into the Kerk of north Barrick.

These confessions made the King in a woderful admiration, and sent for the
said _Geillis Duncane_, who vpon the like Trump did playe the said daunce
before the Kings Maiestie, who in respect of the strangenes of these
matters, tooke great delight to bee present at their examinations.

Item, the said _Agnis Tompson_ confessed that the Diuell being then at
North Barrick Kerke attending their comming in the habit or likenes of a
man, and seeing that they tarried ouer long, he at their comming enioyned
them all to a pennance, which was, that they should kisse his Buttockes,
in signe of duetye to him: which being put ouer the Pulpit barre, euerye
one did as he had enioyned them: and hauing made his vngodly exhortations,
wherein he did greatlye enveighe against the King of Scotland, he receiued
their oathes for their good and true seruice towards him, and departed:
which doone, they returned to Sea, and so home againe.

At which time the witches demaunded of the Diuel why he did beare such
hatred to the King, who answered, by reason the King is the greatest enemy
he hath in the worlde: all which their confessions and depositions are
still extant vpon record.

Item, the saide _Agnis Sampson_ confessed before the Kings Maiestie
sundrye thinges which were so miraculous and strange, as that his Maiestie
saide they were all extreame lyars, wherat she answered, she would not
wishe his Maiestie to suppose her woords to be false, but rather to
beleeue them, in that she would discouer such matter vnto him as his
maiestie should not any way doubt off.

And therupon taking his Maiestie a little aside, she declared vnto him the
verye woordes which passed betweene the Kings Maiestie and his Queene at
Vpslo in Norway the first night of their mariage, with their answere eache
to other: whereat the Kinges Maiestie wondered greatlye, and swore by the
liuing God, that he beleeued that all the Diuels in hell could not haue
discouered the same: acknowledging her woords to be most true, and
therefore gaue the more credit to the rest which is before declared.

Touching this _Agnis Tompson_, she is the onlye woman, who by the Diuels
perswasion should haue entended and put in execution the Kings Maiesties
death in this manner.

She confessed that she tooke a blacke Toade, and did hang the same vp by
the heeles, three daies, and collected and gathered the venome as it
dropped and fell from it in an Oister shell,