When all are satisfied the Oyl is hot, the two men come and stand on each side of this boyling Oyl; and say, The God of Heaven and Earth is witness, that I did not do this that I am accused of; Or, The four sorts of Gods be witness, That this Land in controversie is mine.

And then the other swears quite contrary.

But first the Accuser alwayes swears.

The Accused also relates his own innocence, or his own Right and Title.

The cloths that their hands were bound up in are taken off.