Victims of Superstition—Lady Glammis—Her Trial for causing
the Death of her Husband and attempting to poison the King—Found
Guilty, and Burned—Lady Fowlis an intended Victim—Image
of the young Lady of Balnagowan—Elf Arrows—Consulting
Egyptians—Hector Munro's connection with Witches—Charge
against Sir John Colquhoun and Thomas Carlips
for consulting Necromancers—Love Philters and Enchanted
Tokens—Bewitching Sir George Maxwell—Witch-marks discovered
before the Sheriff of Renfrewshire—Commission appointed
by the Privy Council to try Witches—Witches Burned—Intercourse
with Fairies—Another Witch Story511
Edinburgh and Leith Witches—Black Catalogue—James VI. and
the Witches—Complaint to the Scottish Privy Council of Barbarous
Conduct—Relics of Superstition—Witch-finders in
Edinburgh and Leith—Royal Commission to Magistrates and
Ministers to search for and put Witches to Death—Wife of a
Judge in Edinburgh meeting a Witch's Fate—Repeal of the
Laws against Witchcraft—Opposition to Acts being Repealed—Judge
of the Supreme Courts against a Change of the Law—James
Reid—Potter-row Witch—Alexander Hamilton, the
Warlock—The Devil and Hamilton burning a Provost's Mill—Bewitched
Man—A habit-and-repute Witch—Young Laird
of Duddingston—Major Weir and his Magical Staff—A
Magical Distaff—Agnes Williamson, a Haddingtonshire Witch—Elizabeth
Bathgate of Eyemouth—Isabella Young of Eastbarns
burned at the Castlehill519
The Demon of Jedburgh—An Apparition—Witch shot in the
form of a Cat—Auldearne Witch—Sabbath Meetings with
Satan—Farmer Breadley—Disinterring Unbaptised
Children—Singularly-constructed Plough and Team—Attempt to shoot
a Minister—Borrowstounness Witches—A Pittenweem Witch—An
Unearthly Horse—Merciful View of a Witch's Case—A
Perthshire Witch—Water of Ruthven Well—A Changeling524
Witchcraft in Aberdeen—Dean of Guild rewarded for his Diligence
in burning Witches—Expense of burning Witches—The
Marquis of Huntly's Desire to punish Witches—Action of the
Presbytery anent Witches—Man under the Protection of the
Fairy Queen—Strathdown Witches—Riding on Brooms—Crossing
the Spey in Riddles—Disappearance of Witches—Madge
M'Donald of Tomintoul—Witches' Pool—A Mountain
Tale—Girl controlling the Elements—Witch Burned—Caithness
Witches—One of the Evil Sisterhood—Investigation by the
Sheriff—Margaret Nin-Gilbert—Helen Andrew—Shetland
Witches—An Orkney Lady—Mary Lamont of Innerkip529
Neither Police nor Medical Men much required in Olden Times—Instrument
of Torture—Torture declared Illegal—Berkly
Witch—Attempt on the Life of Edward II.—Master John of
Nottingham—Escape of Coventry Necromancers from Justice—Rutland
Family bewitched—A Pendle Witch—Strange
Narrative—Essex Witches—Witches of Northamptonshire—Bullet-proof
Witch—Drawing Blood above the Temples—Anne
Bodenham foretelling how a Law Plea would be decided—Strange
Proceedings—Discovering Concealed Poison—Performing
Spirits—Ride to London through the Air—Impenitent
Witch538