FOOTNOTES:
[14] Rec. of Just. 18th May 1588.
[15] In the original it is Queen of Elfland.
[16] Good Neighbours was a term for witches. People were afraid to speak of them opprobriously, lest they should provoke their resentment.
[17] Records of Justiciary, 7th August 1590.
[18] Ibid, 26th December 1590.
[19] Rec. of Just. Jan. 27. 1590. A story is told of this woman in Spottiswood's Hist. p. 383. which is nowise confirmed by the record. His fable is absurd; and seems to have been invented by some zealous believer in the divine right of Kings.
[20] Rec. of Just., 8th May 1591.
[21] Unprinted Acts, A.D. 1592. No. 70.
[22] He who obtains a gift of the forfeiture.
[23] "Johnstoni Historia Rerum Britannicarum," p. 172.
[24] Records of Justiciary, March 20. 1620.
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