A
true
declaration
of
the
manner
of
proceeding
against
ELIZABETH
SAWYER
late
of
Edmonton
Spinster
,
and
the
euidence
of
her
Conuiction
.
A
Great
,
and
long
suspition
was
held
of
this
person
to
be
a
witch
,
and
the
eye
of
Mr.
Arthur
Robinson
,
a
worthy
Iustice
of
Peace
,
who
dweleth
at
Totnam
neere
to
her
,
was
watchfull
ouer
her
,
and
her
wayes
,
and
that
not
without
iust
cause
;
stil
hauing
his
former
long
suspition
of
her
,
by
the
information
of
her
neighbours
that
dwelt
about
her
:
from
suspition
,
to
proceed
to
great
presumptions
,
seeing
the
death
of
Nurse-children
and
Cattell
,
strangely
and
suddenly
to
happen
.
And
to
finde
out
who
should
bee
the
author
of
this
mischiefe
,
an
old
ridiculous
custome
was
vsed
,
which
was
to
plucke
the
Thatch
of
her
house
,
and
to
burne
it
,
and
it
being
so
burnd
,
the
author
of
such
mischiefe
should
presently
then
come
:
and
it
was
obserued
and
affirmed
to
the
Court
,
that
Elizabeth
Sawyer
would
presently
frequent
the
house
of
them
that
burnt
the
thatch
which
they
pluckt
of
her
house
,
and
come
without
any
sending
for
.
This
triall
,
though
it
was
slight
and
ridiculous
,
yet
it
setled
a
resolution
in
those
whom
it
concerned
,
to
finde
out
by
all
meanes
they
could
endeauour
,
her
long
,
and
close
carried
Witchery
,
to
explaine
it
to
the
world
;
and
being
descried
,
to
pay
in
the
ende
such
a
worker
of
Iniquity
,
her
wages
,
and
that
which
shee
had
deserued
,
(
namely
,
shame
and
Death
)
from
which
the
Diuell
,
that
had
so
long
deluded
her
,
did
not
come
as
shee
said
,
to
shew
the
least
helpe
of
his
vnto
her
to
deliuer
her
:
but
being
descried
in
his
waies
,
and
workes
,
immediately
he
fled
,
leauing
her
to
shift
and
answere
for
her selfe
,
with
publike
and
priuate
markes
on
her
body
as
followeth
.
-
1
Her
face
was
most
pale
&
ghoast-like
without
any
bloud
at
all
,
and
her
countenance
was
still
deiected
to
the
ground
.
-
2
Her
body
was
crooked
and
deformed
,
euen
bending
together
,
which
so
happened
but
a
little
before
her
apprehension
.
-
3
That
tongue
which
by
cursing
,
swearing
,
blaspheming
,
and
imprecating
,
as
afterward
she
confessed
,
was
the
occasioning
cause
,
of
the
Diuels
accesse
vnto
her
,
euen
at
that
time
,
and
to
claime
her
thereby
as
his
owne
,
by
it
discouered
her
lying
,
swearing
,
and
blaspheming
;
as
also
euident
proofes
produced
against
her
,
to
stop
her
mouth
with
Truths
authority
:
at
which
hearing
,
she
was
not
able
to
speake
a
sensible
or
ready
word
for
her
defense
,
but
sends
out
in
the
hearing
of
the
Iudge
,
Iury
,
and
all
good
people
that
stood
by
,
many
most
fearefull
imprecations
for
destruction
against
her selfe
then
to
happen
,
as
heretofore
she
had
wished
and
indeauoured
to
happen
on
diuers
of
her
neighbours
:
the
which
the
righteous
Iudge
of
Heauen
,
whom
she
thus
inuocated
,
to
iudge
then
and
discerne
her
cause
,
did
reueale
.
Thus
God
did
wonderfully
ouertake
her
in
her
owne
wickednesse
,
to
make
her
tongue
to
be
the
meanes
of
her
owne
destruction
,
which
had
destroyed
many
before
.
And
in
this
manner
,
namely
,
that
out
of
her
false
swearing
the
truth
whereof
,
shee
little
thought
,
should
be
found
,
but
by
her
swearing
and
cursing
blended
,
it
thus
farre
made
against
her
,
that
both
Iudge
and
Iurie
,
all
of
them
grew
more
and
more
suspitious
of
her
,
and
not
without
great
cause
:
for
none
that
had
the
feare
of
God
,
or
any
the
least
motion
of
Gods
grace
left
in
them
,
would
,
or
durst
,
to
persume
so
impudently
,
with
execrations
and
false
oathes
,
to
affront
Iustice
.
On
Saturday
,
being
the
fourteenth
day
of
Aprill
,
Anno
Dom.
1621.
this
Elizabeth
Sawyer
late
of
Edmonton
,
in
the
County
of
Middlesex
Spinster
,
was
arraigned
,
and
indited
three
seuerall
times
at
Iustice
Hall
in
the
Old
Baily
in
London
,
in
the
Parish
of
Saint
Sepulchers
,
in
the
Ward
of
Farrington
without
:
which
Inditements
were
,
viz.
That
shee
the
said
Elizabeth
Sawyer
,
not
hauing
the
feare
of
God
before
her
eyes
,
but
moued
and
seduced
by
the
Diuell
,
by
Diabolicall
helpe
,
did
out
of
her
malicious
heart
,
(
because
her
neighbours
where
she
dwelt
,
would
not
buy
Broomes
of
her
)
would
therefore
thus
reuenge
her selfe
on
them
in
this
manner
,
namely
,
witch
to
death
their
Nurse
Children
and
Cattell
.
But
for
breuities
sake
I
here
omit
formes
of
Law
and
Informations
.
She
was
also
indited
,
for
that
shee
the
said
Elizabeth
Sawyer
,
by
Diabolicall
helpe
,
and
out
of
her
malice
afore-thought
,
did
witch
vnto
death
Agnes
Ratcleife
,
a
neighbour
of
hers
,
dwelling
in
the
towne
of
Edmonton
where
shee
did
likewise
dwell
,
and
the
cause
that
vrged
her
therevnto
was
,
because
that
Elizabeth
Ratcliefe
did
strike
a
Sowe
of
hers
in
her
sight
,
for
licking
vp
a
little
Soape
where
shee
had
laide
it
,
and
for
that
Elizabeth
Sawyer
would
be
reuenged
of
her
,
and
thus
threatned
Agnes
Ratcleife
,
that
it
should
be
a
deare
blow
vnto
her
,
which
accordingly
fell
out
,
and
suddenly
;
for
that
euening
Agnes
Ratcleife
fell
very
sicke
,
and
was
extraordinarily
vexed
,
and
in
a
most
strange
manner
in
her
sicknesse
was
tormented
,
Oath
whereof
,
was
by
this
Agnes
Ratcleifes
Husband
,
giuen
to
the
Court
,
the
time
when
shee
fell
sicke
,
and
the
time
when
shee
died
,
which
was
within
foure
dayes
after
she
fell
sicke
:
and
further
then
related
,
that
in
the
time
of
her
sicknesse
his
wife
Agnes
Ratcleife
lay
foaming
at
the
mouth
,
and
was
extraordinarily
distempered
,
which
many
of
his
neighbors
seeing
,
as
well
as
himselfe
,
bred
suspition
in
them
that
some
mischiefe
was
done
against
her
,
and
by
none
else
,
but
alone
by
this
Elizabeth
Sawyer
it
was
done
;
concerning
whom
the
said
Agnes
Ratcleife
lying
on
her
death-bed
,
these
wordes
confidently
spake
:
namely
,
that
if
shee
did
die
at
that
time
shee
would
verily
take
it
on
her
death
,
that
Elizabeth
Sawyer
her
neighbour
,
whose
Sowe
with
a
washing-Beetle
she
had
stricken
,
and
so
for
that
cause
her
malice
being
great
,
was
the
occasion
of
her
death
.
To
proue
her
innocency
,
she
put
her selfe
to
the
triall
of
God
and
the
Countrey
,
and
what
care
was
taken
both
by
the
honourable
Bench
and
Iury
,
the
iudicious
standers
by
can
witnesse
:
and
God
knowes
,
who
will
reward
it
.
The
Iury
hearing
this
Euidence
giuen
vpon
oath
by
the
husband
of
the
aboue
named
Agnes
Ratcliefe
,
and
his
wiues
speeches
relating
to
them
likewise
an
oath
,
as
she
lay
on
her
death-bed
,
to
be
truth
,
that
shee
had
said
vnto
her
husband
;
Namely
,
that
if
she
dyed
at
that
time
,
shee
the
said
Elizabeth
Sawyer
was
the
cause
of
her
death
;
and
maliciously
did
by
her
Witchery
procure
the
same
.
This
made
some
impression
in
their
mindes
,
and
caused
due
and
mature
deliberation
,
not
trusting
their
owne
iudgements
,
what
to
doe
,
in
a
matter
of
such
great
import
,
as
life
,
they
deemed
might
be
conserued
.
The
Foreman
of
the
Iury
asked
of
Master
Heneage
Finch
Recorder
,
his
direction
,
and
aduice
,
to
whom
hee
Christianlike
thus
replyed
,
namely
,
Doe
in
it
as
God
shall
put
in
your
hearts
.
Master
Arthur
Robinson
,
a
worshipfull
Iustice
of
Peace
dwelling
at
Totnam
,
had
often
&
diuers
times
,
vpon
the
complaints
of
the
neighbours
against
this
Elizabeth
Sawyer
,
laboriously
and
carefully
examined
her
,
and
stil
his
suspition
was
strengthened
against
her
,
that
doutlesse
shee
was
a
Witch
.
An
Information
was
giuen
vnto
him
by
some
of
her
Neighbours
,
that
this
Elizabeth
Sawyer
had
a
priuate
and
strange
marke
on
her
body
,
by
which
their
suspition
was
confirmed
against
her
,
and
hee
sitting
in
the
Court
at
that
time
of
her
triall
,
informed
the
Bench
thereof
,
desiring
the
Bench
to
send
for
women
to
search
her
,
presently
before
the
Iury
did
goe
forth
to
bring
in
the
verdict
,
concerning
Elizabeth
Sawyer
,
whether
that
shee
was
guilty
or
no
:
to
which
motion
of
his
,
they
most
willingly
condescended
.
The
Bench
commanded
officers
appointed
for
those
purposes
,
to
fetch
in
three
women
to
search
the
body
of
Elizabeth
Sawyer
,
to
see
if
they
could
finde
any
such
vnwonted
marke
,
as
they
were
informed
of
:
one
of
the
womens
names
was
Margaret
Weauer
,
that
keepes
the
Sessions
House
for
the
City
of
London
,
a
widdow
of
an
honest
reputation
,
and
two
other
graue
Matrons
,
brought
in
by
the
Officer
out
of
the
streete
,
passing
by
there
by
chance
,
were
ioyned
with
her
in
this
search
of
the
person
named
,
who
fearing
and
perceiuing
shee
should
by
that
search
of
theirs
be
then
discouered
,
behaued
her selfe
most
sluttishly
and
loathsomely
towards
them
,
intending
thereby
to
preuent
their
search
of
her
,
(
which
my
pen
would
forbeare
to
write
these
things
for
modesties
sake
,
but
I
would
not
vary
in
what
was
deliuered
to
the
Bench
,
expresly
&
openly
spoken
)
yet
neuerthelesse
,
nicenesse
they
laid
aside
,
and
according
to
the
request
of
the
Court
,
and
to
that
trust
reposed
in
them
by
the
Bench
,
they
all
three
seuerally
searched
her
,
and
made
seuerally
their
answer
vnto
the
Court
being
sworne
thereunto
to
deliuer
the
truth
.
And
they
all
three
said
,
that
they
a
little
aboue
the
Fundiment
of
Elizabeth
Sawyer
the
prisoner
,
there
indited
before
the
Bench
for
a
Witch
,
found
a
thing
like
a
Teate
the
bignesse
of
the
little
finger
,
and
the
length
of
halfe
a
finger
,
which
was
branched
at
the
top
like
a
teate
,
and
seemed
as
though
one
had
suckt
it
,
and
that
the
bottome
thereof
was
blew
,
and
the
top
of
it
was
redde
.
This
view
of
theirs
,
and
answere
that
she
had
such
a
thing
about
her
,
which
boldly
shee
denied
,
gaue
some
insight
to
the
Iury
,
of
her
:
who
vpon
their
consciences
returned
the
said
Elizabeth
Sawyer
,
to
be
guilty
,
by
dibolicall
help
,
of
the
death
of
Agnes
Ratcliefe
onely
,
and
acquitted
her
of
the
other
two
Inditements
.
And
thus
much
of
the
meanes
that
brought
her
to
her
deserued
death
and
destruction
.
I
will
addresse
to
informe
you
of
her
preparation
to
death
,
which
is
alone
pertinent
to
my
function
,
and
declare
vnto
you
her
Confession
verbatim
,
out
of
her
owne
mouth
deliuered
to
me
,
the
Tuseday
after
her
conuiction
,
though
with
great
labour
it
was
extorted
from
her
,
and
the
same
Confession
I
read
vnto
her
at
the
place
of
her
execution
,
and
there
shee
confessed
to
all
people
that
were
there
,
the
same
to
be
most
true
,
which
I
shall
here
relate
.
And
because
it
should
not
bee
thought
that
from
me
alone
this
proceeded
,
I
would
haue
other
testimony
thereof
to
stop
all
contradictions
of
so
palpable
a
verity
,
that
heard
her
deliuer
it
from
her
owne
mouth
in
the
Cappel
of
Newgate
the
same
time
.
In
testimony
whereof
,
the
persons
that
were
then
present
with
mee
at
her
Confession
,
haue
hereunto
put
to
their
hands
,
and
if
it
be
required
,
further
to
confirme
this
to
be
a
truth
,
will
bee
ready
at
all
times
to
make
oath
thereof
.
A
true
Relation
of
the
confession
of
Elizabeth
Sawyer
spinster
,
after
her
conuiction
of
Witchery
,
taken
on
Tuesday
the
17.
day
of
Aprill
,
Anno
1621.
in
the
Gaole
of
Newgate
,
where
she
was
prisoner
,
then
in
the
presence
and
hearing
of
diuers
persons
,
whose
names
to
verifie
the
same
are
here
subscribed
to
this
ensuyng
confession
,
made
vnto
me
Henry
Good-cole
Minister
of
the
word
of
God
,
Ordinary
and
Visiter
for
the
Gaole
of
Newgate
.
In
Dialogue
manner
are
here
expressed
the
persons
that
she
murthered
,
and
the
cattell
that
she
destroyed
by
the
helpe
of
the
Diuell
In
this
manner
was
I
inforced
to
speake
vnto
her
,
because
she
might
vnderstand
me
,
and
giue
vnto
me
answere
,
according
to
my
demands
,
for
she
was
a
very
ignorant
woman
.
Question
.
BY
what
meanes
came
you
to
haue
acquaintance
with
the
Diuell
,
and
when
was
the
first
time
that
you
saw
him
,
and
how
did
you
know
that
it
was
the
Diuell
?
Answere
.
The
first
time
that
the
Diuell
came
vnto
me
was
,
when
I
was
cursing
,
swearing
and
blaspheming
;
he
then
rushed
in
vpon
me
,
and
neuer
before
that
time
did
I
see
him
,
or
he
me
:
and
when
he
,
namely
the
Diuel
,
came
to
me
,
the
first
words
that
hee
spake
vnto
me
were
these
:
Oh!
haue
I
now
found
you
cursing
,
swearing
,
and
blaspheming
?
now
you
are
mine
.
A
wonderfull
warning
to
many
whose
tongues
are
too
frequent
in
these
abhominable
sinnes
;
I
pray
God
,
that
this
her
terrible
example
may
deter
them
,
to
leaue
and
distaste
them
,
to
put
their
tongues
to
a
more
holy
language
,
then
the
accursed
language
of
hell
.
The
tongue
of
man
is
the
glory
of
man
,
and
it
was
ordained
to
glorifie
God
:
but
worse
then
brute
beasts
they
are
,
who
haue
a
tongue
,
as
well
as
men
,
that
therewith
they
at
once
both
blesse
and
curse
.
Question
.
What
sayd
you
to
the
Diuell
,
when
hee
came
vnto
you
and
spake
vnto
you
,
were
you
not
afraide
of
him
?
if
you
did
feare
him
,
what
sayd
the
Diuell
then
vnto
you
?
Answere
.
I
was
in
a
very
greate
feare
,
when
I
saw
the
Diuell
,
but
hee
did
bid
me
not
to
feare
him
at
all
,
for
hee
would
do
me
no
hurt
at
all
,
but
would
do
for
mee
whatsoeuer
I
should
require
of
him
;
and
as
he
promised
vnto
me
,
he
alwayes
did
such
mischiefes
as
I
did
bid
him
to
do
,
both
on
the
bodies
of
Christians
and
beastes
:
if
I
did
bid
him
vexe
them
to
death
,
as
oftentimes
I
did
so
bid
him
,
it
was
then
presently
by
him
so
done
.
Question
.
Whether
would
the
Diuell
bring
vnto
you
word
or
no
,
what
he
had
done
for
you
,
at
your
command
;
and
if
he
did
bring
you
word
,
how
long
would
it
bee
,
before
he
would
come
vnto
you
againe
,
to
tell
you
?
Answere
.
He
would
alwayes
bring
vnto
me
word
what
he
had
done
for
me
,
within
the
space
of
a
weeke
,
he
neuer
failed
me
at
that
time
;
and
would
likewise
do
it
to
Creatures
and
beasts
two
manner
of
wayes
,
which
was
by
scratching
or
pinching
of
them
.
Question
.
Of
what
Christians
and
Beastes
,
and
how
many
were
the
number
that
you
were
the
cause
of
their
death
,
and
what
moued
you
to
prosecute
them
to
the
death
?
Answere
.
I
haue
bene
by
the
helpe
of
the
Diuell
,
the
meanes
of
many
Christians
and
beasts
death
;
the
cause
that
moued
mee
to
do
it
,
was
malice
and
enuy
,
for
if
any-body
had
angred
me
in
any
manner
,
I
would
be
so
reuenged
of
them
,
and
of
their
cattell
.
And
do
now
further
confesse
,
that
I
was
the
cause
of
those
two
nurse-childrens
death
,
for
the
which
I
was
now
indited
and
acquited
,
by
the
Iury.
Question
.
Whether
did
you
procure
the
death
of
Agnes
Ratcliefe
,
for
which
you
were
found
guilty
by
the
Iury
?
Answere
.
No
,
I
did
not
by
my
meanes
procure
against
her
the
least
hurt
.
Question
.
How
long
is
it
since
the
Diuell
and
you
had
acquaintance
together
,
&
how
oftentimes
in
the
weeke
would
hee
come
and
see
you
,
and
you
company
with
him
?
Answere
.
It
is
eight
yeares
since
our
first
acquaintance
;
and
three
times
in
the
weeke
,
the
Diuell
would
come
and
see
mee
,
after
such
his
acquaintance
gotten
of
me
;
he
would
come
sometimes
in
the
morning
,
and
sometimes
in
the
euening
.
Question
.
In
what
shape
would
the
Diuell
come
vnto
you
?
Answere
.
Alwayes
in
the
shape
of
a
dogge
and
of
two
collars
,
sometimes
of
blacke
and
sometimes
of
white
.
Question
.
What
talke
had
the
Diuel
and
you
together
,
when
that
he
appeared
to
you
,
and
what
did
he
aske
of
you
,
and
what
did
you
desire
of
him
?
Answer
.
He
asked
of
me
,
when
hee
came
vnto
me
,
how
I
did
,
and
what
he
should
doe
for
mee
,
and
demanded
of
mee
my
soule
and
body
;
threatning
then
to
teare
me
in
peeces
,
if
that
I
did
not
grant
vnto
him
my
soule
and
my
body
which
he
asked
of
me
.
Question
.
What
did
you
after
such
the
Diuells
asking
of
you
,
to
haue
your
Soule
and
Body
,
and
after
this
his
threatning
of
you
,
did
you
for
feare
grant
vnto
the
Diuell
his
desire
?
Answer
.
Yes
,
I
granted
for
feare
vnto
the
Diuell
his
request
of
my
Soule
and
body
;
and
to
seale
this
my
promise
made
vnto
him
,
I
then
gaue
him
leaue
to
sucke
of
my
bloud
,
the
which
hee
asked
of
me
.
Question
.
In
what
place
of
your
body
did
the
Diuell
sucke
of
your
bloud
,
I
demanded
this
question
of
her
to
confirme
the
womens
search
of
her
,
concerring
,
that
she
had
such
a
marke
about
her
,
which
they
vpon
their
oathes
informed
the
court
,
that
truth
it
was
,
she
had
such
a
marke
.
and
whether
did
hee
himselfe
chuse
the
place
,
or
did
you
your selfe
appoint
him
the
place
?
tell
the
truth
,
I
charge
you
,
as
your
will
answere
vnto
the
Almighty
God
,
and
tell
the
reason
if
that
you
can
,
why
he
would
sucke
your
bloud
.
Answer
.
The
place
where
the
Diuell
suckt
my
bloud
was
a
little
aboue
my
fundiment
,
and
that
place
chosen
by
himselfe
;
and
in
that
place
by
continuall
drawing
,
there
is
a
thing
in
the
forme
of
a
Teate
,
at
which
the
diuell
would
sucke
mee
.
Question
.
Whether
did
you
pull
vp
your
coates
or
no
when
the
Diuell
came
to
sucke
you
?
Answer
.
No
I
did
not
,
but
the
Diuell
would
put
his
head
vnder
my
coates
,
and
I
did
willingly
suffer
him
to
doe
what
hee
would
.
Question
.
How
long
would
the
time
bee
,
that
the
Diuill
would
continue
sucking
of
you
,
and
whether
did
you
endure
any
paine
,
the
time
that
hee
was
sucking
of
you
?
Answer
.
Question
.
What
was
the
meaning
that
the
Diuell
when
hee
came
vnto
you
,
would
sometimes
speake
,
and
sometimes
barke
.
Answer
.
It
is
thus
;
when
the
Diuell
spake
to
me
,
then
hee
was
ready
to
doe
for
me
,
what
I
would
bid
him
to
doe
:
and
when
he
came
barking
to
mee
he
then
had
done
the
mischiefe
that
I
did
bid
him
to
doe
for
me
.
Quest.
By
what
name
did
you
call
the
Diuell
,
and
what
promises
did
he
make
to
you
?
Answ.
I
did
call
the
Diuell
by
the
name
of
Tom
,
and
he
promised
to
doe
for
me
whatsoeuer
I
should
require
of
him
.
Quest.
What
were
those
two
ferrets
that
you
were
feeding
on
a
fourme
with
white-bread
and
milke
,
I
asked
this
of
her
,
because
that
some
children
of
a
good
bignesse
,
and
reasonable
vnderstanding
,
informed
the
Court
,
that
they
had
diuers
times
seene
her
feed
two
white
ferrets
with
white
bread
&
milk
.
when
diuers
children
came
,
and
saw
you
feeding
of
them
?
Answ.
I
neuer
did
any
such
thing
.
Quest.
What
was
the
white
thing
that
did
run
through
the
thatch
of
your
house
,
was
it
a
spirit
or
Diuell
?
Answ.
So
farre
as
I
know
,
it
was
nothing
else
but
a
white
Ferret
.
Quest.
Did
any
body
else
know
,
I
asked
this
question
of
her
because
her
husband
testified
to
the
Bench
,
he
saw
such
a
white
thing
runne
thorow
the
thatch
of
the
house
,
and
that
he
catcht
at
it
,
but
could
not
get
it
,
and
hee
thought
it
was
a
white
ferret
.
but
your selfe
alone
,
of
the
Diuells
comming
vnto
you
,
and
of
your
practises
?
speake
the
truth
,
and
tell
the
reason
,
why
you
did
not
reueale
it
to
your
husband
,
or
to
some
other
friend
?
Answ.
I
did
not
tell
any
body
thereof
,
that
the
Diuel
came
vnto
me
,
neither
I
durst
not
;
for
the
Diuell
charged
me
that
I
should
not
,
and
said
,
That
if
I
did
tell
it
to
any
body
,
at
his
next
comming
to
me
,
he
then
would
teare
me
in
pieces
.
Quest.
Vpon
my
generall
suspition
I
asked
of
her
this
question
.
Did
the
Diuell
at
any
time
find
you
praying
when
he
came
vnto
you
,
and
did
not
the
Diuell
forbid
you
to
pray
to
Iesus
Christ
,
but
to
him
alone
?
and
did
not
he
bid
you
pray
to
him
the
Divell
,
as
he
taught
you
?
Answ.
Quest.
Were
you
euer
taught
these
Latine
words
before
by
any
person
else
,
or
did
you
euer
heare
it
before
of
any
body
,
or
can
you
say
any
more
of
it
?
Answ.
No
,
I
was
not
taught
it
by
any
body
else
,
but
by
the
Diuell
alone
;
neither
doe
I
vnderstand
the
meaning
of
these
words
,
nor
can
speake
any
more
Latine
words
.
Quest.
Did
the
Diuell
aske
of
you
the
next
time
he
came
vnto
you
,
whether
that
you
vsed
to
pray
vnto
him
,
in
that
manner
as
he
taught
you
?
Answ.
Yes
,
at
his
next
comming
to
me
hee
asked
of
me
,
if
that
I
did
pray
vnto
him
as
he
had
taught
me
;
and
I
answered
him
againe
,
that
sometimes
I
did
,
and
sometimes
I
did
not
,
and
the
Diuell
then
thus
threatned
me
;
It
is
not
good
for
me
to
mocke
him
.
Quest.
How
long
is
it
since
you
saw
the
Diuell
last
?
Answ.
It
is
three
weekes
since
I
saw
the
Diuell
.
Quest.
Did
the
Diuell
neuer
come
vnto
you
since
you
were
in
prison
?
I
asked
this
question
because
it
was
rumoured
that
the
diuel
came
to
her
since
her
conuiction
and
shamelesly
printed
and
openly
sung
in
a
ballad
,
to
which
many
giue
too
much
credite
.
speake
the
truth
,
as
you
will
answer
vnto
almighty
God
.
Answ.
The
Diuell
neuer
came
vnto
me
since
I
was
in
prison
,
nor
I
thanke
God
,
I
haue
no
motion
of
him
in
my
minde
,
since
I
came
to
prison
,
neither
doe
I
now
feare
him
at
all
.
Quest.
How
came
your
eye
to
be
put
out
?
Answ.
With
a
sticke
which
one
of
my
children
had
in
the
hand
:
that
night
my
mother
did
dye
it
was
done
;
for
I
was
stooping
by
the
bed
side
,
and
I
by
chance
did
hit
my
eye
on
the
sharpe
end
of
the
sticke
.
Quest.
Did
you
euer
handle
the
Diuell
when
he
came
vnto
you
?
I
asked
of
her
this
question
because
some
might
thinke
this
was
a
visible
delusion
of
her
sight
only
.
Answ.
Yes
,
I
did
stroake
him
on
the
backe
,
and
then
he
would
becke
vnto
me
,
and
wagge
his
tayle
as
being
therewith
contented
.
Quest.
Would
the
Diuell
come
vnto
you
,
all
in
one
bignesse
?
Answ.
No
;
when
hee
came
vnto
mee
in
the
blacke
shape
,
he
then
was
biggest
,
and
in
the
white
the
least
;
and
when
that
I
was
praying
,
hee
then
would
come
vnto
me
in
the
white
colour
.
Quest.
Why
did
you
at
your
triall
for
sweare
all
this
,
that
you
now
doe
confesse
?
Answ.
I
did
it
thereby
hoping
to
auoyd
shame
.
Quest.
Is
all
this
truth
which
you
haue
spoken
here
vnto
me
,
and
that
I
haue
now
written
?
Answ.
Yes
,
it
is
all
truth
,
as
I
shall
make
answer
vnto
almighty
God
.
Quest.
What
moues
you
now
to
make
this
confession
?
did
any
vrge
you
to
it
,
or
bid
you
doe
it
,
is
it
for
any
hope
of
life
you
doe
it
?
Answ.
No
:
I
doe
it
to
cleere
my
conscience
,
and
now
hauing
done
it
,
I
am
the
more
quiet
,
and
the
better
prepared
,
and
willing
thereby
to
suffer
death
;
for
I
haue
no
hope
at
all
of
my
life
,
although
I
must
confesse
,
I
would
liue
longer
if
I
might
.
A
Relation
what
shee
said
at
the
place
of
Execution
,
which
was
at
Tiborne
,
on
Thursday
,
the
19.
day
of
Aprill
.
1621.
ALl
this
beeing
by
her
thus
freely
confessed
after
her
conuiction
in
the
Gaole
of
Newgate
,
on
Tuesday
,
the
17.
day
of
Aprill
,
I
acquainted
Master
Recorder
of
London
therewith
;
who
thus
directed
mee
,
to
take
that
her
confession
with
me
to
the
place
of
Execution
,
and
to
reade
it
to
her
,
and
to
aske
of
her
whether
that
was
truth
which
shee
had
deliuered
to
me
in
the
prison
,
on
Tuesday
last
,
concerning
what
she
said
;
and
how
shee
dyed
I
will
relate
vnto
you
.
Elizabeth
Sawyer
,
you
are
now
come
vnto
the
place
of
Execution
;
is
that
all
true
which
you
confessed
vnto
mee
on
Tuesday
last
,
when
that
you
were
in
prison
?
I
haue
it
here
,
and
will
now
reade
it
vnto
you
,
as
you
spake
it
then
vnto
me
,
out
of
your
owne
mouth
:
and
if
it
be
true
,
confesse
it
now
to
God
,
and
to
all
the
people
that
are
here
present
.
Answer
.
This
confession
which
is
now
read
vnto
me
,
by
Master
Henry
Goodcoale
Minister
,
with
my
owne
mouth
I
spake
it
to
him
on
Tuesday
last
at
New-gate
,
and
I
here
doe
acknowledge
,
to
all
the
people
that
are
here
present
,
that
it
is
all
truth
,
disiring
you
all
to
pray
vnto
Almightie
God
to
forgiue
me
my
greeuous
sinnes
.
Question
.
By
what
meanes
hope
you
now
to
bee
saued
?
Answer
.
By
Iesus
Christ
alone
.
Question
.
Will
you
now
pray
vnto
Almightie
God
to
forgiue
vnto
you
all
your
misdeedes
?
Answer
.
I
,
with
all
my
heart
and
minde
.
This
was
confirmed
,
in
the
hearing
of
many
hundreds
at
her
last
breath
,
what
formerly
shee
in
prison
confessed
to
me
,
and
at
that
time
spake
more
heartily
,
then
the
day
before
of
her
execution
,
on
whose
body
Law
was
iustly
inflicted
,
but
mercy
in
Gods
power
reserued
,
to
bestow
,
when
and
where
hee
pleaseth
.
My
labour
thus
ended
concerning
her
,
to
testifie
and
auouch
to
the
world
,
and
all
opposers
hereof
,
this
to
be
true
;
those
that
were
present
with
me
in
the
prison
,
that
heard
her
confession
,
I
haue
desired
here
their
testimonies
,
which
is
as
followeth
.
We
whose
names
are
heere
subscribed
,
doe
thereby
testifie
,
that
Elizabeth
Sawyer
late
of
Edmonton
in
the
Countie
of
Midds
.
Spinster
,
did
in
our
hearings
,
confesse
on
Tuesday
the
17.
of
Aprill
,
in
the
Gaole
of
Newgate
,
to
Master
Henry
Goodcoale
Minister
of
the
word
of
God
,
the
repeated
foule
crimes
,
and
confirmed
it
at
her
death
the
19.
of
Aprill
following
,
to
be
true
:
and
if
wee
be
thereunto
required
,
will
bee
ready
to
make
faith
of
the
truth
thereof
,
namely
that
this
was
her
confession
being
aliue
,
and
a
litle
before
her
death
;
Conclusion
.
Deare
Christians
,
lay
this
to
heart
,
namely
the
cause
,
and
first
time
,
that
the
Diuell
came
vnto
her
,
then
,
euen
then
when
she
was
cursing
,
swearing
,
and
blaspheming
.
The
Diuell
rageth
,
and
mallice
reigneth
in
the
hearts
of
many
.
O
let
it
not
doe
so
,
for
heere
you
may
see
the
fruites
thereof
,
that
it
is
a
playne
way
to
bring
you
to
the
Diuell
;
nay
that
it
brings
the
Diuell
to
you
:
for
it
seemed
that
when
shee
so
fearefully
did
sweare
,
her
oathes
did
so
coniure
him
,
that
hee
must
leaue
then
his
mansion
place
,
and
come
at
this
wretches
commande
and
will
,
which
was
by
her
imprecations
.
Stand
on
your
guard
and
watch
with
sobrietie
to
resist
him
,
the
Diuell
your
aduersary
,
who
waiteth
on
you
continually
,
to
subuert
you
▪
that
so
you
,
that
doe
detest
her
abhominable
wordes
,
and
wayes
,
may
neuer
taste
of
the
cup
nor
wages
of
shame
and
destruction
,
of
which
she
did
in
this
life
:
from
which
and
from
whose
power
,
Lord
Iesus
saue
,
and
defend
thy
little
flocke
.
Amen
.