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 3. Exam. Mary the Wife of William Smith of Brewham, Examined March 8, 1664, before Rob. Hunt Esq; saith, That about two Years since, Margaret Agar came to her, and called her Whore, adding, A Plague take you for an old Whore, I shall live to see thee rot on the Earth before I die, and thy Cows shall fall and die at my Feet. A short time after which, she had 3 Cows that died very strangely, and 2 of them at the Door of Margaret Agar. And ever since the Examinant hath consumed and pined away, her Body and her Bowels rotting, and she verily believes that her Cattel and her self were Bewitcht by Agar.

Taken upon Oath, before me,

Rob. Hunt.

4. Exam. Catherine Green, alias Cornish, of Brewham, Widow, Examin'd May 16, 1665, before Rob. Hunt Esq; saith, That on Friday in the Evening, in the beginning of March last, Margaret Agar came to her, and was earnest she should go with her to a Ground called Husseys-knap, which she did, and being come thither, they saw a little Man in Black-cloaths, with a little Band. As soon as they came to him, Margaret Agar took out of her Lap a little Picture in blackish Wax, which she delivered to the Man in Black, who stuck a Thorn into the Crown of the Picture, and then delivered it back to Agar; upon which she stuck a Thorn towards the Heart of the Picture, Cursing, and saying, A Plague on you; which she told the Examinant, was done to hurt Eliz. Cornish, who as she hath been told, has been very ill ever since that time.

That a little above a Year since Jos. Talbot, late of Brewham, being Overseer for the Poor, did cause two of Agars Children to go to Service; upon which she was very Angry, and said in the Examinants hearing, a few Days before he fell sick and died, that she had trod upon the Jaws of 3 of her Enemies, and that she should shortly see Talbot rot, and tread on his Jaws. And when this Examinant desired her not to hurt Talbot, she Swore by the Blood of the Lord, she would confound him if she could. The Day before he died, she said to the Examinant, God's wounds I'll go and see him, for I shall never see him more; and the next Day Talbot died.

That she heard Margaret Agar Curse Mary Smith, and say, She should live to see her and her Cattle fall and rot before her Face.

Taken upon Oath, before me,

Rob. Hunt.