This and that together made the thing certain; and the fall of the poor wretch was included in the dittay as one of the counts against her, proving her witchcraft.
In the dittay she is called "Alysoun Balfour, ane knawin notorious wich.
The dittay says he flew through the air--a not infrequent mode of progression with such people.
As many sermons as I preached, as many sentences as I uttered, as many points of dittay shall there be, when the Lord shall plead with the world, for the evil of their doings.
I think, lay aside all other guiltiness, that this one, the violence done to God's candle in our soul, were a sufficient dittay against us.
I have no dittay nor indictment to bring against Christ's cross, seeing He hath made a friendly agreement betwixt me and it, and we are in terms of love together.
I would not have you to bring your dittay in your own bosom with you to Christ.
The first part of the dittay is entirely occupied with her conferences with the devil and her healing the sick by his advice.
In the dittay against Christian Grieve, it is stated that 'Sathan desired you to be his servant whilk ye willingly granted to be.
Footnote 504: Compare the dittay against Bessie Thom, who danced round the Fish Cross of Aberdeen with other witches 'in the lyknes of kattis and haris'.
Part of the dittay against Jonet Rendall, an Orkney witch, 1629, was that 'the devill appeirit to you, Quhom ye called Walliman.
Then the court being set, the dittay was read solemnly by a very fair-spoken and courteous gentleman, Thomas Hamilton of Byres, the King's advocate.
The reason for Jean's hatred of her husband appears in the dittay against Robert Weir.
The editor of Pitcairn's Trials remarks in a footnote to the dittay that ``the quaintness of the ancient style even aggravates the horror of the scene.
I cannot do better at this point than leave description of the murder as it is given in the dittay against Weir.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dittay" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
