[Satan’s Invisible World Contents]
THis Woman was a Servant to Margaret Kirkwood there, a Woman of good repute once, who before her death took some trouble of mind, but upon what account, I cannot determine. She made some insinuation (it seems) to some of her Friends, that she inclined to put hand in her self; whereupon she was attended and waited upon; but had her own Liberty to retire her self to private Prayer, in which exercise she was frequent. Upon a Sabbath forenoon, when all were at Church and she at home, none with her save only a Servant-Maid, she went into some high Room or other, as she was wont to do to her Devotion; and there before the Maid could know, she hanged her self. In this very moment of time, this Lissie Muidy, her old servant being in Church was observed to number upon her fingers 50. or 51. which number being ended she cryes out with a loud voice in presence of all, now the turn is done. She was presently taken away as a distracted Person, and news coming to the Church, that such a Woman had hanged her self, her old Mistris, she was taken away to Prison, but what her confession was, it is not well known. There are many other things reported, whereof I cannot give an account. This Tragedy was acted within these few years at Hadington.
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