v. 1345.
He bad the Phitonesse
...
But whether it were so,
He were idem in numero,
The selfe same Samuell, &c.]
—Phitonesse, i. e. Pythoness, witch,—the witch of Endor.
“And speke as renably, and faire, and wel,
As to the Phitonesse did Samuel:
And yet wol som men say it was not he,” &c.