said
Margaret Hamiltown has bein the devill's servant these
eight or nyne yeeres bygane; and he appered and
conversed with yow at the toun-well at Borrowstownes,
and several tymes in yowr awin howss, and drank
several choppens of ale with yow; and the devill gave
yow ane fyve merk piece of gold, whilk a lyttill efter
becam ane sklaitt stane. And yow the said Margaret
Hamiltown, relict of James Pullwart, has bein ane
witch, and the devill's servant thertie yeeres since,
hath renwncid yowr baptizme, as said is. And ye, and
ilk ane of yow, wis at ane metting with the devill and
wther witches at the croce of Murestaine, above
Kinneil, upon the threttin of October last, where yow
all danced, and the devill acted the pyiper, and where
yow endeavored to have destroyed Andrew Mitchell, sone
to John Mitchell, elder in Dean of Kinneil."

Then followed the order and warrant for burning the witches named in
the indictment, couched and signed as follows:--

"Forsameikle as Annabil Thomson widdow in
Borrowstownes, Margaret Prinkle relict of John
Campbell ther, Margaret Hamiltown relict of James
Pollwart ther, William Craw indweller ther, Bessie
Wicker relict of James Pennie ther, and Margaret
Hamiltown relict of Thomas Mitchell ther, prisoners in
the tolbuith of Borrowstownes, are found guiltie be
ane assyse, of the abominable cryme of witchcraft
c