ABSTRACT
BookeIV.ChapterX [DiscussingIncubusanddenyingitsexistenceScotrejectsstoriesof 'carnallsocietiewithwomen'becauseaspiritcannotengender, sinceitdoesnotfeedorlivemateriallyaswedo.)
Buttousefewwordsherein,Ihopeyouunderstandthatthey affirmeandsaie,thatIncubusisaspirit;andItrustyouknowthat aspirithathnofleshnorbones,&c:andthatheneitherdootheate nordrinke.Indeedeyourgrandamsmaideswerewoonttoseta bollofmilkebeforehimandhiscousineRobingoodfellow,for grindingofmaltormustard,andsweepingthehouseatmidnight: andyouhavealsoheardthathewouldchafeexceedingly,ifthemaid orgoodwifeofthehouse,havingcompassionofhisnakednes,laid anieclothesforhim,beesideshismesseofwhitebreadandmilke, whichwashisstandingfee.Forinthatcasehesaith;'Whathave wehere?Hemtonhamten,herewillInevermoretreadnor stampen.'
