[3] As illustrative of the folly and superstition of the times,
it may be interesting to explain this. Joan Flower, and her two
daughters, who were servants at Belvoir Castle, having
been dismissed the family, in revenge, made use of all the
enchantments, spells, and charms, that were at that time supposed
to answer their malicious purposes. Henry, the eldest son, died
soon after their dismissal; but no suspicion of witchcraft arose
till five years after, when the three women, who are said to have
entered into a formal contract with the devil, were accused of
"murdering Henry Lord Ros by witchcraft, and torturing the Lord
Francis, his brother, and Lady Catharine, his sister." After
various examinations, before Francis Lord Willoughby, of Eresby,
and other magistrates, they were committed to Lincoln gaol. Joan
died at Ancaster, on her way thither, by wishing the bread and
butter she ate might choak her if guilty. The two daughters were
tried before Sir Henry Hobbert, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas,
and Sir Edward Bromley, one of the Barons of Exchequer, confessed
their guilt, and were executed at Lincoln, March 11, 1618-19.

[4] "The _great Marquess of Granby_" born in 1721, was the son of
this duke. During the rebellion he raised a regiment of foot. In
1758, being lieutenant-general, he was sent into Germany, and
eminently distinguished himself under Prince Ferdinand of
Brunswick. He died in 1770, and was buried with his ancestors at
Bottesford, where, a few years since, there was no monumental
record of his name!

It is now time to speak of the present magnificence of Belvoir. The
castle which surrounds a quadrangular court, occupies nearly the