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R4 A D ~'I I S S I 0 N C E R E 1\1 0 N I E S' traysted with the divill at the l(nockanrioch, being thesecond tyme of her tneeting with him, that shee made covenantwith the devill ... quairin she promised to be his servantetc. that shee asked quhat was his name his answer was myname is J(lareanough and he asked quhat was her name andshe answered Jonet Morisoun, the name that God gave me,and he said belive not in Christ bot belive in 1ne. I baptisethe Margarat.' 1 The Swedish witches (r669) were alsobaptized; ' they added, that he caused them to be baptized• too by such Priests as he had there, and made them confirmtheir Baptism with dreadful Oaths and Imprecations.' 2Curiously enough the most detailed account comes from NewEngland (1692). Mary Osgood, wife of Captain Osgood, went' to five mile pond, where she was baptized by the devil,who dipped her face in the water, and made her renounceher former baptism, and told her she must be his, soul andbody for ever, and that she must serve hiin, which shepromised to do. She says, the renouncing her first baptismwas after her dipping.' 3 The account of Goody Lacey'sexperience is given in the form of question and answer:'Q. Goody Lacey! how 1nany years since they werebaptized? A. rfhree or four years ago, I suppose. Q. \\Thobaptized them ? A. 1'he old serpent. Q. How did he doit? A. He dipped their heads in the water, saying, thatthey were his and that he had power over them. Q. \\' herewas this? A .. i\.t Fall's River. Q. How many were baptizedthat day ? A. Some of the chief; J think they were sixbaptized. Q. Natne them. A. I think they were of thehigher powers.' 4A near approach to the ceremony of baptis1n is the bloodriteat Auldearne, described by Isobel Gowclie and JanetBreadheid. The Devil marked Isobel on the shoulder, ' andsuked owt my blood at that mark, and spowted it in hishand, and, sprinkling it on my head, said, "I baptise the,Janet, in my awin name."' '"fhe Devil marked Janet Breadheidin the same way on the shoulder, 'and suked out my11-Jiglr/and Papers, vol. iii, p. 22.!I Howell, vi, 66o ; J. Hutchinson, ii, p. 31.