Being examined confesseth and saith that he told the said Henry Mather that there was an house where an innkeeper had lately lived taken by another to live in and a maid of the house went to sweep the room and there came up loose moulds and as she was sweeping a knife fell out of her bosom into the place where the said loose moulds appeared and she stooped to take up the knife and felt a stave she thereupon pulled up the stave and stooped down again to see what was in the place supposing there might be some money hid there and she found dead man's bones at which she was afraid thereupon there appeared unto her a spirit in green colour and said it had been killed about 13 years and said there was three persons that did murder him whereupon 2 was dead and one woman was alive and the spirit bade the said maid to go to a Justice of Peace and to make it known and she said she was but a woman and the Justice would take no notice of it because she wanted evidence but the said spirit bade her go and she should not want for evidence so she went and informed the Justice who sent for the said woman and she confessed all that the spirit had told and the said spirit further told her that the King had two of his own servants that should turn papist and betray him but denies that he said the Kind should reign but 3 years and that he should turn papist and be in danger to be murdered by one of his own house.
Informeth upon oath that about 6 or 7 weeks ago one Nathaniel Smith coming to her father's house in Openshaw aforesaid she heard the said Nathaniel Smith tell her father that the King should but reign three years and that he should turn papist and be in danger to be murdered by one of his own house.