Colonel Rich of Essex, takes in Mr. Tyro, a man who "was exercised before he came a Sick-Resident under [Colonel Rich's] Roof." Colonel Rich truly believes Mr. Tyro was possessed and exercised, "by some Discourse I had with him aftewrads, during his Sickness," and on the account provided by his wife, to whom Mr. Tyro confessed the truth "to her only."(197)

Mr. Tyro confesses to the Lady Rich, whose household he is staying while in an illness after an exorcism, that one evening when he was returning to his lodgings, "being then in a good degree of Health, and in a serious frame, meditating by the way," he heard a voice say to him, "You shall die and not pass your five and thirtieth Year of Age." When Mr. Tyro looked around him, he could see no body, and was "into great Consternation and Sweat," which he would compare to "drops of Blood." Mr. Tyro is convinced it was an "auricular Voice," and no "Melancholy Fancy." Although Mr. Tyro prays, he cannot shake the impression. He dies in January 1630, a full seven months before he turned 36.(199-200)