... of a kind of Peter the Hermit, to the Crusade against witches and woitcheraft which ensued. The greater number of the Pendle wi'tches were tried at Lancaster, by Sir Ed- ward Brotuley, Lron of the Exchequer and one of thieo at Yo; ]r, hy his ' Benclli-fellow ...

... immense space *fwi,-ilderness. - ,This district.is a- part of Pondle forest, and the scene of action of the far famed Pendle witches,-and, certainly; it is not unwomthy of tile characters it then produced. The scene altogether, and Ihe ideas connocted ...