And

"Agnes, the wyf of John Wyse, als Winkam John Wyse, presented to

be a medicioner for the waffc of an yll wynde, and for the

fayryes."

Some of your readers may perhaps explain what these were. It is clear

that they were superstitious practices of sufficient prevalence and

influence on the popular mind to call for the interference of the

queen's commissioners.

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