A Full and True ACCOUNT Both of the LIFE: And also the Manner and Method of carrying on the Delusions, Blasphemies, and Notorious Cheats of Susan Fowls. As the same was Contrived, Plotted, Invented, and Managed by wicked Popish Priests and other Papists, with a Design to scandalise our Church and Ministers, by insinuating that the Virtue of Casting forth Devils, and Easing Persons Possessed was only in the Power of their Church.  
As also, Of her TRIAL and Sentence at the Old▪ Baily, the 7th of this instant May, for Blaspheming JESUS CHRIST, and Cursing the LORD's PRAYER.  
LONDON, Printed for J. Read in Fleetstreet, 1608.   

A full and True Account of the First Beginning, and the manner and method of Carrying on the Delusions, Blaphemies, and notorious Cheats of Susannah Fowls, etc.  
THo' by a wonderful Providence, God in his infinite Kindness to this our Nation has freed us from the Yoke and Tyranny of Popery, yet such are the restless endeavours of the busy Agents and Incendaries of Rome, that they still privately lurk about like Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, seeking whom they may devour, of these it was of whom the Apostle says, they creep into Houses, and lead captive silly women laden with Sins, etc. The designs of the Jesuits are to bring a Scandal upon our Church and Churchmen, that so by disgracing and lessening them they may the more commodiously extol and magnify themselves, as evidently appears by their wicked tampering with one Susannah Fowls a poor ignorant Woman, Wife to an honest Labourer in Hammersmith, whom they persuaded, for filthy Gain, to counterfeit herself Possessed; that so it might happen when the ●ndeavours of our Protestant Divines failed, they of the Popish Communion, might seem to have the virtue, power, and efficacy to Cast out Devils: But to be methodical.  
One Jordan a Papist, seems to be the principal Promoter of this Blasphemous Delusion, which, for some time past, has made a great Rumour both in Town and Country. The pretences of this Fowle's Accomplices were, That upon some Discontent she had wished several unlawful Wishes, such as, That the Devil might fetch her. Cursed herself, if she would live such a Life, etc. And she upon being visited said, She saw an Apparition in the shape of a Man, and afterwards seemed to be Possessed with a Devil, and had seemingly dreadful Fits, indeed very artificially counterfeited; and made a great noi●e at Prayers, sometimes she said the Devil appeared in one shape, and then in ●n●ther, and at the end of her Fits would commonly make two or three dismal Squeeks and say, Now he is gone.  
Nay, to such a height was her Blasphemy grown, that on the 1s. of January last, upon one of the Visiters repeating the Words Lord save us, she said, I'll save you; and frequently upon reading the Lords Prayer, to her, she said, Curse it, Dami it, Sink it; and upon repeating the Words, I believe in God the Father Allmighty, she said, that's me; and at repeating the Words, And in Jesus Christ his only Son, she said that's my Son. At another time when the Words Lord save us, were again repeated to her, she said, I'll save you, I came to save you all, for which I shed my Blood. And always at the Naming of Jesus she would say, Curse him, Curse him.  
Yet for all this our Protestant Divines were too knowing to be imposed on by such feigned delusions, they first observed she never changed her Countenance during the time of her Fits, which together with divers Methods which were used to make her believe they were at Prayers, when they were not, increased the Belief she was a Cheat.  
She said, that she had a Needle and P●per in writing given her by the Devil; and that she had a Spell given her to put about her Neck by one Jordan a Papist, some of which Profession she said had sent to her several times, and told her she would never be cured till the Men with hair Coats and bare Legs came from the Portugal Embassador's: Which some of the Ministers, who were Visiters and Evidence against the Prisoner, declared, increased their belief that it was a trick of the Papists to obtain the Credit of having done that which Protestants could not, viz. to cast out the Devil. It was also observed that at repeating the Lords Prayer in Latin, she did not fall into her Fits as usual when 'twas said in English, which was a further Confirmation of the Cheat,  
To prove which more fully, one of her Visiters heated an Iron; and when the Minister was at Prayer, and she in her Fits as usual, even when she pretended to be insensible, he put it to her Hand, which she drew away from it as soon as it touched her; and filling a Pipe of Tobacco, he blew the Smoke of it into her Face, which was like to have stifled her: And afterwards disguising himself in an ugly dress, entered the Room where she was alone; upon which she immediately run out, saying it was the Devil, and was much frighted; which was a further demonstration she was a Cheat. After which the Evidence threatening to knock her on the head if she would not confess the Cheat, she did it freely, and said 'twas purely to get money, which she also owned to some others of the Evidence,  
After all this, being had before a Justice, her Mittimus was made, and she sent to Newgate: and on Saturday the 7th of May 1698. she was Indicted at the Session's House in the Old-Baily, for uttering Blasphemous Words against Jesus Christ, and Cursing and Damning the Lords Prayer.  
The prisoner in her Defence said, that great Troubles had occasioned her to fall into a distracted condition, and that she knew not what she did; that she did verily believe she was either troubled with a Devil, or bewitched; that Jordan the papist had given her things both inwardly and outwardly; and that what she had confessed, was only to avoid being carried to prison. But all this being looked upon as frivolous and evasion, and the Evidence being very full and clear, the Jury brought her in Guilty.  
She was sentenced by the Court to pay a Fine of 100 Marks, and to lie in Prison till it be paid; to stand three times on the Pillory, viz. at the Maypole in the Strand, at Charing-cross, and at Hammersmith; and so to find Surety for her good Behaviour from a Twelvemonth.;  
As to what remains further to be spoken, tho' the forementioned Account will make the greatest part in History, He● pa●ents were good sober, and honest Livers, but too negligent of seasoning her tender years with the sound principles of our excellent Faith, which gave her Enemies too easy a Victory over her and I have reason to believe, he Marriage-state was too unadvizedly rushed in to, without a due consideration how it would entangle her in the World, which was the occasion of her making some horrid Wishes and Imprecations. To conclude, I hearty advise, all parents to give their Children Christian Education, and all persons o● what station soever, not to moc● or profane the Almighty, for Hi● Vengeance will certainly, sooner o● later severely overtake them.  
FINIS.