Thomas Sawdie allegedly wakes up the morning after his compact to find that the money the Devil gave him has vanished and that he is sick with a swelling in his stomach and belly that has robbed him of his appetite for meat. Over the next fortnight, the swelling spreads to include his neck and throat. The Devil tells him this is not a sickness at all, but "only to deceive the people, that they might not suspect any other thing by him."(2-3)