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 ye 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.