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6 with child. was not known The money being preſently ſent to another Baillie's houſe, it was reported that there alſo ſome uncommon noiſe took place

During the time of his impriſonment, he was never willing to be ſpoken to And when the miniſters of the city offered to pray with him, he cried out in fury, "Torment me not; for I am tormented already!" A miniſter aſking if he ſhould pray for him? he anſwered, "Not at all!" the miniſter replied "Sir. I will pray in ſpite of you or the devil your maſter" He accordingly prayed, making him at leaſt to hear him; the Major ſtaring and appeared quite ſtupified.

Another miniſter propoſing to pray for him, he ſaid, “Do it not upon your peril.—Torment me not before the time"

When the rope was about his neck to prepare him for the fire he was bid say, "Lord be merciful to him," But he anſwered, "Let me alone, I will not—I have lived as a beaſt, and I muſt die as a beaſt."

The fire being kindled, both he and his ſtaff a little after where dropt into the flames

Whatever incantation was in his ſtaff, it is ſaid he could not go about any religious duty whithout his rod in his hand, and leaning on it; which made thoſe who heard him pray, admire his fluency in prayer.

His ſtaff being dropt into the fire wish him, reminds me of the following ſtory in Zetland, a few years ago a judge having condemned an old woman and her daughter, called Hellen