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Rh of a Child stand upon Walkers Shoulders during the time of the Trial, at which time the Judge was very much troubled, and gave Sentence that Night the Trial was, which was a thing never used in Durham before nor after; out of which two Testimonies several things may be corrected or supplied in Mr. Websters Story, though it be evident enough that in the main they agree; for that is but a small disagreement as to the Years, when Mr. Webster says about the Year of our Lord 1632, and Mr. Smart 1631. But unless at Durham they have Assizes but once in the Year, I understand not so well how Sharp and Walker should be apprehended some little while after St. Thomas day, as Mr. Webster has it, and be tried the next Assizes at Durham, and yet that be in August according to Mr. Smarts Testimony. Out of Mr. Lumleys Testimony the Christian Name of the young Woman is supplied, as also the name of the Town near Chester in the Street, namely Lumley; the Circumstances also of Walkers sending away his Kinswoman with Mark Sharp, are supplied out of Mr. Lumley's Narrative, and the time rectified, by telling it was about fourteen Days till the Spectre appeared after the Murther, when as Mr. Webster makes it a long time.

Two Errours also more are corrected in Mr. Websters Narration by Mr. Lumleys Testimony; the distance of the Miller from Lumley, where Walker dwelt, which was six Miles, not two Miles as Mr. Webster has it; and also that it was not a Mill to grind Corn in, but a Fullers Mill, the Apparition Night by Night pulling the Cloths off Gralmess Bed, omitted in Mr. Websters Story, may be supplied out of Mr. Lumleys, and Mr. Smarts Testimony puts it out of Controversie that the Trial was at Durham and before Judge Davenport, which is ommitted by Mr. Webster. And whereas Mr. Webster says, there were some that reported that the Apparition did appear to the Judge, or the Fore-man of the Jury; but of that, he knows no certainty. This Confession of his, as it is a sign he would not write any thing in this Story of which he was not certain for the main, so here is a very seasonabie suppiy for this out of Mr. Smart, who affirms that he heard one Mr. Fairhair give Evidence upon Oath, that he saw the likeness of a Child stand upon Walker's Shoulders during the time of the Trial: It is likely this Mr. Fairhair might be the Fore-man of the Jury, and in that the Judge was so very much troubled, that himself also might see the same Apparition as Webster says report went, though the mistake in Mr. Webster is, that it was the Apparition of a Woman; but this of the Child was very fit and apposite, placed