Goodwife R. It is a gift which God hath given her. I think the Holy Spirit of God doth teach her.
M. B. You do not think, then, that the devil doth teach her?
Goodwife R. How should I think that the devil doth teach her? Did you ever hear that the devil did teach any good thing?
M. B. Do you know that was a good thing?
Goodwife R. Was it not a good thing to drive the evil spirit out of any man?
M. B. Do you think the devil was afraid of your spit?
Goodwife R. I know he was driven away, and we have been rid of him ever since.
M. B. Can a spit hurt him?
Goodwife R. It doth hurt him, or it hurteth the witch: one of them, I am sure: for he cometh no more. Either she can get him come no more, because it hurteth him: or else she will let him come no more, because it hurteth her.
M. B. It is certain that spirits cannot be hurt but with spiritual weapons: therefore your spit cannot fray nor hurt the devil. And how can it hurt the witch? You did not think she was in your cream, did you?