Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare .1480. ſayth he,Illuſions of ſpirites. it chaunced as a Scottiſh ſhippe departed out of the Forth to|wardes Flaunders,A tale of a woman abuſed with a ſprite. there roſe a wonderful great tempeſt of winde & weather, ſo outragious, that the Maſter of the ſhip with other the Ma [...]iners wondered not a litle what the mater ment, to fee ſuche weather that tyme of the yeare,About S. Bar|nabees day. for it was aboute the middeſt of Sommer. At length when the furious pyrrie & rage of windes ſtill encrea|ſed, in ſuche wiſe that all thoſe within the ſhippe [figure appears here on page 119] EEBO page image 120 looked for preſent death, there was a woman vn|derneath the hatches, called vnto them aboue, and willed them to throwe hyr into the ſea, that all the reſidue by goddes grace might yet be ſa|ued: and therevpon tolde them, howe ſhee had bene haunted a long tyme with a ſprite, dayely comming vnto hir, in mans lykenes, and that euen as then, hee was with hir vſing his filthye pleaſure after the maner of carnall copulation. In the ſhippe there chaunced alſo to bee a prieſt, who by the maiſters appointment going downe to this woman, & fynding hir lyke a moſt wret|ched and deſperate perſon, lamenting hir greate miſfortune and myſerable eſtate, vſed ſuche hol|ſome admonitions and comfortable aduertiſe|ments, willing hir to repent and hope for mercy at the handes of almightie God, that at lengthe ſhe ſeeming right penitent for hir greuous offen|ces committed, and fetching ſundry ſighes euen from the bottome of hir heart, being witneſſe (as ſhould appeare) of the ſame, there iſſued foorthe of the pumpe of the ſhippe, a foule and euill fa|uored black cloude, with a mightie terrible noiſe, flame, ſmoake and ſtinke, which preſently fel in|to the ſea. And ſodeinly therevpon the tempeſte ceaſſed, and the ſhip paſſyng in quiet the reſidue of hir iourney, arriued in ſafetie at the place whe|ther ſhe was bounde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Not long before the hap hereof, there was in lyke maner a yong man dwelling in Gareoth,A yong man haunted with a ſprite. within a village there, not paſſing .xiiij. myles from Aberdyne, right faire and comely of ſhape, who declared by way of complaint vnto the Bi|ſhop of that dioceſſe, howe there was a ſprite which haunted him in ſhape of a woman, ſo fair and beautifull a thing, that he neuer ſaw y^e lyke, the which would come into his chãber a nights, & with pleaſant enticementes allure him to haue to doe with hir, and that by no maner of means he could be rid of hir. The biſhop like a wiſe mã aduiſed him to remoue into ſome other countrey and to giue himſelfe to faſtyng and prayer, ſo to auoyde his handes of that wicked ſprite. The yong man folowing the Biſhops counſel, with|in few days was deliuered frõ further tentation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Aboute the ſame tyme alſo, there was in the countrey of Mar, a yong Gentlewoman of ex|cellent beautie, and daughter vnto a noble man there, refuſing ſundry wealthy mariages offred to hir by hir father, and other frendes. At lengthe ſhe proued with chyld, and being rigorouſly cõ|pelled by hir parentes to tel who was the father, ſhe confeſſed that a certain yong mã vſed night|ly to come vnto hir, and keepe hir companie, and ſometimes in the daye alſo, but howe or from whence he came, or by what meanes he went a|way, ſhe was not able to declare. Hir parentes not greatly crediting hir wordes, layde diligent watche to vnderſtand what he was that had de|fyled their houſe: And within .iij. days after, vp|on ſignification giuen by one of the maydens, [figure appears here on page 120] that the fornicatour was at that verie inſtante with their daughter, incontinently therevppon, making faſt the dores, they enter the chamber with a great meignie of torches & lights, where they find in their daughters armes, a foule mon|ſtrous thing, right horrible to beholde. Heere a number comming haſtily in, to beholde this euil fauoured ſight, amongſt other, there was a prieſt of right honeſt lyfe, not ignorant (as was thou|ght) in knowledge of holie ſcripture. This prieſt (all other being afrayde) and ſome of them run|ning their wayes, began to recite the beginning of Saint Iohns Goſpell, and comming to theſe words, Verbum caro factum eſt, ſodeynely the wicked ſprite makyng a right ſore and terrible roaring noyſe, flew his wayes, taking the roofe of the chamber away with him, the hangings & couerings of the bed being alſo brent therewith. The Gentlewoman was yet preſerued, & with|in .iij. or .iiij. dayes after, was deliuered of ſuche a miſhapen thing, as the lyke before had not ben ſeene, whiche the midwiues and women ſuche as were preſent at hir labour, to auoyd the diſho|nour of hir houſe, immediatly brente in a greate fyre, made in the chamber for the ſame intent.