But some of
the company pursued him until he came to a narrow place called "the
Boggard-hole," where he met two horsemen; seeing which, his tormentors
left off following him. He further said, that on a certain day he saw a
neighbour's wife, of the name of Loynd, sitting upon a cross piece of
wood within the chimney of his father's dwelling-house. He called to
her, saying, "Come down, thou Loynd wife," and immediately she went up
out of sight. Likewise upon the evening of All-Saints before-named, his
father sent him to seal up the kine, when, coming through a certain
field, he met a boy who began to quarrel with him, and they fought until
his face and ears were bloody. Looking down, he saw the boy had cloven
feet, and away he ran. It was now nearly dark; but he descried at a
distance a light like a lantern. Thinking this was carried by some of
his friends, he made all haste towards it, and saw a woman standing on a
bridge, whom he knew to be Loynd's wife; turning from her he again met
with the boy, who gave him a heavy blow on the back, after which he
escaped. On being asked the names of the women he saw at the feast, he
mentioned seventeen persons, all of whom were committed to Lancaster for
trial.
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