I was afraid, too, of the intrusion of wicked spirits
into them, who might impose on me with their delusions. This happened on
a Friday, being the 24th of April 1587, as I find it recorded in my
diary. But mark the manner of its return! The following month, on the
22d day, and on the same day of the week, about four hours post
meridian, as I and Kelly were walking out through the orchard, down the
river-side, he saw two little men fighting there furiously with swords;
and one said to the other, '_Thou hast beguiled me_.' As I drew near
they did not abate their heat, but the fray seemed to wax even hotter
than before. I at length said, '_Good friends, let me take up the matter
between you_;' whereupon they stayed, the elder of them saying, '_I sent
a present to thy wife, and this fellow hath taken it away_,' With this,
they again fought until the other was wounded in his thigh, which seemed
to bleed. Being in great pain, he took out of his bosom something that
I guessed to be the very treasure that I had lost. '_Now will I make
thee return it_,' said the first speaker; with that the other, who was
wounded, seemed to go suddenly out of sight, but came again ere I could
answer a word.
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