Note 197 — Chapter XV
Reading edition
The following is an account of the material used, and the expenses attending the execution of two witches in Scotland:
For10 loads of coal to burn the witches£3 06 8
"a tar barrel0 14 0
"towes0 06 0
"hurdles to be jumps for them3 10 0
"making of them0 08 0
"one to go to Tinmouth for the lord to sit upon the assize as judge0 06 0
"the executioner for his pains8 14 0
"his expenses there0 16 4
—Lectures on Witchcraft in Salem, Charles W. Upham.