Devil in Britain America Author:John Ashton Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. ' The Just Devil of Woodstock'—Metrical Version—Presumed Genuine History of' The Just Devil of Woodstock.' THE JUST DEVIL OF WOODSTOCK. ' T... more »he 16 day of October in the year of our Lord 1649, The Commissioners for surveying and valuing his Majesties Mannor House, Parks, Woods, Deer, Demesnes, and all things thereunto belonging, by Name Captain Crook, Capt. Hart, Capt. Cockaine, Capt. Carelesse, and Capt. Roe their Messenger, with Mr. Brown their Secretary, and two or three servants, went from Woodstock town (where they had lain some nights before) and took up their lodgings in his Majesties House, after this manner: The Bedchamber and withdrawing room, they both lodged in, and made their Kitchin ; the Presence Chamber their room for dispatch of business with all commers : of the Councel Hall, their Brewhouse, as of the Dining room, their Woodhouse, where they laid in the clefts, of that antient standard in the High-Park, for many ages beyond memory,known by the Name of the Kings Oak, which they had chosen out, and caused to be dug up by the Roots. ' The Just Devil of Woodstock ; or, a True Narrative of the Several Apparitions, the Frights and Punishments, inflicted upon the Mumpish Commissioners Sent thither, to Survey the Mannors and Houses belonging to His Majestic.' London; printed in the year 1660. ' Octob. 17. About the middle of the night, these new guests were first awaked, by a knocking at the Presence Chamber door, which they also conceived did open, and something to enter, which came through the room, and also walkt through the withdrawing room into the Bed chamber, and there walkt about that room with a heavy step during half an hour; then crept under the bed where Captain Hart, and Capt. Carelesse lay, where it did seeme (as it were) to bite ...« less