THE WITCHES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 

Witches.  
Agnes Browne.  
joan Vaughan.  
Arthur Bill.  
Helen jenkenson  
Mary Barber.   Who were all executed at Northampton the 22. of july last. 1612.  
LONDON, Printed by Tho: Purfoot, for Arthur johnson. 1612.   

THE ARRAIGNment, Conviction and execution of certain Witches at Northampton, the 22. of july last passed.  
Amongst the rest of sins wherewith the perfection of God is most of all displeased in the corruption of man, There is none (I suppose) more distasteful or detestable to his Purity, than this damnable and Devilish sin of Witchcraft; For that it seems to make an eternal separation, and an irreconcilable divorce betwixt the pure Mercies of God, and the tainted souls of such miserable people: Who for the most part, as they are of the meanest, and the basest sort both in birth and breeding, so are they the most uncapable of any instruction to the contrary, and of all good means to reclaim them.  
But as there are many, that remain yet in doubt whether there be any Witches, or no, or any such spirits, who offer their service unto them, or rather who by feigned service do tyrannize over them: So to answer their doubts, would ask a greater labour, and perhaps more art, and better experience than I intent, or happily can show. Only this, that if neither those confutations that are already learnedly set forth, Nor ancient records of the Witches called Druids, in old time confined into the Isle of Man, nor the ordinary reports of the strange mischiefs done by the Witches of Norway might seem sufficient proofs of this matter: Yet me thinks that the common experience, which our learned and Reverend judges of the Land, find daily in their yearly Circuits by the convictions of such offenders, and the plain and manifest Evidences brought in against them, who being in this this kind dangerously infected, have from time to time stood forth upon their Arraignment, and as their lives have been held to be the most detestable, so their deaths have been observed to prove the most desperate, might put it out of question, that some such there be abroad in the world, who by the damnable practice of Witchcraft have sold themselves to the devils seruies. In regard whereof I may conclude, that either it must be granted that there are Witches both in name, and nature, or else the Oppositors, that being (I suppose) more precise than wise, standing rather upon the singularity of their own opinions, than the certainty of Reason or judgement, must needs do palpable wrong and open Injury to the discretions, or consciences of our learned judges, and the power and virtue of our Laws, in the excecution of justice, making that hated, and unheard off Tyranny, which is done by the lawful power and virtue both of the Sovereign, and Subordinate authority.  
Some do maintain (but how wisely let the wiser judge) that all Witchcraft spoken of either by holy writers, or testified by other writers to have been among the heathen or in later days, hath been and is no more but either mere cozenage, or Collusion, so that in the opinion of those men, the Devil hath never done, nor can do any thing by Witches. It may be, some will say, what hurt can grow from this opinion? The hurt that may ensue and grow thereof, none can tell that hath not first seen somewhat by experience. We all see that one kernel of Wheat being sown, a whole ear grows up, and sometimes brings forth an hundredth kernils in it. If an error be planted, who can tell what increase it may yield in time? The ground doth not bring forth the corn with such increase as the heart of Man doth errors. If we draw in one link of a Chain, anether follows, and is by and by in sight, which draweth we know not how many after it, until we see the last. There is no Error that goeth alone, or that is not linked unto another. That holy writ therefore (which makes the Man of God perfect and perfectly instructed unto every good work) must judge and decide the controversy in this case. Let us then stick unto the same for testimony and proof.  

What a Witch is, and the Antiquity of Witchcraft.  
TO know things aright and perfectly, is to know the causes thereof. A Definition doth consist of those causes which give the whole Essence, and contain the perfect nature of the thing defined: where that is therefore found out, there appears the very clear light. If it be perfect, it is much the greater, though it be not fully perfect, yet it giveth some good light.  
For which respect though I dare not say, I can give a perfect Definition in this matter, which is hard to do even in known things, because the Essential form is hard to be found, yet I do give a Definition, which may at the least give notice, and make known what manner of Persons they be, of whom I am to speak. A Witch is one that worketh by the Devil, or by same Devilish or Curious Art, either hurting or healing, revealing things secret, or foretelling things to come, which the Devil hath devised to entangle, and snare men's souls withal, unto damnation. The conjuror, the Enchanter, the Sorcerer, the diviner, and whatsoever other sort there is, are indeed compassed within this circle. The Devil doth (no doubt) after divers sorts, and divers forms deal in these: But no man is able to show an Essential difference in each of them from the rest. I hold it no wisdom, or labour well spent to travel much therein; One Artificer hath devised them all. They are all to one end and purpose, howsoever they much differ in outward Rules for practise of them, that is little or nothing besides mere delusion. Every Man will confess that the father of lies is not to be trusted. Every man knows that all his doings are hidden under coulorable shewss. Shall we then seek for steadfastness in his ways? Shall we be so foolish as to imagine that things are effected by the virtue of words, gestures, figures, or such like? All those are doubtless but to deceive, and draw men forward, and so plung them more deeply into sins, and errors.  
Touching the Antiquity of Witchcraft, we must needs confess that it hath been of very ancient time, because the Scriptures do testify so much, for in the time of Moses it was very rife in Egypt, Neither was it then newly sprung up, being common, and grown unto such ripeness among the Nations, that the Lord reckoning up divers kinds, saith that the Gentiles did commit such abominations, for which he would cast them out before the Children of Israel. How long it was before that time cannot for certainty be discussed: Saving that (as is said) it was not young in those days when Moses wrote. If we maintain that it was before the flood, there is great reason to justify the Assertion. We know that the Devil was exceeding crafty from the beginning, always labouring to seduce, and deceive after the worst manner. If he failed of his desire, it was because Men had not procured God's displeasure to come upon them, to deliver them over unto strange delusions, but God complaineth, that men had wonderfully corrupted their ways, long before the Flood: God being then provoked by the wickedness of the world, what should make us doubt but that through his Just judgement the Devil had power given him and was let loose, that he might seduce, and lead the profane Nations into the depth and gulf of all abominable sins? Thus much concerning the certainty of Witches, and the Antiquity of Witchcraft, This that follows shall in some sort show their devilish practices.   

The Arraignment and Execution of Agnes Browne, and joan Vaughan or Varnham his daughter, who were both executed at Northampton the 22. of july last.  
THis Agnes Browne led her life at Gilsborough in the county of Northampton, of poor parentage and poorer education, one that as she was borne to no good, was for want of grace never in the way to receive any, ever noted to be of an ill nature and wicked disposition, spiteful and malicious, and many years before she died both hated, and feared among her neighbours: Being long suspected in the Town where she dwelled of that crime, which afterwards proved true. This Agnes Browne had a daughter whose name was joan Vaughan or Varnham a maid (or at least unmarried) as gracious as the mother, and both of them as far from grace as Heaven from hell.  
This joan was so well brought up under her mother's elbow, that she hanged with her for company under her mother's nose. But to the purpose. This joan one day happening into the company of one Mistress Belcher, a virtuous and godly Gentlewoman of the same town of Gilsborough. This joan Vaughan, whether of purpose to give occasion of anger to the said Mistress Belcher, or but to continue her wild, and ordinary custom of behaviour, committed something either in speech, or gesture, so unfitting, and unséeming the nature of womanhood, that it displeased the most that were there present: But especially it touched the modesty of this Gentlewoman, who was so much moved with her bold, and impudent demeanour, that she could not contain herself, but suddenly raze up and struck her, howbeit hurt her not, but forced her to avoid the company: which this Chicken of her Dams hatching, taking disdainfully and being also enraged (as they that in this kind having power to harm, have never patience to bear) at her going out told the Gentlewoman that she would remember this injury, and revenge it: To whom Mistress Belcher answered, that she neither feared her nor her mother: but bade her do her worst.  
This trull holding herself much disgraced, hies home in all haste to her mother, and tells her the wrong, which she suggested Mistress Belcher had done unto her: Now was the fire, and the tow met, all was inflamed: Nothing but rage and destruction: Had they had an hundred Spirits at command, the worst, and the most hurtful had been called to this counsel, and employed about this business. Howbeit upon advise (if such a sin may take or give advise) they stayed three or four days before they practised any thing, to avoid suspicion, whether the mother advised the daughter, or the daughter the mother I know not, but I am sure the devil never gives advise to any man or woman in any act to be wary.  
The matter thus sleeping (but rage and revenge do never rest) within a while was awaked, which Mistress Belcher to her intolerable pain too soon felt: For being alone in her house, she was suddenly taken with such a griping, and gnawing in her body, that she cried out, and could scarce be held by such as came unto her, And being carried to her bed her face was many times so disfigured by being drawn awry that it bred both fear, and astonishment to all the beholders, and ever as she had breath, she cried, here comes joan Uaughan, away with joan Uaughan.  
This Gentlewoman being a long time thus strangely handled, to the great grief of her friends, it happened that her brother one Master avery, hearing of his Sister's sickness and extremity came to see her, and being a sorrowful beholder, of that which before he had heard, was much moved in his mind at his Sister's pitiful condition, and the rather for that as he knew not the nature of her disease, so he was utterly ignorant of any direct way to minister cure or help to the same. He often heard her cry out against joan Vaughan alias Varnham, and her mother, and heard by report of the neighbours that which before had happened betwixt his Sister, and the said joan: In so much as having confirmed his suspicion that it was nothing else but Witchcraft that thus tormented his Sister, following Rage rather than Reason, ran suddenly towards the house of the said Agnes Browne with purpose to draw both the mother and the daughter to his Sister for her to draw blood on: But still as he came near the house, he was suddenly stopped, and could not enter, whether it was an astonishment through his fear, or that the Spirits had that power to stay him I cannot judge, but he reported at his coming back that he was forcibly stayed, and could not for his life go any further forward, and they report in the Country that he is a Gentleman of a stout courage: He tried twice or thrice after to go to the house, but in the same place where he was stayed at first, he was still stayed: Belike the devil stood there Sentinel, kept his station well.  
Upon this Master avery being sorry and much aggrieved that he could not help his Sister in this tormenting distress, and finding also that no physic could do her any good or easement, took a sorrowful leave and heavily departed home to his own house.  
The Imp of this Dam, and both Imps of the Devil, being glad that they were both out of his reach, showed presently that they had longer arms than he, for he felt within a short time after his coming home that he was not out of their reach, being by the devilish practices of these two helhounds suddenly & grievously tormented in the like kind & with the like fits of his sister, which continued until these two witches either by the procurement of Master avery and his friends (or for some other Divillish practice they had committed in the country) were apprehended, and brought to Northampton jail by Sir William Saunders of Co●…esbrooke knight.  
To which place the Brother and the Sister were brought still delirious to scratch the Witches. Which Art whether it be but superstitiously observed by some, or that experience hath found any power for help in this kind of Action by others, I list not to inquire, only this I understand that many have attempted the practising thereof, how successively I know not. But this Gentleman and his Sister being brought to the jail where theoe Witches were detained, having once gotten sight of them, in their fits the Witches being held, by scratching they drew blood of them, and were suddenly deliveted of their pain. Howbeit they were no sooner out of fight, but they fell again into their old trances, and were more violently tormented then before: for when Mischief is once a foot, she grows in short time so headstrong, that she is hardly kerbed.  
Not long after Master avery and his Sister having been both in Northampton and having drawn blood of the Witches, Riding both homewards in one Coach, there appeared to their view a man and a woman riding both upon a black horse, M. avery having spied them a far off, and noting many strange gestures from them, suddenly spoke to them that were by, and (as it were Prophetically) cried but in these words, That either they or their Horses should presently miscarry, And immediately the horses fell down dead. Whereupon Master avery rose up praising the grace and mercies of God, that he had so powerfully delivered them, and had not suffered the foul spirits to work the uttermost of their mischief upon men made after his image, but had turned their fury against Beasts. Upon this, they both hied them home, still praising God for their escape, and were never troubled after.  
I had almost forgotten to tell you before, that M. avery was by the judges themselves in the Castle yard of Northampton, seen in the midst of his fits, and that he strangely continued in them until this joan Vaughan was brought unto him.  
But now to draw near unto their ends, this Agnes Browne and her daughter joan Vaughan, or Varneham being brought to their Arraignment, were there indited for that they had bewitched the bodies of Master avery and his sister Mistress Belcher in manner and form aforesaid, Together with the body of a young Child to the death (the true relation whereof came not to my hands) To all which they pleaded not guilty, and putting themselves upon the cowtrey were found guilty. And when they were asked what they could say for themselves, why the sentence of death should not be pronounced against them, they stood stiffly upon their Innocence. Whereupon judgement being given, they were carried back unto the jail, where they were never heard to pray, or to call upon God, but with bitter curses and execrations spent that little time they had to live, until the day of their Execution, when never ask pardon for their offences either of God, or the world, in this their dangerous, and desperate resolution, died.  
It was credthly reported that some fortnight before their apprehension, this Agnes Browne, one Ratherine Gardiner, and one joan Lucas, all birds of a wing, and all abiding in the Town of Gilsborough did ride one night to a place (not above a mile off) called Ravenstrop, all upon a sows back, to see one mother Rhodes, an old Witch that dwelled there, but before they came to her house the old Witch died, and in her last cast cried out, that there were three of her old friends coming to see her, but they came too late, Howbeit she would meet with them in another place within a month after. And thus much concerning Agnes Browne, and her daughter joan Varnham.   

The Arraignment, Conviction and Execution of one Arthur Bill of Raundes in the County of Northampton.  
THis Arthur Bill, a wretched poor Man, both in state and mind, remained in a town called Raunds in the County aforesaid, begotten and borne of parents that were both Witches, and he (like a gracious Child) would not degenerate, nor suffer himself to stray from his father's wicked Counsels, but carefully trod the steps that he had divillishly taught him.  
This Arthur Bill was accused that he should bewitch the body of one Martha Aspen alias Ieames, the daughter of one Edward Aspen of the same town, to death. But this matter remaining doubtful that it could not be clearly tried upon him, he being strongly suspected before, by bewitching of divers kinds of cattle, to be guilty of that crime, And being also publicly known to be of an evil life and reputation, together with his father and mother. The justices and other officers (thereby purposing to try the said Arthur by an experiment that (many think) never fails) caused them all to be bound, and their Thumbs and great Toes to be tied across, and so threw the father, mother and son, and none of them sunk, but all floated upon the water.  
And hereby the way, it is a special thing worthy general noting and observation, that there are two signs or tokens which are tokens as more certain, than others, to detect and find out Witches by. The one is the mark where the Spirits suck, and the trying of the insensibleness thereof. The other is their fleeting on the water. Concerning which though I dare affirm nothing for certainty, there being (for aught I know) neither evident proof in nature, nor revelation from heaven to assure us thereof: yet me thinks I may say the like of this, as is held of the bleeding of a slain body in presence of the mutherer. For as in a secret murder, if the dead Carcase be at any time either seen or handled by the murderer, it doth streitway gush out of blood, as if the blood should by issuing forth in such strange manner cry unto heaven for revenge of the murderer, God having as may seem appointed, that secret supernatural sign for trial of that secret unnatural crime, that the blood left in the body should thus appear, and as it were challenge the murderer, for that blood which he before had feloniously stolen from the body: so it may be, that God hath appointed (for a supernatural sign of the monstrous impiety of Witches) that the Element of water should refuse to receive them in her bosom, that have shaken from them the sacred water of Baptism, and wilfully refused the benefit thereof by making that breach and fall from God in participating thus vildly with the Spirits of belial: By whom and in the exercise of which sin, their hearts are so hardened, that not so much as their eyes are able to shed tears, threaten or torture them as you please: God not permitting them as may be thought to dissemble their obstinacy in so horrible a crime; No not the women, though that sex be ready to shed tears upon every light occasion: But to return to our matter.  
These three, the Father, Mother and Son, being thus seen floating upon the water, the suspicion that was before not well grounded, was now confirmed: Whereupon the said Arthur Bill being the principal or (I think) the only Actor in this Tragedy, was apprehended and sent to Northampton jail the nine and twentieth day of May last by Sir Gilbert Pickering of Tichmas●… alias Tichmase in the same County Knight, and presently after his commitment fearing that his old father would relent, and so happily confess that which might be prejudicial unto him, sent for his mother to come unto him, to whom bewraying his mind, they both joined together, and bewitched a round ball into the Throat of his Father, where it continued a great while, his Father not being able to speak a word. Howbeit the ball was afterwards had out, and his Father proved the principal witness against him.  
His Mother for fear of hanging, (not any hatred, or detestation she bore unto the sin) many times fainted, and would often pitifully complain unto her Spirit, that the power of the Law would be stronger than the power of her art, and that she saw no other likelihood, but that she should be hanged as her Son was like to be: To whom her Spirit answered, giving this sorry comfort, that she should not be hanged, but to prevent that, she should cut her own throat: She hearing this sentence, and holding it definitive, in great agony, and horror of mind and conscience fell a raving, crying out that the irrevocable judgement of her death was given and that she was damned perpetually, cursing and banning the time wherein she was borne, and the hour wherein she was conceived.  
Her Neighbours often hearing her bitter execrations bade her call upon God, and to be sorry for the sins which she had committed, But she could in no case endure to hear it: And having thus for 3. or 4. days tormented herself in this Agony, at last she made good the devils word, and to prevent the justice of the Law, and to save the hangman a labour, cut her own throat.  
Her Son being all this while in prison, and hearing of his Mother's death, and that his Father was become a witness against him, was much perplexed in his mind, that his Mother was dead, in whom he most trusted, and his Father living, whom he most feared, Howbeit he stiffly stood still in the denial of every thing, pleading nothing but his innoceney, Notwithstanding that he had before at unawares confessed, that he had certain Spirits at command, which being employed, would do any mischief to any man, woman or child that he would appoint.  
It said is that he had three Spirits to whom he gave three special names, the Devil himself sure was godfather to them all, The first he called Grissel, The other was named Ball, and the last jack, but in what at shapes they appeared unto him I cannot learn. For devils can appear both in a bodily shape, and use speech and conference with men. Our Saviour saith, That a Spirit hath neither flesh nor bones: A Spirit hath a substance, but yet such as is invisible, whereupon it must needs be granted, that Devils in their own nature have no bodily shape nor visible form, it is moreover against the Truth and against Piety to believe, that Devils can create, or make bodies or change one body into another, for those things are proper to God.  
It followeth therefore that whensoever they appear in a visible form, it is no more but an apparition and counterfeit show of a body, unless a body be at any time lent them. And when they make one body to bear the likeness of another, it is but a colour. Some man will say, what reason is there to show they can do so much, being of an essence invisible? We may not stay here within the limits of our own reason, which is not able to comprehend, what way Devils should be able to work such operations. We may not (I say) measure their power, and subtleties in working for our own capacity and understanding: But we must look what the Cannon of Scripture doth testify in this behalf. We have manifest proof that the Devil can take a bodily shape. For when Aaron had cast down his staff, and it was turned into a Serpent, The enchanters of Egypt cast down their staves, and they became Serpents, which was indeed but in show, and appearance, which the Devil made, For he deluded the Senses both in hiding the form of the staves, which indeed were not any way changed: As also in making a show of such bodies, as were not. This was done openly, otherwise it might be thought to be a mere illusion. For we see that men in extreme sickness, think they hear a voice, and see a shape, which none other in presence either heareth or seeth, some are so melancholy that they imagine they hear and see that which they do not: For Satan doth so delude the fantasy, that the party supposeth that his very outward senses do perceive the matter: But here was no such thing. All that were with Pharaoh did think there were very Serpents in deed, saving that Moses and Aaron did know it the juggling of the Devil.  
But to return to this Arthur Bill: He (miserable man) lying in prison from the 29 day of May to the 22 of july following, many resorted to him, willing him to leave off all colour and dissimulation, and not to suffer his Conscience to double with his Tongue, But to clear his heart and his thoughts before the majesty of him, to whom no secrets are hid, That the world might be witness of his confession and contrition to pray with him and for him, For although he had wandered and gone astray, he might by his true contrition and their hearty prayers be brought unto the fold again.  
But his Conscience being feared, and his heart stéeld, could receive no impression, but stood like an Image of Adamant, more easy to be broken in pieces, then be pierced. In this obduracy of mind and Spirit he continued until the Assises where being Arraigned for several crimes committed, but especially for the Murder of the said Martha Aspen, contrary to the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, his Crown, and dygnity, he pleaded to them all not guilty, and putting himself upon the Country, was by them found guilty.  
Upon the verdict whereof, his countenance changed, and he cried out, that he had now found the Law to have a Power above justice, for that it had condemned an Innocent.  
It seems to me that these wild Spirits, which these Witches have at command, and by their employment are suffered to have power to hurt the bodies of others, have a greater Power over them that set them a work, For they do not only feed upon them participating with the blood of human flesh for the redemption whereof Christ shed his own precious blood, But it appears that they have also power even over their Souls, leading them into wandering by-ways, and such erroneous Labyrinths, that in the wilful obstinacy and perverse sufferance of their own minds to stray in this dangerous desert of obduracy, they are lost for ever.  
But to conclude with this Arthur Bill, that see ill concluded with the world, He being brought to the place of Execution, and standing upon that fatal stage for offenders, pleaded still his innocency, that Authority was turned to Tyranny, and justice into extreme Injury, to the great wonder, and disdain of all the lookers on.  
Thus with a dissembling Tongue and a corrupted Conscience, he ended his course in this world, with little hope or respect (as it seemed) of the world to come.   

The Arraignment, and Execution of Helen jenkenson.  
THis Helen jenkenson dwelling at a Town called Thrapston in the County of Northampton, was noted a long time to be of an evil life and much suspected of this crime before her apprehension, for bewitching of Cattle and other mischiefs, which before time she had done.  
This Helen was apprehended for bewitching of a Child to death, and committed to Northampton jail the 11 of May last by Sir Thomas Brook of Okeiy Knight. A little before whose apprehension, one Mistress Moulsho of the same Town (after she was so strongly suspected) getting her by a wile into a place convenient would needs have her searched, to see if they could find that insensible mark which commonly all Witches have in some privy place or other of their bodies. And this Mistress Moulsho was one of the chief that did search her, and found at the last that which they sought for to their great amazement: at that time this Mistress Moulsho had a Buck of clothes to be washed out. The next morning the Maid, when she came to hang them forth to dry, spied the clothes, but especially Mistress Moulshoes Smock to be all bespotted with the pictures of Toads, Snakes, and other ugly Creatures, which making her aghast, she went presently and told her Mistress, who looking on them, smiled, saying nothing else but this; here are fine Hobgoblins indeed: And being a Gentlewoman of a stout courage, went immediately to the house of the said Helen jenkenson, and with an angry countenance told her of this matter, threatening her that if her Linen were not shortly cleared from those foul spots, she would scratch out both her eyes: and so not staying for any answer went home, and found her linen as white as it was at first. This Helen being brought to the bar, and being indicted of the murder of the Child, pleaded thereunto not guilty, but the verdict being given up against her, she cried out, woe is me, I now cast away, But (like the rest) did stoutly deny the accusations, and said that she was to die an Innocent, I think as Innocent as the rest: And at the place of Execution made no other confession but this, That she was guiltless, and never showed sign of Contrition for what was past, nor any sorrow at all, more than did accompany the fear of death. Thus ended this woman her miserable life, after she had lived many years poor, wretched, scorned, and forsaken of the world.   

The Arraignment and Execution of Mary Barber.  
THis Mary Barber of Stan●●●● in the said County of Northampton was one in whom the licentiousness of her passions grew to be the Master of her Reason, and did so conquer in her strength and power of all virtue, that she fell in the Apostasy of goodness, and became diverted, and abused unto most wild actions, clothing her desperate soul, in the most ugly habiliments, that either Malice, Envy, or Cruelty could produce from the blindness of her degenerate, and devilish desires. As she was of mean Parents, so was she monstrous and hideous, both in her life, and 〈◊〉. Her education and barbarous nature never promising to the world any thing, but what was rude, violent and without any hope of proportion, more than only in the square of ●●●iousnesse. For out of the oblivion and blindness of her seduced senses, she gave way to all the passionate and earthly faculties of the flesh and followed all the 〈◊〉 vanities, and Chimaeras of her polluted and unreasonable d●●ghts, forsaking the Society of Grace, and growing enamoured upon all the evil that 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 minister to her vicious desires: 〈◊〉  
As appeared by her bewitching a man to death, and doing much other hurt and harm to divers sorts of cattle in the Country. For which she was committed to Northampton jail the 6 day of May last by Sir Thomas Trotham, and the same and many other matters being plainly and evidently manifest and proved against her by good evidence, she had the sentence of death, worthily pronounced against her. In the time of her imprisonment she was not noted to have any remembrance or feeling of the heinousness of her offences or any remorseful tongue of the dissolute and devilish course of her life.  
The prison which makes men be fellows and chambermates with thieves, and murderers (the common guests of such despised Inns and should cause the im●●●oned party like a Christian Arithmetician ●…o number and cast up the account of his whole life, never put her in mind of the hateful transgressions she had committed, or to consider the filth and leprosy of her soul, or entreat heavens mercy for the release thereof. Prison put her not in mind of her grave, nor the grates and locks put her in remembrance of hell, which deprived her of the joy of liberty, which she saw others possess: The jangling of irons did not put her in mind of the chains where with she should be bound in eternal torments, unless heavens mercy unloosed them, nor of the howling terrors and gnashing of teeth, which in hell every soul shall receive for the particular offences committed in this life, without unfeigned & hearty contrition. She never remembered or thought she must die, or trembled for fear of what should come to her after death. But as her life was always known to be devilish, so her death was at last found to be desperate. For she (& the rest before named) being brought from the common jail of Northampton to Northampton Castle, where the Assizes are usually held, were severally arraigned and indicted for the offences they had formerly committed, but to the inditements they pleaded not guilty: Putting therefore their causes to the trial of the Country, they were found guilty and deserved death by the verdict of a credible jury returned. So without any confession or contrition, like birds of a feather, they all held and hanged together for company, at Abington gallows hard by Northampton, the two and twintith day of july last passed: Leaving behind them in prison many others tainted with the same corruption, who without much mercy and repentance are like to follow them in the same tract of Precedency.   
FINIS.