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ſhe dyd ſo, alſo ſhe taughte her to cal it by the name of Sathan and to kepe it in a baſket.

When this mother Eue had geuen her the Cat Sathan, then this Elizabeth deſired firſte of the ſayde Cat (callinge it Sathan) that ſhe might be ryche and to haue goodes, and he promiſed her ſhe ſhoulde–aſkinge her what ſhe would haue, and ſhe ſayde ſhepe (for this Cat ſpake to her as ſhe confeſſed in a ſtraunge holowe voice, but ſuche as ſhe vnderſtode by vſe) and this Cat forthwith brought ſhepe into her paſture to the number of xviii, blacke and whyte, whych continued with her for a tyme, but in the ende dyd all weare awaye ſhe knewe not howe.

Item, when ſhe had gotten theſe ſhepe, ſhe deſired to haue one Andrew Byles to her huſband, which was a man of ſome welth, and the cat dyd promyſe ſhe ſhold, but that he ſayde