 She is a major character in the Tapisters ' and Couchers ' Play of the York Mystery Plays cycle , where she introduces herself as " Dame Precious Percula " . Her dream is dictated by the Devil . He first soliloquises to the effect that if Jesus dies , he , the Devil , will lose control of men 's souls . He then tells the sleeping Percula that Jesus is innocent , and that if he is condemned , she and Pilate will lose their privileged position . She wakes and sends a message to Pilate , but Annas and Caiaphas succeed in convincing him that her dream was inspired by Jesus 's witchcraft . 
