The
Evidence
whereupon
these
Persons
were
convicted
of
Witchcraft
,
stands
upon
divers
particular
Circumstances
.
I.
THree
of
the
Parties
above-named
,
viz.
Anne
Durent
,
Susan
Chandler
,
and
Elizabeth
Pacy
were
brought
to
Bury
to
the
Assizes
and
were
in
a
reasonable
good
condition
:
But
that
Morning
they
came
into
the
Hall
to
give
Instructions
for
the
drawing
of
their
Bills
of
Indictments
,
the
Three
Persons
fell
into
strange
and
violent
fits
,
screeking
out
in
a
most
sad
manner
,
so
that
they
could
not
in
any
wise
give
any
Instructions
in
the
Court
who
were
the
Cause
of
their
Distemper
.
And
although
they
did
after
some
certain
space
recover
out
of
their
fits
,
yet
they
were
every
one
of
them
struck
Dumb
,
so
that
none
of
them
could
speak
neither
at
that
time
,
nor
during
the
Assizes
until
the
Conviction
of
the
supposed
Witches
.
As
concerning
William
Durent
,
being
an
Infant
,
his
Mother
Dorothy
Durent
sworn
and
examined
deposed
in
open
Court
,
That
about
the
Tenth
of
March
,
None
Caroli
Secundi
,
she
having
a
special
occasion
to
go
from
home
,
and
having
none
in
her
House
to
take
care
of
her
said
Child
(
it
then
sucking
)
desired
Amy
Duny
her
Neighbour
,
to
look
to
her
Child
during
her
absence
,
for
which
she
promised
her
to
give
her
a
Penny
:
but
the
said
Dorothy
Durent
desired
the
said
Amy
not
to
Suckle
her
Child
,
and
laid
a
great
charge
upon
her
not
to
do
it
.
Upon
which
it
was
asked
by
the
Court
,
why
she
did
give
that
direction
,
she
being
an
old
Woman
and
not
capable
of
giving
Suck
?
It
was
answered
by
the
said
Dorothy
Durent
,
that
she
very
well
knew
that
she
did
not
give
Suck
,
but
that
for
some
years
before
,
she
had
gone
under
the
Reputation
of
a
Witch
,
which
was
one
cause
made
her
give
her
the
caution
:
Another
was
,
That
it
was
customary
with
old
Women
,
that
if
they
did
look
after
a
sucking
Child
,
and
nothing
would
please
it
but
the
Breast
,
they
did
use
to
please
the
Child
to
give
it
the
Breast
,
and
it
did
please
the
Child
,
but
it
sucked
nothing
but
Wind
,
which
did
the
Child
hurt
.
Nevertheless
after
the
departure
of
this
Deponent
,
the
said
Amy
did
Suckle
the
Child
:
And
after
the
return
of
the
said
Dorothy
,
the
said
Amy
did
acquaint
her
,
That
she
had
given
Suck
to
the
Child
contrary
to
her
command
.
Whereupon
the
Deponent
was
very
angry
with
the
said
Amy
for
the
same
;
at
which
the
said
Amy
was
much
discontented
,
and
used
many
high
Expressions
and
Threatning
Speeches
towards
her
;
telling
her
,
That
she
had
as
good
to
have
done
otherwise
than
to
have
found
fault
with
her
,
and
so
departed
out
of
her
House
:
And
that
very
Night
her
Son
fell
into
strange
fits
of
swounding
,
and
was
held
in
such
terrible
manner
,
that
she
was
much
affrighted
therewith
,
and
so
continued
for
divers
weeks
.
And
the
said
Examinant
farther
said
,
that
she
being
exceedingly
troubled
at
her
Childs
Distemper
,
did
go
to
a
certain
Person
named
Doctor
Jacob
,
who
lived
at
Yarmouth
,
who
had
the
reputation
in
the
Country
,
to
help
children
that
were
Bewitch'd
;
who
advis'd
her
to
hang
up
the
Childs
Blanket
in
the
Chimneycorner
all
day
,
and
at
night
when
she
put
the
Child
to
Bed
,
to
put
it
into
the
said
blanket
,
and
if
she
found
any
thing
in
it
,
she
should
not
be
afraid
,
but
to
throw
it
into
the
Fire
.
And
this
Deponent
did
according
to
his
direction
;
and
at
night
when
she
took
down
the
Blanket
with
an
intent
to
put
her
Child
therein
,
there
fell
out
of
the
same
a
great
Toad
,
which
ran
up
and
down
the
hearth
,
and
she
having
a
young
youth
only
with
her
in
the
House
,
desired
him
to
catch
the
Toad
,
and
throw
it
into
the
Fire
,
which
the
youth
did
accordingly
,
and
held
it
there
with
the
Tongs
;
and
as
soon
as
it
was
in
the
Fire
it
made
a
great
and
horrible
Noise
,
and
after
a
space
there
was
a
flashing
in
the
Fire
like
Gun-powder
,
making
a
noise
like
the
discharge
of
a
Pistol
,
and
thereupon
the
Toad
was
no
more
seen
nor
heard
.
It
was
asked
by
the
Court
,
if
that
after
the
noise
and
flashing
,
there
was
not
the
Substance
of
the
Toad
to
be
seen
to
consume
in
the
fire
?
And
it
was
answered
by
the
said
Dorothy
Durent
,
that
after
the
flashing
and
noise
,
there
was
no
more
seen
than
if
there
had
been
none
there
.
The
next
day
there
came
a
young
Woman
a
Kinswoman
of
the
said
Amy
,
and
a
neighbour
of
this
Deponent
,
and
told
this
Deponent
,
that
her
Aunt
(
meaning
the
said
Amy
)
was
in
a
most
lamentable
condition
having
her
face
all
scorched
with
fire
,
and
that
she
was
sitting
alone
in
her
House
,
in
her
smock
without
any
fire
.
And
thereupon
this
Deponent
went
into
the
House
of
the
said
Amy
Duny
to
see
her
,
and
found
her
in
the
same
condition
as
was
related
to
her
;
for
her
Face
,
her
Leggs
,
and
Thighs
,
which
this
Deponent
saw
,
seemed
very
much
scorched
and
burnt
with
Fire
,
at
which
this
Deponent
seemed
much
to
wonder
.
And
asked
the
said
Amy
how
she
came
into
that
sad
condition
?
and
the
said
Amy
replied
,
she
might
thank
her
for
it
,
for
that
she
this
Deponent
was
the
cause
thereof
,
but
that
she
should
live
to
see
some
of
her
Children
dead
,
and
she
upon
Crutches
.
And
this
Deponent
farther
saith
,
that
after
the
burning
of
the
said
Toad
,
her
Child
recover'd
,
and
was
well
again
,
and
was
living
at
the
time
of
the
Assizes
.
And
this
Deponent
farther
saith
,
That
about
the
6th
.
of
March
,
11o
.
Car
.
2.
her
Daughter
Elizabeth
Durent
,
being
about
the
Age
of
Ten
Years
,
was
taken
in
like
manner
as
her
first
Child
was
,
and
in
her
fits
complained
much
of
Amy
Duny
,
and
said
,
That
she
did
appear
to
her
,
and
Afflict
her
in
such
manner
as
the
former
.
And
she
this
Deponent
going
to
the
Apothecaries
for
some
thing
for
her
said
Child
,
when
she
did
return
to
her
own
House
,
she
found
the
said
Amy
Duny
there
,
and
asked
her
what
she
did
do
there
?
and
her
answer
was
,
That
she
came
to
see
her
Child
,
and
to
give
it
some
water
.
But
she
this
Deponent
was
very
angry
with
her
,
and
thrust
her
forth
of
her
doors
,
and
when
she
was
out
of
doors
,
she
said
,
You
need
not
be
so
angry
,
for
your
Child
will
not
live
long
:
and
this
was
on
a
Saturday
,
and
the
Child
dyed
on
the
Monday
following
.
The
cause
of
whose
Death
this
Deponent
verily
believeth
was
occasion'd
by
the
Witchcraft
of
the
said
Amy
Duny
:
for
that
the
said
Amy
hath
been
long
reputed
to
be
a
Witch
,
and
a
person
of
very
evil
behaviour
,
whose
Kindred
and
Relations
have
been
many
of
them
accused
for
Witchcraft
,
and
some
of
them
have
been
Condemned
.
The
said
Deponent
further
saith
,
that
not
long
after
the
death
of
her
Daughter
Elizabeth
Durent
,
she
this
Deponent
was
taken
with
a
Lameness
in
both
her
Leggs
,
from
the
knees
downward
,
that
she
was
fain
to
go
upon
Cruches
,
and
that
she
had
no
other
use
of
them
but
only
to
bear
a
little
upon
them
till
she
did
remove
her
Crutches
,
and
so
continued
till
the
time
of
the
Assizes
,
that
the
Witch
came
to
be
Tryed
,
and
was
there
upon
her
Crutches
;
the
Court
asked
her
,
That
at
the
time
she
was
taken
with
this
Lameness
,
if
it
were
with
her
according
to
the
Custom
of
Women
?
Her
Answer
was
,
that
it
was
so
,
and
that
she
never
had
any
stoppages
of
those
things
,
but
when
she
was
with
Child
.
This
is
the
Substance
of
her
Evidence
to
this
Indictment
.
There
was
one
thing
very
remarkable
,
that
after
she
had
gone
upon
Crutches
for
upwards
of
Three
Years
,
and
went
upon
them
at
the
time
of
the
Assizes
in
the
Court
when
she
gave
her
Evidence
,
and
upon
the
Juries
bringing
in
their
Verdict
,
by
which
the
said
Amy
Duny
was
found
Guilty
,
to
the
great
admiration
of
all
Persons
,
the
said
Dorothy
Durent
was
restored
to
the
use
of
her
Limbs
,
and
went
home
without
making
use
of
her
Crutches
.
II
.
As
concerning
Elizabeth
and
Deborah
Pacy
,
the
first
of
the
Age
of
Eleven
Years
,
the
other
of
the
age
of
Nine
Years
or
thereabouts
:
as
to
the
Elder
,
she
was
brought
into
the
Court
at
the
time
of
the
Instructions
given
to
draw
up
the
Indictments
,
and
afterwards
at
the
time
of
Tryal
of
the
said
Prisoners
,
but
could
not
speak
one
Word
all
the
time
,
and
for
the
most
part
she
remained
as
one
wholly
senseless
as
one
in
a
deep
Sleep
,
and
could
move
no
part
of
her
body
,
and
all
the
Motion
of
Life
that
appeared
in
her
was
,
that
as
she
lay
upon
Cushions
in
the
Court
upon
her
back
,
her
stomack
and
belly
by
the
drawing
of
her
breath
,
would
arise
to
a
great
height
:
and
after
the
said
Elizabeth
had
lain
a
long
time
on
the
Table
in
the
Court
,
she
came
a
little
to
her self
and
sate
up
,
but
could
neither
see
nor
speak
,
but
was
sensible
of
what
was
said
to
her
,
and
after
a
while
she
laid
her
Head
on
the
Bar
of
the
Court
with
a
Cushion
under
it
,
and
her
hand
and
her
Apron
upon
that
,
and
there
she
lay
a
good
space
of
time
:
and
by
the
direction
of
the
Judg
,
Amy
Duny
was
privately
brought
to
Elizabeth
Pacy
,
and
she
touched
her
hand
;
whereupon
the
Child
without
so
much
as
seeing
her
,
for
her
Eyes
were
closed
all
the
while
,
suddenly
leaped
up
,
and
catched
Amy
Duny
by
the
hand
,
and
afterwards
by
the
face
;
and
with
her
Nails
scratched
her
till
Blood
came
,
and
would
by
no
means
leave
her
till
she
was
taken
from
her
,
and
afterwards
the
Child
would
still
be
pressing
towards
her
,
and
making
signs
of
Anger
conceived
against
her
.
Deborah
the
younger
Daughter
was
held
in
such
extream
manner
,
that
her
Parents
wholly
despaired
of
her
life
,
and
therefore
could
not
bring
her
to
the
Assizes
.
The
Evidence
which
was
given
concerning
these
Two
Children
was
to
this
Effect
.
SAmuel
Pacy
a
Merchant
of
Leystoff
aforesaid
,
(
a
man
who
carried
himself
with
much
soberness
during
the
Tryal
,
from
whom
proceeded
no
words
either
of
Passion
or
Malice
,
though
his
Children
were
so
greatly
Afflicted
,
)
Sworn
and
Examined
,
Deposeth
,
That
his
younger
Daughter
Deborah
,
upon
Thursday
the
Tenth
of
October
last
,
was
suddenly
taken
with
a
Lameness
in
her
Leggs
,
so
that
she
could
not
stand
,
neither
had
she
any
strength
in
her
Limbs
to
support
her
,
and
so
she
continued
until
the
Seventeenth
day
of
the
same
Month
,
which
day
being
fair
and
Sunshiny
,
the
Child
desired
to
be
carryed
on
the
East
part
of
the
House
,
to
be
set
upon
the
Bank
which
looketh
upon
the
Sea
;
and
whil'st
she
was
sitting
there
,
Amy
Duny
came
to
this
Deponents
House
to
buy
some
Herrings
,
but
being
denyed
she
went
away
discontented
,
and
presently
returned
again
,
and
was
denyed
,
and
likwise
the
third
time
and
was
denyed
as
at
first
;
and
at
her
last
going
away
,
she
went
away
grumbling
;
but
what
she
said
was
not
perfectly
understood
.
But
at
the
very
same
instant
of
time
,
the
said
Child
was
taken
with
most
violent
fits
,
feeling
most
extream
pain
in
her
Stomach
,
like
the
pricking
of
Pins
,
and
Shreeking
out
in
a
most
dreadful
manner
like
unto
a
Whelp
,
and
not
like
unto
a
sensible
Creature
.
And
in
this
extremity
the
Child
continued
to
the
great
grief
of
the
Parents
until
the
Thirtieth
of
the
same
Month
.
During
this
time
this
Deponent
sent
for
one
Dr.
Feavor
,
a
Doctor
of
Physick
,
to
take
his
advice
concerning
his
Childs
Distemper
;
the
Doctor
being
come
,
he
saw
the
Child
in
those
fits
,
but
could
not
conjecture
(
as
he
then
told
this
Deponent
,
and
afterwards
affirmed
in
open
Court
,
at
this
Tryal
)
what
might
be
the
cause
of
the
Childs
Affliction
.
And
this
Deponent
farther
saith
,
That
by
reason
of
the
circumstances
aforesaid
,
and
in
regard
Amy
Duny
is
a
Woman
of
an
ill
Fame
,
&
commonly
reported
to
be
a
Witch
&
Sorceress
,
and
for
that
the
said
Child
in
her
fits
would
cry
out
of
Amy
Duny
as
the
cause
of
her
Malady
,
and
that
she
did
affright
her
with
Apparitions
of
her
Person
(
as
the
Child
in
the
intervals
of
her
fits
related
)
he
this
Deponent
did
suspect
the
said
Amy
Duny
for
a
Witch
,
and
charged
her
with
the
injury
and
wrong
to
his
Child
,
and
caused
her
to
be
set
in
the
Stocks
on
the
Twenty
eighth
of
the
same
October
:
and
during
the
time
of
her
continuance
there
,
one
Alice
Letteridge
and
Jane
Buxton
demanding
of
her
(
as
they
also
affirmed
in
Court
upon
their
Oathes
)
what
should
be
the
reason
of
Mr.
Pacy's
Childs
Distemper
?
telling
her
,
That
she
was
suspected
to
be
the
cause
thereof
;
she
replyed
,
Mr.
Pacy
keeps
a
great
stir
about
his
Child
,
but
let
him
stay
until
he
hath
done
as
much
by
his
Children
,
as
I
have
done
by
mine
.
And
being
further
examined
,
what
she
had
done
to
her
Children
?
She
answered
,
That
she
had
been
fain
to
open
her
Child's
Mouth
with
a
Tap
to
give
it
Victuals
.
And
the
said
Deponent
further
deposeth
,
That
within
two
days
after
speaking
of
the
said
words
being
the
Thirtieth
of
October
,
the
eldest
Daughter
Elizabeth
,
fell
into
extream
fits
,
insomuch
,
that
they
could
not
open
her
Mouth
to
give
her
breath
,
to
preserve
her
Life
without
the
help
of
a
Tap
which
they
were
enforced
to
use
;
and
the
younger
Child
was
in
the
like
manner
Afflicted
,
so
that
they
used
the
same
also
for
her
Relief
.
And
further
the
said
Children
being
grievously
afflicted
would
severally
complain
in
their
extremity
,
and
also
in
the
intervals
,
That
Amy
Duny
(
together
with
one
other
Woman
whose
person
and
Cloathes
they
described
)
did
thus
Afflict
them
,
their
Apparitions
appearing
before
them
,
to
their
great
terrour
and
affrightment
:
And
sometimes
they
would
cry
out
,
saying
,
There
stands
Amy
Duny
,
and
there
Rose
Cullender
;
the
other
Person
troubling
them
.
Their
fits
were
various
,
sometimes
they
would
be
lame
on
one
side
of
their
Bodies
,
sometimes
on
the
other
:
sometimes
a
soreness
over
their
whole
Bodies
,
so
as
they
could
endure
none
to
touch
them
:
at
other
times
they
would
be
restored
to
the
perfect
use
of
their
Limbs
,
and
deprived
of
their
Hearing
;
at
other
times
of
their
Sight
,
at
other
times
of
their
Speech
;
sometimes
by
the
space
of
one
day
,
sometimes
for
two
;
and
once
they
were
wholly
deprived
of
their
Speech
for
Eight
days
together
,
and
then
restored
to
their
Speech
again
.
At
other
times
they
would
fall
into
Swounings
,
and
upon
the
recovery
to
their
Speech
they
would
Cough
extreamly
,
and
bring
up
much
Flegme
,
and
with
the
same
crooked
Pins
,
and
one
time
a
Two-penny
Nail
with
a
very
broad
head
,
which
Pins
(
amounting
to
Forty
or
more
)
together
with
the
Two
penny
Nail
were
produced
in
Court
,
with
the
affirmation
of
the
said
Deponent
,
that
he
was
present
when
the
said
Nail
was
Vomited
up
,
and
also
most
of
the
Pins
.
Commonly
at
the
end
of
every
fit
they
would
cast
up
a
Pin
,
and
sometimes
they
would
have
four
or
five
fits
in
one
day
.
In
this
manner
the
said
Children
continued
with
this
Deponent
for
the
space
of
two
Months
,
during
which
time
in
their
Intervals
this
Deponent
would
cause
them
to
Read
some
Chapters
in
the
New
Testament
.
Whereupon
this
Deponent
several
times
observed
,
that
they
would
read
till
they
came
to
the
Name
of
Lord
,
or
Jesus
,
or
Christ
;
and
then
before
they
could
pronounce
either
of
the
said
Words
they
would
suddenly
fall
into
their
fits
.
But
when
they
came
to
the
Name
of
Satan
,
or
Devil
,
they
would
clap
their
Fingers
upon
the
Book
,
crying
out
,
This
bites
,
but
makes
me
speak
right
well
.
At
such
time
as
they
be
recovered
out
of
their
fits
(
occasion'd
as
this
Deponent
conceives
upon
their
naming
of
Lord
,
or
Jesus
,
or
Christ
,
)
this
Deponent
hath
demanded
of
them
,
what
is
the
cause
they
cannot
pronounce
those
words
,
They
reply
and
say
,
That
Amy
Duny
saith
,
I
must
not
use
that
name
.
And
farther
,
the
said
Children
after
their
fits
were
past
,
would
tell
,
how
that
Amy
Duny
,
and
Rose
Cullender
would
appear
before
them
,
holding
their
Fists
at
them
,
threatning
,
That
if
they
related
either
what
they
saw
or
heard
,
that
they
would
Torment
them
Ten
times
more
than
ever
they
did
before
.
In
their
fits
they
would
cry
out
,
There
stands
Amy
Duny
,
or
Rose
Cullender
;
and
sometimes
in
one
place
and
sometimes
in
another
,
running
with
great
violence
to
the
place
where
they
fancied
them
to
stand
,
striking
at
them
as
if
they
were
present
;
they
would
appear
to
them
sometimes
spinning
,
and
sometimes
reeling
,
or
in
other
postures
,
deriding
or
threatning
them
.
And
this
Deponent
farther
saith
,
That
his
Children
being
thus
Tormented
by
all
the
space
aforesaid
,
and
finding
no
hopes
of
amendment
,
he
sent
them
to
his
Sisters
House
,
one
Margaret
Arnold
,
who
lived
at
Yarmouth
,
to
make
tryal
,
whether
the
change
of
the
Air
might
do
them
any
good
.
And
how
,
and
in
what
manner
they
were
afterwards
held
,
he
this
Deponent
refers
himself
to
the
Testimony
of
his
said
Sister
.
Margaret
Arnold
,
Sworn
and
Examined
,
saith
,
That
the
said
Elizabeth
and
Deborah
Pacy
came
to
her
House
about
the
Thirtieth
of
November
last
,
her
Brother
acquainted
her
,
that
he
thought
they
were
Bewitch'd
,
for
that
they
vomited
Pins
;
and
farther
Informed
her
of
the
several
passages
which
occurred
at
his
own
House
.
This
Deponent
said
,
that
she
gave
no
credit
to
that
which
was
related
to
her
,
conceiving
possibly
the
Children
might
use
some
deceit
in
putting
Pins
in
their
mouths
themselves
.
Wherefore
this
Deponent
unpinned
all
their
Cloathes
,
and
left
not
so
much
as
one
Pin
upon
them
,
but
sewed
all
the
Clothes
they
wore
,
instead
of
pinning
of
them
.
But
this
Deponent
saith
,
that
notwithstanding
all
this
care
and
circumspection
of
hers
,
the
Children
afterwards
raised
at
several
times
at
least
Thirty
Pins
in
her
presence
,
and
had
most
fierce
and
violent
Fitts
upon
them
.
The
Children
would
in
their
Fitts
cry
out
against
Rose
Cullender
and
Amy
Duny
,
affirming
that
they
saw
them
;
and
they
threatned
to
Torment
them
Ten
times
more
,
if
they
complained
of
them
.
At
some
times
the
Children
(
only
)
would
see
things
run
up
and
down
the
House
in
the
appearance
of
Mice
;
and
one
of
them
suddainly
snapt
one
with
the
Tongs
,
and
threw
it
into
the
fire
,
and
it
screeched
out
like
a
Rat
.
At
another
time
,
the
younger
Child
being
out
of
her
Fitts
went
out
of
Doors
to
take
a
little
fresh
Air
,
and
presently
a
little
thing
like
a
Bee
flew
upon
her
Face
,
and
would
have
gone
into
her
Mouth
,
whereupon
the
Child
ran
in
all
haste
to
the
door
to
get
into
the
House
again
,
screeking
out
in
a
most
terrible
manner
;
whereupon
,
this
Deponent
made
haste
to
come
to
her
,
but
before
she
could
get
to
her
,
the
Child
fell
into
her
swooning
Fitt
,
and
at
last
with
much
pain
straining
herself
,
she
vomited
up
a
Two-penny
Nail
with
a
broad
Head
;
and
after
that
the
Child
had
raised
up
the
Nail
she
came
to
her
understanding
;
and
being
demanded
by
this
Deponent
,
how
she
came
by
this
Nail
?
she
Answered
,
That
the
Bee
brought
this
Nail
and
forced
it
into
her
Mouth
.
And
at
other
times
,
the
Elder
Child
declared
unto
this
Deponent
,
that
during
the
time
of
her
Fitts
,
she
saw
Flies
come
unto
her
,
and
bring
with
them
in
their
Mouthes
crooked
Pins
;
and
after
the
Child
had
thus
declared
the
same
,
she
fell
again
into
violent
Fits
,
and
afterwards
raised
several
Pins
.
At
another
time
,
the
said
Elder
Child
declared
unto
this
Deponent
,
and
sitting
by
the
Fire
suddainly
started
up
and
said
,
she
saw
a
Mouse
,
and
she
crept
under
the
Table
looking
after
it
,
and
at
length
,
she
put
something
in
her
Apron
,
saying
,
she
had
caught
it
;
and
immediatly
she
ran
to
the
Fire
and
threw
it
in
,
and
there
did
appear
upon
it
to
this
Deponent
,
like
the
flashing
of
Gunpowder
,
though
she
confessed
she
saw
nothing
in
the
Childs
Hand
.
At
another
time
the
said
Child
being
speechless
,
but
otherwise
,
of
perfect
understanding
,
ran
round
about
the
House
holding
her
Apron
,
crying
hush
,
hush
,
as
if
there
had
been
some
Poultrey
in
the
House
;
but
this
Deponent
could
perceive
nothing
:
but
at
last
she
saw
the
Child
stoop
as
if
she
had
catch't
at
something
,
and
put
it
into
her
Apron
,
and
afterwards
made
as
if
she
had
thrown
it
into
the
Fire
:
but
this
Deponent
could
not
discover
any
thing
:
but
the
Child
afterwards
being
restored
to
her
speech
,
she
this
Deponent
demanded
of
her
what
she
saw
at
the
time
she
used
such
a
posture
?
who
answered
,
That
she
saw
a
Duck
.
At
another
time
,
the
Younger
daughter
being
recovered
out
of
her
Fitts
,
declared
,
That
Amy
Duny
had
been
with
her
,
and
that
she
tempted
her
to
Drown
her self
,
and
to
cut
her
Throat
,
or
otherwise
to
Destroy
her self
.
At
another
time
in
their
Fitts
they
both
of
them
cryed
out
upon
Rose
Cullender
and
Amy
Duny
,
complaining
against
them
;
Why
do
not
you
come
your selves
,
but
send
your
Imps
to
Torment
us
?
These
several
passages
as
most
remarkable
,
the
said
Deponent
did
particularly
set
down
as
they
daily
happen'd
,
and
for
the
reasons
aforesaid
,
she
doth
verily
believe
in
her
conscience
,
that
the
Children
were
bewitched
,
and
by
the
said
Amy
Duny
,
and
Rose
Cullender
;
though
at
first
she
could
hardly
be
induced
to
believe
it
.
As
concerning
Ann
Durent
,
one
other
of
the
Parties
,
supposed
to
be
bewitched
,
present
in
Court
.
Edmund
Durent
her
Father
Sworn
and
Examined
;
said
,
That
he
also
lived
in
the
said
,
Town
of
Leystoff
,
and
that
the
said
Rose
Cullender
,
about
the
latter
end
of
November
last
,
came
into
this
Deponents
House
to
buy
some
Herrings
of
his
Wife
,
but
being
denyed
by
her
,
the
said
Rose
returned
in
a
discontented
manner
;
and
upon
the
first
of
December
after
,
his
Daughter
Ann
Durent
was
very
sorely
Afflicted
in
her
Stomach
,
and
felt
great
pain
,
like
the
pricking
of
Pins
,
and
then
fell
into
swooning
fitts
,
and
after
the
Recovery
from
her
Fitts
,
she
declared
,
That
she
had
seen
the
Apparition
of
the
said
Rose
,
who
threatned
to
Torment
her
.
In
this
manner
she
continued
from
the
first
of
December
,
until
this
present
time
of
Tryal
;
having
likewise
vomited
up
divers
Pins
(
produced
here
in
Court
.
)
This
Maid
was
present
in
Court
,
but
could
not
speak
to
declare
her
knowledge
,
but
fell
into
most
violent
fits
when
she
was
brought
before
Rose
Cullender
.
Ann
Baldwin
Sworn
and
Examined
,
Deposeth
the
same
thing
as
touching
the
Bewitching
of
the
said
Ann
Durent
.
As
concerning
Jane
Bocking
who
was
so
weak
,
she
could
not
be
brought
to
the
Assizes
.
Diana
Bocking
Sworn
and
Examined
,
Deposed
,
That
she
lived
in
the
same
Town
of
Leystoff
,
and
that
her
said
Daughter
having
been
formerly
Afflicted
with
swooning
fitts
recovered
well
of
them
,
and
so
continued
for
a
certain
time
;
and
upon
the
First
of
February
last
,
she
was
taken
also
with
great
pain
in
her
Stomach
,
like
pricking
with
Pins
;
and
afterwards
fell
into
swooning
fitts
and
so
continued
till
the
Deponents
coming
to
the
Assizes
,
having
during
the
same
time
taken
little
or
no
food
,
but
daily
vomiting
crooked
Pins
;
and
upon
Sunday
last
raised
Seven
Pins
.
And
whilst
her
fits
were
upon
her
she
would
spread
forth
her
Arms
with
her
hands
open
,
and
use
postures
as
if
she
catched
at
something
,
and
would
instantly
close
her
hands
again
;
which
being
immediatly
forced
open
,
they
found
several
Pins
diversly
crooked
,
but
could
neither
see
nor
perceive
how
or
in
what
manner
they
were
conveyed
thither
.
At
another
time
,
the
same
Jane
being
in
another
of
her
fitts
,
talked
as
if
she
were
discoursing
with
some
persons
in
the
Room
,
(
though
she
would
give
no
answer
nor
seem
to
take
notice
of
any
person
then
present
)
and
would
in
like
manner
cast
abroad
her
Arms
,
saying
,
I
will
not
have
it
,
I
will
not
have
it
;
and
at
last
she
said
,
Then
I
will
have
it
,
and
so
waving
her
Arm
with
her
hand
open
,
she
would
presently
close
the
same
,
which
instantly
forced
open
,
they
found
in
it
a
Lath-Nail
.
In
her
fitts
she
would
frequently
complain
of
Rose
Cullender
and
Amy
Duny
,
saying
,
That
now
she
saw
Rose
Cullender
standing
at
the
Beds
feet
,
and
another
time
at
the
Beds-head
,
and
so
in
other
places
.
At
last
she
was
stricken
Dumb
and
could
not
speak
one
Word
,
though
her
fitts
were
not
upon
her
,
and
so
she
continued
for
some
days
,
and
at
last
her
speech
came
to
her
again
,
and
she
desired
her
Mother
to
get
her
some
Meat
;
and
being
demanded
the
reason
why
she
could
not
speak
in
so
long
time
?
She
answered
,
That
Amy
Duny
would
not
suffer
her
to
speak
.
This
Lath-Nail
,
and
divers
of
the
Pins
were
produced
in
Court
.
As
concerning
Susan
Chandler
,
one
other
of
the
Parties
supposed
to
be
Bewitched
and
present
in
Court
.
Mary
Chandler
Mother
of
the
said
Susan
,
Sworn
and
Examined
,
Deposed
and
said
,
That
about
the
beginning
of
February
last
past
,
the
said
Rose
Cullender
and
Amy
Duny
were
Charged
by
Mr.
Samuel
Pacy
for
Bewitching
of
his
Daughters
.
And
a
Warrant
being
granted
at
the
request
of
the
said
Mr.
Pacy
,
by
Sir
Edmund
Bacon
Baronet
,
one
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
for
the
County
of
Suffolk
to
bring
them
before
him
,
and
they
being
brought
before
him
were
Examined
,
and
Confessed
nothing
.
He
gave
order
that
they
should
be
searched
;
whereupon
this
Deponent
with
five
others
were
appointed
to
do
the
same
:
and
coming
to
the
House
of
Rose
Cullender
,
they
did
acquaint
her
with
what
they
were
come
about
,
and
asked
whether
she
was
contented
that
they
should
search
her
?
she
did
not
oppose
it
,
whereupon
they
began
at
her
Head
,
and
so
stript
her
naked
,
and
in
the
lower
part
of
her
Belly
they
found
a
thing
like
a
Teat
of
an
Inch
long
,
they
questioned
her
about
it
,
and
she
said
,
That
she
had
got
a
strain
by
carrying
of
water
which
caused
that
Excrescence
.
But
upon
narrower
search
,
they
found
in
her
Privy
Parts
three
more
Excrescencies
or
Teats
,
but
smaller
than
the
former
:
This
Deponent
farther
saith
,
That
in
the
long
Teat
at
the
end
thereof
there
was
a
little
hole
,
and
it
appeared
unto
them
as
if
it
had
been
lately
sucked
,
and
upon
the
straining
of
it
there
issued
out
white
milkie
Matter
.
And
this
Deponent
farther
saith
,
That
her
said
Daughter
(
being
of
the
Age
of
Eighteen
Years
)
was
then
in
Service
in
the
said
Town
of
Leystoff
,
and
rising
up
early
the
next
Morning
to
Wash
,
this
Rose
Cullender
appeared
to
her
,
and
took
her
by
the
hand
,
whereat
she
was
much
affrighted
,
and
went
forthwith
to
her
Mother
,
(
being
in
the
same
town
)
and
acquainted
her
with
what
she
had
seen
;
but
being
extreamly
terrified
,
she
fell
extream
sick
,
much
grieved
at
her
Stomach
;
and
that
Night
after
being
in
Bed
with
another
young
Woman
,
she
suddenly
scrieked
out
,
and
fell
into
such
extream
fits
as
if
she
were
distracted
,
crying
against
Rose
Cullender
;
saying
,
she
would
come
to
bed
to
her
.
She
continued
in
this
manner
beating
and
wearing
her self
,
insomuch
,
that
this
Deponent
was
glad
to
get
help
to
attend
her
.
In
her
Intervals
she
would
declare
,
That
some
time
she
saw
Rose
Cullender
,
at
another
time
with
a
great
Dog
with
her
:
She
also
vomited
up
divers
crooked
Pins
;
and
sometimes
she
was
stricken
with
blindness
,
and
at
another
time
she
was
Dumb
,
and
so
she
appeared
to
be
in
Court
when
the
Tryal
of
the
Prisoners
was
;
for
she
was
not
able
to
speak
her
knowledge
;
but
being
brought
into
the
Court
at
the
Tryal
,
she
suddenly
fell
into
her
fits
,
and
being
carryed
out
of
the
Court
again
,
within
the
space
of
half
an
hour
she
came
to
her self
and
recovered
her
speech
,
and
thereupon
was
immediatly
brought
into
the
Court
,
and
asked
by
the
Court
,
whether
she
was
in
condition
to
take
an
Oath
,
and
to
give
Evidence
,
she
said
she
could
.
But
when
she
was
Sworn
,
and
asked
what
she
could
say
against
either
of
the
Prisoners
?
before
she
could
make
any
answer
,
she
fell
into
her
fits
,
screeking
out
in
a
miserable
manner
,
crying
Burn
ber
,
burn
her
,
which
were
all
the
Words
she
could
speak
.
Robert
Chandler
father
of
the
said
Susan
gave
in
the
same
Evidence
,
that
his
Wife
Mary
Chandler
had
given
;
only
as
to
the
searching
of
Rose
Cullender
as
aforesaid
.
This
was
the
sum
and
Substance
of
the
Evidence
which
was
given
against
the
Prisoners
concerning
the
Bewitching
of
the
Children
before
mentioned
.
At
the
hearing
this
Evidence
there
were
divers
known
persons
,
as
Mr.
Scrjeant
Keeling
,
Mr.
Serjeant
Earl
,
and
Mr.
Serjeant
Barnard
,
present
.
Mr.
Serjeant
Keeling
seemed
much
unsatisfied
with
it
,
and
thought
it
not
sufficient
to
Convict
the
Prisoners
:
for
admitting
that
the
Children
were
in
Truth
Bewitched
,
yet
said
he
,
it
can
never
be
applyed
to
the
Prisoners
,
upon
the
Imagination
only
of
the
Parties
Afflicted
;
For
if
that
might
be
allowed
,
no
person
whatsoever
can
be
in
safety
,
for
perhaps
they
might
fancy
another
person
,
who
might
altogether
be
innocent
in
such
matters
.
There
was
also
Dr.
Brown
of
Norwich
,
a
Person
of
great
knowledge
;
who
after
this
Evidence
given
,
and
upon
view
of
the
three
persons
in
Court
,
was
desired
to
give
his
Opinion
,
what
he
did
conceive
of
them
:
and
he
was
clearly
of
Opinion
,
that
the
persons
were
Bewitched
;
and
said
,
That
in
Denmark
there
had
been
lately
a
great
Discovery
of
Witches
,
who
used
the
very
same
way
of
Afflicting
Persons
,
by
conveying
Pins
into
them
,
and
crooked
as
these
Pins
were
,
with
Needles
and
Nails
.
And
his
Opinion
was
,
That
the
Devil
in
such
cases
did
work
upon
the
Bodies
of
Men
and
Women
,
upon
a
Natural
Foundation
,
(
that
is
)
to
stir
up
,
and
excite
such
humours
super-abounding
in
their
Bodies
to
a
great
excess
,
whereby
he
did
in
an
extraordinary
manner
Afflict
them
with
such
Distempers
as
their
Bodies
were
most
subject
to
,
as
particularly
appeared
in
these
Children
;
for
he
conceived
,
that
these
swouning
Fits
were
Natural
,
and
nothing
else
but
that
they
call
the
Mother
,
but
only
heightned
to
a
great
excess
by
the
subtilty
of
the
Devil
,
co-operating
with
the
Malice
of
these
which
we
term
Witches
,
at
whose
Instance
he
doth
these
Villanies
.
Besides
the
particulars
abovemention'd
touching
the
said
persons
Bewitched
,
there
were
many
other
things
Objected
against
them
for
a
further
proof
and
manifestation
that
the
said
Children
were
Bewitched
.
As
First
,
during
the
time
of
the
Tryal
,
there
were
some
experiments
made
with
the
Persons
Afflicted
,
by
bringing
the
Persons
to
touch
them
;
and
it
was
observed
,
that
when
they
were
in
the
midst
of
their
Fitts
,
to
all
Mens
apprehension
wholly
deprived
of
all
sense
and
understanding
,
closing
their
Fists
in
such
manner
,
as
that
the
strongest
Man
in
the
Court
could
not
force
them
open
;
yet
by
the
least
touch
of
one
of
these
supposed
Witches
,
Rose
Cullender
by
Name
,
they
would
suddenly
shriek
out
opening
their
hands
,
which
accident
would
not
happen
by
the
touch
of
any
other
person
.
And
least
they
might
privatly
see
when
they
were
touched
,
by
the
said
Rose
Cullender
,
they
were
blinded
with
their
own
Aprons
,
and
the
touching
took
the
same
Effect
as
before
.
There
was
an
ingenious
person
that
objected
,
there
might
be
a
great
fallacy
in
this
experiment
,
and
there
ought
not
to
be
any
stress
put
upon
this
to
Convict
the
Parties
,
for
the
Children
might
counterfeit
this
their
Distemper
,
and
perceiving
what
was
done
to
them
,
they
might
in
such
manner
suddenly
alter
the
motion
and
gesture
of
their
Bodies
,
on
purpose
to
induce
persons
to
believe
that
they
were
not
natural
,
but
wrought
strangely
by
the
touch
of
the
Prisoners
.
Wherefore
to
avoid
this
scruple
it
was
privatly
desired
by
the
Judge
,
that
the
Lord
Cornwallis
,
Sir
Edmund
Bacon
,
and
Mr.
Serjeant
Keeling
,
and
some
other
Gentlemen
there
in
Court
,
would
attend
one
of
the
Distempered
persons
in
the
farther
part
of
the
Hall
,
whilst
she
was
in
her
fits
,
and
then
to
send
for
one
of
the
Witches
,
to
try
what
would
then
happen
,
which
they
did
accordingly
:
and
Amy
Duny
was
conveyed
from
the
Bar
and
brought
to
the
Maid
:
they
put
an
Apron
before
her
Eyes
,
and
then
one
other
person
touched
her
hand
,
which
produced
the
same
effect
as
the
touch
of
the
Witch
did
in
the
Court
.
Whereupon
the
Gentlemen
returned
,
openly
protesting
,
that
they
did
believe
the
whole
transaction
of
this
business
was
a
meer
Imposture
.
This
put
the
Court
and
all
persons
into
a
stand
.
But
at
length
Mr.
Pacy
did
declare
,
That
possibly
the
Maid
might
be
deceived
by
a
suspition
that
the
Witch
touched
her
when
she
did
not
.
For
he
had
observed
divers
times
,
that
although
they
could
not
speak
,
but
were
deprived
of
the
use
of
their
Tongues
and
Limbs
,
that
their
understandings
were
perfect
,
for
that
they
have
related
divers
things
which
have
been
when
they
were
in
their
fits
,
after
they
were
recovered
out
of
them
.
This
saying
of
Mr.
Pacy
was
found
to
be
true
afterwards
,
when
his
Daughter
was
fully
recovered
(
as
she
afterwards
was
)
as
shall
in
due
time
be
related
:
For
she
was
asked
,
whither
she
did
hear
and
understand
any
thing
that
was
done
and
acted
in
the
Court
,
during
the
time
that
she
lay
as
one
deprived
of
her
understanding
?
and
she
said
,
she
did
:
and
by
the
Opinions
of
some
,
this
experiment
,
(
which
others
would
have
a
Fallacy
)
was
rather
a
confirmation
that
the
Parties
were
really
Bewitched
,
than
otherwise
:
for
say
they
,
it
is
not
possible
that
any
should
counterfeit
such
Distempers
,
being
accompanied
with
such
various
Circumstances
,
much
less
Children
;
and
for
so
long
time
,
and
yet
undiscovered
by
their
Parents
and
Relations
:
For
no
man
can
suppose
that
they
should
all
Conspire
together
,
(
being
out
of
several
families
,
and
,
as
they
Affirm
,
no
way
related
one
to
the
other
,
and
scarce
of
familiar
acquaintance
)
to
do
an
Act
of
this
nature
whereby
no
benefit
or
advantage
could
redound
to
any
of
the
Parties
,
but
a
guilty
Conscience
for
Perjuring
themselves
in
taking
the
Lives
of
two
poor
simple
Women
away
,
and
there
appears
no
Malice
in
the
Case
.
For
the
Prisoners
themselves
did
scarce
so
much
as
Object
it
.
Wherefore
,
say
they
,
it
is
very
evident
that
the
Parties
were
Bewitched
,
and
that
when
they
apprehend
or
understand
by
any
means
,
that
the
persons
who
have
done
them
this
wrong
are
near
,
or
touch
them
;
then
their
spirits
being
more
than
ordinarily
moved
with
rage
and
anger
at
them
being
present
,
they
do
use
more
violent
gestures
of
their
Bodies
,
and
extend
forth
their
hands
,
as
desirous
to
lay
hold
upon
them
;
which
at
other
times
not
having
the
same
occasion
,
the
instance
there
falls
not
out
the
same
.
2ly
.
One
John
Soam
of
Leystoff
aforesaid
,
Yeoman
,
a
sufficient
Person
,
Deposeth
,
That
not
long
since
,
in
harvest
time
he
had
three
Carts
which
brought
home
his
Harvest
,
and
as
they
were
going
into
the
Field
to
load
,
one
of
the
Carts
wrenched
the
Window
of
Rose
Cullenders
House
,
whereupon
she
came
out
in
a
great
rage
and
threatned
this
Deponent
for
doing
that
wrong
,
and
so
they
passed
along
into
the
Fields
and
loaded
all
the
Three
Carts
,
the
other
two
Carts
returned
safe
home
,
and
back
again
,
twice
loaded
that
day
afterwards
;
but
as
to
this
Cart
which
touched
Rose
Cullenders
House
,
after
it
was
loaded
,
it
was
overturned
twice
or
thrice
that
day
;
and
after
that
they
had
loaded
it
again
the
second
or
third
time
,
as
they
brought
it
through
the
Gate
which
leadeth
out
of
the
Field
into
the
Town
,
the
Cart
stuck
so
fast
in
the
Gates-head
,
that
they
could
not
possibly
get
it
through
,
but
were
inforced
to
cut
down
the
Post
of
the
Gate
to
make
the
Cart
pass
through
,
although
they
could
not
perceive
that
the
Cart
did
of
either
side
touch
the
Gateposts
.
And
this
Deponent
further
saith
,
That
after
they
had
got
it
through
the
Gate-way
,
they
did
with
much
difficulty
get
it
home
into
the
Yard
;
but
for
all
that
they
could
do
,
they
could
not
get
the
Cart
near
unto
the
place
where
they
should
unload
the
Corn
,
but
were
fain
to
unload
it
at
a
great
distance
from
the
place
,
and
when
they
began
to
unload
they
found
much
difficulty
therein
,
it
being
so
hard
a
labour
that
they
were
tired
that
first
came
;
and
when
others
came
to
assist
them
,
their
Noses
burst
forth
a
bleeding
:
so
they
were
fain
to
desist
and
leave
it
until
the
next
Morning
,
and
the●…
they
unloaded
it
without
any
difficulty
at
all
.
Robert
Sherringham
also
Deposeth
against
Rose
Cullender
,
That
about
Two
Years
since
,
passing
along
the
Street
with
his
Cart
and
Horses
,
the
Axletree
of
his
Cart
touched
her
House
,
and
broke
down
some
part
of
it
,
at
which
,
she
was
very
much
displeased
,
threatning
him
,
that
his
Horses
should
suffer
for
it
;
and
so
it
happen'd
,
for
all
those
Horses
,
being
Four
in
Number
,
died
within
a
short
time
after
:
since
that
time
he
hath
had
great
Losses
by
the
suddain
dying
of
his
other
Cattle
;
so
soon
as
his
Sows
pigged
,
the
Pigs
would
leap
and
caper
,
and
immediately
fall
down
and
dye
.
Also
,
not
long
after
,
he
was
taken
with
a
Lameness
in
his
Limbs
that
he
could
neither
go
nor
stand
for
some
days
.
After
all
this
,
he
was
very
much
vexed
with
great
Number
of
Lice
of
an
extraordinary
bigness
,
and
although
he
many
times
shifted
himself
,
yet
he
was
not
any
thing
the
better
,
but
would
swarm
again
with
them
;
so
that
in
the
Conclusion
he
was
forc'd
to
burn
all
his
Clothes
,
being
two
suits
of
Apparel
,
and
then
was
clean
from
them
.
As
concerning
Amy
Duny
,
one
Richard
Spencer
Deposeth
,
That
about
the
first
of
September
last
,
he
heard
her
say
at
his
House
,
That
the
Devil
would
not
let
her
rest
until
she
were
Revenged
on
one
Cornelius
Sandeswell's
Wife
.
Ann
Sandeswel
Wife
unto
the
above-said
Cornelius
,
Deposed
,
That
about
Seven
or
Eight
Years
since
,
she
having
bought
a
certain
number
of
Geese
,
meeting
with
Amy
Duny
,
she
told
her
,
If
she
did
not
fetch
her
Geese
home
they
would
all
be
Destroyed
:
which
in
a
few
days
after
came
to
pass
.
Afterwards
the
said
Amy
became
Tenant
to
this
Deponents
Husband
for
a
House
,
who
told
her
,
That
if
she
looked
not
well
to
such
a
Chimney
in
her
House
,
that
the
same
would
fall
:
Whereupon
this
Deponent
replyed
,
That
it
was
a
new
one
;
but
not
minding
much
her
Words
,
at
that
time
they
parted
.
But
in
a
short
time
the
Chimney
fell
down
according
as
the
said
Amy
had
said
.
Also
this
Deponent
farther
saith
,
That
her
Brother
being
a
Fisherman
,
and
using
to
go
into
the
Northern
Seas
,
she
desired
him
to
send
her
a
Firkin
of
Fish
,
which
he
did
accordingly
;
and
she
having
notice
that
the
said
Firkin
was
brought
into
Leystoff-Road
,
she
desired
a
Boatman
to
bring
it
ashore
with
the
other
Goods
they
were
to
bring
;
and
she
going
down
to
meet
the
Boat-man
to
receive
her
Fish
,
desired
the
said
Amy
to
go
along
with
her
to
help
her
home
with
it
;
Amy
Replyed
,
She
would
go
when
she
had
it
.
And
thereupon
this
Deponent
went
to
the
Shoar
without
her
,
and
demanded
of
the
Boatman
the
Firkin
,
they
told
her
,
That
they
could
not
keep
it
in
the
Boat
from
falling
into
the
Sea
,
and
they
thought
it
was
gone
to
the
Divel
,
for
they
never
saw
the
like
before
.
And
being
demanded
by
this
Deponent
,
whether
any
other
Goods
in
the
Boat
were
likewise
lost
as
well
as
hers
?
They
answered
,
Not
any
.
This
was
the
substance
of
the
whole
Evidence
given
against
the
Prisoners
at
the
Bar
;
who
being
demanded
,
what
they
had
to
say
for
themselves
?
They
replyed
,
Nothing
material
to
any
thing
that
was
proved
against
them
.
Whereupon
,
the
Judge
in
giving
his
direction
to
the
Jury
,
told
them
,
That
he
would
not
repeat
the
Evidencce
unto
them
,
least
by
so
doing
he
should
wrong
the
Evidence
on
the
one
side
or
on
the
other
.
Only
this
acquainted
them
,
That
they
had
Two
things
to
enquire
after
.
First
,
Whether
or
no
these
Children
were
Bewitched
?
Secondly
,
Whether
the
Prisoners
at
the
Bar
were
Guilty
of
it
?
That
there
were
such
Creatures
as
Witches
he
made
no
doubt
at
all
;
For
First
,
the
Scriptures
had
affirmed
so
much
.
Secondly
,
The
wisdom
of
all
Nations
had
provided
Laws
against
such
Persons
,
which
is
an
Argument
of
their
confidence
of
such
a
Crime
.
And
such
hath
been
the
judgment
of
this
Kingdom
,
as
appears
by
that
Act
of
Parliament
which
hath
provided
Punishments
proportionable
to
the
quality
of
the
Offence
.
And
desired
them
,
strictly
to
observe
their
Evidence
;
and
desired
the
great
God
of
Heaven
to
direct
their
Hearts
in
this
weighty
thing
they
had
in
hand
:
For
to
Condemn
the
Innocent
,
and
to
let
the
Guilty
go
free
,
were
both
an
Abomination
to
the
Lord
.
With
this
short
Direction
the
Jury
departed
from
the
Bar
,
and
within
the
space
of
half
an
hour
returned
,
and
brought
them
in
both
Guilty
upon
the
several
Indictments
,
which
were
Thirteen
in
Number
,
whereupon
they
stood
Indicted
.
This
was
upon
Thursday
in
the
Afternoon
,
March
13.
1662.
The
next
Morning
,
the
Three
Children
with
their
Parents
came
to
the
Lord
Chief
Baron
Hales's
Lodging
,
who
all
of
them
spake
perfectly
,
and
were
as
in
good
Health
as
ever
they
were
;
only
Susan
Chandler
,
by
reason
of
her
very
much
Affliction
,
did
look
very
thin
and
wan
.
And
their
friends
were
asked
,
At
what
time
they
were
restored
thus
to
their
Speech
and
Health
?
And
Mr.
Pacy
did
Affirm
,
That
within
less
than
half
an
hour
after
the
Witches
were
Convicted
,
they
were
all
of
them
Restored
,
and
slept
well
that
Night
,
feeling
no
pain
;
only
Susan
Chandler
felt
a
pain
like
pricking
of
Pins
in
her
Stomach
.
After
,
they
were
all
of
them
brought
down
to
the
Court
,
but
Ann
Durent
was
so
fearful
to
behold
them
,
that
she
desired
she
might
not
see
them
.
The
other
Two
continued
in
the
Court
,
and
they
Affirmed
in
the
face
of
the
Country
,
and
before
the
Witches
themselves
,
what
before
hath
been
Deposed
by
their
Friends
and
Relations
;
the
Prisoners
not
much
contradicting
them
.
In
Conclusion
,
the
Judge
and
all
the
Court
were
fully
satisfied
with
the
Verdict
,
and
thereupon
gave
Judgment
against
the
Witches
that
they
should
be
Hanged
.
They
were
much
urged
to
confess
,
but
would
not
.
That
Morning
we
departed
for
Cambridge
,
but
no
Reprieve
was
granted
:
And
they
were
Executed
on
Monday
,
the
Seventeenth
of
March
following
,
but
they
Confessed
nothing
.
FINIS
.