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Remb the tall of the man of ashford in Kente. that was at lawe wth his neighbor. howe the diuell cam to him to prouoke him to hange him self in the end of august. Mrs turner Fanchurch stret told yt

Also howe ther d|w|ar|s| on of my .L. watcalms men haunted wth on lik a Duell {sic} in Duers {sic} shapes in the beging of octobr & at lenghth he stroke him wth his sword. and yt was a man. mrs Crouder told this

mr Coudwell told also of a poulter that tranformed {sic} him self to a beare and met on in bishops gate stret. and when he wrestled wt him he turned to a man in octobr 10 Day./

Calendared text from MS Ashmole 236, f. 263v (middle part of page)

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), ‘NOTE253’, The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/notes/NOTE253, accessed 29 October 2026.