Witchcrafts, strange and wonderfull: discovering the damnable practices of seven witches, against the lives of certaine noble personages, and others of this kingdome, as shall appeare in this lamentable history. ; With an approved triall how to finde out either witch or any apprentice to witch-craft..
      
       
         
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           Flower, Margaret, d. 1618.
           Flower, Philippa, d. 1618.
           Greene, Ellen.
           Baker, Anne.
           Willimot, Joane.
           Sutton, Mary, d. 1613.
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           WITCHCRAFTS
           ,
           Strange
           and
           Wonderfull
           :
           Discovering
           the
           damnable
           practises
           of
           seven
           Witches
           ,
           against
           the
           lives
           of
           certaine
           Noble
           Personages
           ,
           and
           other
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           as
           shall
           appeare
           in
           this
           lamentable
           History
           .
        
         
           With
           an
           approved
           triall
           how
           to
           finde
           out
           either
           Witch
           ,
           or
           any
           Apprentise
           to
           Witch-craft
           .
        
         
           depiction of witches
        
         
           Imprinted
           at
           London
           ,
           by
           
             M.
             F.
          
           for
           
             Thomas
             Lambert
          
           at
           the
           Horshooe
           neere
           the
           Hospitall
           Gate
           in
           
             Smithfield
             .
          
           1635.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           WITCHCRAFTS
           ,
           Strange
           and
           Wonderfull
           .
        
         
           MY
           meaning
           is
           not
           to
           make
           any
           contentious
           Arguments
           about
           the
           discourses
           ,
           distinction
           or
           definition
           of
           Witch-craft
           ,
           the
           power
           of
           Deuills
           ,
           the
           nature
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           the
           force
           of
           Charmes
           ,
           the
           secrets
           of
           Incantation
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ;
           because
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           full
           of
           prohibitions
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           and
           proclaimes
           death
           to
           the
           presumptuous
           attempters
           of
           the
           same
           :
           Besides
           ,
           both
           Princes
           ,
           (
           yea
           ,
           our
           owne
           learned
           and
           most
           judicious
           King
           )
           Philosophers
           ,
           Poets
           ,
           Chronologers
           ,
           Historiographers
           ,
           and
           many
           worthy
           Writers
           ,
           have
           concurred
           and
           concluded
           in
           this
           ;
           that
           divers
           impious
           and
           facinorous
           mischiefes
           have
           beene
           effectuated
           through
           the
           instruments
           of
           the
           deuil
           ,
           by
           permission
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Actors
           of
           the
           same
           have
           carried
           away
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           doe
           that
           which
           they
           did
           by
           Witch-craft
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           to
           be
           esteemed
           Witches
           ,
           for
           bringing
           such
           and
           such
           things
           to
           passe
           :
           For
           howsoever
           ,
           the
           learned
           have
           charactered
           delinquents
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           by
           titles
           of
           sundry
           sorts
           ,
           and
           most
           significant
           attributes
           ;
           as
           
             Pythonissae
             ,
          
           dealing
           with
           artificiall
           charmes
           ;
           
             Magi
             ,
          
           anciently
           reputed
           so
           ,
           for
           extraordinary
           wisedome
           and
           knowledge
           in
           the
           secrets
           of
           Simples
           ,
           and
           Hearbes
           ;
           
             Chaldei
          
           famous
           for
           Astronomie
           ,
           and
           Astrologie
           ;
           
             Negromancers
             ,
          
           for
           practising
           to
           raise
           dead
           bodies
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           to
           foretell
           euents
           of
           the
           earth
           ;
           
             Geomantici
             ,
          
           for
           conversing
           with
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           using
           Incantations
           ;
           
             Genethliaci
             ,
          
           for
           presuming
           on
           the
           calculating
           of
           Nativities
           ;
           or
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           ,
           assuming
           the
           credit
           of
           Figure-casting
           ;
           
             Ventriloqui
             ,
          
           for
           speaking
           with
           hollow
           voyces
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           possessed
           with
           Devills
           ;
           
             Venefici
             ,
          
           for
           dealing
           with
           poyson
           ,
           and
           either
           killings
           ,
           or
           curing
           that
           way
           :
           For
           you
           must
           understand
           ,
           however
           the
           Professors
           aforesaid
           ,
           practise
           murther
           and
           mischiefe
           ;
           
           yet
           many
           times
           ,
           they
           pretend
           cures
           and
           preservation
           ;
           with
           many
           others
           ,
           carrying
           the
           shew
           of
           great
           learning
           and
           admired
           knowledge
           ;
           yet
           have
           they
           all
           but
           one
           familiar
           terme
           with
           us
           in
           English
           ,
           called
           Witches
           .
           As
           for
           the
           conceit
           of
           Wise-men
           ,
           or
           Wise-women
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           meerely
           coseners
           and
           deceivers
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           they
           make
           you
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           by
           their
           meanes
           you
           shall
           heare
           of
           things
           lost
           or
           stolne
           ,
           it
           is
           either
           done
           by
           Confederacie
           ,
           or
           put
           off
           by
           protraction
           ,
           to
           deceive
           you
           of
           your
           money
           .
        
         
           Onely
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           there
           bee
           certaine
           men
           and
           women
           growne
           in
           yeares
           ,
           and
           over-growne
           with
           Melancholie
           and
           Atheisme
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           a
           malicious
           disposition
           against
           their
           betters
           or
           others
           thriving
           by
           them
           ;
           but
           most
           times
           from
           a
           heart-burning
           desire
           of
           revenge
           ,
           having
           entertained
           some
           impression
           of
           displeasure
           ,
           and
           unkindnesse
           ,
           studie
           nothing
           but
           mischiefe
           and
           exoticke
           practises
           of
           loathsome
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           :
           yet
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           ,
           that
           sometimes
           the
           fained
           reputation
           of
           wisedome
           ,
           cunning
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           reputed
           a
           dangerous
           &
           skilfull
           person
           ,
           hath
           so
           prevailed
           with
           divers
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           taken
           upon
           them
           indeed
           to
           know
           more
           than
           God
           ever
           afforded
           any
           creature
           ,
           and
           to
           performe
           no
           lesse
           than
           the
           Creator
           both
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ;
           making
           you
           beleeve
           with
           
             Medea
             ,
          
           that
           they
           can
           raise
           tempests
           ,
           turne
           the
           Sunne
           into
           blood
           ,
           pull
           the
           Moone
           out
           of
           her
           Sphere
           ,
           and
           saile
           ouer
           the
           Sea
           in
           a
           cockell
           shell
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Poet
           :
           
             
               Flectere
               si
               neueam
               Superos
               ,
               Acheronta
               movebo
               .
            
             
               If
               Art
               doe
               faile
               to
               move
               the
               Gods
            
             
               consent
               unto
               my
               minde
               :
            
             
               I
               will
               the
               Devils
               raise
               ,
               to
               doe
            
             
               what
               they
               can
               in
               their
               kinde
               .
            
          
        
         
           But
           howsoever
           speciall
           persons
           are
           transported
           with
           an
           opinion
           of
           their
           owne
           worth
           ,
           &
           prevailing
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           yet
           by
           lamentable
           experience
           ,
           we
           know
           too
           wel
           ,
           what
           monstrous
           effects
           have
           been
           produced
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           horror
           of
           the
           hearers
           ,
           and
           damnation
           ,
           of
           their
           owne
           soules
           ,
           by
           such
           kinde
           of
           people
           :
           For
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           tale
           of
           the
           envious
           man
           ,
           that
           put
           out
           one
           of
           his
           eyes
           to
           have
           his
           companion
           lose
           both
           ;
           so
           fareth
           it
           with
           them
           and
           worse
           ,
           to
           give
           away
           their
           soules
           to
           be
           revenged
           of
           their
           adversaries
           
           bodies
           ,
           where
           in
           the
           monstrous
           subtlety
           of
           the
           Devill
           is
           so
           apparent
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           wonderfull
           one
           way
           to
           relate
           ,
           and
           lamentable
           another
           way
           to
           observe
           the
           same
           .
           For
           no
           sooner
           shall
           such
           motives
           poyson
           the
           inward
           conceit
           or
           apprehension
           of
           such
           damnable
           caitiffes
           :
           But
           then
           steppeth
           forth
           the
           Devill
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           sheweth
           them
           the
           way
           ,
           but
           prescribeth
           the
           manner
           of
           effecting
           the
           same
           ,
           with
           facility
           and
           easinesse
           ,
           assuring
           that
           bee
           himselfe
           Will
           attend
           them
           in
           some
           familiar
           shape
           of
           Rat
           ,
           Cat
           ,
           Toad
           ,
           Bird
           ,
           Cricket
           ,
           &c.
           yea
           effectuate
           whatsoever
           they
           shal
           demand
           or
           desire
           ;
           and
           for
           their
           better
           assurance
           and
           corroboration
           of
           their
           credulity
           they
           shall
           have
           palpable
           and
           forcible
           touches
           of
           sucking
           ,
           pinching
           ,
           kissing
           ,
           closing
           ,
           colling
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           .
           whereupon
           ,
           without
           any
           feare
           of
           God
           or
           man
           ,
           knowledge
           of
           Christ
           ,
           hope
           of
           redemption
           ,
           confidence
           of
           mercy
           ,
           or
           true
           beliefe
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           any
           other
           thing
           to
           be
           looked
           after
           but
           this
           present
           world
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           Atheisticall
           position
           of
           
             Epicurus
             :
          
           
             
               Ede
               ,
               bibe
               ,
               lude
               ,
               post
               mortem
               nulla
               voluptas
               .
            
             
               Eat
               ,
               drinke
               ,
               sport
               ,
               play
               ,
               and
               take
               thy
               pleasures
               rest
               :
            
             
               For
               after
               death
               who
               knowes
               what
               shall
               be
               best
               .
            
          
           they
           admit
           of
           those
           execrable
           conditions
           of
           commutation
           of
           soules
           for
           the
           entertaining
           of
           the
           spirits
           ,
           and
           so
           fall
           to
           their
           abominable
           practises
           ,
           continuing
           in
           the
           same
           till
           God
           laugh
           them
           to
           scorne
           ,
           and
           will
           by
           no
           meanes
           suffer
           them
           to
           abuse
           his
           holy
           Name
           ,
           nor
           deceive
           others
           by
           their
           prophane
           lives
           any
           longer
           :
           Witnesse
           for
           the
           generall
           ,
           those
           infinite
           Treatises
           of
           many
           of
           them
           convinced
           by
           Law
           ,
           and
           condemned
           to
           death
           ,
           to
           the
           fearefull
           example
           of
           all
           carnall
           and
           hypocriticall
           Christians
           :
           but
           more
           especially
           you
           may
           over-looke
           (
           if
           you
           please
           )
           that
           learned
           Discourse
           of
           
             Daemonology
             ,
          
           composed
           in
           forme
           of
           a
           Dialogue
           ,
           by
           the
           high
           and
           mighty
           Prince
           ,
           
             Iames
          
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           God
           ,
           King
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             France
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ireland
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           printed
           (
           as
           I
           take
           it
           )
           according
           to
           the
           copie
           of
           
             Edenburgh
             ,
          
           1603.
           
           As
           also
           a
           Treatise
           of
           Witch-craft
           made
           by
           that
           learned
           
             Mr.
             Alexander
             Roberts
             ,
          
           Preacher
           at
           Kings-Linne
           in
           Norfolke
           ,
           1615
           ,
           upon
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           Witchcrafts
           of
           
             Mary
             Smith
             ,
          
           wife
           of
           
             Henry
             Smith
          
           Glover
           ,
           with
           her
           vocall
           contract
           between
           
           the
           Devill
           and
           her selfe
           ,
           in
           solemne
           termes
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           imposturing
           filthinesse
           ;
           with
           many
           hurts
           and
           mischiefes
           which
           thereby
           she
           procured
           .
           As
           also
           a
           certaine
           discovery
           1611.
           made
           by
           
             Iohn
             Cotta
          
           Doctor
           of
           Physicke
           in
           Northampton
           ,
           of
           Empericks
           ,
           women
           about
           sicke
           persons
           ,
           Quacksalvars
           ,
           and
           Fugitives
           ,
           which
           seeme
           to
           worke
           iugling
           wonders
           ;
           Surgeons
           ,
           Apothecaries
           ,
           practisers
           by
           Spels
           ,
           the
           true
           discovery
           of
           Witch-craft
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           sicke
           ,
           with
           many
           instances
           of
           that
           kinde
           :
           Wizards
           ,
           and
           servants
           of
           Physicians
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           called
           ,
           ministring
           helpers
           :
           To
           this
           he
           hath
           added
           ,
           the
           Methodian
           learned
           deceiver
           ,
           or
           heretick
           physician
           ;
           Astrologers
           ,
           Ephemerides-masters
           ,
           Conjecters
           by
           urine
           ,
           Travellers
           :
           and
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           the
           true
           Artist
           his
           right
           description
           and
           election
           .
           As
           also
           a
           Dialogue
           concerning
           Witches
           and
           Witch-craft
           ,
           composed
           by
           
             George
             Gifford
             ,
          
           Minister
           of
           Gods
           word
           in
           Maldon
           ,
           1603.
           wherein
           the
           cunning
           of
           the
           Devill
           is
           discovered
           ,
           both
           concerning
           the
           deceiving
           of
           Witches
           ,
           and
           seducing
           of
           others
           into
           many
           great
           errors
           :
           As
           also
           an
           ancient
           Discourse
           of
           the
           fearefull
           practises
           of
           foure
           notorious
           French
           Witches
           ,
           with
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           strange
           execution
           .
           As
           also
           the
           severall
           and
           damnable
           practises
           of
           Mother
           
             Sutton
          
           of
           Milton
           Mills
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Bedford
           ,
           and
           
             Mary
             Sutton
          
           her
           daughter
           ,
           who
           were
           arraigned
           ,
           condemned
           and
           executed
           for
           the
           same
           .
           As
           also
           ,
           1612.
           the
           wonderfull
           discovery
           of
           Witches
           in
           Lancashire
           ,
           being
           19.
           in
           number
           ,
           notorious
           for
           many
           infamed
           actions
           ,
           and
           conuicted
           before
           
             Sir
             Iames
             Altham
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sir
             Edward
             Bromley
             ,
          
           Barons
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           :
           together
           with
           the
           Arraignement
           and
           triall
           of
           
             Iennet
             Preston
          
           at
           Yorke
           ,
           with
           her
           fearefull
           execution
           for
           the
           murthering
           of
           
             Mr.
             Lister
          
           by
           Witch-craft
           ,
           with
           infinite
           other
           relations
           concerning
           the
           generall
           conuiction
           of
           Witches
           ,
           &
           their
           practises
           ,
           &
           condemnation
           of
           the
           particular
           opinion
           of
           some
           men
           ,
           who
           suppose
           there
           be
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           ,
           that
           they
           doe
           not
           personally
           or
           truely
           effect
           such
           things
           as
           are
           imputed
           unto
           them
           ,
           and
           which
           out
           of
           some
           dangerous
           impression
           of
           Melancholy
           ,
           Vaine
           glory
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           diseased
           operation
           ,
           they
           assume
           to
           themselves
           by
           reason
           of
           a
           former
           Contract
           with
           the
           Devill
           .
           And
           so
           much
           for
           the
           certainty
           of
           Story
           ,
           and
           fearefulnesse
           of
           the
           truth
           concerning
           
           the
           damnable
           practises
           of
           Witches
           ,
           and
           cunning
           of
           the
           Devill
           to
           deceiue
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           because
           the
           minde
           of
           man
           may
           be
           carried
           away
           with
           many
           idle
           conjectures
           ,
           either
           that
           women
           confessed
           these
           things
           by
           extremity
           of
           torture
           ,
           or
           that
           ancient
           examples
           are
           by
           this
           time
           forgotten
           (
           although
           the
           particulars
           are
           upon
           record
           ,
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           all
           posterity
           :
           )
           Or
           that
           they
           were
           besides
           themselves
           ,
           or
           subject
           to
           some
           weake
           device
           or
           other
           ;
           rather
           to
           bring
           in
           question
           the
           integrity
           of
           justice
           ,
           than
           to
           make
           odious
           the
           lives
           of
           such
           horrible
           offenders
           :
           I
           have
           presumed
           to
           present
           on
           the
           Stage
           of
           verity
           ,
           for
           the
           good
           of
           my
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           the
           love
           of
           truth
           ,
           the
           late
           wofull
           Tragedie
           of
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Rutlands
          
           children
           ,
           who
           (
           to
           his
           eternall
           praise
           )
           proceeded
           yet
           both
           religiously
           and
           charitably
           against
           the
           offenders
           ,
           leaving
           their
           prosecution
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           and
           submitting
           himselfe
           and
           deplorable
           case
           to
           the
           providence
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           afflicteth
           his
           best
           servants
           with
           punishments
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           ,
           sendeth
           extraordinary
           vengeance
           as
           well
           on
           the
           innocent
           ,
           as
           the
           bad
           deserver
           ,
           to
           manifest
           his
           glory
           :
           Therefore
           by
           way
           of
           Caution
           I
           aduise
           thee
           (
           gentle
           Reader
           )
           whatsoever
           thou
           art
           ,
           to
           take
           heed
           how
           thou
           doest
           either
           despise
           the
           power
           of
           God
           in
           his
           creatures
           ,
           or
           vilipend
           the
           subtletic
           and
           fury
           of
           the
           Devill
           ,
           as
           Gods
           instrument
           of
           vengeance
           ,
           considering
           that
           Truth
           in
           despight
           of
           gaine-sayers
           will
           prevaile
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           principle
           ;
           
             Magna
             est
             veritas
             &
             praevalebit
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Story
             followes
             .
          
           
             AFter
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             
               Sir
               Francis
               Manners
            
             succeeded
             his
             brother
             in
             the
             Earledome
             of
             
               Rutland
               :
            
             and
             so
             not
             onely
             tooke
             possession
             of
             
               Beaver
               Castle
               ,
            
             but
             of
             all
             other
             his
             Demeanes
             ,
             Lordships
             ,
             Townes
             ,
             Mannors
             ,
             Lands
             ,
             and
             Revenues
             appropriate
             to
             the
             same
             Earledome
             :
             he
             proceeded
             so
             honourably
             in
             the
             course
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             as
             neither
             displacing
             Tenants
             ,
             discharging
             Servants
             ,
             nor
             denying
             the
             accesse
             of
             the
             poore
             ;
             but
             welcomming
             of
             strangers
             ,
             and
             performing
             
             all
             the
             duties
             of
             a
             noble
             Lord
             ,
             that
             he
             fastened
             as
             it
             were
             unto
             himselfe
             the
             love
             and
             good
             opinion
             of
             the
             Countrey
             ;
             wherein
             hee
             walked
             the
             more
             cheerfully
             and
             remarkably
             ,
             because
             his
             Honourable
             Countesse
             marched
             arme
             in
             arme
             with
             him
             in
             the
             same
             race
             :
             So
             that
             
               Beaver
               Castle
            
             was
             a
             continuall
             Palace
             of
             entertainement
             ,
             and
             a
             dayly
             receptacle
             for
             all
             sorts
             both
             rich
             and
             poore
             ,
             especially
             such
             ancient
             people
             as
             neighboured
             the
             same
             :
             amongst
             whom
             ,
             one
             
               Ioan
               Flower
            
             with
             her
             daughters
             ,
             
               Margaret
            
             and
             
               Phillip
               ,
            
             were
             not
             onely
             releeved
             at
             the
             first
             from
             thence
             ,
             but
             quickly
             entertained
             as
             Chair-women
             ,
             and
             
               Margaret
            
             admitted
             as
             a
             continuall
             dweller
             in
             the
             Castle
             ,
             looking
             both
             to
             the
             Poultrey
             abroad
             ,
             and
             the
             Wash-house
             within
             doores
             :
             In
             which
             life
             they
             continued
             with
             equall
             correspondency
             ,
             till
             something
             was
             discovered
             to
             he
             noble
             Lady
             ,
             which
             concerned
             the
             misdemeanour
             of
             these
             women
             .
             And
             although
             such
             Honourable
             persons
             shall
             not
             want
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             people
             ,
             either
             to
             bring
             them
             newes
             ,
             tales
             ,
             reports
             ,
             or
             to
             serve
             their
             turne
             in
             all
             Offices
             whatsoever
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             may
             well
             be
             said
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             of
             great
             Kings
             and
             Princes
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             large
             hands
             ,
             wide
             eares
             ,
             and
             piercing
             sights
             ,
             to
             discover
             the
             unswept
             corners
             of
             their
             remotest
             confines
             ,
             to
             reach
             even
             to
             their
             farthest
             borders
             ,
             and
             to
             understand
             the
             secrets
             of
             their
             meanest
             Subjects
             :
             yet
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             neither
             were
             they
             busie-bodies
             ,
             flatterers
             ,
             malicious
             politicians
             ,
             underminers
             ,
             nor
             supplanters
             one
             of
             anothers
             good
             fortune
             :
             but
             went
             simply
             to
             worke
             ,
             as
             regarding
             the
             honour
             of
             the
             Earle
             and
             his
             Lady
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             degrees
             gave
             light
             to
             their
             understanding
             to
             apprehend
             their
             complaints
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             
               Ioane
               Flower
            
             the
             mother
             ,
             was
             a
             monstrous
             malicious
             woman
             ,
             full
             of
             oathes
             ,
             curses
             ,
             and
             imprecations
             irreligious
             and
             for
             any
             thing
             they
             saw
             by
             her
             ,
             a
             plaine
             Atheist
             :
             besides
             ,
             of
             late
             dayes
             ,
             her
             very
             countenance
             was
             estranged
             ,
             her
             eyes
             were
             fiery
             and
             hollow
             ,
             her
             speech
             fell
             and
             envious
             ,
             her
             demeanour
             strange
             and
             exoticke
             ,
             and
             her
             conversation
             sequestred
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             whole
             course
             of
             her
             life
             gave
             great
             suspition
             that
             she
             was
             a
             notorious
             Witch
             :
             yea
             ,
             some
             of
             her
             neighbours
             dared
             to
             affirme
             ,
             that
             she
             dealt
             with
             familiar
             spirits
             ,
             and
             terrified
             them
             all
             with
             curses
             and
             threatning
             of
             revenge
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             never
             
             so
             little
             cause
             of
             displeasure
             and
             unkindnesse
             .
             Concerning
             
               Margaret
               ,
            
             that
             shee
             often
             resorted
             from
             the
             Castle
             to
             her
             mother
             ,
             bringing
             such
             provision
             as
             they
             thought
             was
             unbefitting
             for
             a
             servant
             to
             purloine
             ,
             and
             comming
             at
             such
             unseasonable
             houres
             ,
             that
             they
             could
             not
             but
             conjecture
             some
             mischiefe
             betweene
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             extraordinary
             riot
             and
             expences
             tended
             both
             to
             rob
             the
             Lady
             ,
             and
             to
             maintaine
             certaine
             debausht
             and
             base
             company
             ,
             which
             frequented
             this
             
               Ioane
               Flowers
            
             house
             the
             mother
             ,
             and
             specially
             her
             youngest
             daughter
             .
             Concerning
             
               Phillip
               ,
            
             that
             she
             was
             lewdly
             transported
             with
             the
             love
             of
             one
             
               Thomas
               Sympson
               ,
            
             who
             presumed
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             she
             had
             bewitched
             him
             ;
             for
             he
             had
             no
             power
             to
             leave
             her
             ,
             and
             was
             (
             as
             hee
             supposed
             )
             maruellously
             altered
             both
             in
             minde
             and
             bodie
             ,
             since
             her
             acquainted
             company
             .
             These
             complaints
             began
             many
             yeares
             before
             either
             their
             conviction
             ,
             or
             publike
             apprehension
             :
             Notwithstanding
             ,
             such
             was
             the
             honour
             of
             this
             Earle
             and
             his
             Lady
             ;
             such
             was
             the
             cunning
             of
             this
             monstrous
             woman
             in
             observation
             towards
             them
             ;
             such
             was
             the
             subtlety
             of
             the
             Devill
             to
             bring
             his
             purposes
             to
             passe
             :
             such
             was
             the
             effect
             of
             a
             damnable
             womans
             wit
             and
             malicious
             envy
             ,
             that
             all
             things
             were
             carried
             away
             in
             the
             smooth
             channel
             of
             liking
             and
             good
             entertainment
             on
             every
             side
             ,
             untill
             the
             Earle
             by
             degrees
             conceived
             some
             mislike
             against
             her
             ;
             and
             so
             ,
             peradventure
             estranged
             himselfe
             from
             that
             familiarity
             and
             accustomed
             conferences
             hee
             was
             wont
             to
             have
             with
             her
             :
             untill
             one
             
               Peake
            
             offered
             her
             some
             wrong
             ;
             against
             whom
             she
             complained
             ,
             but
             found
             that
             my
             Lord
             did
             not
             affect
             her
             clamorous
             and
             malicious
             information
             :
             untill
             one
             
               Mr.
               Vavasor
            
             abandoned
             her
             company
             ,
             as
             either
             suspicious
             of
             her
             lewd
             life
             ,
             or
             distasted
             with
             his
             owne
             misliking
             of
             such
             base
             and
             poore
             Creatures
             ,
             whom
             no
             body
             loved
             but
             the
             Earles
             houshold
             ;
             untill
             the
             Countesse
             misconceiving
             of
             her
             daughter
             
               Margaret
               ,
            
             and
             discoverig
             some
             undecencies
             both
             in
             her
             life
             and
             neglect
             of
             her
             businesse
             ,
             discharged
             her
             from
             lying
             any
             more
             in
             the
             Castle
             ,
             yet
             gave
             her
             forty
             shillings
             ,
             a
             bolster
             ,
             and
             a
             mattresse
             of
             wooll
             ;
             commanding
             her
             to
             goe
             home
             ;
             untill
             the
             slacknesse
             of
             her
             repayring
             to
             the
             Castle
             ,
             as
             she
             was
             wont
             ,
             did
             turne
             her
             love
             and
             
             liking
             toward
             this
             Honourable
             Earle
             and
             his
             Family
             ,
             into
             hate
             and
             rancour
             :
             whereupon
             despighted
             to
             be
             so
             neglected
             ,
             and
             exprobrated
             by
             her
             neighbours
             for
             her
             daughters
             casting
             out
             of
             doores
             ,
             and
             other
             conceived
             displeasures
             ,
             shee
             grew
             past
             all
             shame
             and
             womanhood
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             cursed
             them
             all
             that
             were
             the
             cause
             of
             this
             discontentment
             ,
             and
             made
             her
             so
             loathsome
             ,
             to
             her
             former
             familiar
             friends
             &
             beneficiall
             acquaintance
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Devill
             perceived
             the
             in
             ficious
             disposition
             of
             this
             wretch
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             and
             her
             daughters
             might
             easily
             be
             made
             instruments
             to
             inlarge
             his
             kingdome
             ,
             and
             be
             as
             it
             were
             the
             executioners
             of
             his
             vengeance
             ;
             not
             caring
             whether
             it
             lighted
             upon
             innocents
             or
             no
             ,
             hee
             came
             more
             neerer
             unto
             them
             ,
             and
             in
             plaine
             termes
             ,
             to
             come
             quickly
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             offered
             them
             his
             service
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             they
             might
             easily
             command
             what
             they
             pleased
             :
             For
             hee
             would
             attend
             you
             in
             such
             pretty
             formes
             of
             Dog
             ,
             Cat
             ,
             or
             Rat
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             neither
             be
             terrified
             ,
             nor
             any
             body
             else
             suspitious
             of
             the
             matter
             .
             Vpon
             this
             they
             agree
             ;
             and
             (
             as
             it
             should
             see
             me
             )
             give
             away
             their
             soules
             for
             the
             service
             of
             such
             Spirits
             ,
             as
             he
             had
             promised
             them
             ;
             which
             filthy
             conditions
             were
             ratified
             with
             abominable
             kisses
             ,
             and
             an
             odious
             sacrifice
             of
             blood
             ,
             not
             leaving
             out
             certaine
             charmes
             and
             conjurations
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             Deuill
             deceived
             them
             ,
             as
             though
             nothing
             could
             be
             done
             without
             ceremony
             ,
             and
             a
             solemnity
             of
             orderly
             ratification
             .
             By
             this
             time
             doth
             Satan
             triumph
             ,
             and
             goeth
             away
             satisfied
             to
             have
             caught
             such
             fish
             in
             the
             net
             of
             his
             illusions
             :
             By
             this
             time
             are
             those
             women
             Devills
             incarnate
             ,
             and
             grow
             proud
             againe
             in
             their
             cunning
             and
             artificiall
             power
             to
             doe
             what
             mischiefe
             they
             listed
             :
             By
             this
             time
             they
             learne
             the
             manner
             of
             Incantations
             ,
             Spells
             ,
             and
             Charmes
             :
             By
             this
             time
             they
             kill
             what
             Cattell
             they
             list
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             covert
             of
             flattery
             and
             familiar
             entertainement
             ,
             keepe
             hidden
             the
             stinging
             Serpent
             of
             malice
             ,
             and
             a
             venomous
             inclination
             to
             mischiefe
             :
             By
             this
             time
             is
             the
             Earle
             and
             his
             family
             threatned
             ,
             and
             must
             feele
             the
             burthen
             of
             a
             terrible
             tempest
             ,
             which
             from
             these
             womens
             devilish
             devises
             fell
             upon
             him
             ,
             he
             neither
             suspecting
             nor
             understanding
             the
             same
             :
             By
             this
             time
             both
             himselfe
             and
             his
             honourable
             Countesse
             are
             many
             times
             subject
             to
             sicknesse
             and
             extraordinary
             
             convulsions
             ,
             which
             they
             taking
             as
             gentle
             corrections
             from
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             submit
             with
             quietnesse
             to
             his
             mercy
             ,
             and
             study
             nothing
             more
             ,
             then
             a
             glorifie
             their
             Creator
             in
             heaven
             ,
             and
             beare
             his
             crosses
             on
             earth
             .
          
           
             At
             last
             ,
             as
             malice
             increased
             in
             these
             damnable
             women
             ;
             so
             his
             family
             felt
             the
             smart
             of
             their
             revenge
             and
             inficious
             disposition
             .
             For
             his
             eldest
             Sonne
             
               Henry
            
             Lord
             
               Rosse
            
             sickened
             very
             strangely
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             while
             died
             :
             and
             his
             next
             ,
             named
             
               Francis
            
             Lord
             
               Rosse
               ,
            
             accordingly
             ,
             was
             severely
             tormented
             by
             them
             and
             most
             barbarously
             and
             inhumanely
             tortured
             by
             a
             strange
             sickenesse
             :
             not
             long
             after
             the
             Lady
             
               Katherine
            
             was
             set
             upon
             by
             their
             dangerous
             and
             divellish
             practises
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             in
             great
             danger
             of
             life
             ;
             through
             extreame
             maladies
             and
             unusuall
             fits
             .
             Nay
             (
             as
             it
             should
             seeme
             ,
             and
             they
             afterward
             confessed
             )
             both
             the
             Earle
             and
             his
             Countesse
             were
             brought
             into
             their
             snares
             as
             they
             imagined
             ,
             and
             indeed
             determined
             to
             keepe
             them
             from
             having
             any
             more
             children
             .
             Oh
             unheard
             of
             wickenesse
             and
             mischievous
             damnation
             !
             Notwithstanding
             all
             this
             did
             the
             noble
             Earle
             attend
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             both
             at
             New-Market
             before
             Christmas
             ,
             and
             at
             Christmas
             at
             Whitehall
             ;
             bearing
             the
             losse
             of
             his
             children
             most
             nobly
             ,
             and
             little
             suspecting
             that
             they
             had
             miscarried
             by
             Witch-craft
             ,
             or
             such
             like
             inventions
             of
             the
             Devill
             ,
             untill
             it
             pleased
             God
             to
             discover
             the
             villanous
             practises
             of
             these
             bad
             women
             ,
             and
             to
             command
             the
             Devill
             from
             executing
             any
             further
             vengeance
             on
             innocents
             ,
             but
             leave
             them
             to
             their
             shames
             ,
             and
             the
             hands
             of
             Justice
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             onely
             be
             confounded
             for
             their
             villanous
             practises
             ,
             but
             remaine
             as
             a
             notorious
             example
             to
             all
             ages
             of
             his
             judgement
             and
             fury
             .
             Thus
             were
             they
             apprehended
             about
             Christmas
             ;
             and
             carried
             to
             Lincolne
             Jayle
             ,
             after
             due
             examination
             before
             sufficient
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             and
             discreet
             Magistrates
             ,
             who
             wondered
             at
             their
             audacious
             wickednesse
             ;
             but
             
               Ioan
               Flower
            
             the
             mother
             ,
             before
             conviction
             (
             as
             they
             say
             )
             called
             for
             bread
             and
             butter
             ,
             and
             wished
             it
             might
             never
             goe
             through
             her
             if
             shee
             were
             guilty
             of
             that
             whereupon
             she
             was
             examined
             ;
             so
             mumbling
             it
             in
             her
             month
             ,
             never
             spake
             more
             words
             after
             ,
             but
             fell
             downe
             and
             died
             as
             she
             was
             carried
             to
             Lincolne
             Jayle
             ,
             with
             an
             horrible
             excrutiation
             of
             soule
             and
             
             body
             ,
             and
             was
             buried
             at
             Ancaster
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Earle
             heard
             of
             their
             apprehensions
             ,
             hee
             hasted
             downe
             with
             his
             brother
             Sir
             
               George
               ,
            
             and
             sometimes
             examining
             them
             himselfe
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             sending
             them
             to
             others
             ;
             at
             last
             left
             them
             to
             the
             triall
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             before
             the
             Judges
             of
             Assize
             at
             
               Lincolne
               ;
            
             and
             so
             they
             were
             convicted
             of
             murther
             ,
             and
             executed
             accordingly
             ,
             about
             the
             11.
             of
             March
             ,
             to
             the
             terror
             of
             all
             the
             beholders
             ,
             and
             example
             of
             such
             dissolute
             and
             abhominable
             creatures
             :
             and
             because
             yee
             shall
             have
             both
             cause
             to
             glorifie
             God
             for
             this
             discovery
             ,
             and
             occasion
             to
             apprehend
             the
             strangenesse
             of
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             truth
             of
             their
             proceedings
             :
             I
             thought
             it
             both
             meet
             and
             convenient
             to
             lay
             open
             their
             owne
             Examinations
             and
             Evidences
             against
             one
             another
             ,
             with
             the
             manner
             of
             their
             proceeding
             and
             revenges
             ,
             with
             other
             particulars
             belonging
             to
             the
             true
             and
             plaine
             discovery
             of
             their
             villany
             and
             Witch-craft
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Examination
             of
             
               Anne
               Baker
            
             of
             
               Bottesford
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             
               Leicester
               Spinster
               ,
            
             taken
             March
             1.
             1618.
             by
             the
             right
             Honorable
             
               Francis
            
             Earle
             of
             Rutland
             ,
             Sir
             
               George
               Manners
            
             Knight
             two
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Iustices
             of
             the
             Peace
             for
             the
             County
             of
             Lincolne
             ,
             and
             
               Samuel
               Fleming
            
             Doctor
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Iustices
             of
             the
             Peace
             for
             the
             County
             of
             Leicester
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             SHee
             saith
             ,
             That
             there
             are
             foure
             colours
             of
             Planets
             ,
             Blacke
             ,
             Yellew
             ,
             Greene
             ,
             and
             Blew
             :
             and
             that
             Blacke
             is
             alwayes
             Death
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             saw
             the
             Blew
             Planet
             strike
             
               Thomas
               Fairebarne
               ,
            
             the
             eldest
             sonne
             unto
             
               William
               Fairebarne
               ,
            
             of
             Bottesford
             aforesaid
             by
             the
             
               Pinsold
            
             there
             ,
             within
             the
             which
             time
             the
             said
             
               William
               Fairebarne
            
             did
             beat
             her
             and
             brake
             her
             head
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             said
             
               Thomas
               Fairebarne
            
             did
             mend
             .
             And
             being
             asked
             who
             did
             send
             that
             Planet
             ?
             answered
             it
             was
             not
             I.
             
          
           
             Further
             she
             saith
             ,
             That
             she
             saw
             a
             hand
             appeare
             unto
             her
             ,
             and
             that
             shee
             heard
             a
             voyce
             in
             the
             aire
             said
             unto
             her
             ,
             
               Anne
               Baker
               ,
            
             save
             thy selfe
             ,
             for
             to
             morrow
             thou
             and
             thy
             Master
             must
             bee
             slaine
             :
             and
             the
             next
             day
             her
             Master
             and
             she
             were
             in
             a
             Cart
             together
             ;
             and
             suddenly
             shee
             saw
             a
             flash
             of
             fire
             ,
             and
             shee
             said
             her
             
             prayers
             ,
             and
             the
             fire
             went
             away
             and
             shortly
             after
             a
             Crow
             came
             and
             picked
             upon
             her
             cloathes
             ,
             and
             shee
             said
             her
             prayers
             againe
             ,
             and
             bade
             the
             Crow
             goe
             to
             whom
             hee
             was
             sent
             and
             the
             Crow
             went
             unto
             her
             Master
             ,
             and
             did
             beat
             him
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             she
             with
             her
             prayers
             recovered
             him
             to
             life
             ;
             but
             he
             was
             sicke
             a
             fortnight
             after
             ,
             and
             saith
             ,
             that
             if
             she
             had
             not
             had
             more
             knowledge
             then
             her
             Master
             ,
             both
             hee
             and
             shee
             and
             all
             the
             Cattell
             had
             beene
             slaine
             .
          
           
             Being
             examined
             concerning
             a
             childe
             of
             
               Anne
               Stannidge
               ,
            
             which
             shee
             was
             suspected
             to
             have
             bewitched
             to
             death
             ;
             saith
             ,
             the
             said
             Anne
             Stannidge
             did
             deliver
             her
             childle
             into
             her
             hands
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             did
             lay
             it
             upon
             her
             skirt
             ,
             but
             did
             no
             harme
             unto
             it
             :
             And
             being
             charged
             by
             the
             mother
             of
             the
             childe
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             haire
             and
             the
             pairing
             of
             the
             nailes
             of
             the
             said
             childe
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Anne
               Baker
            
             came
             in
             and
             set
             her
             downe
             ,
             and
             for
             one
             houres
             space
             could
             speake
             nothing
             ,
             confesseth
             she
             came
             into
             the
             house
             of
             the
             said
             
               Anne
               Stannidge
            
             in
             great
             paine
             ,
             but
             did
             not
             know
             of
             the
             burning
             of
             the
             haire
             and
             nailes
             of
             the
             said
             childe
             ;
             but
             said
             shee
             was
             so
             sicke
             that
             shee
             did
             not
             know
             whither
             she
             went.
             
          
           
             Being
             charged
             that
             shee
             bewitched
             
               Elizabeth
               Hough
               ,
            
             the
             wife
             of
             
               William
               Hough
            
             to
             death
             ,
             for
             that
             she
             angred
             her
             in
             giving
             her
             almes
             of
             her
             second
             bread
             ;
             confesseth
             that
             shee
             was
             angry
             with
             her
             and
             said
             she
             might
             have
             given
             her
             of
             her
             better
             bread
             ,
             for
             she
             had
             gone
             too
             often
             on
             her
             errands
             ,
             but
             more
             she
             saith
             not
             .
          
           
             This
             Examinate
             confesseth
             that
             she
             came
             to
             
               Ioane
               Gylles
            
             house
             ,
             her
             childe
             being
             sicke
             ,
             and
             that
             shee
             intreated
             this
             Examinate
             to
             looke
             on
             her
             childe
             ,
             and
             to
             tell
             her
             whether
             it
             was
             forespoken
             or
             no
             ,
             and
             this
             Examinate
             said
             it
             was
             forespoken
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             said
             childe
             died
             she
             cannot
             tell
             .
          
           
             And
             being
             asked
             concerning
             
               Nortley
            
             carrying
             of
             his
             childe
             home
             unto
             his
             owne
             house
             ,
             where
             the
             said
             
               Anne
               Baker
            
             was
             ,
             she
             asked
             him
             who
             gave
             the
             said
             childe
             that
             loafe
             ,
             hee
             told
             her
             
               Anthony
               Gill
               ,
            
             to
             whom
             this
             Examinate
             said
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             had
             a
             childe
             of
             his
             owne
             if
             hee
             would
             have
             sought
             in
             time
             for
             it
             ;
             which
             words
             she
             confessed
             she
             did
             speake
             .
          
           
           
             Being
             blamed
             by
             
               Henry
               Mills
            
             in
             this
             sort
             ;
             A
             fire
             set
             on
             you
             ,
             I
             have
             had
             two
             or
             three
             ill
             nights
             :
             to
             whom
             she
             made
             answere
             ,
             you
             should
             have
             let
             me
             alone
             then
             ,
             which
             she
             confesseth
             .
          
           
             The
             said
             
               Anne
               Baker
               ,
            
             March
             2.
             1618.
             confesseth
             before
             
               Samuel
               Fleming
            
             Doctor
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             that
             about
             3.
             yeares
             agoe
             ,
             she
             went
             into
             Northamptonshire
             ,
             and
             that
             at
             her
             comming
             backe
             againe
             one
             
               Peakes
            
             wife
             and
             
               Denis
            
             his
             wife
             of
             Belvoyre
             told
             her
             that
             my
             young
             L.
             
               Henry
            
             was
             dead
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             was
             a
             glove
             of
             the
             said
             Lord
             buried
             in
             the
             ground
             ;
             and
             as
             that
             glove
             did
             rot
             and
             wast
             ,
             so
             did
             the
             liver
             of
             the
             said
             lord
             rot
             and
             wast
             .
          
           
             Further
             she
             said
             ,
             March
             3
             ,
             1618.
             before
             Sir
             
               George
               Manners
            
             Knight
             ,
             and
             
               Samuel
               Fleming
            
             Doctor
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             that
             she
             hath
             a
             spirit
             which
             hath
             the
             shape
             of
             a
             white
             dogge
             ,
             which
             she
             calleth
             her
             good
             spirit
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Samuel
                 Fleming
              
               test
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Examination
             of
             
               Ioane
               Willimot
               ,
            
             taken
             the
             28.
             of
             February
             ,
             in
             the
             16.
             yeare
             of
             the
             reigne
             of
             our
             Soveraigne
             Lord
             
               Iames
               ,
            
             over
             
               England
            
             King
             ,
             &c.
             and
             over
             
               Scotland
            
             the
             52.
             before
             
               Alexander
               Amcots
            
             Esquire
             ,
             one
             of
             his
             Majistise
             Iustices
             of
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             said
             Parts
             and
             County
             .
          
           
             THis
             Examinat
             saith
             ,
             That
             
               Ioane
               Flower
            
             told
             her
             that
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Rutland
            
             had
             dealt
             badly
             with
             her
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             put
             away
             her
             daughter
             ,
             and
             that
             although
             shee
             could
             not
             have
             her
             will
             of
             my
             Lord
             himselfe
             ,
             yet
             she
             had
             spied
             my
             Lords
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             had
             strick
             on
             him
             to
             the
             heart
             .
             And
             shee
             saith
             ,
             that
             my
             Lords
             sonne
             was
             stricken
             with
             a
             white
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             can
             cure
             some
             that
             send
             unto
             her
             ,
             and
             that
             some
             reward
             her
             for
             her
             paines
             ,
             and
             of
             some
             she
             taketh
             nothing
             .
          
           
             Shee
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             upon
             Friday
             night
             last
             ,
             her
             Spirit
             came
             to
             her
             and
             told
             her
             ,
             That
             there
             was
             a
             bad
             woman
             at
             
               Deeping
            
             who
             had
             given
             her
             soule
             to
             the
             Devill
             :
             and
             that
             her
             said
             Spirit
             did
             then
             appeare
             unto
             her
             in
             a
             more
             ugly
             for
             me
             then
             it
             had
             formerly
             done
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             urged
             her
             much
             to
             give
             it
             something
             ,
             although
             it
             were
             but
             a
             piece
             of
             her
             girdle
             ,
             and
             told
             her
             that
             it
             had
             taken
             great
             paines
             for
             her
             ,
             but
             shee
             saith
             that
             shee
             
             would
             give
             it
             nothing
             ,
             and
             told
             it
             that
             shee
             had
             sent
             it
             to
             no
             place
             ,
             but
             onely
             to
             see
             how
             my
             Lord
             
               Rosse
            
             did
             ,
             and
             that
             her
             spirit
             told
             her
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             doe
             well
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Examination
             of
             the
             said
             
               Ioane
               Willimot
               ,
            
             taken
             the
             second
             day
             of
             March
             ,
             in
             the
             yeare
             above
             said
             ,
             before
             the
             said
             
               Alexander
               Amcots
               .
            
          
           
             THis
             Examinate
             saith
             ,
             That
             shee
             hath
             a
             Spirit
             which
             shee
             calleth
             
               Pretty
               ,
            
             which
             was
             given
             unto
             her
             by
             
               William
               Berry
            
             of
             
               Langholme
            
             in
             
               Rutland
               shire
               ,
            
             whom
             she
             served
             three
             yeares
             ,
             and
             that
             her
             Master
             when
             hee
             gave
             it
             unto
             her
             ,
             willed
             her
             to
             open
             her
             mouth
             ,
             and
             hee
             would
             blow
             into
             her
             a
             Fairy
             which
             should
             doe
             her
             good
             ;
             and
             that
             shoe
             opened
             her
             mouth
             ;
             and
             he
             did
             blow
             into
             her
             mouth
             and
             presently
             after
             his
             blowing
             ,
             there
             came
             out
             of
             her
             mouth
             a
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             stood
             upon
             the
             ground
             in
             the
             shape
             and
             forme
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             which
             Spirit
             did
             aske
             of
             her
             her
             soule
             ,
             which
             shee
             then
             promised
             unto
             it
             ,
             being
             willed
             thereunto
             by
             by
             her
             Master
             .
             She
             further
             confesseth
             ,
             That
             she
             never
             hurt
             any
             body
             ,
             but
             did
             helpe
             divers
             that
             sent
             for
             her
             ,
             which
             were
             stricken
             or
             fore-spoken
             :
             and
             that
             her
             Spirit
             came
             weekely
             to
             her
             and
             would
             tell
             her
             of
             divers
             persons
             which
             were
             stricken
             and
             fore
             spoken
             .
             And
             she
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             use
             which
             shee
             had
             of
             the
             Spirit
             was
             to
             know
             ,
             how
             those
             did
             which
             shee
             had
             undertaken
             to
             amend
             ;
             and
             that
             she
             did
             helpe
             them
             by
             certaine
             prayers
             which
             shee
             used
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             her
             owne
             Spirit
             :
             neither
             did
             she
             imploy
             her
             Spirit
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             onely
             to
             bring
             word
             how
             those
             did
             which
             she
             had
             undertaken
             to
             cure
             .
          
           
             And
             she
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             her
             Spirit
             came
             unto
             her
             this
             last
             night
             (
             as
             shee
             thought
             )
             in
             the
             forme
             of
             a
             woman
             ,
             mumbling
             ,
             but
             shee
             could
             not
             understand
             what
             it
             said
             .
             And
             being
             asked
             whether
             shee
             were
             not
             in
             a
             dreame
             or
             slumber
             when
             shee
             thought
             she
             saw
             it
             ,
             she
             said
             no
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             was
             as
             walking
             as
             at
             this
             present
             .
          
           
             
               Alexander
               Amoors
               .
               Thomas
               Robinson
               .
               
                 test
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Examination
             of
             
               Joane
               Willimot
            
             of
             Goadby
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Leicester
             widow
             ,
             taken
             the
             17.
             of
             March
             ,
             1618.
             by
             Sir
             
             
               Henry
               Hastings
            
             Knight
             ,
             and
             
               Samuel
               Fleming
            
             Doctor
             of
             Divinity
             ,
             two
             of
             his
             Majesites
             Iustices
             of
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             said
             County
             of
             Leicester
             .
          
           
             SHe
             saith
             ,
             That
             she
             told
             one
             
               Cookes
            
             wife
             ,
             of
             
               Stathorne
            
             in
             the
             said
             County
             Labourer
             ,
             that
             
               Iohn
               Patchet
            
             might
             have
             had
             his
             child
             alive
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             haue
             sought
             forth
             for
             it
             in
             time
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             were
             not
             death
             stricken
             in
             her
             wayes
             ,
             and
             that
             
               Patchets
            
             wife
             had
             an
             evill
             thing
             within
             her
             ,
             which
             should
             make
             an
             end
             of
             her
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             knew
             by
             her
             girdle
             .
          
           
             Shee
             saith
             further
             ,
             That
             
               Gamaliel
               Greete
            
             of
             
               Waltham
            
             in
             the
             said
             County
             Shepherd
             ,
             had
             a
             Spirit
             like
             a
             white
             Mouse
             put
             into
             him
             ,
             in
             his
             swearing
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             hee
             did
             looke
             upon
             any
             thing
             with
             an
             intent
             to
             hurt
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             hurt
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             marke
             on
             his
             left
             ,
             arme
             ,
             which
             was
             cut
             away
             ;
             and
             that
             her
             owne
             Spirit
             did
             tell
             her
             all
             this
             before
             it
             went
             from
             her
             .
          
           
             Further
             shee
             saith
             ,
             That
             
               Ioane
               Flower
               ,
               Margaret
               Flower
               ,
            
             and
             she
             ,
             did
             meet
             about
             a
             weeke
             before
             
               Ioane
               Flowers
            
             apprehension
             in
             
               Blackborrow
               hill
               ,
            
             and
             went
             from
             thence
             home
             to
             the
             said
             
               Ioane
               Flowers
            
             house
             and
             there
             shee
             saw
             two
             Spirits
             ,
             one
             like
             a
             Rat
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             like
             an
             Owle
             ;
             and
             one
             of
             them
             did
             sucke
             under
             ,
             her
             right
             eare
             ,
             as
             she
             thought
             :
             and
             the
             said
             
               Ioane
            
             told
             her
             ,
             that
             her
             Spirit
             did
             say
             ,
             she
             chould
             neither
             be
             hanged
             nor
             burnt
             .
          
           
             Further
             ,
             she
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             
               Ioatie
               Flower
            
             did
             take
             up
             some
             earth
             and
             spit
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             did
             worke
             it
             with
             her
             finger
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             up
             into
             her
             purse
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             Though
             she
             could
             not
             hurt
             the
             Lord
             himselfe
             yet
             she
             had
             sped
             his
             sonne
             ,
             which
             is
             dead
             .
          
           
             
               H.
               Hastings
               .
               Samuel
               Fleming
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Examination
             of
             
               Ellen
               Greene
            
             of
             
               Stathorne
            
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Leicester
             ,
             taken
             the
             
               17.
            
             of
             March
             
               1618.
            
             by
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Hastings
            
             Knight
             ,
             and
             
               Samuel
               Fleming
            
             Doctor
             of
             Divinity
             .
          
           
             SHe
             saith
             ,
             That
             one
             
               Ioane
               Willimot
            
             of
             
               Goadby
            
             came
             about
             sixe
             yeares
             since
             ,
             to
             her
             in
             the
             Wowlds
             ,
             and
             perswaded
             this
             Examinate
             to
             forsake
             God
             ,
             and
             betake
             her
             to
             the
             Devill
             ,
             and
             she
             would
             give
             her
             ,
             two
             Spirits
             ,
             to
             which
             she
             gave
             her
             consent
             and
             thereupon
             the
             said
             
               Ioane
               Willimot
            
             called
             two
             Spirits
             ,
             one
             in
             the
             likenes
             of
             a
             Kitlin
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             of
             a
             Moldiwarp
             ,
             the
             first
             the
             said
             
               Willmot
            
             called
             
               Pusse
               ,
            
             the
             other
             
               Hiffe
               ,
               hiffe
               ,
            
             and
             they
             
             presently
             came
             to
             her
             ,
             and
             she
             departing
             left
             them
             with
             this
             Examinate
             ,
             and
             they
             lept
             on
             her
             shoulder
             ,
             and
             the
             Kitlin
             suckt
             under
             her
             right
             eare
             on
             her
             necke
             ,
             and
             the
             Moldiwarp
             on
             the
             left
             side
             ,
             in
             the
             like
             place
             .
             After
             they
             had
             suckt
             her
             ,
             shee
             sent
             the
             Kitlin
             to
             a
             Baker
             of
             that
             Towne
             ,
             whose
             name
             she
             remembers
             not
             ,
             who
             had
             called
             her
             Witch
             and
             stricken
             her
             ;
             and
             bade
             her
             said
             Spirit
             goe
             and
             bewitch
             him
             to
             death
             :
             the
             Moldiwarp
             she
             then
             bade
             goe
             to
             
               Anne
               Dawse
            
             of
             the
             same
             Towne
             ,
             and
             bewitch
             her
             to
             death
             ,
             because
             shee
             had
             ;
             called
             this
             Examinate
             Witch
             ,
             whore
             ,
             jade
             ,
             &c.
             and
             within
             one
             fortnight
             after
             they
             both
             died
             .
          
           
             And
             further
             this
             Examinate
             saith
             ,
             That
             she
             sent
             both
             her
             Spirits
             to
             
               Stonesby
               ,
            
             to
             one
             
               Willison
            
             a
             husband-man
             ,
             and
             
               Robert
               Williman
            
             a
             husbandmans
             sonne
             ,
             and
             bade
             the
             Kitlin
             goe
             to
             
               Willison
            
             and
             bewitch
             him
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             the
             Moldiwarp
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             bewitch
             him
             to
             death
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             ;
             and
             within
             ten
             dayes
             they
             died
             .
             These
             foure
             were
             bewitched
             while
             this
             Examinate
             dwelt
             at
             
               Waltham
            
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             About
             three
             yeares
             since
             ,
             this
             Examinate
             removed
             thence
             to
             
               Stathorne
               ,
            
             where
             she
             now
             dwelt
             :
             upon
             a
             difference
             betweene
             the
             said
             
               Willimot
            
             and
             the
             wife
             of
             
               Iohn
               Patchet
            
             of
             the
             said
             
               Stathorne
            
             Yeoman
             ,
             she
             the
             said
             
               Willimot
            
             called
             her
             this
             Examinate
             to
             goe
             and
             touch
             the
             said
             
               Iohn
               Patchets
            
             wife
             and
             her
             childe
             ,
             which
             she
             did
             ,
             touching
             the
             said
             
               Iohn
               Patchets
            
             wife
             in
             her
             bed
             ,
             and
             the
             child
             in
             the
             Grace-wifes
             armes
             ,
             and
             then
             sent
             her
             said
             Spirits
             to
             bewitch
             them
             to
             death
             ,
             which
             they
             did
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             woman
             lay
             languishing
             by
             the
             space
             of
             a
             moneth
             and
             more
             ,
             for
             then
             she
             died
             ;
             the
             child
             died
             the
             next
             day
             after
             she
             touched
             it
             .
          
           
             And
             shee
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             
               Ioane
               Willimot
               ,
            
             had
             a
             Spirit
             sucking
             on
             her
             ,
             under
             the
             left
             flanke
             ,
             in
             the
             likenesse
             of
             a
             little
             white
             dogge
             ,
             which
             this
             Examinate
             saith
             ,
             that
             shee
             saw
             the
             same
             sucking
             in
             Barley-harvest
             last
             ,
             being
             then
             at
             the
             house
             of
             the
             said
             
               Ioane
               Willimot
               ,
            
          
           
             And
             for
             her selfe
             ,
             this
             Examinate
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             she
             gave
             her
             soule
             ,
             the
             Deuill
             ,
             to
             have
             these
             Spirits
             at
             her
             command
             ;
             for
             a
             confirmation
             whereof
             ,
             she
             suffered
             them
             to
             sucke
             her
             alwayes
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             about
             the
             Change
             and
             full
             of
             the
             Moone
             .
          
           
             
               H.
               Hastings
               .
               Samuel
               Fleming
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Examination
             of
             
               Philip
               Flower
               ,
            
             sister
             of
             
               Margaret
               Flower
               ,
            
             and
             daughters
             of
             
               Ioane
               Flower
               ,
            
             before
             Sir
             
               William
               Pelham
               ,
            
             and
             Master
             
               Butler
               ,
            
             Iustices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             
               February
               4.
               1618.
               
            
             Which
             was
             brought
             in
             at
             the
             Assizes
             as
             evidence
             against
             her
             sister
             
               Margaret
               .
            
          
           
             SHe
             saith
             ,
             That
             her
             mother
             and
             her
             sister
             maliced
             the
             Earle
             of
             
               Rutland
               ,
            
             his
             Countesse
             ,
             and
             cheir
             children
             ,
             because
             her
             sister
             
               Margaret
            
             was
             put
             out
             of
             the
             Ladies
             service
             of
             Laundry
             ,
             and
             exempted
             from
             other
             services
             about
             the
             house
             ,
             whereupon
             her
             said
             sister
             ;
             by
             the
             commandement
             of
             her
             mother
             ,
             brought
             from
             the
             Castle
             the
             right
             hand
             glove
             of
             the
             Lord
             
               Henry
               Rosse
               ,
            
             which
             she
             delivered
             to
             her
             mother
             ;
             who
             presently
             rubd
             it
             on
             the
             backe
             of
             her
             Spirit
             
               Rutterkin
               ,
            
             then
             put
             it
             into
             hot
             boyling
             water
             ,
             afterward
             she
             pricked
             it
             often
             ,
             and
             buried
             it
             in
             the
             yard
             ,
             wishing
             the
             Lord
             
               Rosse
            
             might
             never
             thrive
             ,
             and
             so
             her
             sister
             
               Margaret
            
             continued
             with
             her
             mother
             ,
             where
             she
             often
             saw
             the
             Cat
             
               Rutterkin
            
             leape
             on
             her
             shoulder
             ,
             and
             suck
             her
             neck
             .
          
           
             Shee
             further
             confessed
             ,
             that
             she
             heard
             her
             mother
             often
             curse
             the
             Earle
             and
             his
             Lady
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             would
             boyle
             feathers
             and
             blood
             together
             ,
             using
             many
             Devillish
             speeches
             and
             strange
             gestures
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Examination
             of
             
               Margaret
               Flower
               .
            
          
           
             SHe
             saith
             and
             confesseth
             ,
             That
             about
             foure
             or
             five
             yeare
             since
             her
             mother
             sent
             her
             ,
             for
             the
             right
             hand
             glove
             of
             
               Henry
            
             Lord
             
               Rosse
               ,
            
             afterward
             that
             her
             mother
             bade
             her
             goe
             againe
             into
             the
             Castle
             of
             
               Bever
               ,
            
             and
             bring
             downe
             the
             glove
             or
             some
             other
             thing
             of
             
               Henry
            
             Lord
             
               Rosse
               ,
            
             and
             she
             askt
             what
             to
             doe
             ?
             Her
             mother
             replied
             ,
             to
             hurt
             my
             Lord
             
               Rosse
               :
            
             whereupon
             shee
             brought
             downe
             a
             glove
             ,
             and
             delivered
             the
             same
             to
             her
             mother
             ,
             who
             stroked
             
               Rutterkin
            
             her
             Cat
             with
             it
             ;
             after
             it
             was
             dipt
             in
             hot
             water
             ,
             and
             so
             prickt
             it
             often
             ,
             after
             which
             
               Henry
            
             Lord
             
               Rosse
            
             fell
             sicke
             within
             a
             weeke
             ,
             and
             was
             much
             tormented
             with
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Shee
             further
             faith
             ,
             That
             finding
             a
             glove
             about
             two
             or
             three
             yeares
             since
             of
             
               Francis
            
             Lord
             
               Rosse
               ,
            
             on
             a
             dunghill
             ,
             shee
             delivered
             it
             to
             her
             mother
             ,
             who
             put
             it
             into
             hot
             water
             and
             after
             tooke
             it
             out
             and
             rubd
             it
             on
             
               Rutterkin
            
             the
             Cat
             ,
             and
             bad
             him
             goe
             upwards
             ,
             and
             after
             her
             mother
             buried
             it
             in
             the
             yard
             ,
             and
             said
             a
             
             mischiefe
             light
             on
             him
             ,
             but
             hee
             will
             mend
             againe
             .
          
           
             Shee
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             her
             mother
             ,
             and
             shee
             ,
             and
             her
             sister
             agreed
             together
             to
             bewitch
             the
             Earle
             and
             his
             Lady
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             have
             no
             more
             children
             :
             and
             being
             demanded
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             malice
             and
             ill-will
             ;
             shee
             saith
             ,
             that
             about
             foure
             yeares
             since
             ,
             the
             Countesse
             (
             growing
             into
             some
             mislike
             with
             her
             )
             gave
             her
             forty
             shillings
             ,
             a
             bolster
             ,
             and
             an
             attresse
             ,
             and
             bade
             her
             lie
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             come
             no
             more
             to
             dwell
             at
             the
             Castle
             ;
             which
             she
             not
             onely
             tooke
             in
             ill-part
             ,
             but
             grudged
             at
             it
             exceedingly
             ,
             swearing
             in
             her
             heart
             to
             be
             revenged
             .
             After
             this
             her
             mother
             complained
             to
             the
             Earle
             against
             one
             
               Peake
               ,
            
             who
             had
             offred
             her
             some
             wrong
             ,
             wherein
             shee
             conceived
             that
             the
             Earle
             tooke
             not
             her
             part
             ,
             as
             she
             expected
             ,
             which
             dislike
             with
             the
             rest
             ,
             exasperated
             her
             displeasure
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             she
             watched
             an
             opportunity
             to
             bee
             revenged
             :
             whereupon
             shee
             tooke
             wooll
             out
             of
             the
             said
             mattresse
             ,
             and
             a
             paire
             of
             gloves
             ,
             which
             were
             given
             her
             by
             Master
             
               Vavasor
               ,
            
             and
             put
             them
             into
             warme
             water
             ,
             mingling
             them
             with
             some
             blood
             ,
             and
             stirring
             it
             together
             ,
             then
             shee
             tooke
             the
             wooll
             and
             gloves
             out
             of
             the
             water
             ,
             and
             rubd
             them
             on
             the
             belly
             of
             
               Rutterkin
            
             her
             Cat
             ,
             saying
             ,
             the
             Lord
             and
             the
             Lady
             should
             have
             more
             children
             ,
             but
             it
             would
             be
             long
             first
             .
          
           
             Shee
             further
             confesseth
             ,
             that
             by
             her
             mothers
             commandment
             ,
             she
             brought
             to
             her
             a
             piece
             of
             a
             handkerchiefe
             of
             the
             Lady
             
               Katherine
            
             the
             Earles
             daughter
             ,
             and
             her
             mother
             put
             it
             into
             hot
             water
             ,
             and
             then
             taking
             it
             out
             ,
             rubd
             it
             on
             
               Rutterkin
               ,
            
             bidding
             him
             flie
             ,
             and
             goe
             ;
             whereupon
             
               Rutterkin
            
             whined
             and
             cried
             Mew
             :
             whereupon
             she
             said
             ,
             that
             
               Rutterkin
            
             had
             no
             power
             over
             the
             Lady
             
               Katherine
            
             to
             hurt
             her
             .
          
        
         
           
             Another
             Examination
             of
             
               Philip
               Flower
               ,
            
             before
             
               Francis
            
             Earle
             of
             Rutland
             ,
             
               Francis
            
             Lord
             Willoughby
             of
             
               Ersby
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               George
               Manners
               ,
            
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Pelham
               .
            
          
           
             SHee
             confesseth
             and
             saith
             ,
             That
             shee
             hath
             a
             Spirit
             sucking
             on
             her
             in
             the
             forme
             of
             a
             white
             Rat
             ,
             which
             keepeth
             her
             left
             breast
             ,
             and
             hath
             so
             done
             for
             three
             or
             foure
             yeares
             ,
             and
             concerning
             the
             agreement
             betwixt
             her
             Spirit
             and
             her selfe
             ,
             shee
             confesseth
             and
             saith
             ,
             That
             when
             it
             came
             first
             unto
             her
             ,
             she
             gave
             her
             
             soule
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             promised
             to
             doe
             her
             good
             ,
             and
             cause
             
               Thomas
               Simpson
            
             to
             love
             her
             ,
             if
             shee
             would
             suffer
             it
             to
             sucke
             her
             ,
             which
             she
             agreed
             unto
             ;
             and
             so
             the
             last
             ,
             time
             it
             suckt
             was
             on
             Tuesday
             at
             night
             ,
             the
             23.
             of
             February
             .
          
           
             
               Margaret
               Flower
               ,
            
             at
             the
             same
             time
             confesseth
             ,
             that
             she
             hath
             two
             familiar
             Spirits
             sucking
             on
             her
             ,
             the
             one
             white
             ,
             the
             other
             blacke
             spotted
             ;
             the
             white
             sucked
             under
             her
             left
             breast
             ,
             and
             the
             blacke
             spotted
             within
             the
             inward
             parts
             of
             her
             secrets
             .
             When
             shee
             first
             entertained
             them
             shee
             promised
             them
             her
             soule
             ,
             and
             they
             covenanted
             to
             doe
             all
             things
             which
             shee
             commanded
             them
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Shee
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             about
             the
             30.
             of
             
               Ianuary
            
             last
             past
             ,
             being
             Saturday
             ,
             foure
             Devills
             appeared
             unto
             her
             in
             
               Lincolne
            
             Jayle
             ,
             at
             eleven
             on
             twelve
             a
             clocke
             at
             midnight
             :
             The
             one
             stood
             at
             her
             beds
             feet
             ,
             with
             a
             blacke
             head
             like
             an
             Ape
             ,
             and
             spake
             unto
             her
             ,
             but
             what
             ,
             she
             cannot
             well
             remember
             ,
             at
             which
             she
             was
             very
             angry
             because
             hee
             would
             speake
             no
             plainer
             ,
             or
             let
             her
             understand
             his
             meaning
             :
             the
             other
             three
             were
             
               Rutterkin
               ,
               Little
               Robin
               ,
            
             and
             
               Spirit
               ;
            
             but
             she
             never
             mistrusted
             them
             ,
             nor
             suspected
             her selfe
             till
             then
             .
          
        
         
           
             THese
             Examinations
             and
             some
             others
             were
             taken
             and
             charily
             preserved
             for
             the
             contriving
             of
             sufficient
             evidences
             against
             them
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Judges
             of
             Assize
             came
             downe
             to
             Lincolne
             about
             the
             first
             wecke
             of
             
               March
               ,
            
             being
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Hobert
               ,
            
             Lord
             chiefe
             Justice
             of
             the
             Common-Pleas
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Bromely
               ,
            
             one
             of
             the
             Barons
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             they
             were
             presented
             unto
             them
             ,
             who
             not
             onely
             wondred
             at
             the
             wickednesse
             of
             these
             persons
             ,
             but
             were
             amazed
             at
             their
             practises
             and
             horrible
             contracts
             with
             the
             Devill
             to
             damne
             their
             owne
             soules
             :
             And
             although
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             Earle
             had
             sufficient
             griefe
             for
             the
             losse
             of
             his
             children
             ;
             yet
             no
             doubt
             it
             was
             the
             greater
             to
             consider
             the
             maner
             ,
             and
             how
             it
             pleased
             God
             to
             inflict
             on
             him
             such
             a
             fashion
             of
             visitation
             :
             Besides
             ,
             as
             it
             amazed
             the
             hearers
             to
             understand
             the
             particulars
             ,
             and
             the
             circumstances
             of
             this
             devillish
             contract
             was
             it
             as
             wonderfull
             to
             see
             their
             desperate
             
             impenitency
             ,
             and
             horrible
             distraction
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             that
             sort
             ,
             exclaiming
             against
             the
             Devill
             for
             deluding
             them
             ,
             and
             now
             breaking
             promise
             with
             them
             ,
             when
             they
             stood
             in
             most
             need
             of
             his
             helpe
             .
          
           
             Notwithstanding
             all
             these
             aggravations
             ,
             such
             was
             the
             unparalleld
             magnanimity
             ,
             wisedome
             ,
             and
             patience
             of
             this
             generous
             Noble-man
             ,
             that
             he
             urged
             nothing
             against
             them
             more
             then
             their
             owne
             confessions
             ,
             and
             so
             quietly
             left
             them
             to
             judiciall
             triall
             ,
             desiring
             of
             God
             mercy
             for
             their
             soules
             ,
             and
             of
             men
             charity
             to
             censure
             them
             in
             their
             condemnation
             :
             but
             God
             is
             not
             mocked
             ,
             and
             so
             gave
             them
             over
             to
             judgement
             ,
             nor
             man
             so
             reformed
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             Earles
             sake
             ,
             they
             cursed
             them
             to
             that
             place
             which
             they
             themselves
             long
             before
             had
             bargained
             for
             .
          
           
             What
             now
             remaines
             (
             gentle
             Reader
             )
             but
             for
             thee
             to
             make
             use
             of
             so
             wonderfull
             a
             story
             ,
             and
             remarkeable
             an
             accident
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             ,
             to
             draw
             to
             a
             conclusion
             ,
             thou
             mayest
             collect
             these
             particulas
             :
             First
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             the
             supreame
             Commander
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             permitteth
             wonderfull
             actions
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             for
             the
             triall
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             the
             punishment
             of
             the
             wicked
             ,
             and
             his
             owne
             glory
             :
             of
             which
             man
             shall
             never
             attaine
             to
             know
             the
             reason
             or
             occasion
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             the
             Devill
             is
             the
             meere
             servant
             and
             agent
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             prosecute
             whatsoever
             he
             shall
             command
             rather
             then
             give
             leave
             unto
             ;
             limiting
             him
             yet
             thus
             farre
             in
             his
             owne
             nature
             ,
             that
             he
             can
             goe
             no
             further
             then
             the
             bounds
             within
             which
             he
             is
             hedged
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             this
             God
             hath
             punishments
             ,
             
               ad
               correctionem
               ,
            
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             chastisements
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             
               &
               Ad
               ruinam
               ,
               Videlicet
               ,
            
             judgements
             against
             the
             wicked
             ,
             wherein
             yet
             man
             must
             disclaime
             any
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             forsake
             prejudicate
             opinions
             .
             For
             the
             very
             just
             shall
             be
             tried
             like
             gold
             ,
             and
             no
             man
             exempted
             from
             castigation
             whom
             God
             doth
             love
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             that
             this
             Devill
             ,
             though
             hee
             bee
             Gods
             instrument
             ,
             yet
             worketh
             altogether
             by
             deceit
             :
             for
             as
             he
             was
             a
             lier
             from
             the
             beginning
             ;
             so
             let
             no
             man
             trust
             him
             ,
             because
             hee
             aimes
             at
             the
             confusion
             of
             all
             mankinde
             ,
             Fifthly
             ,
             that
             the
             wicked
             (
             however
             they
             may
             thriue
             and
             prosper
             for
             a
             time
             )
             yet
             in
             the
             end
             are
             sure
             to
             be
             payed
             home
             ,
             either
             with
             punishment
             in
             this
             life
             or
             in
             the
             life
             to
             come
             ,
             or
             both
             ,
             as
             a
             finall
             reward
             of
             menstrous
             impicty
             .
             
             Sixthly
             ,
             that
             man
             in
             his
             frailty
             must
             not
             presume
             of
             prosperity
             ,
             but
             prepare
             a
             kind
             of
             stooping
             under
             the
             hand
             of
             God
             ,
             when
             it
             pleaseth
             him
             to
             strike
             or
             punish
             us
             .
             Seventhly
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             murmuring
             nor
             repining
             against
             God
             ,
             but
             quietly
             to
             tolerate
             his
             inflictings
             ,
             whensoever
             they
             chance
             ,
             of
             which
             this
             worthy
             Earle
             is
             a
             memorable
             example
             to
             all
             men
             and
             ages
             .
             Eightly
             ,
             that
             the
             punishments
             of
             the
             wicked
             are
             so
             many
             warnings
             to
             all
             irregular
             sinners
             to
             amend
             their
             lives
             ,
             and
             avoid
             the
             judgement
             to
             come
             ,
             by
             penitency
             ,
             and
             newnesse
             of
             life
             .
             Ninthly
             ,
             that
             though
             man
             could
             bee
             content
             to
             passe
             over
             blasphemies
             and
             offences
             against
             the
             Statutes
             of
             Princes
             ,
             yet
             God
             will
             overtake
             them
             in
             their
             owne
             walkes
             ,
             and
             pull
             them
             backe
             by
             the
             sleeve
             into
             a
             slaughter-house
             ,
             as
             here
             you
             know
             the
             evidences
             against
             these
             people
             tooke
             life
             and
             power
             from
             their
             owne
             Confessions
             .
             Tenthly
             ,
             and
             last
             of
             all
             ,
             that
             private
             opinion
             cannot
             prevaile
             against
             publike
             censures
             :
             for
             here
             you
             see
             the
             learned
             and
             religious
             Judges
             cried
             out
             with
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             
               Ex
               ore
               tuo
               .
            
             Therefore
             though
             it
             were
             so
             ,
             that
             neither
             Witch
             nor
             Devill
             could
             doe
             these
             things
             ,
             yet
             
               Let
               not
               a
               Witch
               live
               ,
            
             saith
             God
             ,
             and
             
               Let
               them
               die
            
             (
             saith
             the
             Law
             of
             
               England
               )
               that
               have
               conversation
               with
               spirits
               ,
               and
               presume
               to
               blaspheme
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               with
               spels
               and
               incantations
               .
            
             O
             then
             you
             sonnes
             of
             men
             ,
             take
             warning
             by
             these
             examples
             ;
             and
             either
             divert
             your
             steps
             from
             the
             broad
             way
             of
             destruction
             ,
             and
             irrecoverable
             gulfe
             of
             damnation
             ,
             or
             with
             
               Iosuahs
            
             counsell
             to
             
               Achan
               ,
            
             Blesse
             God
             for
             the
             discovery
             of
             wickednesse
             ,
             and
             take
             thy
             death
             patiently
             ,
             as
             the
             prevention
             of
             thy
             future
             judgement
             ,
             and
             saving
             innocents
             from
             punishment
             ,
             who
             otherwise
             may
             be
             suspected
             without
             a
             cause
             .
          
           
             Vtinam
             tam
             facile
             vera
             invenire
             possem
             ,
             quam
             falsa
             convincere
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             triall
             of
             a
             Witch
             .
          
           
             Now
             as
             touching
             the
             triall
             and
             discovery
             of
             a
             Witch
             (
             then
             which
             these
             cannot
             be
             any
             president
             more
             necessary
             and
             behoovefull
             
             for
             us
             )
             there
             are
             divers
             opinions
             holden
             ;
             As
             some
             by
             the
             pricking
             of
             a
             sharpe
             knife
             ,
             naule
             ,
             or
             other
             pointed
             instrument
             under
             the
             stoole
             or
             seate
             on
             which
             the
             Witch
             sitteth
             (
             for
             thereon
             shee
             is
             not
             able
             to
             sit
             or
             abide
             )
             others
             by
             scratching
             ,
             or
             drawing
             of
             blood
             from
             the
             Witch
             ,
             by
             either
             party
             that
             is
             grieved
             ,
             or
             the
             next
             of
             blood
             to
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             others
             by
             fire
             ;
             as
             by
             burning
             any
             relique
             or
             principall
             ornament
             belonging
             to
             the
             suspected
             Witch
             ,
             which
             shall
             no
             sooner
             bee
             on
             fire
             ,
             but
             the
             Witch
             will
             presently
             come
             running
             to
             behold
             it
             ;
             and
             of
             these
             ,
             trials
             have
             beene
             made
             both
             in
             
               Hartfordshire
               ,
               Northamptonshire
               ,
            
             and
             
               Huntingtonshire
               ;
            
             But
             the
             onély
             assured
             and
             absolute
             perfect
             way
             to
             finde
             her
             out
             ,
             is
             to
             take
             the
             Witch
             or
             party
             suspected
             either
             to
             some
             Mildam
             ,
             Pond
             ,
             Lake
             or
             deepe
             River
             ,
             and
             stripping
             her
             to
             her
             smocke
             ,
             tie
             her
             armes
             acrosse
             ,
             onely
             let
             her
             legs
             have
             free
             liberty
             ;
             then
             fastening
             arope
             about
             her
             middle
             which
             with
             the
             helpe
             of
             by
             standers
             may
             be
             ever
             ready
             to
             save
             her
             from
             drowning
             (
             in
             case
             she
             sinke
             )
             throw
             her
             into
             the
             water
             ,
             and
             if
             shee
             swimme
             aloft
             and
             not
             sincke
             ,
             then
             draw
             her
             foorth
             ,
             and
             have
             some
             honest
             and
             discreet
             women
             neere
             ,
             which
             may
             presently
             search
             her
             for
             the
             secret
             marke
             of
             Witches
             ,
             as
             Teates
             ,
             blood-moales
             ,
             moist
             warts
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             found
             ,
             then
             the
             second
             time
             (
             binding
             her
             right
             thumbe
             to
             her
             left
             toe
             ,
             and
             her
             left
             thumbe
             to
             her
             right
             toe
             )
             throw
             her
             into
             the
             water
             againe
             (
             with
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             former
             rope
             to
             save
             her
             ,
             if
             shee
             should
             chance
             to
             sincke
             )
             and
             if
             then
             shee
             swim
             againe
             and
             doe
             not
             sincke
             you
             may
             most
             assuredly
             resolve
             she
             is
             a
             Witch
             :
             and
             of
             this
             many
             pregnant
             and
             true
             proofes
             have
             beene
             made
             ,
             as
             namely
             by
             one
             Master
             
               Enger
            
             of
             Bedfordshire
             ,
             upon
             the
             person
             of
             
               Mary
               Sutton
            
             (
             a
             notable
             Witch
             )
             whom
             he
             cast
             into
             his
             Mildam
             at
             
               Milton
            
             Mills
             ,
             and
             found
             the
             effect
             as
             hath
             beene
             declared
             ,
             and
             for
             her
             Witchcraft
             was
             there
             condemned
             and
             executed
             ,
             and
             as
             this
             so
             I
             could
             recite
             a
             world
             of
             others
             in
             the
             same
             nature
             .
             But
             the
             trueth
             is
             so
             manifest
             that
             it
             needeth
             no
             flourish
             to
             adorne
             it
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .