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THE RITESwere :u Candlemas last in Gran g~h ill , \\'here we got meat anddrink enough. 'The Devil sat at the head of the table, and allthe Coven about. That night he desired Alexander Elder inEarlseat to say the grace before rneat, which he did ; and i$this: 1 14 \Ve eat this meat in the Devil's name'' [etc.]. Andthen we began to eat. And when we had ended eating, welooked steadfastly to the Devil, and bowing ourselyes to him,we said to the Devil, \Ve thank thee, our Lord, for this.-\Yekilled an ox, in Burgie, about the clawing of the day, and webrought the ox \Yith us home to Aulderne, and did eat allamongst us in a n house in Aulderne, and feasted on it.' 2At Borrowstowness the witches went to different houses fortheir feasts, \Yhi ch seem to have been supplied partly by thehostess, partly by the Devil ancl the guests.'Ye and each person of you was at several meetings \Yiththe devil in the links of Borrowstowness, and in the house ofyou Bessie Vickar, and ye did eat and drink with the devil,and with one another, and with witches in her house in thenight time ; and the devil and the said \rVilliam Craw broughtthe ale which ye drank, extending to about seven gallons, fromthe house of E lizabeth Hamilton.' :1In 1692 Goodwife Foster of Salem gave a rather charmingdescription of the picnic feast with the Coven from Andoyer:~ I enquired what she did for Victuals ' [at the meeting] ;' She answered that she carried Bread and Cheese in herpocket, and that she and the Andover Company came to theVillage before the )1eeting began, and sat down togetherunder a tree, and eat their food, and that she drank water outof a Brook to quench her thirst.' 4The Continental evidence vnries very little from the British.Except in a few details, the main facts are practically thesame. De Lancre summarizes the evidence which he hi1nselfcollected, and contrasts it with what other authorities said onthe subject :'Les liures disent que les sorcicrs mangent au Sahbat de ccque le Diable leur a appreste : mais bien souuct il ne s'y1The complete gmce is given on p. 167. It will be seen that it is~ corrupt version of some ancient form of words.- Pitcairn, Iii, pp. 612, 61 3· Spelling modernized.3Scots Jl!agadnl', 1814, p. 200. Spelling modernized. • Burr, p. 418.