(Q112941165)
Statements
The bowl was described as a great bikar that was put around her head and neck to inaugurate her into the craft (perhaps the impetus for the cauldron myths?). Description of a bewitching using materials left in a window (magical use of boundaries). She was accused of using her servants to deliver materials to and from other witches, and those servants seemed to have betrayed her in court by testifying against her. (English)
Part of the North Berwick witch hunt. It involved many people and many accusations about witches meetings, specifically two separate attempts to sink the royal ships. The first to sink Queen Anne on her way home, second to trouble King James after he went to get her in Denmark. In her own trial she was accused of trying to kill her husband and other family members (ie for her own political gain), and for consulting with lots of witches.Her servant saw a vision of a man in a white shirt with a tail.She was accused of wanting to get her father-in-law. See c/egd/63 and c/egd/103 for a description of the North Berwick meeting. Her trial outlines at least four witches' meetings. She was accused of trying to destroy the King and Queen. Her childbirth pains for two births were transferred, first to a dog and then to a cat.Brought into the North Berwick stuff. (English)
v I, part II
237
same text as JC2/2, Also listed in the High Court Record Index, no. 1 for 7/6/1591, (English)
SCS.BC.42
Her servant saw a vision of a man in a white shirt with a tail. (English)
2 references
Devil type: Male, Described as "black man" (English)
Devil type: Spirit, Described as "in voice" (English)