The Waverley novels, by Sir Walter Scott, complete in 12 vol., printed from the latest English ed., embracing the author's last corrections, prefaces & notes.

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When the servants had covered them and were come to the chimney, in the
corners they found their wearing apparrel, boots, and stockings, but they
had no sooner toucht the embers, when the firebrands flew about their ears
so fast, that away ran they into the other room for the shelter of their coverlids; then after them walkt something that stampt about the room as if it
had been exceeding angry, and likewise threw about the trenchers, platters,
and all such things in the room - after two hours went out, yet stampt
again over their heads.
October 24. They lodged all abroad.
October 25. This afternoon was come unto them Mr. Richard Crook the
lawyer, brother to Captain Crook, and now deputy-steward of the mannor,
unto Captain Parsons and Major Butler, who had put out Mr. Hyans, his
majestie's officer. To entertain this new guest the Commissioners caused a
very great fire to be made, of neer the chimneyfull of wood of the King's
Oak, and he was lodged in the withdrawing-room with his brother, and his
servant in the same room. About the midst of the night a wonderful knocking was heard, and into the room something did rush, which coming to the
chimney-side, dasht out the fire as with the stamp of some prodigious foot,
then threw down such weighty stuffe, what ere it was, (they took it to be
the residue of the clefts and roots of the King's Oak,) close by the bed-side,
that the house and bed shook with it. Captain Cockaine and his fellow
arose, and took their swords to go unto the Crooks. The noise ceased at
their rising, so that they came to the door and called. The two brothers,
though fully awaked, and heard them call, were so amazed, that they made
no answer until Captain Cockaine had recovered the boldness to call very
loud, and came unto the bed-side; then faintly first, after some more assurance, they came to understand one another, and comforted the lawyer.
Whilst this was thus, no noise was heard, which made them think the time
was past of that night's trouble, so that, after some little conference, they
applied themselves to take some rest. When Captain Cockaine was come
to his own bed, which he had left open, he found it closely covered, which
he much wondered at; but turning the clothes down, and opening it to get
in, he found the lower sheet strewed over with trenchers. Their whole three
dozen of trenchers were orderly disposed between the sheets, which he and
his fellow endeavoring to cast out, such noise arose about the room, that
they were glad to get into bed with some of the trenchers. The noise lasted.
a full half hour after this. This entertainment so ill did like the lawyer,
and being not so well studied in the point as to resolve this the devil's law
case, that he next day resolved to be gone; but having not dispatcht all
that he came for, profit and perswasions prevailed with him to stay the
other hearing, so that he lodged as he did the night before.
October 26. This night each room was better furnished with fire and
candle than before; yet about twelve at night came something in that dasht
all out, then did walk about the room, making a noise, not to be set forth
by the comparison with any other thing; sometimes came it to the bedsides, and drew the curtains to and fro, then twerle them, then walk'about
again, and return to the bed-posts, shake them with all the bed, so that they
in bed were put to hold one upon the other, then walk about the room again,
and come to the servants' bed, and gnaw and scratch the wainscot head, and
shake altogether in that room; at the time of this being in doing, they in
the bed-chamber heard such strange dropping down from the roof of the
room, that they supposed'twas like the fall of money by the sound. Captain Cockaine, not frightened with so small a noise, (and lying near the
chimney) stept out, and made shift to light a candle, by the light of which
he perceived the room strewed over with broken glass, green, and some of
it as it were pieces of broken bottles; he had not been long considering
what it was, when suddenly his candle was hit out, and glass flew about
the room, that he made haste to the protection of the coverlets; the noise
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