Dinham. Come, come, prithee, tell me, Why did they bewitch me?
Bad. Because thou didst call Johane Greedie witche.
Dinham. Why, is shee not a witche?
Bad. Yes; but thou shouldest not have said soe.
Good. But why did Ball bewitche him?
Bad. Because Greedie was not stronge enough.
A messenger is now sent after Ball; but on reaching his hiding-place, he finds that the poor man has just escaped, and he meets with people who had seen his flight. Dinham and his voices then join in a discourse, from which it appears that before they bewitched Dinham they had been guilty of various ‘evil practices,’ and had compassed the death of, at least, one of their victims. Six days afterwards Dinham has another ‘fit,’ and a second unsuccessful effort is made to track and arrest Ball. Disgusted with this failure, the Good Spirit strenuously opposes the Evil Spirit in his resolve to secure Dinham’s soul:
Bad. I will have him, or else I will torment him eight tymes more.
Good. Thou shalt not have thy will in all thinges; thou shalt torment him but four times more.
Bad. I will have thy soule.