The
seuerall
and
damnable
practises
of
Mother
Sutton
,
and
Mary
Sutton
her
daughter
of
Milton
Milles
,
in
the
Countie
of
Bedford
:
who
were
lately
arraigned
conuicted
,
and
executed
.
PLinie
writes
of
some
kinde
of
Serpentes
that
dare
not
approach
the
wild
Ashtree
,
nay
the
sight
of
it
is
so
terrible
to
them
,
they
flie
from
it
,
and
will
not
draw
néer
the
shadowe
thereof
,
but
if
they
be
walled
round
with
fire
,
they
will
rather
runne
through
to
the
confusion
of
themselues
then
endure
it
.
If
it
were
so
with
vs
which
professe
our selues
Christians
,
&
should
be
Christes
sonnes
to
imitate
our
Father
,
and
Sauiour
in
his
life
,
which
hee
left
as
a
lesson
to
mankinde
his
children
to
learne
,
we
should
then
hauing
reason
,
(
part
of
the
inheritance
of
Angels
)
be
more
prouident
of
our
proper
good
then
Serpents
are
,
who
to
auoid
the
persecution
of
their
minde
,
will
endure
the
affliction
of
their
bodie
,
and
to
shunne
the
verie
shadow
of
the
Ash-tree
,
will
thrust
themselues
into
torment
of
fire
:
So
should
men
,
who
séeing
sinne
like
a
wild
Ash-trée
grow
in
the
world
,
and
that
to
lurke
vnder
the
shadow
thereof
is
a
whippe
to
their
conscience
,
when
to
féed
on
the
sappe
is
damnation
to
their
soules
,
in
this
onely
like
Serpents
auoid
it
for
the
reliefe
of
their
mindrs
,
though
with
the
painefull
dissolution
of
their
bodies
:
but
such
is
the
deafnesse
of
our
eares
,
that
though
heauen
it selfe
speak
in
thunder
to
remember
vs
a
day
shall
come
when
we
must
giue
account
for
our
wilfull
transgressions
,
wee
not
regard
it
,
and
such
the
hardnesse
of
our
hearts
,
that
neither
treasons
,
murthers
,
witchcrafts
,
fires
,
flouds
,
of
all
which
the
impetuous
course
hath
béene
such
in
this
age
,
that
we
haue
cause
to
looke
our
day
of
summons
is
to
morrow
,
if
not
this
houre
,
yet
we
are
vnprepared
of
our
account
,
and
as
if
it
were
lawfull
that
euils
should
grow
,
many
from
one
,
and
one
from
another
,
are
as
corne
is
fruitfull
from
one
séede
to
seuerall
eares
.
So
from
one
sinne
we
multiply
to
diuers
,
not
dreading
vengeance
till
our
iniquities
be
numberlesse
.
As
shall
appeare
by
this
following
discourse
.
At
a
place
called
Milton
some
thrée
miles
from
Bedford
,
was
lately
dwelling
one
Mother
Sutton
,
who
being
a
widow
,
and
of
declining
yeares
,
had
her
daughter
called
Mary
Sutton
,
(
as
it
was
thought
by
the
neighbours
thereabouts
)
resident
with
her
as
a
stay
and
comfort
to
her
age
,
when
she
kept
her
,
but
as
a
furtherer
to
her
diuellish
practises
,
nay
indéed
to
make
her
a
scholler
to
the
Diuell
himselfe
.
This
widow
Sutton
hauing
béene
dwelling
a
long
time
in
the
foresaid
,
towne
of
Milton
,
and
not
suspected
as
then
to
haue
béene
a
practiser
in
this
diuellish
exercise
of
witchcraft
,
was
by
the
townsmen
(
being
held
but
poore
)
for
her
better
reliefe
chosen
to
be
the
Hogheard
,
or
Hog-kéeper
.
In
which
seruice
she
continued
long
,
not
without
commendations
for
her
dutifull
care
had
therein
.
And
though
many
cattell
oftentimes
miscarried
,
and
were
taken
with
staggerings
,
frensies
,
and
other
diseases
to
their
confusions
,
and
impouerishing
of
the
owners
,
yet
she
not
till
of
late
suspected
to
be
a
cause
thereof
,
though
since
it
hath
euidently
béene
proued
against
her
.
Continuing
thus
almost
for
the
space
of
twentie
,
or
one
and
twentie
yeares
,
and
in
that
time
had
brought
her
daughter
to
be
as
perfect
in
her
diuellish
charmes
as
her selfe
,
there
grew
some
difference
betwéene
a
Gentleman
of
worship
called
Master
Enger
dwelling
at
Milton
Milles
,
and
this
mother
Sutton
,
On
whom
she
had
vowed
to
take
a
strange
and
actuall
reuenge
for
the
discontent
she
had
conceiued
against
him
,
which
rancour
of
hers
she
thus
prosecuted
:
His
horses
that
were
left
well
in
his
stable
ouer
night
,
she
caused
them
to
be
found
dead
in
the
morning
,
some
strangled
,
some
hauing
beaten
out
their
braines
,
others
dead
,
and
no
cause
perceiued
how
.
Besides
this
losse
,
which
for
the
strangenesse
bred
some
amazement
in
him
,
for
that
it
happened
not
once
,
but
often
,
this
also
did
second
it
:
when
his
Swine
were
in
the
fields
at
their
troughes
eating
their
meat
,
some
of
them
would
sodainly
fall
madde
,
and
violently
fall
to
tearing
out
the
guts
,
and
bowels
of
their
fellowes
:
others
by
ten
and
twentie
in
a
company
,
as
if
they
had
béen
carried
with
one
desire
,
would
leaue
their
féeding
,
and
run
headlong
into
the
Mill
dammes
,
and
drowne
themselues
.
So
that
not
by
accidentall
meanes
,
but
the
hellish
and
most
damnable
witchcrafts
of
this
Mother
Sutton
,
and
her
daughter
,
many
these
harmelesse
cattell
and
Oxen
,
made
as
néedfull
reliefes
to
the
necessitie
of
man
,
were
thus
perplexed
,
and
an
honest
and
worshipful
Gentleman
Master
Enger
,
from
whom
she
had
oftentimes
both
foode
and
cloathing
,
damnified
by
her
meanes
to
the
value
of
two
hundreth
pounds
in
lesse
then
two
yeares
.
In
the
time
of
these
aforesaid
losses
happened
to
Master
Enger
,
one
Henry
Sutton
,
the
bastard
son
sonne
of
Mary
Sutton
(
for
it
is
to
bee
noted
,
that
although
she
was
neuer
married
,
yet
she
had
thrée
bastards
)
comming
to
play
himselfe
about
the
Mill
damme
,
fell
to
throwing
in
of
stones
,
dirt
,
and
filth
,
with
other
such
vnhappinesse
incident
to
children
:
Of
which
hauing
beene
often
forewarned
by
an
ancient
seruant
of
Master
Engers
,
who
was
then
about
the
Milles
,
and
finding
the
boy
notwithstanding
his
admonishment
rather
to
perseuer
then
to
desist
from
his
knauerie
,
he
came
to
him
,
and
giuing
him
a
little
blow
or
two
on
the
eare
,
the
boy
went
home
crying
,
and
the
ancient
fellow
went
backe
to
his
labour
.
This
Henry
Sutton
comming
home
beganne
to
tell
his
mother
how
a
man
of
Master
Engers
(
naming
him
)
had
beaten
him
.
Whose
venomous
nature
being
soone
enkindled
,
though
hee
had
receiued
no
hurt
,
she
vowed
to
take
reuenge
,
and
thus
it
followed
.
This
ancient
seruant
with
another
of
his
masters
men
were
on
the
morrow
being
Market
day
at
Bedford
,
appointed
by
their
master
to
carry
a
Cart
load
of
corne
for
the
furnishing
of
the
Market
.
Being
on
their
way
at
Milton
Townes
end
they
espied
a
goodly
faire
blacke
Sow
grazing
,
who
as
they
draue
their
Teame
still
kept
pace
with
them
till
they
came
within
a
mile
of
Bedford
.
Where
on
a
sodaine
they
perceiued
her
to
turne
twice
or
thrice
about
as
readily
as
a
Windmill
sayle
at
worke
:
And
as
sodainly
their
horses
fell
to
starting
and
drawing
some
one
way
,
some
another
:
At
last
the
strongest
preuailing
,
they
drewe
away
the
Cart
,
and
corne
,
and
left
the
Wheeles
,
and
Axeltree
behinde
them
.
The
horses
they
ranne
away
with
their
loade
,
as
if
they
had
beene
madde
,
and
the
two
fellowes
after
the
horses
,
the
horses
being
affrighted
halfe
out
of
their
strength
,
and
the
fellowes
as
much
madde
to
see
them
,
downe
went
one
sacke
on
this
side
the
Cart
,
and
another
on
that
:
The
horses
they
ranne
as
if
they
would
haue
swelted
themselues
,
and
the
fellowes
after
them
breathlesse
,
and
sweating
to
make
the
wilde
Iades
stay
.
All
which
till
the
Diuell
and
the
Witch
had
plaide
their
partes
would
not
serue
turne
.
At
last
this
Tragicke-Comedie
drawing
to
an
end
,
they
made
a
stand
,
when
the
seruants
bringing
them
backe
,
and
finding
their
Axeltrée
,
pinnes
,
and
all
things
vnbroken
,
tooke
vp
their
Corne
,
made
fit
their
Cart
againe
,
&
the
horses
drewe
as
formally
as
could
be
:
And
they
went
forthwards
towards
Bedford
,
mistrusting
nothing
,
though
they
saw
the
Sow
following
and
grazing
,
as
they
did
before
.
Being
come
to
Bedford
,
and
hauing
vnloaden
the
Cart
,
and
made
sale
of
the
Corne
,
the
one
sell
to
driuing
the
Teame
home
againe
,
leauing
his
ancienter
fellow
behind
him
at
Bedford
who
happening
into
company
,
fell
a
carowsing
with
boone
companions
like
himselfe
,
and
in
the
height
of
their
cuppes
,
they
as
desirous
to
heare
,
as
he
to
tell
,
he
related
vnto
them
the
manner
and
forme
how
his
Cart
and
Whéels
were
diuoret
'
as
hee
was
comming
to
Towne
:
some
wondered
,
all
laughed
:
the
company
brake
vp
,
and
this
ancient
seruant
tooke
his
horse
with
purpose
to
ouertake
his
fellow
,
who
was
gone
before
with
the
Cart
:
Who
no
sooner
was
out
of
Bedford
Townes
end
,
but
he
might
behold
the
same
Sow
(
as
néere
as
he
could
iudge
,
)
grazing
againe
,
as
if
the
Diuell
and
the
Witch
had
made
her
his
footman
to
waite
vpon
him
.
But
the
fellow
not
mistrusting
any
thing
,
made
his
Nagge
take
a
spéedie
amble
,
and
so
to
ouertake
the
Cart
,
while
the
Sow
side
by
side
ranne
along
by
him
.
When
he
ouertaking
his
fellow
,
and
had
scarce
spoken
to
him
,
but
the
horses
(
as
before
)
fell
to
their
old
contention
running
one
from
another
,
onely
the
horses
were
better
furnished
then
before
,
for
where
at
first
they
left
both
Whéeles
and
Axeltree
behinde
them
,
they
now
had
the
Axeltree
to
take
their
part
,
leauing
the
Whéeles
in
the
high
way
for
the
seruants
to
bring
after
.
The
horse
in
this
manner
comming
home
,
draue
all
the
beholders
into
amazement
,
and
the
seruants
beginning
to
haue
mistrust
of
the
blacke
Sow
,
they
watcht
whither
she
went
,
whom
they
found
to
goe
into
Mother
Suttons
house
,
of
which
they
told
their
master
,
and
of
all
the
accidents
aforesaid
,
who
made
slight
of
it
to
them
whatsoeuer
he
conceiued
of
it
himselfe
:
and
saying
he
supposed
they
were
drunke
,
they
departed
.
The
same
old
seruant
of
Master
Engers
within
few
daies
after
going
to
plough
,
fell
into
talke
of
Mother
Sutton
,
and
of
Mary
Sutton
her
daughter
,
of
what
pranckes
hee
had
heard
they
had
plaide
thereabouts
in
the
Countrey
,
as
also
what
accidents
had
befallen
him
and
his
fellow
,
as
they
had
passed
to
and
from
Bedford
.
In
discoursing
of
which
a
Béetle
came
,
and
stroke
the
same
fellow
on
the
breast
:
and
hee
presently
fell
into
a
trance
as
he
was
guiding
the
Plough
,
the
extremitie
whereof
was
such
,
as
his
senses
altogether
distract
,
and
his
bodie
and
minde
vtterly
distempered
,
the
beholders
déemed
him
cleane
hopelesse
of
recouerie
,
yea
his
other
fellow
vpon
this
sodaine
sight
was
stricken
into
such
amazement
,
as
he
stood
like
a
liuelesse
trunke
deuided
from
his
vitall
spirits
,
as
farre
vnable
to
helpe
him
,
as
the
other
was
néedfull
to
be
helpt
by
him
.
Till
at
length
being
somewhat
recouered
,
and
awaked
from
that
astonishment
,
hee
made
hast
homeward
,
and
carried
his
master
word
of
what
had
happened
.
Vpon
deliuerie
of
this
newes
(
for
hee
was
a
man
highly
esteemed
by
him
for
his
honest
and
long
seruice
)
there
was
much
moane
made
for
him
in
the
house
,
and
Master
Enger
himselfe
had
not
the
least
part
of
griefe
for
his
extremitie
,
but
with
all
possible
speed
hasted
into
the
field
,
and
vsed
helpe
to
haue
him
brought
home
.
After
which
he
neglected
no
meanes
,
nor
spared
any
cost
that
might
ease
his
seruant
,
or
redéeme
him
from
the
misery
he
was
in
,
but
all
was
in
vaine
:
for
hrs
extasies
were
nothing
lessened
,
but
continued
a
long
time
in
as
grieuous
perplexitie
as
at
first
▪
yet
though
they
suspected
much
,
they
had
no
certaine
proofe
or
knowledge
of
the
cause
:
Their
meanes
were
therefore
the
shorter
to
cure
the
effect
.
But
as
a
thiefe
,
when
hee
entereth
into
a
house
to
robbe
,
first
putteth
out
the
lights
,
according
to
that
,
Qui
male
agit
,
odit
lucem
,
He
that
doth
euill
,
hateth
light
,
so
these
Impes
that
liue
in
the
gunshot
of
diuellish
assaults
,
goe
about
to
darken
and
disgrace
the
light
of
such
as
are
toward
,
and
vertuous
,
and
make
the
night
the
instrument
to
contriue
their
wicked
purposes
.
For
these
Witches
hauing
so
long
,
and
couertly
continued
to
doe
much
mischiefe
by
their
practises
,
were
so
hardened
in
their
lewde
and
vile
proceeding
,
that
the
custome
of
their
sinne
had
quite
taken
away
the
sense
and
féeling
thereof
,
and
they
spared
not
to
continue
the
perplexitie
of
this
old
seruant
both
in
bodie
and
minde
,
in
such
sort
that
his
friends
were
as
desirous
to
see
death
ridde
him
from
his
extremitie
,
as
a
woman
great
with
childe
is
euer
musing
vpon
the
time
of
her
deliuerie
:
For
where
distresse
is
déepe
,
and
the
conscience
cleare
,
Mors
expectatur
absque
formidine
,
exoptatur
cum
dulcedine
,
excipitur
cum
deuotione
.
Death
is
looked
for
without
feare
,
desired
with
delight
,
and
accepted
with
deuotion
.
As
the
actes
and
enterprises
of
these
wicked
persons
are
darke
and
diuellish
:
so
in
the
perseuerance
of
this
fellowes
perplexitie
,
hee
being
in
his
distraction
both
of
bodie
and
minde
,
yet
in
bed
and
awake
,
espied
Mary
Sutton
,
(
the
daughter
)
in
a
Mooneshine
night
come
in
at
a
window
in
her
accustomed
and
personall
habite
,
and
shape
,
with
her
knitting
worke
in
her
hands
,
and
sitting
downe
at
his
beds
féete
,
sometimes
working
,
and
knitting
with
her
néedles
,
and
sometimes
gazing
and
staring
him
in
the
face
,
as
his
griefe
was
thereby
redoubled
and
increased
.
Not
long
after
she
drewe
néerer
vnto
him
,
and
sate
by
his
bedde
side
(
yet
all
this
while
he
had
neyther
power
to
stirre
or
speake
)
and
told
him
if
hee
would
consent
she
should
come
to
bedde
to
him
,
hee
should
be
restored
to
his
former
health
and
prosperitie
.
Thus
the
Diuell
striues
to
enlarge
his
Kingdome
,
and
vpon
the
necke
of
one
wickednesse
to
heape
another
:
So
that
Periculum
probat
transeuntium
raritas
,
per●untium
multitudo
:
In
the
dangerous
Sea
of
this
world
,
the
rarenesse
of
those
that
passe
the
same
ouer
safe
,
and
the
multitude
of
others
that
perish
in
their
passage
,
sufficiently
proue
the
perill
wee
liue
in
:
In
the
Ocean
Sea
,
of
foure
shippes
not
one
miscaries
.
In
the
Sea
of
this
world
,
of
many
sowers
,
not
one
escapes
his
particular
crosse
and
calamitie
:
yet
in
our
greatest
weaknesse
and
debilitie
,
when
the
Diuell
is
most
busie
to
tempt
vs
,
and
seduce
vs
from
God
,
then
is
God
strongest
in
the
hearts
of
his
children
,
and
most
readie
to
bee
auxiliant
,
and
helping
to
saue
and
vphold
them
from
declining
,
and
falling
.
Gods
liberalitie
appeares
more
,
then
his
rigour
,
for
whom
hee
drawes
out
the
Diuels
throat
by
faith
,
hee
would
haue
to
trample
him
downe
by
vertue
▪
least
he
should
onely
haue
fled
,
not
foyled
his
enemie
.
This
is
made
showne
in
his
miraculous
working
with
this
fellow
:
for
hee
that
before
had
neither
power
to
moue
,
or
speake
,
had
then
presently
by
diuine
assistance
frée
power
and
libertie
to
giue
repulse
to
her
assault
,
and
deniall
to
her
filthie
and
detested
motion
:
and
to
vpbraide
her
of
her
abhominable
life
and
behauiour
,
hauing
before
had
three
bastards
and
neuer
married
.
She
vpon
this
(
séeing
her
suite
cold
,
and
that
Gods
power
was
more
predominant
with
him
then
her
diuellish
practise
,
vanished
,
and
departed
the
same
way
shee
came
.
She
was
no
sooner
gone
,
but
as
well
as
hee
could
,
hee
called
for
his
master
,
told
him
that
now
hee
could
tell
him
the
cause
of
this
vexation
:
That
Mother
Suttons
daughter
came
in
at
the
window
,
sate
knitting
and
working
by
him
,
and
that
if
hee
would
haue
consented
to
her
filthinesse
,
hee
should
haue
beene
freede
from
his
miserie
,
and
related
all
that
had
happened
.
His
master
was
glad
of
this
newes
,
for
that
the
meanes
found
out
,
the
matter
and
manner
of
his
griefe
might
bee
the
easier
helped
,
and
redressed
,
yet
was
he
distrustfull
of
the
truth
,
and
rather
estéemed
it
an
idlenesse
of
his
braine
,
then
an
accident
of
veritie
:
Neuerthelesse
he
resolued
to
make
proofe
thereof
.
The
next
morrow
hee
tooke
company
along
with
him
,
and
went
into
the
fields
,
where
hee
found
her
working
,
and
tending
her
hogges
.
There
Master
Enger
speaking
to
her
,
she
was
a
verie
good
huswife
,
and
that
shee
followed
her
worke
night
and
day
:
No
sir
,
said
she
,
My
huswifery
is
very
slender
,
neyther
am
I
so
good
a
follower
of
my
worke
as
you
perswade
mee
:
with
that
,
he
told
her
that
she
was
,
and
that
she
had
béene
working
at
his
house
the
night
before
.
She
would
confesse
nothing
,
but
stood
in
stiffe
deniall
vpon
her
purgation
:
Insomuch
as
the
Gentleman
by
fayre
entreaties
perswaded
her
to
goe
home
with
him
,
to
satisfie
his
man
,
and
to
resolue
some
doubts
that
were
had
of
her
.
She
vtterly
refused
,
and
made
answere
she
would
not
stirre
a
foote
,
neyther
had
they
authoritie
to
compell
her
to
goe
without
a
Constable
:
Which
Master
Enger
perceiuing
,
and
seeing
her
obstinacie
to
be
so
great
,
fell
into
a
greater
dislike
,
and
distrust
of
her
then
he
did
before
,
and
made
no
more
a
doe
,
but
caused
her
to
bee
set
vpon
an
horse-backe
to
be
brought
to
his
house
.
All
the
company
could
hardly
bring
her
away
,
but
as
fast
as
they
set
her
vp
,
in
despight
of
them
shee
would
swarue
downe
,
first
on
the
one
side
,
then
the
other
,
till
at
last
they
were
faine
by
maine
force
to
ioyne
together
,
and
hold
her
violently
downe
to
the
horsebacke
,
and
so
bring
her
to
the
place
where
this
perplexed
person
lay
in
his
bed
.
Where
being
come
,
and
brought
by
force
to
his
bed-side
,
he
(
as
directions
had
beene
giuen
vnto
him
)
drew
blood
of
her
,
and
presently
beganne
to
amend
,
and
bee
well
againe
.
But
her
assiduitie
and
continuall
exercise
in
doing
mischiefe
,
did
so
preuaile
with
her
to
doe
this
fellow
further
hurt
,
that
watching
but
aduantage
,
and
opportunitie
to
touch
his
necke
againe
with
her
finger
:
It
was
no
sooner
done
,
and
she
departed
,
but
he
fell
into
as
great
or
farre
worse
vexation
then
he
had
before
.
The
report
of
this
was
carried
vp
and
downe
all
Bedford-shire
,
and
this
Marie
Suttons
wicked
and
lewde
courses
being
rumored
as
well
abroad
,
as
in
Master
Engers
house
,
at
last
it
came
into
the
mouth
of
Master
Engers
sonne
,
(
being
a
little
boy
of
seuen
yeares
old
)
who
not
long
after
espying
old
Mother
Sutton
going
to
the
Mill
to
grinde
corne
,
and
remembring
what
spéeches
he
had
heard
past
of
her
and
her
daughter
followed
the
old
woman
,
flinging
stones
at
her
,
and
calling
her
Witch
,
which
thee
obseruing
conceited
a
rancour
,
and
deadly
hatred
to
this
young
childe
,
and
purposed
not
to
suffer
opportunitie
passe
to
bée
reuenged
.
As
soone
therefore
as
she
had
dispatcht
at
the
Mill
,
she
hasted
homewards
,
and
could
not
be
quiet
till
she
had
grumbled
to
her
daughter
what
had
happened
,
and
how
the
childe
had
serued
her
;
Then
conferring
how
Master
Enger
had
vsed
Mary
Sutton
the
daughter
,
and
how
hir
little
sonne
had
vsed
the
Mother
,
they
both
resolued
,
and
vowed
reuenge
.
This
conference
and
consultation
of
villanie
was
had
,
and
concluded
in
the
presence
,
and
hearing
of
Henry
Sutton
,
(
the
Bastard
of
Mary
Sutton
)
little
thinking
that
his
fortune
should
be
to
giue
in
euidene
to
breake
the
necke
of
his
owne
Mother
and
Grandmother
.
To
effect
their
diuellish
purpose
to
the
young
childe
of
Master
Enger
,
they
called
vp
their
two
Spirits
,
whom
she
called
Dicke
and
Iude
:
and
hauing
giuen
them
sucke
at
their
two
Teats
which
they
had
on
their
thighes
(
found
out
afterwards
by
enquirie
,
and
search
of
women
)
they
gaue
them
charge
to
strike
the
little
boy
,
and
to
turne
him
to
torment
.
Which
was
not
long
in
performing
,
but
the
childe
being
distract
,
was
put
to
such
bitter
and
insupportable
misery
,
as
by
his
life
his
torments
were
augmented
,
and
by
his
death
they
were
abridged
.
For
his
tender
and
vnripe
age
was
so
infeebled
and
made
weake
by
that
diuellish
infliction
of
extremitie
,
as
in
fiue
daies
,
not
able
longer
to
endure
them
,
death
gaue
end
to
his
perplexities
.
The
Gentleman
did
not
so
much
grieue
for
the
losse
and
hinderance
hee
had
in
his
cattell
,
(
which
was
much
)
nor
for
the
miserable
distresse
that
his
seruant
had
endured
(
which
was
more
)
as
that
the
hopefull
daies
of
his
young
sonne
were
so
vntimely
cut
off
:
(
which
touched
his
heart
most
of
all
.
)
Yet
did
his
discretion
temper
his
passions
with
such
patience
,
that
he
referred
the
remembrance
of
his
wrongs
to
that
heauenly
power
,
that
permits
not
such
iniquitie
to
passe
vnreuealed
,
or
vnreuenged
.
As
hee
was
thus
wrapt
in
a
Sea
of
woes
,
there
came
a
Gentleman
a
friend
of
his
forth
of
the
North
,
that
trauelling
towards
London
soiourned
with
him
all
night
.
Hee
perceiuing
Master
Enger
to
be
full
of
griefe
,
was
desirous
to
know
the
cause
thereof
,
and
hee
was
as
vnwilling
by
the
discourse
of
his
misfortunes
to
renewe
his
many
sorrowes
,
till
at
last
his
friends
vrgent
importunacie
perswaded
him
not
to
passe
it
ouer
with
silence
.
Vpon
Master
Engers
relation
of
what
had
happened
:
the
Gentleman
demaunded
if
hee
had
none
in
suspition
that
should
doe
these
wronges
vnto
him
:
Yes
,
(
quoth
Master
Enger
)
and
therewithall
hee
mamed
this
Mary
Sutton
and
her
mother
,
and
told
him
the
particulars
of
his
losses
and
miseries
.
His
friend
vnderstanding
this
,
aduised
him
to
take
them
,
or
any
one
of
them
to
his
Mill
damme
,
hauing
first
shut
vp
the
Mill
gates
that
the
water
might
be
at
highest
,
and
then
binding
their
armes
crosse
,
stripping
them
into
their
Smocks
,
and
leauing
their
legges
at
libertie
,
throw
them
into
the
water
,
yet
least
they
should
not
bee
Witches
,
and
that
their
liues
might
not
be
in
danger
of
drowning
,
let
there
be
a
roape
tyed
about
their
middles
,
so
long
that
it
may
reach
from
one
side
of
your
damme
to
the
other
,
where
on
each
side
let
one
of
your
men
stand
,
that
if
she
chance
to
sinke
they
may
draw
her
vp
and
preserue
her
.
Then
if
she
swimme
,
take
her
vp
,
&
cause
some
women
to
search
her
,
vpon
which
,
if
they
finde
any
extraordinarie
markes
about
her
,
let
her
the
second
time
be
bound
,
and
haue
her
right
thumbe
bound
to
her
left
toe
,
and
her
left
thumbe
to
her
right
toe
,
and
your
men
with
the
same
rope
(
if
néed
be
)
to
preserue
her
,
and
bee
throwne
into
the
water
,
when
if
she
swimme
,
you
may
build
vpon
it
,
that
she
is
a
Witch
,
I
haue
séene
it
often
tried
in
the
North
countrey
,
The
morrow
after
Master
Enger
road
into
the
fields
where
Mary
Sutton
(
the
daughter
)
was
,
hauing
some
of
his
men
to
accompany
him
,
where
after
some
questions
made
vnto
her
,
they
assayed
to
binde
her
on
horse-backe
,
when
all
his
men
being
presently
stricken
lame
,
Master
Enger
himselfe
began
to
remember
,
that
once
rating
her
about
his
man
,
he
was
on
the
sodaine
in
the
like
perplexitie
,
and
then
taking
courage
,
and
desiring
God
to
bee
his
assistance
,
with
a
cudgell
which
he
had
in
his
hand
,
he
beate
her
till
she
was
scarce
able
to
stirre
.
At
which
his
men
presently
recouered
,
bound
her
to
their
Masters
horse
,
and
brought
her
home
to
his
house
,
&
shutting
vp
his
Mill
gates
did
as
before
the
Gentleman
had
aduised
him
:
when
being
throwne
in
the
first
time
shee
sunke
some
two
foote
into
the
water
with
a
fall
,
but
rose
againe
,
and
floated
vpon
the
water
like
a
planke
.
Then
he
commanded
her
to
be
taken
out
,
and
had
women
readie
that
se●●●●●d
her
and
found
vnder
her
left
thigh
a
kind
of
●●at
,
which
after
the
Bastard
sonne
confest
her
Spirits
in
seuerall
shapes
as
Cats
,
Moales
,
&c.
vsed
to
sucke
her
.
Then
was
she
the
second
time
bound
crosse
her
thumbes
and
toes
,
according
to
the
former
direction
,
and
then
she
sunke
not
at
all
,
but
sitting
vpon
the
water
,
turned
round
about
like
a
wheele
,
or
as
that
which
commonly
we
call
a
whirle
poole
.
Notwithstanding
Master
Engers
men
standing
on
each
side
of
the
damme
with
a
roape
tossing
her
vp
and
downe
to
make
her
sinke
,
but
could
not
.
And
then
being
taken
vp
,
she
as
boldly
as
if
she
had
béene
innocent
asked
them
if
they
could
doe
any
more
to
her
:
When
Master
Enger
began
to
accuse
her
with
the
death
of
his
cattell
,
the
languish
of
his
man
,
who
continued
in
sorrow
both
of
bodie
and
mind
from
Christmasse
to
Shronetide
,
as
also
the
death
of
his
sonne
:
All
which
she
constantly
denied
,
and
stood
at
defiance
with
him
till
being
carried
towards
a
Iustice
,
Master
Enger
told
her
it
was
bootlesse
to
stand
so
obstinately
vpon
deniall
of
those
matters
,
for
her
owne
sonne
Henry
had
reuealed
all
,
both
as
touching
her
s
;
elfe
and
her
mother
,
and
of
the
time
and
manner
of
their
plotting
to
torment
his
little
boy
:
when
she
heard
that
,
her
heart
misgaue
her
,
she
confessed
all
,
and
acknowledged
the
Diuell
had
now
left
her
to
that
shame
that
is
reward
to
such
as
follow
him
.
Vpon
which
confession
,
the
mother
also
was
apprehended
,
and
both
being
committed
to
Bedford
Gaole
,
many
other
matters
were
there
produced
against
them
,
of
long
continuance
(
for
they
had
remained
as
before
,
about
twentie
yeares
)
in
the
prosecute
of
these
lewd
and
wicked
practises
.
But
for
this
matter
of
Master
Enger
at
the
last
Assises
,
the
euidence
of
the
Bastard
son
,
and
the
confessions
seuerally
taken
both
of
old
Mother
Sutton
&
her
daughter
Mary
,
found
them
guiltie
in
al
former
obiections
.
So
that
arraigned
at
Bedford
on
Munday
the
thirtieth
of
March
last
past
,
they
had
a
iust
conuiction
,
and
on
Tuesday
the
next
day
after
they
were
executed
.
FINIS
.