_Susanne_, wife of _Jean Le Messurier_, deposed that her husband and
_Collas Becquet_ had angry words together one day; they had an infant
about six weeks old, and as she was undressing it in the evening to
put it to bed, there fell upon the stomach of the said infant, a
black beast which melted away as soon as it fell, so that although she
carefully sought for it, she could never discover what had become of
it; immediately afterwards the infant was taken ill and would not
suck, but was much tormented; being advised to look into the said
infant's pillow, she found there several witches' spells sewn with
thread; these she took out and carefully dressed all the feathers in
the pillow; yet when she examined it again a week afterwards, she
found there a black bean with a hole in it; of which, the said
_Becquet_ hearing that he was suspected, his wife came to witness's
house while the said _Becquet_ was at sea, and told her that on
account of the rumour which witness had raised about her husband, he
the said _Becquet_ would thrash the said _Messurier_, her husband, and
herself, and would kill them; after that, witness went to their house
to say they were not afraid either of him or her, or of their threats
to kill her husband and her; witness had six big chickens which ran
after their mother, going out of the house in the morning and
returning at night; and one by one they began to jump up against the
chimney and eat the soot, so that they all died one after the other,
...[B] as they jumped, until the last one which remained alive up to
one hour of daybreak, when it died; after they had told this to _Mr.
de Lisle_, and he had threatened the people, her infant recovered and
remained well.

[Footnote B: Illegible in the record.]

_Collas Rougier_ deposed that his brother _Pierre Rougier_ when dying