In the house of Mr. Beecham, the rector of Branston, "it was frequently observed, that a Tobacco-pipe would move it self from off a Shelf at one end of the Room, to another Shelf at the other end of the Room." This was done without any visible help or source. (155)

Upon hearing of a "pipe of tobacco" which mysteriously "would move it self off a Shelf at one end of the Room, to another Shelf at the other end of the Room," without any visible help in the home of Mr. Beecham, the rector of Braunston-in-Rutland, Mr. Mun, the rector of Stockerson in Leicestershire, came to visit. He "took a Pipe of Tobacco in that Room," but instead of the pipe moving, "a great Bible [...] moved it self off from a Desk at the lower end of the Room, and cast it self into his Lap." The Bible opens to Genesis 3.15, where it says, "Satan; I'll shew thee they Doom: The See of the Woman shall break the Serpent's Head. Avoid Satan."(155)