¶
The
Apprehension
and
confession
of
three
notorious
Witches
.
Arreigned
and
by
Iustice
condemned
and
executed
at
Chelmes-forde
,
in
the
Countye
of
Essex
,
the
5.
day
of
Iulye
,
last
past
.
1589.
¶
With
the
manner
of
their
diuelish
practices
and
keeping
of
their
spirits
,
whose
fourmes
are
heerein
truelye
proportioned
.
To
the
Reader
.
IF
we
would
call
to
remembrance
the
manifolde
mercies
and
innumerable
benefites
which
the
Almighty
hath
and
daily
bestoweth
vpon
vs
,
in
consideration
therof
,
we
are
bound
to
with-draw
our
filthy
affections
and
naughty
dispositions
,
from
the
vse
of
such
detestable
dealinges
,
as
both
are
detested
of
God
,
whose
almighty
commaundements
forbiddeth
them
,
and
vnto
man
,
whose
lawes
are
constituted
to
punish
them
as
odious
before
the
sight
of
God
,
wheron
our
earthly
lawes
groundeth
and
consisteth
,
and
therfore
vsed
to
punish
or
cut
of
such
lewde
or
filthye
offenders
as
by
breaking
the
deuine
decrees
of
the
Almightie
,
by
the
lawes
of
man
descrues
to
be
condemned
:
But
such
is
the
blindenes
of
our
estate
,
the
naughtines
of
our
affections
,
and
the
desire
of
our
diuelish
appetites
,
that
neither
the
commaundements
of
God
,
the
lawes
of
our
Realme
,
the
loue
of
our
neighbours
,
our
owne
welfare
,
or
the
fall
of
others
can
or
may
moue
vs
to
consider
how
profitable
it
were
for
vs
to
examine
our
liues
,
and
to
blemish
such
vices
in
vs
as
both
the
lawes
of
God
and
man
forbiddeth
:
For
what
can
be
more
odious
or
abhominable
vnto
God
then
the
depriuation
of
his
diuine
power
,
by
yeelding
our selues
seruiles
vnto
sathan
for
a
little
worldly
wealth
,
or
hatred
we
haue
to
our
neighbours
,
where
we
might
rest
the
seruantes
,
nay
the
Sonnes
of
Almighty
God
,
who
sent
his
only
Sonne
to
redeeme
vs
from
the
seruitude
of
bondage
,
and
to
bring
vs
vnto
his
blisse
and
eternall
felicitie
,
which
shall
euermore
remain
perfect
,
which
if
we
would
consider
,
what
christian
is
so
blinded
with
ignorance
or
ouercome
with
the
illusions
of
Sathan
,
but
he
would
tremble
to
think
vpon
the
iudgments
of
the
Almightie
pronounced
against
such
offenders
,
or
the
lawes
of
the
Realme
,
which
by
iustice
decydeth
them
from
their
deuilish
practises
and
abhominations
?
the
glory
wherof
,
although
it
be
secretly
concealed
and
vsed
,
yet
can
it
not
long
continue
,
because
the
Almighty
will
be
no
partaker
of
any
such
dealinges
,
nor
the
hart
of
any
faithfull
Christian
conceale
the
secrets
therof
:
which
for
example
I
haue
heere
published
vnto
you
the
discourse
of
such
diuelish
practises
as
haue
beene
vsed
by
notorious
Witches
,
whose
names
and
actions
I
haue
seuerally
touched
in
the
treatise
following
:
with
the
manner
of
their
accusations
,
taken
and
approued
before
both
honorable
and
woorshipfull
her
Maiesties
Iustices
,
at
the
last
Assises
holden
at
Chelmesford
in
the
County
of
Essex
,
according
to
the
coppies
both
of
the
offendours
confession
by
examination
:
and
their
accusations
regestred
.
The
araignement
and
execution
of
Ioan
Cunny
of
Stysted
in
the
Countye
of
Essex
widowe
,
of
the
age
of
fourescore
yeeres
,
or
ther-abouts
,
who
was
brought
before
Anthony
Mildemay
Esquire
,
the
last
day
of
March
.
1589.
IN
primis
,
This
witch
had
nine
Spirits
1.
of
them
were
like
vnto
a
black
dog
,
hauing
the
faces
of
a
Toade
.
this
examinate
saith
and
confesseth
,
that
she
hath
knowledge
and
can
doo
the
most
detestable
Arte
of
Witchecraft
,
and
that
she
learned
this
her
knowledge
in
the
same
,
of
one
mother
Humfrye
of
Maplested
,
who
told
her
that
she
must
kneele
down
vpon
her
knees
,
and
make
a
Circle
on
the
ground
,
and
pray
vnto
Sathan
the
cheefe
of
the
Deuills
,
the
forme
of
which
praier
that
she
then
taught
her
,
These
spirits
belonging
to
this
witch
,
did
sucke
commonly
vpon
a
sore
leg
which
this
mother
Cunny
had
.
this
examinate
hath
now
forgotten
,
and
that
then
the
Spirits
would
come
vnto
her
,
the
which
she
put
in
practise
about
twenty
yeeres
since
,
in
the
Feelde
of
Iohn
Wiseman
of
Stysted
Gentleman
,
called
Cowfenne
feelde
,
and
there
making
a
Circle
as
she
was
taught
,
and
kneeling
on
her
knees
,
said
the
praier
now
forgotten
,
and
inuocating
vpon
Sathan
:
Two
Sprites
did
appeere
vnto
her
within
the
said
Circle
,
in
the
similitude
and
likenes
of
two
black
Frogges
,
She
had
fower
principall
fpirits
.
The
first
was
Iack.
The
second
was
Iyll
.
The
third
was
Nicholas
.
The
fourth
was
Ned.
and
there
demaunded
of
her
what
she
would
haue
,
beeing
readye
to
doo
for
her
what
she
would
desire
,
so
that
she
would
promise
to
giue
them
her
soule
for
their
trauaile
,
for
otherwise
:
they
would
doo
nothing
for
her
.
Wher-upon
she
did
promise
them
her
soule
,
and
then
they
concluded
with
her
so
to
doo
for
her
,
what
she
would
require
,
and
gaue
themselues
seuerall
names
,
that
is
to
say
,
the
one
Iack
,
and
the
other
Iyll
,
by
the
which
names
she
did
alwaies
after
call
them
.
And
then
taking
them
vp
,
she
caried
them
home
in
her
lap
and
put
them
in
a
Box
and
gaue
them
white
bread
and
milke
.
Iack
killed
mankinde
.
Iyll
killed
women-kinde
.
Nicholas
killed
horses
.
Ned
killed
Cattell
.
And
within
one
moneth
after
she
sent
them
to
milke
Hurrelles
Beastes
,
which
they
did
,
and
they
would
bring
milke
for
their
owne
eating
and
not
for
her
.
And
further
,
she
saith
that
her
sprites
neuer
changed
their
colour
since
they
first
came
vnto
her
,
and
that
they
would
familiarly
talke
with
her
,
when
she
had
any
thing
to
say
or
doo
with
them
in
her
owne
language
.
Note
how
Gods
spirit
confoundeth
the
impes
of
wickednes
.
And
likewise
she
confesseth
that
she
sent
her
saide
spirits
to
hurt
the
wife
of
Iohn
Sparrow
the
elder
,
of
Stysted
,
which
they
did
,
and
also
that
where
Maister
Iohn
Glascock
of
Stysted
,
aforesaide
:
had
a
great
stack
of
Logges
in
his
yarde
,
she
by
her
said
Spirits
did
ouerthrowe
them
.
And
further
,
faith
that
she
hath
hurt
diuers
persons
within
this
sixteene
or
twenty
yeeres
,
but
how
many
she
now
knoweth
not
.
Furthermore
,
she
confesseth
that
she
sent
her
sprites
vnto
William
Unglee
of
Stysted
Miller
,
and
because
they
could
not
hurt
him
,
she
sent
them
to
hurt
one
Barnabie
Griffyn
his
man
,
which
they
did
.
Likewise
she
confesseth
,
that
she
sent
her
saide
sprites
,
to
hurt
Maister
Kitchin
Minister
of
the
saide
towne
,
and
also
vnto
one
George
Coe
of
the
saide
towne
shoomaker
,
to
hurt
him
likewise
:
but
they
could
not
,
and
the
cause
why
they
could
not
,
as
the
saide
sprites
tolde
her
,
was
because
they
had
at
their
comming
a
strong
faith
in
God
,
and
had
inuocated
and
called
vpon
him
,
that
they
could
doo
them
no
harme
.
And
further
she
saith
,
that
Margaret
Cunny
her
Daughter
,
did
fall
out
with
Father
Hurrill
,
and
gaue
him
cucsed
speeches
,
and
ther-vpon
,
she
thinketh
she
sent
her
spirits
to
her
.
Also
she
dooth
vtteriye
denye
that
she
sent
her
saide
spirits
to
Finches
wife
,
Deuenishes
wife
,
and
Renold
Ferror
or
any
of
them
to
hurt
them
.
And
beeing
further
examined
,
she
confesseth
that
although
her
said
spirits
at
some
time
can
haue
no
power
to
hurt
men
,
yet
they
may
haue
power
to
hurt
their
Cattell
.
This
Ioane
Cunny
,
liuing
very
lewdly
,
hauing
two
lewde
Daughters
,
no
better
then
naughty
packs
,
had
two
Bastard
Children
:
beeing
both
boyes
,
these
two
Children
were
cheefe
witnesses
,
and
gaue
in
great
euidence
against
their
Grandam
and
Mothers
,
the
eldest
being
about
10.
or
12.
yeeres
of
age
.
Against
this
Mother
Cunny
the
elder
Boye
gaue
in
this
euideoce
which
she
herselfe
after
confessed
,
that
she
going
to
Braintye
Market
,
came
to
one
Harry
Finches
house
,
to
demaund
some
drink
,
his
wife
being
busie
and
a
brewing
,
tolde
her
she
had
no
leysure
to
giue
her
any
.
Then
Ioane
Cunnye
went
away
discontented
:
and
at
night
Finches
wife
was
greeuously
taken
in
her
head
,
and
the
next
day
in
her
side
,
and
so
continued
in
most
horrible
paine
for
the
space
of
a
week
,
and
then
dyed
.
Mother
Cunnye
confessed
that
she
sent
her
spirite
Iill
to
torment
her
.
The
same
boy
confessed
that
he
was
commaunded
by
his
Grandmother
to
fetch
a
burden
of
wood
,
which
he
gathered
,
but
another
boye
stole
it
from
him
,
and
he
came
home
without
:
and
tolde
his
Grandam
:
and
she
commaunded
her
sprite
to
prick
the
same
boy
in
the
foote
▪
which
was
doone
▪
and
the
same
boye
came
to
the
barre
lame
and
gaue
euidence
against
her
.
Againe
the
same
boy
confessed
that
his
Grandam
when
he
had
lost
his
wood
,
saide
she
would
haue
wood
enough
:
and
bad
him
goe
into
Sir
Edward
Huddlestones
ground
beeing
high
Sheriffe
of
the
Sheere
,
and
to
take
with
him
Iack
the
sprite
,
and
so
he
did
,
who
went
vnseene
to
any
body
but
to
the
boy
,
and
when
they
came
to
a
mighty
Oke-tree
,
the
spirit
went
about
it
,
and
presentlye
the
Tree
blew
vp
by
the
roots
:
and
no
winde
at
all
stirring
at
this
time
:
which
Master
high
Sheriffe
acknowledged
to
be
blown
down
in
a
great
calme
.
¶
The
confession
of
Ioan
Vpney
of
Dagenham
,
in
the
Countye
of
Essex
,
who
was
brought
before
Sir
Henrye
Gray
Knight
,
the
third
of
May
.
1589.
THis
examinate
saith
,
that
one
Fustian
Kirtle
,
otherwise
called
White-cote
,
a
witch
of
Barking
,
came
to
her
house
about
seauen
or
eight
yeeres
agoe
,
and
gaue
her
a
thing
like
a
Moule
,
and
tolde
her
if
she
ought
any
body
any
ill
will
,
if
she
did
bid
it
,
it
would
goe
clap
them
.
She
saith
that
Moule
taryed
not
aboue
a
yeere
with
her
,
but
it
consumed
away
,
and
then
she
gaue
her
another
Moule
and
a
Toad
,
which
she
kept
a
great
while
,
and
was
neuer
without
some
Toades
since
till
her
last
going
away
from
her
house
,
when
she
confesseth
she
ranne
away
,
because
she
heard
Iohn
Harrolde
and
Richard
Foster
say
she
was
a
witch
,
and
urch
other
woordes
.
She
saith
,
that
one
day
another
Toade
went
ouer
her
threshold
as
Richard
Fosters
wife
was
coming
that
way
,
and
it
went
and
pinched
her
,
and
neuer
returned
againe
.
Other
two
Toades
she
left
at
home
,
when
she
ran
away
,
but
they
consumed
away
.
She
saith
that
her
eldest
Daughter
would
neuer
abide
to
meddle
with
her
Toades
,
but
her
youngest
daughter
would
handle
them
,
and
vse
them
as
well
as
her selfe
.
The
examination
of
Ioan
Prentice
,
one
of
the
women
of
the
Almes
house
of
Hinningham
Sibble
,
within
the
saide
County
:
beeing
taken
the
29.
of
March
,
in
the
31.
yeere
of
the
raigne
of
our
Soueraigne
Lady
Elizabeth
.
Item
,
the
saide
examinate
saith
further
,
that
about
one
moneth
after
,
the
saide
Ferrit
came
againe
vnto
her
in
the
night
time
as
she
was
sitting
vpon
a
little
stoole
,
preparing
her selfe
to
bed-ward
,
as
is
aboue
saide
:
Ioan
wilt
thou
goe
to
bed
,
to
whome
she
answered
yea
that
I
will
by
Gods
grace
,
then
presently
the
Ferret
leapt
vp
vpon
her
lap
,
and
from
thence
vp
to
her
bosome
,
and
laying
his
former
feete
vpon
her
lefte
shoulder
,
sucked
blood
out
of
her
lefte
cheeke
,
and
then
he
saide
vnto
her
,
Ioan
if
thou
will
haue
me
doo
any
thing
for
thee
,
I
am
and
wil
be
alwaies
ready
at
thy
commaundement
,
and
ther-upon
she
beeing
a
little
before
fallen
out
with
William
Adams
his
wife
of
Hinningham
Sibble
aforesaide
:
willed
the
Ferret
to
spoile
her
drinke
which
was
then
in
brewing
,
which
he
did
accordingly
.
Item
,
the
saide
examinate
furthermore
saith
and
confesseth
,
that
the
saide
Ferret
diuers
times
after
appeered
vnto
her
alwaies
at
the
time
when
she
was
going
to
bed
,
and
the
last
time
he
appeered
vnto
her
was
about
seauen
weekes
last
past
,
at
which
time
she
going
to
bed
,
the
Ferrit
leapt
vpon
her
left
shoulder
,
and
sucked
blood
out
of
her
lefte
cheeke
,
and
that
doone
:
he
demaunded
of
her
what
she
had
for
him
to
doo
?
To
whom
she
answered
,
goe
vnto
Maister
Glascocks
house
,
and
nippe
one
of
his
Children
a
little
,
named
Sara
,
but
hurt
it
not
,
and
the
next
night
he
resorted
vnto
her
againe
,
and
told
her
that
he
had
doon
as
she
willed
him
:
namely
,
that
he
had
nipt
Sara
Glascock
,
and
that
she
should
dye
therof
,
to
whome
she
answered
and
saide
,
thou
villaine
what
hast
thou
doon
,
I
bid
thee
to
nip
it
but
a
little
and
not
to
hurt
it
,
and
hast
thou
killed
the
childe
?
which
speech
beeing
vttered
,
the
Ferrit
vanished
away
suddenly
,
and
neuer
came
to
her
sithence
.
Item
,
she
affirmeth
,
that
the
occasion
why
she
did
will
her
Ferret
to
nippe
the
saide
childe
,
was
for
that
she
beeing
the
daye
before
at
the
house
of
the
saide
Maister
Glascok
,
to
begge
his
almes
,
answere
was
made
to
her
by
one
of
his
maiden
seruantes
,
that
both
her
Maister
and
Mistres
were
from
home
,
and
therfore
desired
her
to
be
contented
for
that
time
,
and
therupon
the
examinate
departed
greatlye
discontented
,
and
that
night
sent
her
Ferret
to
nip
the
childe
as
is
abouesaide
.
Item
,
she
saith
and
affirmeth
,
that
at
what
time
soeuer
she
would
haue
her
Ferret
doo
any
thing
for
her
,
she
vsed
these
woordes
,
Bidd
,
Bidd
,
Bidd
,
come
Bidd
,
come
bidd
,
come
bidd
,
come
suck
,
come
suck
,
come
suck
,
and
that
presently
he
would
appeere
as
is
aforesaide
:
and
suckt
blood
out
of
her
left
cheeke
,
and
thenperfourmed
any
mischeefe
she
willed
or
wished
him
to
doo
for
her
vnto
or
against
any
of
her
neighbours
.
Lastly
the
said
examinate
saith
,
and
confesseth
,
that
one
Elizabeth
Whale
,
the
wife
of
Michaell
Whale
of
Henningham
Sibble
aforesaide
labourer
,
and
Elizabeth
Mott
,
the
wife
of
Iohn
Mot
of
the
saide
Towne
Cobler
,
are
as
well
acquainted
with
her
Bidd
as
her selfe
is
,
but
knoweth
not
what
hurt
they
or
any
of
them
haue
doone
to
any
of
their
neighbours
.
WHen
their
inditements
were
read
,
and
their
examinations
also
,
they
stoode
vpon
their
tearmes
,
to
prolong
life
:
yet
to
make
the
matters
more
apparant
,
sundry
witnesses
were
produced
to
giue
euidence
against
them
▪
and
firste
the
Iudge
of
the
circuite
very
wisely
with
a
great
foresight
,
called
in
the
two
Basterd
Children
before
mencioned
,
and
contended
them
greatlye
for
telling
the
trueth
of
that
which
he
should
aske
them
,
concerning
their
Grandam
and
their
mothers
,
which
they
did
,
and
hauing
saide
what
they
could
,
together
with
the
depositions
of
sundrye
other
witnesses
,
they
hauing
confessed
sufficient
matter
to
proue
the
inditements
.
The
Iury
found
these
bad
women
guiltie
and
that
they
had
slaine
Men
,
women
,
and
Children
,
And
committed
very
wicked
and
horrible
actions
,
diuers
and
sundrye
times
,
and
ther-upon
,
the
Iudge
proceeded
,
and
pronounced
the
sentence
of
death
against
them
,
as
worthely
they
had
deserued
.
After
they
had
receiued
their
iudgments
,
they
were
conuayed
from
the
Barre
backe
againe
to
Prison
,
where
they
had
not
stayed
aboue
two
howers
,
but
the
officers
prepared
them-selues
to
conduct
them
to
the
place
of
execution
:
to
which
place
they
led
them
,
and
being
come
thether
,
one
Maister
Ward
a
learned
deuine
,
beeing
desired
by
the
Iustices
,
did
exhorte
these
wicked
women
to
repentance
,
And
perswaded
them
that
they
would
shewe
vnto
the
people
the
trueth
of
their
wickednes
,
and
to
call
vpon
God
for
mercy
with
penitent
hartes
.
And
to
aske
pardon
at
his
hands
for
the
same
:
some
fewe
prayers
they
saide
after
the
precher
,
but
little
els
:
more
then
this
,
that
they
had
deserued
to
dye
,
in
committing
those
wicked
sinnes
:
and
so
tooke
their
deathes
patiently
.
Note
,
that
Mother
Upney
being
inwardlye
pricked
and
hauing
some
inward
feeling
in
conscience
cryed
out
saying
:
that
she
had
greeuously
sinned
,
that
the
deuill
had
deceiued
her
,
the
deuill
had
deceiued
her
,
and
that
she
had
twice
giuen
her
soule
to
the
Deuill
,
yet
by
the
meanes
of
Gods
spirite
woorking
in
her
,
and
the
paines
which
Maister
ward
tooke
with
her
,
she
seemed
very
sorry
for
the
same
,
and
died
very
penitent
,
asking
God
&
the
world
forgiuenes
,
euen
to
the
last
gaspe
,
for
her
wicked
and
detestable
life
.
FSNIS
.
Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
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