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 she must right John Haddock her Son by him, in a Lease wherein she and Davis her now Husband had wronged him. This done, he presently found great quietness in his mind, and thanking the Gentleman for their Company, Advice, and Assistance, he departed thence to his Brother's House at Drumbridge: Where, about two nights after, the aforesaid Apparition came to him again, and more pleasantly than formerly, askt if he had delivered his Message? He answered, he had done it fully. It replied, that he must do the Message to the Executors also, that the business might be perfected. At this meeting Taverner asked the Spirit if Davis would do him any hurt; to which it answered at first somewhat doubtfully; but at length threatned Davis if he attempted any thing to the injury of Taverner, and so vanisht away in white.

The day following, Dr. Jeremie Taylor Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore, was to go to keep Court at Dromore, and commanded me, who was then Secretary to him, to write for Taverner to meet him there, which he did. And there in the presence of many he examined Taverner strictly in this strange Scene of Providence, as my Lord stil'd it; and by the account given him both by Taverner, and others who knew Taverner, and much of the former particulars, his Lordship was satisfied that the Apparition was true and real; but said no more there to him, because at Hilbrough, three miles from thence on his way home, my Lord was informed that my Lady Conway and other Persons of Quality were come purposely to hear his Lordship examine the Matter. So Taverner went with us to Hilbrough, and there to satisfie the curiosity of the fresh company, after asking many things anew, and some over again, my Lord advised him the next time the Spirit appeared to ask him these Questions. ''Whence are you? Are you a good or a bad Spirit? Where is your abode? What station do you hold? How are you regimented in the other World? And what is the reason that you appear for the relief of your Son in so small a matter, when so many Widows and Orphans are oppressed in the World, being defrauded of greater matters, and none from thence of their Relations appear, as you do, to right them?''

That night Taverner was sent for to Lisburne, to my Lord Conway 's three miles from Hilbrough, on his way home to Belfast, where he was again strictly examined in the presence of many good men and women of the aforesaid matter, who was ordered to lie at my Lord Conway 's all night; and about nine or ten a clock at night, standing by the Fire-side with his Brother and many others, his Countenance changed, and he fell into