The Virginia Gazette

London, April 11. In the Book of Rolls of the Manor of Hatfield in Yorkshire, we have a Record of a pleasant Convention, 12 Ed. 3. between Robert de Roderham and John de Ithen, the latter of whom sold the Devil in a String, for Three Pence Half-Penny to the former, to be delivered on the fourth Day after the Convention. When the Purchaser making his Demand, the Seller refused to give him Livery, to the great Loss (as the Record represents it) of Forty Shillings to the Purchaser, &c. But it appearing to the Court, that such a Plea does not lie among Christians, the Parties were adjudged to Hell for Judgment. See Howel's Interpreter, and Chambers's Dictionary, under the Title Convention.