[139] Sinclair, p. 48.

[140] From the record in the Justiciary Office, Edinburgh.

[141] Chambers, iii, p. 299.

[142] Ravaisson, 1679, pp. 334-6.

[143] Mather, pp. 120, 125; J. Hutchinson, History, ii, pp. 37 seq.

[144] Boguet, p. 125.

[145] Lawes against Witches and Conivration, p. 7.

[146] Wilson, ii, p. 158.

[147] The trials are published by Pitcairn, i, pt. ii.

[148] There were present on this occasion thirty-nine persons, or three Covens. See chap. vii on the Organization.