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             A Collection of modern relations of matter of fact concerning witches & witchcraft upon the persons of people to which is prefixed a meditation concerning the mercy of God in preserving us from the malice and power of evil angels, written by the late Lord Chief Justice Hale, upon occasion of a tryal of several witches before him.
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           A
           COLLECTION
           Of
           Modern
           Relations
           of
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           CONCERNING
           Witches
           &
           Witchcraft
           Upon
           the
           Persons
           of
           People
           .
        
         
           TO
           Which
           is
           prefixed
           a
           Meditation
           concerning
           the
           Mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           preserving
           us
           from
           the
           Malice
           and
           Power
           of
           Evil
           Angels
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           the
           Late
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Hale
           ,
           UPON
           Occasion
           of
           a
           Tryal
           of
           several
           Witches
           before
           him
           .
        
         
           PART
           I.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           .
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Harris
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Harrow
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           .
           MDCXCIII
           .
        
         
           Price
           ,
           1
           s.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           Licensed
           ,
        
         
           
             
               18.
               
               May
               ,
               1693.
               
            
          
           
             Edward
             Cooke
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           
             MAthematical
             Divinity
          
           :
           Or
           ,
           A
           plain
           Demonstration
           from
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           the
           Times
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           were
           Fore-appointed
           by
           the
           Covenant
           made
           with
           Abraham
           :
           And
           determined
           to
           be
           according
           to
           the
           Measure
           of
           the
           Age
           and
           Fulness
           of
           Christ.
           Kept
           Secret
           since
           the
           World
           began
           ,
           but
           is
           now
           made
           plain
           upon
           Twelve
           Tables
           ,
           in
           a
           Solar
           Calendar
           ,
           as
           familiar
           to
           the
           Understanding
           as
           a
           Common
           Almanack
           .
           With
           a
           full
           Proof
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           the
           last
           Generation
           ,
           which
           shall
           not
           pass
           away
           till
           all
           things
           be
           Fulfilled
           ,
           and
           the
           Gates
           of
           Righteousness
           be
           Opened
           .
           Being
           the
           Result
           of
           many
           Years
           Study
           .
           By
           
             Elias
             Palmer
          
           .
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Harris
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Harrow
           in
           the
           
             Poultrey
             .
             1693.
          
           
           Price
           ,
           1
           s.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           IT
           was
           not
           to
           convince
           the
           
             Atheists
             and
             Sadduces
             of
             this
             Age
             ,
          
           of
           the
           Existence
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           of
           a
           Deity
           ,
           that
           I
           began
           this
           Collection
           .
           They
           have
           
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Creation
          
           ,
           both
           of
           the
           Great
           and
           of
           the
           Lesser
           World
           ,
           and
           
             an
             admirable
             Scene
             of
             Providence
          
           exhibited
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           Man-kind
           in
           the
           Posterity
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           Recorded
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Writings
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           disposed
           with
           well
           defecated
           Minds
           (
           gently
           putting
           by
           the
           Leaves
           and
           the
           Prickles
           ,
           and
           the
           mean
           outside
           Covering
           ,
           whereby
           they
           are
           Veiled
           from
           the
           Prophane
           )
           to
           inspect
           the
           internal
           Form
           and
           Composure
           ,
           and
           deeply
           Contemplate
           the
           admirable
           Accomodations
           of
           all
           the
           Parts
           ,
           the
           Design
           and
           Tendency
           of
           the
           Whole
           ,
           and
           the
           Secret
           Powers
           by
           which
           all
           is
           Sustained
           and
           Ordered
           ,
           they
           might
           (
           by
           the
           help
           of
           a
           certain
           Divine
           Light
           ,
           which
           doth
           often
           illustrate
           such
           Souls
           so
           employed
           )
           discern
           a
           more
           Noble
           Evidence
           and
           satisfactory
           Conviction
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Ignis
             Fatuus
          
           of
           a
           vitiated
           Natural
           Vnderstanding
           (
           however
           improved
           ,
           as
           is
           imagined
           ,
           by
           the
           accomplishments
           
           of
           what
           we
           commonly
           call
           Learning
           ,
           but
           is
           in
           truth
           but
           a
           superficial
           thing
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           true
           Knowledge
           )
           cannot
           receive
           ;
           and
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           Christianity
           is
           indeed
           a
           Noble
           and
           Divine
           Philosophy
           ,
           cast
           out
           like
           a
           Ball
           ,
           among
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           catch
           it
           that
           catch
           could
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           is
           very
           differently
           ,
           and
           by
           most
           very
           unworthily
           entertained
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           not
           only
           by
           the
           sensual
           Swine
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Muckworms
           ,
           but
           by
           such
           as
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           of
           a
           more
           generous
           Strain
           ,
           Cocks
           of
           the
           Game
           ,
           and
           yet
           prefer
           a
           Corn
           of
           Barly
           and
           a
           Feather
           ,
           before
           an
           inestimable
           solid
           Jewel
           .
           But
           not
           only
           their
           Wills
           ,
           which
           are
           a
           great
           Byas
           upon
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           but
           the
           Minds
           and
           Consciences
           of
           most
           of
           these
           People
           are
           so
           Corrupted
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           not
           ,
           or
           will
           not
           acquiesce
           in
           these
           Matters
           ,
           even
           in
           greater
           Evidence
           than
           what
           they
           freely
           act
           upon
           in
           Matters
           more
           agreeable
           to
           their
           own
           Genius
           and
           corrupt
           Affections
           ,
           being
           as
           averse
           to
           subject
           their
           Vnderstanding
           to
           the
           Divine
           Wisdom
           ,
           as
           their
           Wills
           to
           the
           Laws
           and
           VVill
           of
           God
           ,
           tho
           the
           Subjection
           of
           the
           one
           is
           no
           less
           necessary
           to
           the
           attainment
           of
           the
           great
           end
           of
           Man
           ,
           accordingly
           designed
           in
           the
           Divine
           Methods
           of
           Providence
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           the
           other
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           have
           undertaken
           such
           a
           Work
           as
           this
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           such
           People
           ,
           I
           can
           hardly
           think
           would
           have
           been
           to
           much
           purpose
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           it
           would
           have
           obliged
           me
           to
           such
           Proofs
           and
           Evidence
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           others
           ,
           as
           I
           conceive
           not
           so
           absolutely
           necessary
           for
           my
           
           purpose
           in
           many
           particulars
           ;
           though
           I
           shall
           lay
           no
           farther
           stress
           upon
           any
           of
           the
           Relations
           ,
           when
           I
           come
           to
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           than
           I
           am
           satisfied
           they
           may
           reasonably
           bear
           .
           But
           
             my
             Design
          
           is
           this
           :
        
         
           Being
           well
           satisfied
           that
           
             much
             of
             the
             Good
             and
             Evil
             ,
          
           which
           occurs
           
             in
             the
             World
          
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           relation
           to
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           but
           whole
           Families
           ,
           Cities
           ,
           and
           Nations
           ,
           which
           is
           commonly
           attributed
           to
           Humane
           Management
           ,
           or
           I
           know
           not
           what
           blind
           Fortune
           or
           Chance
           ,
           is
           in
           truth
           produced
           by
           the
           Secret
           prevalent
           Energy
           and
           Operations
           of
           certain
           Invisible
           ,
           Intelligent
           Agents
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           order
           and
           dispose
           divers
           Occurrences
           ,
           which
           to
           us
           Mortals
           seem
           very
           minute
           and
           inconsiderable
           ,
           to
           be
           Occasions
           of
           great
           Consequences
           ,
           but
           do
           also
           insensibly
           ,
           and
           yet
           effectually
           bind
           and
           impede
           ,
           or
           excite
           and
           promote
           ,
           the
           Actions
           of
           Men
           ,
           to
           produce
           Events
           some
           much
           short
           ,
           some
           beyond
           ,
           and
           some
           contrary
           ,
           to
           their
           Designs
           :
           And
           that
           
             our
             common
             Notion
             of
             Spirits
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           of
           those
           Invisible
           Agents
           ,
           which
           I
           conceive
           to
           be
           of
           very
           different
           Natures
           and
           Powers
           ,
           are
           greatly
           and
           unhappily
           mistaken
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           that
           much
           of
           the
           Evils
           ,
           which
           afflict
           Mankind
           ,
           are
           effected
           by
           Spirits
           of
           an
           inferior
           Nature
           and
           Power
           ,
           and
           but
           of
           the
           next
           degree
           in
           knowledge
           and
           Power
           above
           us
           Mortals
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           usually
           imployed
           by
           Witches
           and
           Magitians
           :
           I
           suppose
           that
           a
           better
           Vnderstanding
           of
           the
           Nature
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Operations
           of
           these
           Spirits
           ,
           of
           the
           Means
           by
           which
           they
           get
           Advantage
           against
           us
           ,
           and
           
           of
           the
           Means
           whereby
           we
           may
           either
           prevent
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           be
           relieved
           and
           extricated
           out
           of
           their
           Power
           ,
           would
           be
           a
           matter
           of
           no
           little
           Vse
           and
           Benefit
           to
           Men.
           And
           in
           order
           to
           this
           I
           have
           begun
           
             A
             Collection
             of
             Modern
             Relations
             of
             Matters
             of
             Fact
             concerning
             Spirits
             ,
          
           but
           principally
           of
           Apparitions
           and
           Witches
           ;
           intending
           in
           Conclusion
           to
           put
           together
           
             my
             Observations
          
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           what
           others
           I
           have
           met
           with
           in
           print
           of
           this
           or
           former
           Ages
           ,
           for
           this
           purpose
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           this
           Wicked
           ,
           and
           ,
           even
           in
           Things
           wherein
           they
           think
           themselves
           Wise
           ,
           Foolish
           Age
           ,
           have
           strangely
           imposed
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           or
           been
           imposed
           upon
           by
           the
           Efficacy
           of
           the
           Devil
           or
           his
           Instruments
           ,
           to
           a
           Disbelief
           of
           the
           being
           of
           Witches
           ,
           or
           of
           much
           of
           that
           Power
           ,
           which
           they
           exercise
           through
           the
           Instruction
           and
           Assistance
           of
           those
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           of
           their
           Agency
           in
           many
           Mischiefs
           and
           Evils
           ,
           which
           we
           ignorantly
           attribute
           to
           other
           Causes
           :
           And
           also
           of
           some
           Means
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           useful
           to
           detect
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           disappoint
           their
           Wicked
           Operations
           ;
           whereby
           many
           innocent
           and
           good
           People
           are
           left
           exposed
           to
           their
           Malice
           ,
           who
           might
           otherwise
           be
           relieved
           ;
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           begin
           with
           a
           Publication
           of
           part
           of
           my
           
             Collection
             concerning
             Witches
          
           ,
           reserving
           divers
           others
           which
           I
           have
           for
           a
           more
           Compleat
           Information
           ,
           and
           my
           Collection
           of
           Relations
           of
           Apparitions
           till
           another
           time
           :
           And
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           shall
           be
           very
           glad
           of
           any
           good
           Information
           or
           Assistance
           in
           
           any
           thing
           relating
           thereunto
           ;
           Wherein
           I
           desire
           only
           Certainty
           as
           to
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ;
           and
           then
           how
           Incredible
           soever
           it
           may
           seem
           to
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           or
           such
           as
           are
           skilled
           in
           the
           common
           Notions
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           I
           care
           not
           :
           For
           I
           am
           well
           satisfied
           that
           divers
           great
           Truths
           cannot
           but
           seem
           so
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           thought
           it
           very
           proper
           to
           prefix
           
             a
             Meditation
          
           ,
           though
           not
           finished
           ,
           of
           that
           no
           less
           Wise
           ,
           Profound
           Sagacious
           and
           Ingenuous
           ,
           than
           Just
           and
           Good
           Man
           ,
           the
           late
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             HALE
          
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Mercy
           of
           God
           in
           preserving
           us
           from
           the
           Malice
           and
           Power
           of
           Evil
           Angels
           ;
           which
           he
           wrote
           at
           Cambridge
           the
           next
           Lord's
           day
           after
           the
           
             Tryal
             of
          
           certain
           Witches
           before
           him
           at
           
             St.
             Edmund's
             bury
          
           ,
           whom
           he
           there
           Condemned
           ,
           and
           ordered
           to
           be
           Executed
           ,
           after
           a
           long
           Tryal
           from
           Seven
           or
           Eight
           in
           the
           Morning
           till
           Seven
           or
           Eight
           at
           Night
           ,
           wherein
           be
           called
           to
           his
           assistance
           divers
           Physitians
           ,
           and
           other
           learned
           Men
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           after
           a
           full
           and
           careful
           Examination
           ,
           the
           Jury
           finding
           them
           Guilty
           ,
           he
           passed
           Sentence
           upon
           them
           with
           full
           Satisfaction
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           their
           Verdict
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Relation
           of
           it
           in
           print
           written
           by
           his
           Marshal
           ,
           which
           I
           suppose
           is
           very
           true
           ,
           though
           to
           the
           best
           of
           my
           Memory
           ,
           not
           so
           compleat
           ,
           as
           to
           some
           observable
           Circumstances
           ,
           as
           what
           he
           related
           to
           me
           at
           his
           return
           from
           that
           Circuit
           .
           But
           that
           he
           was
           well
           satisfied
           in
           it
           may
           be
           perceived
           by
           his
           Writing
           this
           Meditation
           so
           immediately
           upon
           it
           .
           And
           
           therefore
           I
           think
           it
           very
           proper
           for
           this
           place
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           the
           use
           which
           well-disposed
           People
           may
           make
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           also
           as
           an
           Evidence
           of
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           of
           so
           Great
           ,
           so
           Learned
           ,
           so
           Profound
           and
           Sagatious
           ,
           so
           Cautious
           ,
           Circumspect
           and
           Tender
           a
           Man
           in
           matters
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           especially
           in
           matter
           of
           Life
           and
           Death
           ,
           upon
           so
           great
           Deliberation
           ,
           (
           for
           he
           knew
           by
           his
           Kalendar
           before-hand
           what
           a
           Cause
           he
           was
           to
           Try
           ,
           and
           he
           well
           knew
           the
           Notions
           and
           Sentiments
           of
           the
           Age
           )
           and
           upon
           so
           solemn
           an
           Occasion
           ;
           to
           check
           and
           correct
           the
           Impiety
           ,
           the
           Vanity
           ,
           the
           Self-conceitedness
           ,
           or
           Baseness
           of
           such
           Witch-Advocates
           ,
           as
           either
           confidently
           maintain
           that
           there
           are
           no
           Witches
           at
           all
           ,
           making
           their
           shallow
           Conceptions
           an
           adequate
           measure
           for
           the
           extent
           of
           the
           Powers
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Power
           of
           God
           ;
           or
           contrary
           to
           their
           Duty
           and
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           make
           light
           of
           the
           Examination
           and
           Tryal
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           brought
           before
           them
           .
           Such
           Persons
           may
           have
           cause
           to
           be
           ashamed
           of
           themselves
           ,
           after
           notice
           of
           such
           a
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           others
           may
           hereby
           be
           admonished
           what
           to
           think
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           persist
           in
           such
           Assertions
           ,
           or
           Pretences
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           CONCERNING
           The
           great
           Mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           preserving
           us
           from
           the
           Power
           and
           Malice
           of
           Evil
           Angels
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           Sir
           Matt.
           Hale
           at
           Cambridge
           26
           Mar.
           1661.
           
           Vpon
           occasion
           of
           a
           Tryal
           of
           certain
           Witches
           before
           him
           the
           Week
           before
           at
           St.
           Edmund's-Bury
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             THat
             there
             are
             such
             evil
             Angels
             ,
          
           it
           is
           without
           all
           question
           :
           The
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           assures
           us
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           it
           easily
           appears
           upon
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           Temptation
           of
           our
           first
           Parents
           ;
           the
           History
           of
           Abimeleck
           and
           the
           Men
           of
           Shechem
           ;
           the
           History
           of
           Saul
           and
           the
           Witch
           of
           Endor
           ;
           the
           History
           of
           Mica●ah
           and
           the
           false
           Prophets
           ;
           the
           History
           of
           Job
           ;
           the
           Prophecy
           of
           the
           Desolation
           of
           Babylon
           ,
           wherein
           Jim
           and
           Ziim
           and
           the
           Satyrs
           were
           Prophesied
           to
           Inhabit
           :
           The
           
             New
             Testament
          
           more
           explicitly
           and
           abundantly
           clears
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Temptation
           of
           our
           Lord
           ;
           the
           Demoniacks
           of
           several
           Symptoms
           Cured
           by
           our
           Lord
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           the
           Procession
           of
           
           the
           Evil
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           his
           return
           with
           seven
           other
           Spirits
           ;
           the
           Vision
           of
           the
           Fall
           of
           Satan
           from
           Heaven
           like
           Lightning
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           the
           several
           assertings
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Gospel
           and
           Apostolical
           Epistles
           ;
           the
           Prince
           of
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Air
           ;
           the
           Spirit
           ruling
           in
           the
           Children
           of
           Disobedience
           ;
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Satan
           ;
           Principalities
           and
           Powers
           in
           high
           Places
           ,
           and
           more
           frequently
           yet
           in
           the
           Apocalyps
           :
           It
           is
           also
           confirmed
           to
           us
           by
           daily
           Experience
           of
           the
           Power
           and
           Energy
           of
           these
           Evil
           Spirits
           in
           Witches
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           these
           evil
           Spirits
           have
           likewise
           a
           great
           measure
           of
           Power
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           measure
           of
           Malice
           ,
           appears
           in
           the
           same
           Scriptures
           and
           by
           Experience
           .
           The
           greatest
           Strength
           and
           Energy
           of
           any
           corporeal
           Creature
           ,
           is
           in
           the
           vigourand
           power
           of
           those
           Natural
           and
           Animal
           Spirits
           that
           are
           within
           them
           The
           great
           swiftness
           and
           strength
           of
           the
           Lyon
           ,
           the
           Wolf
           ,
           the
           Tyger
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           strongest
           of
           Men
           ,
           is
           the
           exerting
           of
           these
           Vital
           and
           Animal
           Spirits
           ,
           without
           which
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           tho
           of
           the
           exactest
           Model
           and
           Compages
           for
           strength
           ,
           were
           but
           a
           Trunk
           and
           
             iners
             moles
          
           .
           Certainly
           therefore
           those
           Separate
           Spirits
           that
           are
           not
           clogged
           nor
           encumbred
           with
           Matter
           ,
           have
           a
           greater
           strength
           and
           energy
           ,
           which
           is
           evident
           in
           those
           Possessed
           Demoniacks
           both
           in
           the
           Gospel
           and
           in
           known
           Experience
           ,
           who
           could
           not
           be
           holden
           by
           the
           strength
           of
           Men
           ,
           when
           Possessed
           with
           this
           powerful
           and
           malignant
           Influence
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           yet
           
             their
             Malice
          
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           is
           more
           extensive
           than
           their
           Power
           :
           It
           began
           with
           the
           First
           Man
           in
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           it
           hath
           improved
           ever
           since
           .
           The
           evidence
           both
           of
           his
           Power
           and
           Malice
           ,
           is
           mostlively
           seen
           in
           that
           display
           of
           the
           Invisible
           Administration
           and
           Exercise
           of
           it
           towards
           Job
           ;
           that
           it
           contented
           not
           it self
           with
           any
           Bounds
           ;
           his
           Goods
           ,
           his
           Children
           ,
           his
           Name
           ,
           his
           Body
           ,
           the
           very
           Peace
           of
           his
           Soul
           and
           Mind
           were
           not
           enough
           to
           content
           or
           quenoh
           it
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           had
           there
           not
           been
           a
           guard
           upon
           his
           Life
           his
           Malice
           had
           also
           seized
           that
           :
           And
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           ,
           his
           Malice
           against
           the
           everlasting
           Soul
           of
           Man
           is
           unsatiable
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           that
           express
           description
           of
           the
           Tempting
           of
           our
           
           Lord
           ,
           Tempting
           him
           to
           Presumption
           ;
           to
           Despair
           ;
           to
           Apostacy
           from
           God
           :
           And
           this
           he
           did
           not
           only
           out
           of
           a
           particular
           or
           personal
           Malice
           against
           him
           ;
           but
           as
           in
           his
           first
           Temptation
           of
           the
           First
           Adam
           ,
           his
           Malice
           was
           not
           only
           at
           him
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           whole
           Kind
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           he
           effected
           :
           so
           in
           his
           Tempting
           of
           our
           Lord
           ,
           he
           aimed
           not
           only
           Personally
           at
           him
           ,
           but
           in
           him
           at
           the
           
             totum
             genus
             Humanum
          
           :
           For
           tho
           possibly
           he
           might
           be
           ignorant
           of
           the
           hypostatical
           Union
           of
           the
           Divine
           Nature
           to
           our
           Lord
           ;
           yet
           doubtless
           he
           did
           suspect
           that
           much
           of
           the
           good
           of
           Mankind
           was
           deposited
           in
           that
           Treasury
           ,
           which
           if
           he
           could
           have
           shattered
           and
           broken
           ,
           he
           had
           exquisitely
           satisfied
           the
           extent
           of
           his
           Malice
           against
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           This
           
             Malice
             and
             Power
          
           of
           that
           Evil
           one
           is
           much
           advantaged
           in
           reference
           to
           Man.
           1.
           
           By
           his
           great
           
             Experience
             and
             Subtilty
          
           .
           2.
           
           By
           his
           
             Invisibility
             and
             Swiftness
          
           ,
           whereby
           he
           can
           secretly
           and
           powerfully
           insinuate
           and
           mingle
           himself
           with
           the
           Subject
           he
           means
           to
           mischief
           :
           He
           knows
           the
           Avenues
           into
           Man
           ;
           and
           he
           knows
           how
           most
           subtily
           and
           unsuspectedly
           to
           seize
           upon
           them
           :
           In
           reference
           to
           
             the
             Body
             of
             Man
          
           ,
           he
           knows
           his
           Humours
           ,
           his
           Temper
           ,
           his
           Distemper
           ,
           and
           hath
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           higher
           Ground
           ,
           as
           Perseus
           had
           in
           his
           fight
           with
           the
           Monster
           in
           the
           Fable
           ;
           as
           the
           Eagle
           in
           his
           fight
           with
           the
           Dragon
           :
           He
           can
           watch
           his
           Advantage
           and
           Undiscovered
           can
           derive
           into
           him
           a
           malignant
           Air
           ,
           or
           a
           poysonous
           Fume
           ,
           or
           a
           venomous
           Infusion
           ;
           His
           Experience
           in
           Natural
           Causes
           ;
           his
           Ability
           to
           discover
           fit
           Actives
           ,
           and
           to
           apply
           them
           effectually
           to
           Passives
           ;
           his
           acquaintance
           with
           the
           Natural
           Constitutions
           ,
           and
           his
           opportunities
           to
           disturb
           ,
           or
           invenom
           it
           ;
           his
           Speed
           and
           imperceptible
           Motion
           in
           insinution
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           his
           Experiments
           upon
           the
           Body
           renders
           it
           ,
           upon
           a
           bare
           natural
           account
           ,
           much
           subject
           to
           his
           Power
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           And
           no
           less
           advantage
           hath
           he
           upon
           
             the
             Soul
          
           ,
           First
           in
           
             respect
             of
             it self
          
           and
           its
           own
           spiritual
           Nature
           ,
           whereby
           in
           all
           probability
           he
           can
           secretly
           and
           immediately
           insinuate
           himself
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           Perswade
           ,
           and
           Excite
           ,
           and
           Deceive
           ,
           and
           Abuse
           ,
           as
           a
           subtil
           Man
           can
           deal
           with
           another
           of
           more
           simplicity
           :
           
           For
           it
           seems
           altogether
           as
           reasonable
           upon
           a
           bare
           natural
           account
           ,
           that
           one
           Spirit
           may
           communicate
           with
           another
           in
           a
           Kind
           proper
           to
           their
           Nature
           ,
           as
           one
           Man
           may
           communicate
           to
           another
           ,
           in
           a
           Kind
           suitable
           with
           his
           Nature
           .
           2.
           
           And
           principally
           
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             manner
             of
             the
             operation
             of
             the
             Soul
             of
             Man
             in
             Communion
             with
             the
             Body
             ,
          
           whereby
           she
           hath
           a
           kind
           of
           dependance
           upon
           the
           Body's
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           disturbance
           or
           disorder
           in
           that
           ,
           become
           subject
           to
           a
           disorder
           in
           her
           Actings
           :
           Upon
           this
           account
           he
           can
           disturb
           the
           Blood
           into
           Cholar
           ,
           or
           Lust
           ;
           abuse
           the
           Fancy
           with
           false
           representations
           or
           disturbances
           in
           Truth
           ;
           corrupt
           the
           Organ
           of
           the
           Sense
           ,
           or
           the
           Species
           which
           they
           receive
           ;
           inrage
           ,
           and
           discompose
           the
           Humours
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           mingle
           Ingrediants
           with
           them
           ,
           that
           shall
           impede
           or
           corrupt
           the
           actings
           of
           the
           Soul.
           And
           as
           thus
           he
           can
           corrupt
           within
           ,
           so
           he
           can
           by
           
             observation
             of
             the
             prevalence
          
           of
           any
           Lust
           or
           Passion
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           just
           
             and
             true
             season
          
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           at
           the
           height
           ,
           fit
           it
           with
           a
           Temptation
           that
           shall
           draw
           it
           out
           to
           Action
           .
           When
           
           Achan's
           covetous
           humour
           is
           high
           ,
           he
           can
           unvail
           the
           Wedge
           of
           Gold
           and
           the
           Babylonish
           Garment
           .
           When
           
           David's
           Security
           and
           Idleness
           ,
           and
           possibly
           high
           and
           delicate
           Fare
           ,
           hath
           raised
           up
           the
           Lust
           of
           his
           Flesh
           ,
           he
           can
           present
           him
           with
           a
           Bathsheba
           .
           Thus
           partly
           by
           
             his
             own
          
           Wisdom
           ,
           Experience
           ,
           malicious
           Vigilancy
           ,
           Invisibility
           ,
           Strength
           and
           Power
           ;
           partly
           by
           our
           own
           Weakness
           and
           Infirmity
           ,
           partly
           by
           
             the
             Correspondence
          
           he
           hath
           with
           our
           Tempers
           and
           Dispositions
           ,
           he
           is
           able
           to
           make
           advantage
           upon
           us
           ,
           either
           by
           internal
           Corrupting
           ,
           or
           by
           external
           Alluring
           or
           Inciting
           us
           to
           what
           is
           hurtful
           and
           prejudicial
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Since
           therefore
           it
           is
           apparent
           that
           he
           wants
           neither
           Power
           ,
           nor
           Opportunity
           ,
           nor
           Malice
           ,
           to
           mischief
           us
           ,
           it
           remains
           ,
           that
           certainly
           
             the
             obstruction
             of
             the
             executing
             of
             that
             Power
             doth
             not
             arise
             from
             himself
          
           ;
           for
           his
           Malice
           is
           unsatiable
           ;
           it
           is
           his
           business
           every
           day
           to
           go
           about
           seeking
           whom
           he
           may
           Devour
           :
           And
           unquestionably
           his
           Malice
           would
           carry
           him
           to
           the
           execution
           of
           the
           utmost
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           either
           to
           destroy
           Mankind
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           make
           them
           Slaves
           to
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           
           Alexander
           who
           was
           most
           certainly
           the
           most
           Ambitious
           Prince
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           near
           so
           fond
           of
           bringing
           the
           World
           under
           his
           Subjection
           ,
           as
           this
           Prince
           of
           Darkness
           is
           .
           Those
           that
           he
           cannot
           make
           his
           Vassals
           ,
           he
           would
           soon
           extirpate
           and
           exterminate
           out
           of
           the
           Bounds
           of
           his
           affected
           Empire
           :
           And
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           obstruction
           is
           
             not
             from
             our selves
          
           ;
           we
           are
           too
           weak
           to
           deal
           with
           him
           ;
           he
           was
           too
           hard
           for
           Adam
           in
           his
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           needs
           be
           too
           hard
           for
           us
           in
           our
           corrupted
           Estate
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           there
           was
           but
           one
           to
           one
           ,
           we
           are
           many
           to
           one
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           few
           ;
           we
           deceive
           our selves
           herein
           ,
           for
           
             they
             are
             Numerous
          
           :
           One
           Man
           was
           possessed
           with
           a
           Legion
           ,
           in
           the
           Gospel
           :
           But
           if
           it
           were
           otherwise
           ,
           yet
           the
           Agility
           and
           nimbleness
           of
           those
           impure
           Spirits
           is
           great
           ,
           and
           their
           dispatches
           speedy
           ;
           they
           are
           
             Itinerarii
             &
             Circumferanei
          
           ,
           walking
           to
           and
           fro
           through
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           It
           remains
           therefore
           ,
           that
           the
           power
           and
           malice
           of
           this
           great
           Enemy
           is
           checked
           and
           controlled
           ,
           and
           
             limited
             by
             a
             higher
             Power
          
           ;
           it
           is
           
             Regnum
             sub
             graviori
             Regno
          
           :
           And
           he
           that
           hath
           shut
           up
           the
           Sea
           in
           Bars
           and
           Doors
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Hitherto
             shalt
             thou
             come
             ,
             and
             no
             further
             ,
             and
             here
             shall
             thy
             proud
             Waves
             stay
             ,
          
           hath
           likewise
           limited
           and
           confined
           this
           proud
           ,
           and
           malicious
           ,
           and
           powerful
           Adversary
           within
           his
           Sphear
           and
           Limit
           ,
           and
           chained
           up
           this
           unruly
           and
           ravenous
           Woolf
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           cannot
           to
           one
           Link
           beyond
           his
           prefixed
           Bounds
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           These
           
             Bounds
             or
             limits
             of
             the
             Power
             and
             Activity
             of
             this
             Adversary
          
           are
           many
           :
           we
           may
           reduce
           them
           into
           these
           four
           ,
           viz.
           1.
           
           The
           Law
           of
           their
           Subjection
           .
           2.
           
           Providential
           Dispensation
           .
           3.
           
           Ministerial
           Resistance
           .
           4.
           
           Natural
           Impediments
           .
        
         
           I.
           The
           first
           restraint
           is
           
             the
             Law
             of
             their
             Subjection
          
           :
           for
           tho
           those
           impure
           Spirits
           are
           like
           Rebels
           and
           Malefactors
           against
           their
           Lord
           ,
           and
           have
           an
           habitual
           Opposition
           against
           him
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           under
           his
           Dominion
           ;
           tho
           they
           hate
           to
           Obey
           him
           ,
           they
           dare
           not
           disobey
           him
           ;
           tho
           they
           have
           not
           the
           love
           of
           the
           Law
           of
           their
           Being
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           under
           the
           Cohersion
           and
           fear
           of
           that
           Law.
           Just
           as
           there
           be
           among
           Men
           many
           vile
           
           People
           that
           yet
           dare
           not
           act
           their
           Villany
           for
           fear
           of
           Punishment
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           do
           ,
           they
           do
           it
           by
           stealth
           and
           secretly
           :
           So
           doubtless
           those
           Evil
           Angels
           are
           under
           a
           fear
           of
           Offending
           ,
           and
           do
           smart
           for
           it
           .
           Government
           is
           the
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           the
           Invisible
           as
           the
           Visible
           World
           :
           And
           this
           seems
           plain
           to
           me
           by
           that
           Petition
           of
           the
           evil
           Spirits
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           not
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           place
           of
           Torment
           ,
           even
           before
           their
           last
           and
           final
           Judgment
           .
           There
           are
           certain
           Torments
           for
           their
           Extravagancies
           ,
           inflicted
           by
           an
           Invisible
           Oeconomy
           ,
           which
           they
           fear
           and
           dread
           as
           much
           as
           Malefactors
           do
           the
           Whip
           and
           the
           Pillory
           .
           And
           upon
           this
           account
           partly
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           Satan
           ,
           tho
           he
           had
           naturally
           power
           to
           have
           afflicted
           Job
           ,
           durst
           not
           attempt
           it
           without
           leave
           and
           permission
           from
           God.
           
        
         
           II.
           
             Providential
             Dispensation
          
           :
           And
           this
           is
           the
           same
           over
           Men
           and
           Devils
           :
           It
           naturally
           lies
           in
           the
           Power
           of
           one
           Man
           to
           Kill
           or
           Hurt
           another
           ;
           yet
           that
           same
           Superintendency
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           without
           which
           a
           Sparrow
           falls
           not
           to
           the
           Ground
           ,
           prevents
           one
           Man
           from
           doing
           all
           the
           mischief
           to
           another
           that
           naturally
           lies
           in
           his
           Power
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           prevention
           and
           Providential
           interposition
           ,
           hinders
           the
           activity
           of
           the
           Evil
           One
           from
           doing
           all
           that
           Mischief
           he
           naturally
           can
           among
           the
           Children
           Men.
           And
           this
           was
           that
           Hedge
           and
           Fence
           that
           God
           had
           made
           about
           Job
           ,
           and
           all
           he
           had
           ;
           and
           till
           that
           were
           removed
           ,
           the
           attempts
           of
           Satan
           were
           vain
           and
           idle
           to
           have
           broken
           in
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           III.
           
             Ministerial
             Impedimeuts
          
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           of
           two
           kinds
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Such
           Impediments
           as
           concern
           the
           Soul
           only
           ,
           and
           the
           immediate
           Agency
           there
           .
           Satan
           he
           disturbs
           ,
           and
           provokes
           ,
           and
           perswades
           and
           tempts
           to
           Evil
           ,
           but
           the
           
             Divinae
             Graciae
             Adminicula
          
           counter-perswade
           .
           The
           Son
           of
           God
           came
           into
           the
           World
           to
           destroy
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           a
           perpetual
           contest
           between
           these
           two
           ,
           for
           the
           Principality
           and
           Dominion
           over
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ;
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Angels
           they
           Fight
           by
           their
           Method
           ,
           and
           Temptations
           ,
           and
           Allurements
           ,
           and
           Insinuations
           ,
           to
           win
           over
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Darkness
           :
           On
           the
           other
           
           side
           Michael
           and
           his
           Angels
           ,
           the
           Angels
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           the
           secret
           and
           powerful
           Agencies
           of
           his
           Grace
           and
           assistance
           ,
           take
           all
           opportunities
           to
           reduce
           Men
           to
           the
           Obedience
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           their
           Duty
           to
           him
           ,
           confirms
           them
           in
           it
           ,
           detects
           and
           discovers
           ,
           and
           convinceth
           the
           Tempter
           ,
           and
           upholds
           the
           Spirits
           of
           Men
           against
           him
           :
           He
           will
           convince
           the
           World
           of
           Judgment
           by
           judging
           the
           Prince
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           detecting
           his
           Sophistry
           ,
           his
           Falsity
           ,
           and
           the
           ill
           consequences
           thereof
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Such
           as
           concern
           the
           inward
           Man
           and
           the
           outward
           Man
           also
           ,
           the
           Ministration
           of
           the
           
             Good
             Angels
          
           ,
           who
           are
           as
           diligent
           to
           counter-work
           the
           Evil
           Angels
           in
           their
           Mischiefs
           ,
           as
           they
           can
           be
           sedulous
           to
           inflict
           them
           ;
           they
           are
           Ministering
           Spirits
           .
           When
           the
           Devil
           was
           using
           a
           slight
           to
           gain
           the
           Body
           of
           Moses
           to
           make
           an
           Idol
           of
           him
           ,
           Michael
           resisted
           him
           .
           The
           Evil
           Angels
           are
           full
           of
           Power
           and
           full
           of
           Malice
           against
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           the
           good
           Angels
           are
           no
           whit
           inferior
           to
           them
           in
           Power
           ,
           and
           are
           Benevolent
           and
           Loving
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           do
           many
           and
           many
           times
           when
           we
           know
           it
           not
           ,
           prevent
           us
           from
           many
           mischiefs
           that
           these
           malevolent
           Regiments
           of
           Hell
           would
           inflict
           upon
           our
           Bodies
           and
           our
           Souls
           .
           And
           doubtless
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           in
           the
           visible
           Administration
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           one
           Kingdom
           thereof
           ,
           there
           is
           continual
           Diligence
           on
           one
           side
           by
           seditious
           turbulent
           minded
           Men
           to
           break
           the
           Peace
           of
           a
           Kingdom
           or
           City
           ,
           or
           place
           ,
           which
           is
           with
           much
           diligence
           ,
           watchfulness
           ,
           and
           vigilancy
           ,
           attended
           and
           prevented
           by
           wise
           and
           good
           Men
           ;
           so
           there
           is
           no
           less
           care
           and
           vigilancy
           ,
           and
           counterworking
           by
           the
           Pure
           and
           Good
           Angels
           ,
           against
           the
           mischievous
           designs
           of
           these
           evil
           Spirits
           against
           the
           Children
           of
           Men.
           
        
         
           IV.
           
             Natural
             Impediments
          
           to
           the
           working
           of
           that
           Evil
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             In
             reference
             to
             the
             Soul
          
           and
           inward
           Man.
           God
           hath
           fortified
           the
           Will
           of
           Man
           with
           the
           priviledge
           of
           Liberty
           ;
           tho
           those
           Evil
           Angels
           may
           sollicit
           ,
           perswade
           and
           tempt
           ,
           yet
           Almighty
           God
           hath
           placed
           this
           Bar
           in
           his
           way
           ,
           viz.
           The
           
           freedom
           of
           the
           Will
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Devils
           in
           Hell
           cannot
           take
           from
           him
           :
           It
           is
           an
           impregnable
           Fort
           ,
           that
           can
           only
           be
           taken
           by
           Dedition
           ,
           but
           never
           by
           Storm
           or
           Assault
           .
           And
           this
           is
           partly
           the
           reason
           of
           that
           Text
           ,
           
             Resist
             the
             Devil
             and
             he
             will
             flie
             from
             you
             .
          
           He
           knows
           that
           where
           there
           is
           Resistance
           of
           the
           Will
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           entrance
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           gives
           over
           the
           Assault
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           reference
           
             to
             the
             Body
          
           or
           outward
           Man.
           He
           cannot
           ordinarily
           exercise
           any
           Violence
           upon
           the
           outward
           Man
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Mediation
           of
           things
           Corporeal
           ,
           and
           most
           ordinarily
           by
           the
           mediation
           of
           Mankind
           :
           He
           cannot
           kill
           a
           Man
           but
           by
           the
           Sword
           of
           a
           Man-slayer
           ;
           nor
           rob
           or
           plunder
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           Caldean
           or
           Sabean
           ;
           nor
           infect
           the
           Body
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           means
           of
           a
           Witch
           .
           And
           all
           this
           God
           hath
           most
           wisely
           ordered
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
           that
           tho
           the
           Impure
           Spirit
           it self
           be
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           or
           regiment
           of
           Human
           Justice
           or
           Government
           ;
           yet
           the
           Instrument
           ,
           without
           which
           he
           cannot
           ordinarily
           work
           ,
           is
           within
           the
           reach
           of
           Human
           Justice
           or
           Government
           :
           whereby
           the
           wise
           and
           good
           God
           hath
           consequently
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           reduced
           him
           ,
           viz.
           in
           his
           Instruments
           ,
           without
           which
           he
           cannot
           act
           ,
           under
           the
           very
           Power
           of
           Human
           Laws
           and
           Government
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           ordinarily
           he
           cannot
           act
           any
           external
           mischief
           upon
           Man
           ,
           but
           by
           such
           Means
           and
           Instruments
           as
           are
           under
           the
           cohersion
           of
           Human
           Laws
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           Ordinarily
           ,
           for
           when
           this
           
             Irae
             Divinae
             satelles
          
           is
           Commissioned
           from
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           he
           may
           act
           immediately
           from
           himself
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           tenor
           or
           extent
           of
           his
           Commission
           ;
           but
           Ordinarily
           and
           Naturally
           he
           cannot
           .
        
         
           Not
           Finished
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Doctor
           Pordage
           his
           Relation
           of
           the
           wonderful
           Apparitions
           ,
           Visions
           ,
           and
           unusual
           things
           which
           were
           seen
           in
           his
           Family
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1649.
           
        
         
           DOctor
           
             John
             Pordage
          
           Rector
           of
           Bradfield
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Berks
           ,
           being
           the
           Eighteenth
           of
           September
           1654
           ,
           Charged
           with
           certain
           Articles
           then
           and
           afterward
           exhibited
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           for
           ejecting
           of
           Scandalous
           Ministers
           ;
           amongst
           other
           things
           ,
           for
           entertaining
           at
           his
           House
           one
           Everard
           a
           reputed
           Conjurer
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           frequent
           and
           familiar
           Converse
           with
           Angels
           ;
           and
           concerning
           the
           Vision
           of
           a
           Dragon
           ,
           and
           Apparitions
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           &c.
           
           As
           to
           the
           Entertainment
           of
           Everard
           ,
           he
           answered
           and
           confessed
           ,
           that
           about
           four
           Years
           before
           ,
           he
           was
           received
           into
           his
           House
           for
           about
           three
           Weeks
           and
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           not
           as
           a
           Conjurer
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           workman
           at
           Harvest
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           never
           heard
           the
           least
           intimation
           that
           he
           was
           ever
           suspected
           to
           be
           a
           Conjurer
           ,
           till
           after
           his
           Departure
           ,
           but
           afterward
           was
           strongly
           enclined
           to
           believe
           that
           he
           was
           :
           And
           concerning
           the
           Vision
           of
           a
           Dragon
           ,
           and
           Apparition
           of
           Spirits
           ,
           
             I
             will
             not
             confess
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             any
             Apparition
             in
             particular
          
           ,
           till
           they
           be
           proved
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           seem
           to
           accuse
           my self
           ,
           they
           being
           brought
           in
           as
           a
           Crime
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           as
           Instruments
           to
           Condemn
           me
           :
           Yet
           ,
           in
           general
           I
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           some
           four
           Years
           since
           ,
           there
           were
           many
           strange
           and
           wonderful
           Apparitions
           in
           my
           House
           :
           But
           ,
           what
           can
           these
           in
           Justice
           amount
           to
           ,
           tho
           attested
           by
           Oath
           ,
           and
           confessed
           particularly
           by
           my self
           ,
           when
           brought
           before
           those
           who
           profess
           themselves
           Christians
           ,
           and
           are
           acquainted
           with
           the
           History
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ?
           Pray
           ,
           was
           not
           Job
           a
           pious
           ,
           sincere
           ,
           and
           eminently
           Righteous
           Man
           ?
           Yet
           ,
           how
           was
           he
           scared
           with
           Dreams
           ,
           and
           terrified
           with
           Visions
           ,
           Job
           7.
           14.
           
           Did
           not
           Zachariah
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           Chap.
           3.
           see
           Satan
           standing
           at
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           Josua
           to
           resist
           him
           ?
           
           Did
           not
           
             John
             (
             Rev.
             12.
          
           )
           in
           a
           Vision
           behold
           a
           great
           red
           Dragon
           that
           made
           War
           with
           Michael
           and
           the
           Holy
           Angels
           ?
           And
           was
           not
           Christ
           himself
           tempted
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           by
           Voice
           and
           Vision
           ?
           Matt.
           4.
           6
           ,
           8.
           
           Now
           ,
           
             the
             Servant
             is
             not
             greater
             than
             his
             Lord
             ,
          
           Jo.
           15.
           20.
           and
           therefore
           not
           exempted
           from
           the
           like
           attempts
           of
           the
           Devil
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           consider
           ,
           whether
           this
           Earth
           be
           not
           the
           Place
           where
           the
           Devil
           walks
           up
           and
           down
           seeking
           whom
           he
           may
           Devour
           ?
           How
           then
           can
           Bradfield
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Place
           ,
           be
           exempted
           from
           his
           Appearing
           when
           God
           permits
           ?
           And
           may
           not
           all
           this
           be
           for
           the
           manifesting
           of
           his
           Glory
           ,
           Goodness
           and
           Power
           ?
           And
           who
           can
           tell
           whose
           Family
           may
           be
           next
           exposed
           by
           God's
           permission
           ,
           to
           be
           tryed
           and
           proved
           by
           the
           Representation
           of
           Satan
           ?
           And
           I
           desire
           you
           seriously
           to
           consider
           how
           any
           such
           Apparitions
           raised
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           permitted
           by
           God
           for
           his
           own
           Glory
           ,
           argue
           me
           either
           Ignorant
           ,
           Scandalous
           ,
           or
           Insufficient
           :
           Surely
           it
           rather
           argues
           that
           he
           hath
           blest
           me
           with
           a
           strong
           Faith
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           permitted
           such
           great
           Tryals
           ,
           and
           made
           me
           instrumental
           to
           overcome
           them
           by
           Prayer
           and
           Fasting
           .
           If
           it
           can
           be
           proved
           I
           ever
           so
           much
           as
           looked
           toward
           the
           unlawful
           Art
           of
           
             Black
             Magick
          
           ,
           or
           that
           any
           Evil
           Spirits
           were
           raised
           up
           by
           any
           compact
           of
           mine
           ,
           explicit
           ,
           or
           implicit
           ;
           or
           that
           those
           Evil
           Apparitions
           were
           subdued
           and
           overcome
           by
           any
           other
           means
           than
           by
           God's
           Blessing
           upon
           our
           Fasting
           and
           Prayer
           ,
           I
           shall
           judge
           my self
           worthy
           of
           Punishment
           .
           But
           otherwise
           ,
           it
           is
           hard
           measure
           to
           be
           Prosecuted
           for
           the
           Malice
           of
           the
           Devil
           toward
           me
           ,
           inflicting
           what
           I
           was
           Passive
           in
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           help
           ,
           especially
           by
           those
           who
           profess
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           know
           that
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ruleth
           over
           all
           ,
           permitting
           and
           disposing
           whatever
           comes
           to
           pass
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           sum
           of
           what
           I
           meet
           with
           in
           his
           answer
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           concerning
           this
           part
           of
           his
           Charge
           :
           But
           in
           an
           Apology
           afterward
           ,
           he
           inserted
           a
           particular
           Relation
           concerning
           the
           Visions
           and
           Apparitions
           therein
           alledged
           against
           him
           ,
           as
           here
           followeth
           in
           his
           own
           words
           .
        
         
         
           I
           Do
           judge
           that
           God
           doth
           call
           me
           forth
           to
           make
           a
           free
           and
           open
           Discovery
           of
           those
           
             Wonderful
             Apparitions
             ,
             Visions
             and
             unusual
             things
             ,
          
           which
           somewhat
           above
           four
           Years
           since
           
             were
             seen
          
           and
           permitted
           by
           the
           Lord
           to
           be
           
             in
             my
             Family
          
           .
           And
           if
           all
           that
           read
           this
           ,
           can
           but
           receive
           and
           judge
           of
           it
           by
           that
           Rule
           and
           Principle
           from
           which
           I
           write
           it
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           so
           far
           from
           judging
           me
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           cannot
           but
           bless
           God
           for
           his
           Favour
           and
           Mercy
           to
           me
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           admire
           his
           wonderful
           Works
           and
           the
           greatness
           of
           his
           Power
           .
        
         
           What
           I
           intend
           here
           to
           declare
           ,
           I
           shall
           dispatch
           in
           these
           
             three
             Particulars
          
           .
           1.
           
           In
           relating
           what
           I
           have
           acknowledged
           to
           many
           Persons
           I
           have
           Discoursed
           with
           .
           2.
           
           Many
           considerable
           things
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           never
           Discoursed
           but
           to
           some
           Friends
           .
           3.
           
           The
           good
           effect
           of
           this
           upon
           my self
           and
           others
           of
           my
           Family
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           confess
           ,
           That
           in
           August
           1649.
           there
           appeared
           in
           my
           Bedchamber
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Night
           ,
           
             a
             Spirit
             in
             the
             shape
             of
          
           Everard
           ,
           with
           his
           wearing
           Apparel
           ,
           Band
           ,
           Cuffs
           ,
           Hat
           ,
           &c.
           
           Who
           after
           the
           sudden
           drawing
           of
           the
           Bed-Curtain
           ,
           seemed
           to
           walk
           once
           through
           the
           Chamber
           very
           easily
           ,
           and
           so
           Disappeared
           .
        
         
           That
           very
           Night
           there
           was
           another
           Appearance
           of
           one
           in
           the
           form
           of
           
             a
             Gyant
          
           ,
           with
           a
           great
           Sword
           in
           his
           Hand
           without
           a
           Scabbard
           ,
           which
           he
           seemed
           to
           flourish
           against
           me
           ,
           having
           the
           figurative
           similitude
           of
           a
           green
           Tree
           lying
           by
           him
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           had
           continued
           for
           the
           space
           of
           half
           an
           Hour
           ,
           it
           Vanished
           ;
           and
           there
           succeeded
           a
           third
           Appearance
           ,
           which
           was
           very
           Terrible
           ,
           being
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           
             a
             great
             Dragon
          
           ,
           which
           seemed
           to
           take
           up
           most
           part
           of
           a
           large
           Room
           ,
           appearing
           with
           great
           Teeth
           and
           open
           Jaws
           ,
           whence
           he
           often
           ejected
           Fire
           against
           me
           ,
           which
           came
           with
           such
           a
           Magical
           Influence
           ,
           that
           it
           almost
           struck
           the
           Breath
           out
           of
           my
           Body
           ,
           making
           me
           fall
           to
           the
           Ground
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           you
           must
           know
           ,
           that
           these
           three
           were
           dreadful
           Apparitions
           ,
           and
           very
           terrible
           to
           the
           sensitive
           Nature
           ,
           and
           
           might
           have
           caused
           a
           great
           Distemper
           in
           it
           ,
           had
           I
           not
           been
           supported
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           way
           by
           the
           Ministration
           of
           the
           Holy
           Angels
           against
           the
           evil
           effects
           of
           those
           extraordinary
           unusual
           Apparitions
           ,
           the
           last
           of
           which
           continued
           till
           the
           day
           began
           to
           dawn
           ,
           and
           then
           Disappeared
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           the
           Second
           place
           I
           shall
           proceed
           to
           declare
           those
           extraordinary
           things
           which
           few
           have
           been
           yet
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           which
           yet
           were
           then
           seen
           and
           experimented
           amongst
           us
           .
           I
           say
           then
           there
           were
           
             two
             Invisible
             ,
             Internal
             Principles
             opened
             and
             discovered
          
           to
           us
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           called
           
             Mundi
             Idaeales
          
           ,
           being
           two
           Spiritual
           Worlds
           ,
           extending
           and
           penetrating
           throughout
           this
           whole
           visible
           Creation
           ,
           in
           which
           many
           particular
           things
           were
           discerned
           suitable
           to
           the
           Nature
           of
           those
           Worlds
           .
           Now
           ,
           those
           two
           Principles
           or
           Worlds
           ,
           seemed
           very
           much
           different
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           as
           having
           contrary
           Qualities
           and
           Operations
           ,
           by
           which
           
             they
             work
             upon
             this
             visible
             Creation
             ,
          
           which
           we
           see
           distinguished
           and
           differenced
           into
           variety
           of
           Creatures
           ,
           some
           Poysonful
           and
           Noxious
           ,
           others
           Wholsom
           and
           Harmless
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           difference
           and
           contrariety
           of
           things
           in
           the
           Internal
           World
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           External
           doth
           in
           some
           measure
           depend
           ,
           as
           standing
           in
           them
           ,
           or
           rather
           proceeding
           from
           them
           .
           Now
           ,
           these
           could
           not
           have
           been
           seen
           ,
           had
           not
           that
           
             inward
             Spiritual
             Eye
          
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           locked
           up
           and
           shut
           by
           the
           Fall
           ,
           been
           opened
           in
           an
           extraordinary
           way
           in
           us
           .
           Besides
           ,
           we
           had
           our
           
             other
             Internal
             Spiritual
             Faculties
          
           of
           Spiritual
           sensation
           opened
           to
           discern
           their
           
             various
             Objects
          
           within
           those
           Worlds
           :
           Which
           Objects
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           Qualities
           ,
           may
           be
           differenced
           into
           Good
           and
           Evil.
           
        
         
           But
           I
           shall
           here
           first
           present
           the
           Objects
           of
           that
           Internal
           World
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           called
           
             Mundus
             Tenebrosus
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Dark
           World.
           Which
           Objects
           by
           our
           correspondent
           inward
           Faculties
           or
           Senses
           were
           then
           discerned
           and
           made
           known
           to
           us
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Objects
           of
           the
           internal
           Sight
           ,
           when
           this
           Principle
           or
           World
           was
           Opened
           ,
           we
           beheld
           innumerable
           multitudes
           of
           Evil
           Spirits
           ,
           or
           Angels
           ,
           presenting
           themselves
           in
           appearing
           Distinctions
           of
           Order
           and
           Dignity
           ,
           as
           
           Powers
           ,
           Principalities
           ,
           Dignities
           .
           My
           〈◊〉
           meaning
           is
           ,
           there
           seemed
           to
           be
           Inferiority
           and
           Superiority
           ;
           Governors
           and
           Governed
           ;
           
             the
             Princes
          
           of
           this
           dark
           World
           and
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           which
           presented
           themselves
           as
           passing
           before
           our
           Eyes
           
             in
             State
             and
             Pomp
          
           ,
           all
           the
           mighty
           ones
           appearing
           to
           be
           drawn
           in
           dark
           Airy
           Clouds
           ,
           Chariots
           with
           six
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           four
           Beasts
           to
           every
           one
           ;
           besides
           ,
           every
           figured
           similitude
           of
           a
           Coach
           ,
           was
           attended
           with
           many
           
             inferior
             Spirits
          
           ,
           as
           Servants
           to
           the
           Princes
           .
           But
           concerning
           
             the
             Shapes
             and
             Figures
          
           of
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           you
           must
           know
           they
           were
           very
           Monstrous
           ,
           Terrible
           ,
           and
           Affrighting
           unto
           the
           outward
           Man.
           Those
           that
           drew
           the
           cloudy
           Coaches
           appearing
           in
           the
           shapes
           of
           Lions
           ,
           Dragons
           ,
           Elephants
           ,
           Tygers
           ,
           Bears
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           Terrible
           Beasts
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Princes
           and
           those
           that
           attended
           them
           ,
           tho
           all
           in
           the
           shapes
           of
           Men
           ,
           yet
           represented
           themselves
           monstrously
           mishapen
           ,
           as
           with
           Ears
           like
           those
           of
           Cats
           ,
           cloven
           Feet
           ,
           ugly
           Legs
           and
           Bodies
           ,
           Eyes
           fiery
           ,
           sharp
           and
           piercing
           .
           Now
           ,
           besides
           these
           Appearances
           within
           ,
           the
           Spirits
           made
           some
           wonderful
           
             Impressions
             upon
             visible
             Bodies
             without
          
           ,
           as
           Figures
           of
           Men
           and
           Beasts
           upon
           the
           Glass
           Windows
           and
           the
           Cealings
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           yet
           remain
           .
           But
           what
           was
           most
           remarkable
           was
           the
           whole
           visible
           World
           represented
           by
           the
           Spirits
           upon
           the
           Bricks
           of
           a
           Chimney
           ,
           in
           the
           from
           of
           two
           half
           Globes
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Maps
           .
           After
           which
           ,
           upon
           other
           Bricks
           of
           the
           same
           Chimney
           ,
           was
           Figured
           a
           Coach
           and
           four
           Horses
           ,
           with
           Persons
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           Footman
           attending
           ,
           all
           seeming
           to
           be
           in
           Motion
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           such
           Images
           ,
           which
           were
           wonderful
           exactly
           done
           .
           Now
           ,
           fearing
           lest
           there
           might
           be
           any
           Danger
           in
           these
           Images
           ,
           through
           unknown
           Conjuration
           and
           false
           Magick
           ,
           we
           endeavoured
           to
           wash
           them
           out
           with
           wet
           Cloaths
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           ,
           finding
           them
           Ingraven
           in
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           Bricks
           ,
           which
           indeed
           might
           have
           contiued
           till
           this
           day
           ,
           had
           not
           our
           fear
           and
           suspicion
           of
           Witch-craft
           ,
           and
           some
           evil
           design
           of
           the
           Devil
           against
           us
           in
           it
           ,
           caused
           us
           to
           deface
           and
           obli●●terate
           them
           with
           Hammers
           .
           Now
           ,
           what
           the
           Devil's
           End
           in
           the
           former
           Apparitions
           ,
           and
           those
           figurative
           Representations
           
           was
           ,
           the
           Lord
           knows
           :
           But
           it
           was
           certainly
           Evil
           ;
           Even
           as
           it
           was
           〈◊〉
           against
           Christ
           ,
           when
           he
           shewed
           him
           (
           in
           Vision
           )
           the
           Kingdoms
           and
           Glory
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           fall
           down
           and
           Worship
           him
           .
           But
           God's
           end
           in
           permitting
           it
           was
           very
           good
           ,
           even
           to
           bring
           us
           nearer
           to
           himself
           ,
           in
           a
           stronger
           dependance
           upon
           his
           Eternal
           Power
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           us
           more
           watchful
           against
           the
           Subtilty
           and
           Power
           of
           Satan
           ,
           as
           you
           will
           see
           afterwards
           ,
           when
           I
           come
           to
           speak
           of
           the
           Effects
           of
           those
           things
           in
           reference
           to
           our Selves
           .
           But
           to
           shut
           up
           this
           Relation
           of
           the
           Objects
           we
           saw
           in
           this
           Dark
           World
           ,
           I
           must
           add
           this
           ,
           that
           were
           but
           the
           Eyes
           of
           Men
           opened
           to
           see
           
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             the
             Dragon
          
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           with
           the
           multitudes
           of
           Evil
           Angels
           ,
           which
           are
           every
           where
           tempting
           and
           ensnaring
           Men
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           amused
           ,
           and
           not
           dare
           to
           be
           by
           themselves
           without
           good
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           assurance
           of
           the
           love
           and
           favour
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           protecting
           them
           by
           the
           Ministration
           of
           the
           holy
           Angels
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           As
           to
           the
           Objects
           of
           the
           outward
           Smell
           ,
           I
           must
           let
           you
           know
           ,
           that
           within
           the
           three
           Weeks
           space
           in
           which
           these
           Wonders
           appeared
           ,
           at
           several
           times
           the
           Evil
           Spirits
           and
           Angels
           did
           raise
           up
           such
           noysom
           poysonous
           Smells
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           inward
           and
           outward
           part
           of
           those
           that
           were
           exercised
           with
           them
           ,
           became
           much
           disturbed
           and
           offended
           :
           For
           through
           the
           sympathy
           betwixt
           the
           Body
           and
           the
           Soul
           ,
           the
           sulphurous
           hellish
           Smells
           much
           exercised
           both
           by
           Magical
           Tincturation
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           reference
           to
           the
           Objects
           of
           Tast
           ,
           You
           must
           know
           ,
           that
           sometimes
           both
           in
           the
           day
           and
           night
           ,
           we
           were
           exercised
           with
           the
           loathsom
           hellish
           tasts
           of
           Sulphur
           ,
           Brimstone
           ,
           Soot
           and
           Salt
           mingled
           together
           .
           Which
           were
           so
           loathsom
           to
           our
           Natures
           ,
           as
           that
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           cause
           great
           Distempers
           and
           Nauseousness
           in
           our
           Bodies
           ;
           but
           the
           Invisible
           Power
           of
           Jehovah
           supported
           us
           beyond
           our
           own
           Strength
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           In
           relation
           to
           our
           inward
           and
           outward
           Touch
           ,
           we
           were
           much
           exercised
           both
           in
           Body
           and
           Soul.
           As
           to
           our
           Souls
           ,
           we
           sometimes
           felt
           such
           strange
           Magical
           Wounds
           and
           Prickings
           by
           the
           fiery
           Darts
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           that
           none
           can
           express
           ,
           
           but
           those
           that
           have
           been
           exercised
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           as
           Job
           was
           ,
           who
           felt
           the
           Poyson
           of
           those
           invenomed
           Arrows
           ,
           which
           came
           upon
           him
           by
           the
           permission
           of
           the
           Almighty
           ;
           which
           like
           the
           Scorpions
           in
           the
           Revelations
           ,
           sting
           and
           pierce
           those
           they
           touch
           .
           As
           to
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           we
           found
           material
           Impressions
           from
           the
           Powers
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           very
           noxious
           in
           themselves
           to
           our
           natural
           Spirits
           and
           Life
           ,
           but
           cheerfully
           born
           by
           Invisible
           support
           ,
           and
           quiet
           submission
           unto
           the
           Will
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           But
           to
           conclude
           :
           By
           these
           wonderful
           and
           strange
           Exercises
           ,
           we
           could
           not
           but
           have
           strong
           apprehensions
           and
           lively
           resemblances
           of
           the
           Torments
           and
           Miseries
           of
           Hell
           ,
           where
           Sulphur
           ,
           Fire
           ,
           Brimstone
           ,
           poysonous
           Smells
           ,
           Darkness
           ,
           monstrous
           horrid
           Shapes
           and
           Sights
           are
           the
           entertainment
           of
           the
           imprisoned
           Spirits
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           now
           I
           come
           to
           the
           other
           Internal
           World
           ,
           which
           we
           may
           term
           
             Mundus
             Luminosus
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Light
           World
           ,
           which
           with
           its
           various
           Objects
           was
           then
           likewise
           opened
           to
           the
           inward
           Senses
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           I
           shall
           here
           set
           forth
           the
           Objects
           of
           the
           inward
           Eye
           ,
           which
           were
           then
           seen
           by
           us
           .
           There
           appeared
           then
           to
           our
           inward
           Sight
           ,
           multitudes
           ,
           almost
           innumerable
           ,
           of
           
             pure
             Angelical
             Spirits
          
           ,
           in
           figurative
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           were
           clear
           as
           the
           Morning-Star
           ,
           and
           transparent
           as
           Christal
           .
           These
           were
           Mahanaim
           ,
           or
           the
           Lord's
           Host
           ,
           appearing
           all
           in
           manly
           Forms
           ,
           sending
           forth
           a
           Tincture
           like
           the
           swift
           Rays
           of
           the
           hot
           Beams
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           which
           we
           powerfully
           felt
           to
           the
           refreshing
           of
           our
           Souls
           ,
           and
           enlivening
           of
           our
           Bodies
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           beholding
           the
           multiplicity
           ,
           variety
           and
           beauty
           of
           these
           Spirits
           ,
           with
           the
           various
           Objects
           and
           Wonders
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           Cloathed
           in
           the
           purest
           Tincture
           of
           Light
           and
           Colour
           ,
           we
           could
           not
           but
           bless
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           Eyes
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Hand
           of
           Power
           ,
           brought
           forth
           such
           Glorious
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           now
           shewed
           them
           in
           their
           several
           Beauties
           to
           us
           in
           a
           time
           of
           Tryal
           and
           Temptation
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           .
           In
           relation
           to
           our
           inward
           sense
           of
           Hearing
           ,
           there
           were
           many
           
             musical
             Sounds
             and
             Voices
          
           ,
           like
           those
           which
           John
           heard
           upon
           Mount
           Zion
           ,
           then
           heard
           by
           us
           ;
           the
           sweetness
           ,
           harmony
           and
           pleasantness
           of
           which
           cannot
           be
           expressed
           ,
           nor
           that
           Spiritual
           Joy
           and
           Delight
           which
           by
           them
           was
           infused
           into
           our
           Souls
           ,
           uttered
           by
           the
           Tongue
           ,
           being
           ready
           to
           ravish
           our
           Spirits
           into
           the
           highest
           Praises
           of
           the
           Eternal
           Jehovah
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           .
           In
           relation
           to
           the
           Faculty
           of
           Smelling
           ,
           the
           Tongue
           can
           hardly
           express
           those
           Odours
           of
           Paradise
           and
           heavenly
           Perfumes
           which
           then
           were
           smelt
           ,
           piercing
           into
           the
           very
           Spirit
           with
           a
           cherishing
           Tincture
           ;
           besides
           that
           quickning
           Virtue
           ,
           which
           by
           them
           was
           communicated
           and
           insinuated
           into
           the
           Spirits
           of
           our
           outward
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           like
           a
           Cordial
           ,
           had
           been
           able
           to
           have
           renewed
           the
           strength
           of
           our
           languishing
           Nature
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           .
           Our
           Sense
           or
           Faculty
           of
           Tasting
           was
           very
           pleasantly
           entertained
           with
           those
           invisible
           Dews
           ,
           which
           were
           sweeter
           than
           Hony
           ,
           or
           the
           Hony-comb
           ,
           and
           therefore
           deserve
           to
           be
           called
           the
           Dews
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           with
           which
           instead
           of
           Food
           ,
           we
           were
           many
           times
           wonderfully
           Refreshed
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           .
           In
           relation
           to
           the
           Sense
           of
           
             spiritual
             Contaction
          
           ,
           that
           was
           also
           delighted
           with
           its
           heavenly
           Objects
           :
           For
           none
           can
           utter
           that
           pleasing
           Impression
           ,
           which
           the
           burning
           Tincture
           of
           this
           Light
           World
           afforded
           us
           ,
           coming
           like
           a
           hot
           Cordial
           into
           the
           centre
           of
           our
           Spirit
           ,
           being
           sensibly
           felt
           in
           the
           inward
           Parts
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           cause
           much
           joy
           and
           heavenly
           Pleasure
           ,
           which
           penetrated
           through
           our
           Souls
           ,
           giving
           us
           occasion
           to
           bless
           ,
           praise
           and
           magnifie
           the
           Lord.
           
        
         
           Thus
           for
           the
           space
           of
           three
           Weeks
           or
           a
           Month
           were
           we
           exercised
           inwardly
           and
           outwardly
           ,
           through
           that
           great
           Conflict
           which
           was
           betwixt
           those
           two
           Worlds
           and
           their
           Inhabitants
           :
           The
           Dark
           World
           sometimes
           afflicting
           us
           with
           dreadful
           Shapes
           ,
           abominable
           Smells
           ,
           loathsom
           Tasts
           ,
           with
           other
           Operations
           of
           the
           Evil
           Angels
           :
           The
           Light
           World
           at
           other
           times
           opening
           and
           relieving
           us
           with
           odoriferous
           Perfumes
           ,
           most
           sweet
           Dews
           ,
           glorious
           Visions
           ,
           and
           Angelical
           Harmony
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           favoured
           us
           with
           ,
           to
           shew
           his
           
           extraordinary
           Love
           in
           this
           Succouring
           us
           in
           extraordinary
           Exercises
           and
           Tryals
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           for
           those
           two
           internal
           Worlds
           ,
           spread
           throughout
           the
           visible
           World
           ;
           in
           which
           the
           Evil
           and
           good
           Angels
           are
           more
           immediately
           than
           in
           this
           visible
           Air
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           cannot
           be
           commensurate
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           spiritual
           Natures
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           abiding
           in
           their
           distinct
           Principle
           ,
           the
           the
           one
           sort
           being
           in
           Joy
           ,
           the
           other
           being
           in
           Torment
           ,
           the
           one
           in
           Light
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           Darkness
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           Besides
           these
           two
           Worlds
           ,
           we
           had
           an
           opening
           of
           the
           
             Eternal
             World
          
           ,
           called
           in
           Scripture
           the
           World
           to
           come
           ,
           (
           or
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             Heb.
             2.
             5.
             
          
           )
           from
           the
           futurity
           of
           its
           full
           and
           clear
           manifestation
           ,
           and
           a
           precursory
           entrance
           into
           the
           most
           Holy
           Place
           ,
           by
           a
           Divine
           Transportation
           into
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Majesty
           ,
           agreeable
           to
           that
           of
           St.
           
             John
             ,
             17.
             24.
             
             Father
             ,
             I
             will
             that
             they
             also
             whom
             thou
             hast
             given
             me
             ,
             be
             with
             me
             where
             I
             am
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             behold
             my
             Glory
             which
             thou
             hast
             given
             me
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Here
           were
           seen
           ,
           heard
           and
           felt
           unutterable
           Mysteries
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           yet
           to
           be
           divulged
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           Pride
           ,
           Ignorance
           ,
           Prejudice
           and
           Envy
           of
           many
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           being
           reserved
           for
           those
           humble
           gracious
           Spirits
           ,
           which
           are
           waiting
           in
           Silence
           for
           the
           second
           coming
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           Man.
           
        
         
           But
           ,
           now
           it
           is
           time
           to
           come
           to
           the
           
             third
             Particular
          
           ,
           which
           was
           
             the
             effects
             and
             Impressions
          
           left
           upon
           our
           Spirits
           by
           these
           wonderful
           Exercises
           and
           Manifestations
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           ,
           we
           began
           more
           clearly
           to
           see
           that
           
             Strait
             and
             Narrow
             Way
          
           which
           leads
           to
           Life
           Eternal
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           
             the
             Virgin
             Life
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Life
           of
           Purity
           and
           Righteousness
           in
           its
           Perfection
           ,
           being
           the
           Life
           of
           fixed
           Love
           :
           In
           any
           thing
           short
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           perfection
           of
           Virgin
           Life
           cannot
           consist
           .
           So
           that
           meerly
           to
           abstain
           from
           the
           concupiscible
           lustings
           of
           Venus
           under
           the
           Spirit
           of
           this
           great
           World
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           Life
           of
           outward
           Chastity
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           particular
           Branch
           of
           the
           other
           .
           
             For
             the
             Virgin
             Life
             is
             not
             attained
             till
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Soul
             is
             brought
             through
             Death
             to
             be
             so
             Passive
             ,
             as
             to
             will
             ,
             desire
             
             and
             act
             nothing
             but
             what
             the
             essential
             Essence
             of
             Love
             wills
             ,
             moves
             and
             acts
             through
             it
             :
             For
             till
             then
             the
             Soul
             cannot
             be
             a
             pure
             Virgin
             ,
             nor
             live
             without
             all
             Desire
             and
             Imagination
             ;
             which
             must
             all
             cease
             before
             the
             pure
             Life
             of
             God
             can
             come
             to
             be
             all
             in
             all
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Life
           of
           Virginity
           was
           placed
           fore-right
           as
           to
           the
           inward
           Eye
           of
           the
           Mind
           ,
           being
           that
           mark
           of
           Persecution
           ,
           at
           which
           we
           are
           to
           aim
           in
           our
           pressing
           toward
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Dead
           .
           To
           this
           Wisdom
           ,
           that
           Eternal
           Virgin
           
             (
             Prov.
             8.
             20
             ,
             23.
             )
          
           as
           a
           Leading-Star
           invited
           us
           ,
           calling
           to
           follow
           her
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Circumcision
           ,
           Resignation
           and
           the
           Cross
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           of
           total
           Self-denial
           ,
           and
           forsaking
           of
           all
           for
           her
           sake
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Annihilation
           and
           conformity
           to
           Christ's
           Death
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           saw
           undoubtedly
           we
           should
           come
           to
           Christ's
           Resurrection
           ,
           Ascention
           ,
           Glorification
           ,
           and
           Fixation
           in
           the
           love
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           the
           third
           and
           last
           Dispensation
           .
        
         
           Here
           we
           clearly
           saw
           the
           danger
           of
           looking
           back
           to
           the
           External
           World
           ,
           and
           of
           putting
           out
           our
           Imagination
           into
           the
           Inward
           World
           ,
           or
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           Dragon
           ;
           or
           of
           resting
           in
           the
           openings
           and
           delights
           of
           the
           Inward
           Light
           World.
           For
           by
           turning
           back
           into
           the
           delights
           of
           the
           Senses
           ,
           we
           saw
           the
           Soul
           would
           become
           Bastial
           ;
           by
           turning
           to
           the
           left
           Hand
           and
           imagining
           into
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           Dragon
           ,
           in
           awakening
           the
           fire
           of
           Wrath
           and
           Subtilty
           ,
           devilishly
           and
           dangerously
           Wicked
           ;
           by
           turning
           to
           the
           right
           Hand
           in
           imagining
           into
           ,
           and
           taking
           too
           much
           complacency
           in
           the
           Visions
           ,
           Illuminations
           ,
           Tinctures
           and
           Enthusiasms
           of
           the
           Light
           World
           ,
           we
           saw
           the
           Soul
           might
           become
           elevated
           into
           self-conceit
           ,
           and
           tinctured
           with
           Pride
           ,
           and
           be
           in
           danger
           of
           neglecting
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           only
           safe
           Path
           into
           eternal
           Rest
           and
           Fixation
           .
        
         
           Here
           then
           we
           were
           shewed
           ,
           that
           the
           way
           which
           leads
           up
           to
           the
           Virgin
           Essence
           the
           New
           Jerusalem
           ,
           was
           strait
           and
           narrow
           ,
           as
           upon
           the
           Breadth
           of
           an
           Hair
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           were
           to
           turn
           no
           way
           either
           on
           the
           right
           or
           left
           Hands
           ,
           but
           stand
           without
           Lusts
           ,
           with
           our
           Eyes
           fixed
           upon
           the
           Being
           of
           
           Love
           ,
           pressing
           forwards
           after
           Fixation
           in
           the
           Eternal
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           there
           to
           become
           immoveable
           Pillars
           ,
           no
           more
           to
           go
           out
           ,
           but
           there
           always
           to
           bear
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           City
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           
             New
             Jerusalem
          
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           for
           the
           space
           of
           this
           four
           Years
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           time
           of
           these
           great
           Manifestations
           ,
           we
           ,
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           have
           enjoyed
           the
           exercises
           of
           our
           Spiritual
           Senses
           ,
           which
           never
           since
           have
           been
           shut
           ,
           neither
           ever
           will
           be
           ,
           except
           through
           voluntary
           Transgression
           and
           Disobedience
           ,
           we
           Apostatize
           and
           run
           back
           into
           the
           Earthly
           Nature
           ,
           or
           turn
           aside
           to
           center
           in
           something
           short
           of
           the
           pure
           Life
           of
           Virginity
           ,
           which
           calls
           us
           from
           the
           External
           ,
           through
           the
           Internal
           ,
           into
           the
           Eternal
           World
           ;
           which
           is
           that
           Kindom
           prepared
           for
           us
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           But
           Thirdly
           ,
           after
           this
           extraordinary
           time
           of
           Grace
           and
           Mercy
           to
           us
           ,
           we
           enjoyed
           not
           only
           a
           clear
           leading
           convicting
           Light
           upon
           our
           Understandings
           ,
           but
           likewise
           received
           from
           the
           Lord
           a
           stamp
           and
           strong
           impression
           of
           Power
           ,
           moving
           our
           Wills
           to
           follow
           this
           Light
           through
           the
           Death
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           to
           come
           up
           into
           the
           perfect
           Life
           and
           Image
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           might
           be
           transformed
           into
           that
           Righteous
           Nature
           ,
           which
           we
           so
           clearly
           behold
           through
           Divine
           Light.
           Hence
           we
           came
           to
           live
           in
           a
           greater
           abstraction
           from
           our
           Sensitive
           Nature
           ,
           in
           a
           constant
           watchful
           practice
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           all
           external
           and
           internal
           Objects
           ,
           which
           might
           by
           entertaining
           our
           Affections
           ,
           hinder
           our
           progress
           to
           God.
           Hence
           also
           we
           came
           to
           live
           a
           more
           devoted
           ,
           strict
           ,
           dedicated
           Life
           ,
           sequestring
           our selves
           from
           the
           World
           and
           worldly
           things
           ,
           giving
           our selves
           almost
           continually
           to
           Prayer
           ,
           Fasting
           and
           waiting
           upon
           God
           ,
           in
           dying
           daily
           to
           all
           self-Ownments
           ,
           Relations
           and
           Proprieties
           ,
           in
           which
           most
           are
           intangled
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           prejudice
           of
           their
           Spirits
           .
           And
           in
           this
           way
           we
           have
           ever
           since
           continued
           ,
           endeavouring
           to
           be
           wholly
           conformable
           to
           the
           Death
           of
           Christ
           ;
           in
           renouncing
           our
           own
           Lives
           and
           proper
           Wills
           ,
           as
           opposite
           to
           the
           Life
           and
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           experimenting
           those
           profound
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Cross
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           are
           hidden
           to
           most
           in
           the
           World.
           But
           what
           Joy
           ,
           
           Life
           ,
           Power
           ,
           divine
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           Heavenly
           Communion
           ,
           the
           Lord
           hath
           blessed
           us
           with
           in
           this
           our
           dying
           resigning
           Progress
           ,
           I
           shall
           wrap
           up
           in
           Silence
           ,
           together
           with
           those
           blessed
           Secrets
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           which
           in
           these
           few
           last
           Years
           past
           we
           have
           been
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           to
           the
           comfort
           of
           our
           Spirits
           in
           this
           sad
           time
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           judged
           and
           condemned
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           the
           participations
           of
           Christ's
           Sufferings
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Discovery
           of
           Thirty
           and
           Two
           young
           Girls
           in
           the
           Cloister
           of
           Madam
           Bourignon
           at
           Lisle
           ,
           found
           to
           be
           Witches
           .
           Related
           by
           her self
           and
           the
           Continuator
           of
           her
           Life
           .
        
         
           
             ANthoinette
             Bourignon
          
           was
           Born
           at
           Lisle
           in
           
             Flanders
             13
             January
          
           ,
           1616.
           
           Her
           first
           appearance
           in
           the
           World
           was
           not
           without
           some
           Deformity
           ,
           her
           Forehead
           being
           grown
           all
           over
           with
           black
           Hairs
           ,
           her
           upper
           Lip
           drawn
           up
           to
           her
           Nose
           ,
           and
           her
           Mouth
           gaping
           wide
           open
           :
           But
           the
           hairs
           of
           her
           Fore-head
           afterward
           fell
           off
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           her
           Lip
           was
           restored
           to
           its
           proper
           Posture
           by
           the
           help
           of
           a
           Chirurgeon
           ,
           and
           she
           grew
           more
           and
           more
           Comely
           ;
           yet
           her
           Mother
           had
           never
           any
           great
           Affection
           to
           her
           ,
           but
           loved
           her
           least
           of
           all
           her
           Children
           ;
           but
           her
           Father
           loved
           her
           best
           of
           all
           ,
           possibly
           the
           better
           for
           being
           of
           his
           own
           Complexion
           ,
           he
           being
           an
           Italian
           ,
           whereas
           all
           the
           rest
           who
           were
           Fair
           ,
           possibly
           took
           after
           their
           Mother
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           the
           Country
           of
           Lisle
           .
           She
           was
           it
           seems
           from
           her
           Child-hood
           to
           be
           conformable
           to
           her
           Saviour
           in
           Sufferings
           :
           And
           her
           first
           Persecutions
           were
           by
           her
           own
           Kindred
           and
           nearest
           Relations
           ,
           even
           her
           Mother
           and
           her
           Sister
           ,
           which
           had
           this
           happy
           effect
           upon
           her
           ,
           that
           she
           became
           very
           Retired
           and
           Serious
           in
           her
           tender
           Age.
           And
           she
           then
           received
           such
           strong
           impressions
           and
           attractions
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           she
           had
           the
           use
           of
           Reason
           ,
           that
           her
           Thoughts
           and
           Discourses
           were
           such
           as
           seemed
           not
           to
           come
           from
           a
           Child
           ,
           but
           from
           one
           of
           well
           grown
           in
           Years
           .
           She
           always
           thought
           she
           should
           be
           in
           some
           other
           Place
           ,
           and
           enquiring
           where
           was
           the
           Country
           where
           Christians
           Inhabit
           ,
           expressed
           a
           desire
           to
           go
           thither
           .
           And
           when
           she
           was
           told
           she
           was
           then
           in
           a
           Country
           of
           Christians
           ,
           she
           could
           not
           believe
           it
           ,
           because
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           was
           born
           in
           a
           Stable
           ,
           and
           lived
           in
           Poverty
           ;
           but
           the
           People
           there
           had
           stately
           Houses
           ,
           rich
           Furniture
           and
           plenty
           of
           Mony
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           such
           Discourse
           would
           not
           down
           there
           ,
           but
           was
           turn'd
           into
           Ridicule
           ,
           so
           that
           she
           was
           constrained
           to
           keep
           silence
           and
           say
           no
           more
           of
           it
           .
           When
           she
           grew
           up
           ,
           she
           would
           not
           Marry
           ,
           but
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           enter
           into
           Religion
           ,
           or
           become
           a
           Nun
           
           among
           the
           Carmelites
           ,
           where
           she
           hoped
           to
           find
           such
           true
           Christians
           as
           she
           desired
           ;
           but
           therein
           soon
           found
           her self
           mistaken
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           betook
           her self
           to
           a
           Solitary
           and
           Retired
           Life
           ,
           with
           great
           Austerities
           ,
           exercising
           various
           acts
           of
           Charity
           as
           she
           saw
           occasion
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Decease
           of
           her
           Father
           in
           April
           1648
           ,
           her
           Mother
           ,
           Brother
           ,
           and
           all
           her
           Sisters
           being
           Dead
           before
           ,
           having
           recovered
           what
           belong'd
           to
           her
           from
           her
           Mother-in-Law
           ,
           she
           at
           first
           intended
           to
           have
           gotten
           together
           a
           Society
           of
           Religious
           Virgins
           :
           But
           one
           day
           as
           she
           was
           walking
           there
           met
           her
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           whom
           she
           did
           not
           remember
           to
           have
           ever
           seen
           before
           ,
           and
           told
           her
           ,
           that
           what
           she
           purposed
           ,
           she
           could
           not
           effect
           ,
           nor
           would
           it
           be
           to
           any
           good
           purpose
           ,
           for
           there
           were
           Nunneries
           enough
           ;
           but
           there
           were
           great
           store
           of
           poor
           Children
           every
           where
           ,
           who
           wanted
           good
           Education
           ;
           and
           there
           could
           be
           no
           better
           Work
           thought
           on
           ,
           than
           to
           take
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           Educate
           them
           from
           their
           Childhood
           in
           Religion
           and
           Virtue
           ,
           and
           such
           Employments
           as
           might
           enable
           them
           to
           get
           a
           comfortable
           livelyhood
           .
           This
           Man
           went
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Jean
             de
             St.
             Saulieu
          
           ,
           and
           proved
           at
           last
           a
           very
           Wicked
           Man
           :
           But
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           prevailed
           with
           her
           to
           undertake
           this
           Work
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           because
           one
           
             Jean
             Stappart
          
           a
           Merchant
           ,
           had
           already
           designed
           a
           House
           at
           Lisle
           ,
           with
           near
           50l
           .
           
             per
             an
          
           .
           for
           that
           very
           purpose
           ,
           and
           had
           already
           taken
           in
           about
           a
           Dozen
           poor
           Girls
           .
           With
           him
           she
           contracted
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1653
           ,
           and
           had
           their
           Agreement
           settled
           by
           Publick
           Notaries
           :
           And
           in
           November
           that
           Year
           ,
           she
           made
           her
           Entrance
           into
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           soon
           had
           the
           number
           of
           her
           Girls
           encreased
           to
           about
           50.
           
           She
           kept
           them
           at
           first
           only
           as
           in
           an
           Hospital
           or
           School
           ;
           but
           finding
           some
           inconveniencies
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           she
           thought
           fit
           to
           be
           recluse
           ;
           and
           in
           November
           1658
           ,
           by
           permission
           of
           the
           Bishop
           ,
           turn'd
           it
           into
           a
           Cloyster
           ,
           where
           she
           kept
           her
           Girls
           under
           strict
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           to
           very
           good
           Orders
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           their
           Work
           and
           as
           to
           matters
           of
           Religion
           :
           But
           after
           she
           had
           passed
           about
           Seven
           years
           in
           these
           pious
           Exercises
           ,
           three
           Years
           after
           she
           was
           Cloystered
           up
           ,
           no
           less
           than
           
             Two
             and
             thirty
          
           of
           these
           young
           Girls
           were
           discovered
           to
           be
           Witches
           .
           Of
           which
           ,
           and
           of
           divers
           remarkable
           Particulars
           thereunto
           appertaining
           ,
           the
           three
           following
           Relations
           furnish
           us
           with
           a
           considerable
           History
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           First
           Relation
           ,
           Translated
           out
           of
           her
           Tract
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           La
           Parole
           de
           Dieu
           .
        
         
           113.
           
           AFter
           my
           being
           Encloistered
           ,
           I
           had
           more
           leisure
           and
           convenience
           to
           attend
           daily
           the
           Instruction
           of
           the
           Children
           .
           I
           discovered
           more
           of
           their
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           pressed
           them
           the
           more
           to
           good
           Living
           :
           But
           I
           perceived
           their
           Souls
           but
           little
           the
           better
           ,
           unles
           Exteriorly
           .
           They
           were
           more
           Modest
           and
           Obedient
           ,
           keeping
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           Prayers
           Enjoyned
           them
           .
           People
           that
           saw
           and
           heard
           them
           Pray
           and
           Sing
           ,
           thought
           them
           little
           Angels
           :
           But
           I
           was
           always
           of
           the
           mind
           that
           they
           were
           without
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ;
           but
           yet
           I
           know
           not
           by
           what
           means
           .
           Some
           of
           them
           came
           of
           themselves
           to
           Confession
           every
           Week
           ,
           tho
           it
           was
           customary
           but
           once
           a
           Month.
           They
           willingly
           heard
           good
           Lectures
           ,
           Fasted
           the
           whole
           Lent
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           not
           obliged
           to
           it
           .
           Made
           their
           Humiliations
           every
           Friday
           ,
           by
           telling
           their
           Faults
           in
           the
           Hall.
           Underwent
           without
           regret
           all
           the
           Penances
           which
           were
           enjoyned
           them
           .
           There
           was
           nothing
           of
           ill
           observed
           in
           their
           Comportment
           ,
           but
           that
           some
           of
           them
           would
           not
           work
           willingly
           .
           Others
           were
           enclinable
           to
           Lying
           and
           to
           Thieving
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           were
           Corrected
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           with
           profit
           and
           amendment
           .
           I
           put
           all
           those
           out
           of
           the
           House
           who
           were
           not
           content
           with
           a
           Christian
           Life
           .
           The
           rest
           declared
           themselves
           to
           be
           more
           contented
           than
           they
           were
           before
           .
           I
           would
           no
           more
           take
           so
           great
           a
           Number
           again
           ,
           well
           perceiving
           that
           there
           would
           be
           less
           Confusion
           in
           it
           .
           I
           Prayed
           to
           God
           to
           know
           of
           him
           whether
           he
           received
           Glory
           by
           it
           .
           He
           answered
           me
           ,
           these
           are
           but
           
             Humane
             Accomodations
          
           .
        
         
           114.
           
           This
           I
           have
           very
           much
           experienced
           since
           ,
           seeing
           that
           neither
           the
           Children
           nor
           their
           Parents
           sought
           more
           than
           their
           Temporal
           Advantage
           ;
           as
           poor
           People
           for
           the
           most
           part
           
           are
           little
           sollicitous
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           Salvation
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           so
           that
           their
           Bodies
           are
           at
           Ease
           .
           This
           often
           troubled
           me
           :
           But
           afterwards
           considering
           that
           their
           Souls
           were
           Cultivated
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           I
           went
           on
           in
           my
           upright
           Intention
           ,
           to
           gain
           them
           to
           God.
           My
           Confessor
           very
           much
           approved
           of
           this
           Exercise
           ;
           but
           often
           asked
           me
           whether
           I
           would
           not
           accomplish
           my
           first
           Designe
           .
           I
           answered
           ,
           Yes
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           must
           shew
           me
           the
           Way
           and
           the
           Place
           appointed
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           time
           was
           not
           yet
           come
           .
           Many
           Persons
           grew
           to
           have
           a
           kindness
           for
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           added
           divers
           foundations
           to
           it
           .
           We
           had
           the
           Mass
           every
           day
           ;
           a
           great
           concourse
           of
           People
           came
           to
           us
           .
           Upon
           St.
           
           Anthony's
           day
           we
           had
           a
           Plenary
           Indulgence
           ,
           and
           the
           three
           Pastors
           celebrated
           High
           Mass
           ,
           and
           other
           Divine
           Services
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           115.
           
           One
           day
           as
           I
           came
           into
           the
           School
           where
           all
           the
           Children
           were
           at
           Work
           ,
           I
           saw
           a
           great
           number
           of
           
             little
             black
             Children
             with
             Wings
          
           fly
           about
           their
           Heads
           .
           I
           told
           them
           my
           Vision
           ,
           exhorting
           them
           to
           beware
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           who
           most
           certainly
           environed
           them
           .
        
         
           116.
           
           After
           I
           had
           passed
           about
           Seven
           Years
           in
           these
           pious
           Exercises
           ,
           it
           happened
           one
           day
           that
           as
           
             one
             of
             these
             Girls
          
           was
           to
           have
           been
           Corrected
           for
           sorne
           fault
           ,
           we
           
             shut
             her
             up
             into
             a
             place
             call'd
             the
             Prison
             .
          
           About
           an
           Hour
           after
           she
           was
           there
           ,
           she
           came
           out
           tho
           no
           Body
           opened
           her
           the
           Door
           .
           And
           as
           all
           the
           other
           saw
           her
           come
           into
           the
           School
           ,
           they
           changed
           their
           Countenance
           and
           looked
           Pale
           .
           Returning
           ,
           I
           saw
           it
           was
           she
           who
           had
           been
           Lock'd
           up
           .
           She
           asked
           me
           Forgiveness
           ,
           promising
           me
           to
           Amend
           .
           I
           asked
           her
           who
           it
           was
           who
           opened
           her
           the
           Door
           ?
           She
           said
           a
           Man.
           I
           told
           her
           she
           was
           Mad
           ;
           because
           no
           Man
           came
           into
           the
           Cloister
           ,
           and
           bid
           her
           take
           her
           Work.
           She
           who
           had
           shut
           her
           up
           ,
           was
           then
           Abroad
           :
           And
           when
           she
           returned
           and
           saw
           this
           Girl
           at
           Work
           ,
           she
           was
           amazed
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           Who
           has
           opened
           the
           Door
           for
           her
           ?
           I
           carried
           the
           Key
           with
           me
           .
           I
           made
           her
           go
           to
           the
           Place
           where
           she
           had
           shut
           her
           up
           ,
           where
           she
           found
           the
           two
           Doors
           Lock'd
           as
           she
           left
           them
           when
           she
           went
           out
           .
           I
           took
           the
           Child
           a
           part
           into
           my
           Chamber
           to
           Examin
           her
           .
           She
           said
           that
           a
           Man
           who
           was
           her
           
           Friend
           ,
           came
           and
           opened
           the
           Door
           for
           her
           ,
           and
           she
           call'd
           him
           always
           in
           her
           need
           .
           I
           was
           afraid
           that
           this
           must
           be
           the
           Devil
           .
           I
           sent
           the
           Pastors
           word
           that
           they
           should
           come
           and
           hear
           the
           Matter
           ,
           who
           having
           strictly
           examined
           her
           ,
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           great
           appearance
           that
           she
           was
           a
           Witch
           .
           I
           would
           not
           believe
           them
           .
           Nevertheless
           I
           immediately
           turn'd
           
             her
             out
             of
             the
             House
          
           ,
           fearing
           that
           some
           Evil
           Spirit
           had
           brought
           her
           thither
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           might
           trouble
           the
           House
           .
           She
           was
           between
           Thirteen
           and
           Fourteen
           years
           of
           Age.
           I
           now
           called
           to
           mind
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Fury
           of
           Hell
           was
           to
           be
           armed
           against
           me
           :
           Wherefore
           I
           pray'd
           that
           strength
           might
           be
           given
           me
           to
           Oppose
           and
           conquer
           them
           .
        
         
           117.
           
           About
           three
           Months
           after
           ,
           it
           happen'd
           that
           another
           Girl
           was
           to
           be
           shut
           up
           ,
           of
           about
           Fifteen
           Years
           Old.
           She
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Devil
           made
           her
           to
           commit
           the
           Thievery
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           came
           to
           her
           by
           Night
           .
           I
           turn'd
           her
           out
           also
           ,
           thinking
           to
           purge
           the
           House
           .
           But
           yet
           three
           Months
           after
           we
           discover'd
           another
           who
           was
           but
           Thirteen
           Years
           Old.
           She
           was
           to
           have
           been
           Whip'd
           :
           But
           saith
           she
           ,
           Do
           not
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           I
           'll
           tell
           you
           who
           it
           is
           that
           makes
           me
           do
           this
           Mischief
           .
           Taking
           her
           aside
           into
           my
           Chamber
           ,
           she
           told
           me
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Devil
           .
           I
           asked
           her
           whether
           she
           knew
           the
           Devil
           or
           not
           ?
           She
           said
           ay
           ,
           he
           is
           almost
           always
           with
           me
           .
           I
           asked
           her
           what
           manner
           of
           Person
           he
           was
           ?
           She
           said
           he
           was
           a
           handsom
           young
           Youth
           a
           little
           bigger
           than
           her self
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           marked
           her
           upon
           her
           Head
           ;
           and
           that
           she
           had
           given
           him
           her
           Soul
           ,
           and
           had
           renounced
           God
           and
           her
           Baptism
           .
           I
           forbid
           her
           to
           tell
           this
           to
           any
           Body
           .
           However
           I
           sent
           for
           the
           Pastors
           being
           very
           much
           troubled
           to
           think
           what
           this
           should
           be
           ,
           believing
           it
           an
           Illusion
           ,
           or
           a
           Frenzy
           .
        
         
           118.
           
           When
           the
           Pastors
           had
           Examin'd
           her
           ,
           they
           said
           ,
           that
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           put
           her
           away
           ,
           for
           that
           there
           was
           a
           great
           Misfortune
           among
           these
           Children
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           be
           searched
           to
           the
           bottom
           ;
           for
           that
           this
           Girl
           had
           declared
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           
             two
             more
          
           among
           them
           such
           as
           her self
           .
           They
           Examined
           those
           two
           ,
           who
           declared
           that
           they
           were
           so
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           were
           
             two
             more
          
           besides
           .
           We
           Examined
           on
           further
           ,
           
           and
           found
           that
           all
           the
           said
           Girls
           were
           in
           Compact
           with
           the
           Devil
           :
           For
           they
           related
           such
           particulars
           which
           they
           could
           not
           know
           unless
           they
           were
           true
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           must
           have
           very
           much
           studied
           these
           Matters
           .
           Now
           they
           were
           in
           Number
           
             Thirty
             and
             two
          
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           who
           had
           all
           contracted
           this
           Mischief
           before
           they
           came
           into
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           had
           learn'd
           it
           some
           of
           their
           Relations
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           their
           Companions
           ,
           and
           all
           in
           different
           Places
           ,
           different
           Towns
           ,
           Villages
           and
           Parishes
           .
        
         
           119.
           
           I
           was
           in
           great
           perplexity
           ,
           having
           never
           believed
           that
           there
           was
           such
           Creatures
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           at
           least
           very
           rarely
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           had
           something
           peculiar
           outwardly
           to
           be
           observed
           about
           them
           ;
           but
           that
           these
           Children
           performing
           all
           pious
           Exercises
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           perswade
           my self
           that
           they
           were
           such
           .
           But
           be
           it
           as
           it
           would
           ,
           I
           asked
           the
           Pastors
           if
           there
           was
           no
           Remedy
           .
           They
           said
           there
           was
           ,
           since
           that
           they
           had
           been
           gained
           by
           the
           Devil
           before
           their
           age
           of
           Reason
           .
           I
           told
           them
           that
           we
           must
           spare
           nothing
           ,
           but
           use
           all
           possible
           Endeavours
           .
           The
           Chaplain
           ,
           Pastors
           ,
           and
           the
           Capuchin
           Fathers
           ,
           Exorcised
           them
           two
           Hours
           a
           day
           ,
           each
           Man
           twice
           a
           Week
           .
           The
           Pastor
           of
           the
           Parish
           where
           the
           House
           stood
           ,
           which
           was
           St.
           
           Saviour's
           ,
           came
           often
           to
           interrogate
           them
           to
           discover
           more
           and
           more
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           to
           reconcile
           them
           by
           Confessions
           and
           Penances
           .
        
         
           120.
           
           He
           wrote
           down
           their
           Examinations
           for
           his
           Memory
           sake
           .
           They
           formerly
           declared
           that
           they
           had
           daily
           carnal
           Cohabitation
           with
           the
           Devil
           ;
           that
           they
           went
           to
           the
           Sabbaths
           or
           Meetings
           ,
           where
           they
           Eat
           ,
           Drank
           ,
           Danc'd
           ,
           and
           committed
           other
           Whoredom
           and
           Sensualities
           .
           Every
           one
           had
           her
           Devil
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Man
           ;
           and
           the
           Men
           had
           their
           Devils
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Woman
           .
           And
           that
           there
           were
           so
           great
           a
           number
           of
           Persons
           at
           these
           Nocturnal
           Assemblies
           ,
           where
           every
           Devil
           brought
           from
           day
           to
           day
           their
           Love
           whether
           Male
           or
           Female
           ,
           that
           no
           Assemblies
           were
           ever
           seen
           so
           Numerous
           in
           the
           City
           as
           in
           those
           Sabbaths
           ,
           where
           came
           People
           of
           all
           Qualities
           and
           Conditions
           ,
           Young
           and
           Old
           ,
           Rich
           and
           Poor
           ,
           Noble
           and
           Ignoble
           ,
           but
           especially
           all
           sorts
           of
           Monks
           and
           Nuns
           ,
           Priests
           and
           Prelates
           ;
           and
           that
           every
           one
           took
           his
           place
           as
           they
           do
           in
           the
           World
           :
           that
           they
           there
           Worshiped
           a
           Beast
           ,
           
           with
           which
           they
           committed
           infamous
           things
           ,
           and
           then
           at
           last
           they
           burnt
           it
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           took
           up
           some
           of
           the
           Ashes
           ,
           with
           the
           which
           they
           made
           Men
           or
           Beasts
           to
           Languish
           ,
           or
           Die
           ;
           declaring
           some
           of
           them
           particularly
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           made
           use
           of
           them
           to
           kill
           Poultry
           and
           other
           Creatures
           .
        
         
           121.
           
           After
           they
           had
           declared
           all
           these
           things
           to
           the
           said
           Pastor
           and
           to
           me
           ,
           they
           would
           sometimes
           say
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           nothing
           in
           it
           ;
           then
           again
           they
           would
           ratifie
           all
           by
           confirming
           it
           anew
           :
           And
           after
           that
           would
           deny
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           confess
           it
           again
           .
           So
           that
           I
           continued
           Eight
           Months
           in
           these
           Exorcises
           ,
           letting
           no
           Body
           know
           it
           but
           those
           Divines
           .
           During
           this
           time
           between
           whiles
           they
           made
           General
           Confessions
           ,
           wept
           in
           appearance
           of
           Sorrow
           and
           Repentance
           :
           But
           all
           was
           but
           Counterfeit
           ,
           their
           Hearts
           being
           addicted
           to
           sensual
           Pleasures
           ,
           which
           the
           Devil
           gave
           them
           .
           They
           had
           not
           the
           least
           design
           of
           changing
           ,
           to
           quit
           these
           abominable
           Pleasures
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           them
           of
           Twenty
           two
           Years
           old
           one
           day
           told
           me
           .
           No
           ,
           said
           she
           ,
           
             I
             will
             not
             be
             other
             than
             I
             am
             ;
             I
             find
             too
             much
             content
             in
             my
             Condition
             ;
             I
             am
             always
             Caressed
             .
          
           I
           have
           had
           of
           them
           from
           Eight
           Years
           of
           Age
           to
           Twenty
           two
           .
           The
           Elder
           of
           them
           told
           me
           ,
           
             We
             are
             often
             afraid
             of
             being
             with
             Child
             by
             the
             Devil
             ;
             for
             we
             should
             thereby
             be
             discovered
             that
             it
             was
             by
             the
             Devil
             ,
             because
             we
             never
             see
             any
             Men
             come
             into
             the
             Cloister
             .
          
        
         
           122.
           
           About
           this
           time
           a
           Woman
           of
           the
           Town
           was
           very
           importunate
           with
           me
           to
           take
           a
           Girl
           of
           Nine
           years
           Old
           out
           of
           Charity
           .
           I
           yielded
           to
           her
           Desire
           .
           But
           thinking
           to
           teach
           her
           and
           make
           her
           Work
           ,
           she
           would
           do
           nothing
           ;
           so
           that
           one
           day
           going
           to
           Correct
           her
           ,
           she
           said
           ,
           the
           Devil
           held
           her
           Hands
           ,
           and
           she
           could
           do
           nothing
           .
           The
           others
           Laughing
           cry'd
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           out
           of
           their
           Gang.
           And
           indeed
           after
           I
           had
           Examined
           her
           ,
           she
           told
           me
           more
           particulars
           than
           the
           others
           had
           done
           ,
           saying
           that
           she
           could
           kill
           Cows
           tho
           they
           were
           two
           Leagues
           distant
           .
           I
           immediately
           turn'd
           her
           off
           ,
           having
           enough
           of
           that
           sort
           already
           .
           The
           Woman
           who
           had
           recommended
           her
           to
           me
           ,
           understanding
           by
           this
           Child
           what
           passed
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           that
           every
           one
           had
           confessed
           this
           Secret
           ,
           she
           presented
           a
           Petition
           against
           me
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           saying
           
           that
           I
           abused
           the
           Children
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           should
           take
           away
           their
           Reputation
           by
           believing
           that
           they
           were
           Witches
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           gave
           this
           Advertisement
           to
           the
           Magistrate
           ,
           out
           of
           Charity
           and
           Love
           that
           she
           bore
           to
           those
           Children
           .
        
      
       
         
           The
           Second
           Relation
           ,
           Translated
           out
           of
           her
           Tract
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           La
           Vie
           Exterieur
           .
           §.
           23.
           1661.
           
        
         
           81.
           
           BUt
           the
           Fifth
           discovered
           it self
           about
           three
           Years
           after
           I
           had
           been
           Cloistered
           up
           ,
           and
           began
           by
           a
           young
           Wench
           of
           the
           Village
           of
           about
           Fifteen
           years
           of
           Age
           ,
           who
           having
           done
           some
           Offence
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           corrected
           by
           being
           shut
           up
           by
           her self
           ,
           which
           the
           House-keeper
           by
           my
           Order
           did
           .
           And
           after
           having
           shut
           up
           the
           said
           Girl
           ,
           she
           took
           the
           Key
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           went
           out
           of
           Doors
           :
           But
           about
           an
           Hour
           after
           she
           was
           gone
           ,
           the
           Girl
           came
           into
           the
           School
           where
           the
           others
           were
           at
           Work
           ,
           who
           seeing
           her
           coming
           ,
           turned
           all
           Pale
           ;
           and
           being
           asked
           what
           made
           them
           change
           their
           Countenance
           ?
           They
           told
           me
           that
           they
           saw
           before
           them
           at
           the
           School
           door
           the
           Girl
           that
           had
           been
           shut
           up
           ,
           whose
           Name
           was
           Bellot
           ;
           and
           being
           bid
           to
           come
           in
           if
           she
           was
           at
           the
           Door
           ,
           she
           came
           up
           and
           ask'd
           me
           Pardon
           for
           her
           Fault
           ,
           promising
           to
           Amend
           .
           I
           asked
           her
           if
           she
           had
           not
           been
           shut
           up
           by
           the
           House-keeper
           ?
           She
           said
           yes
           .
           How
           then
           came
           you
           forth
           ,
           said
           I
           ?
           She
           held
           her
           Tongue
           for
           some
           time
           ;
           but
           being
           pressed
           to
           Answer
           ,
           she
           said
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           had
           let
           her
           out
           .
           This
           I
           took
           for
           Raving
           ,
           because
           I
           knew
           that
           no
           Man
           ,
           or
           other
           Person
           ,
           could
           be
           in
           the
           House
           .
           But
           not
           being
           willing
           to
           make
           further
           enquiry
           before
           the
           rest
           ,
           I
           bid
           her
           take
           her
           Work
           and
           be
           good
           hereafter
           .
           In
           a
           little
           time
           after
           ,
           when
           the
           House-keeper
           returned
           from
           her
           business
           Abroad
           ,
           and
           saw
           this
           Girl
           at
           her
           Work
           ,
           she
           was
           Astonished
           ,
           crying
           ,
           Who
           is
           it
           that
           hath
           opened
           the
           Door
           for
           this
           Child
           ?
           I
           had
           shut
           three
           Doors
           upon
           her
           ,
           and
           see
           here
           the
           Keys
           at
           my
           Girdle
           .
           I
           went
           out
           of
           the
           School
           to
           inform
           my self
           from
           
           the
           House-keeper
           ,
           if
           she
           had
           really
           locked
           up
           the
           Doors
           ?
           she
           answered
           me
           ,
           she
           had
           ,
           and
           going
           to
           the
           Doors
           ,
           found
           them
           all
           three
           Lock'd
           ,
           as
           she
           had
           left
           them
           .
           This
           thing
           troubled
           me
           ;
           and
           after
           Dinner
           I
           call'd
           the
           said
           Girl
           into
           my
           own
           Chamber
           ,
           to
           know
           of
           her
           how
           she
           got
           out
           of
           so
           fast
           a
           Place
           .
           She
           said
           that
           a
           Man
           opened
           the
           Door
           for
           her
           .
           I
           asked
           what
           Man
           this
           might
           be
           ,
           and
           if
           she
           knew
           him
           .
           Yes
           ,
           she
           said
           she
           knew
           him
           very
           well
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           the
           Devil
           .
           At
           which
           I
           was
           struck
           with
           Horror
           ,
           saying
           ,
           The
           Devil's
           Spirit
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           a
           Man.
           Tho
           he
           be
           a
           Spirit
           said
           she
           ,
           he
           comes
           to
           me
           in
           the
           shape
           of
           a
           Man
           ;
           and
           as
           I
           call'd
           him
           to
           my
           Assistance
           when
           I
           was
           shut
           up
           ,
           he
           came
           to
           me
           ,
           opened
           the
           Door
           and
           let
           me
           out
           .
           I
           asked
           her
           how
           long
           she
           had
           known
           this
           Man-Devil
           (
           or
           Devil
           of
           a
           Man
           ?
           )
           She
           said
           all
           the
           days
           of
           her
           Life
           :
           That
           her
           Mother
           had
           taken
           her
           with
           her
           when
           she
           was
           very
           Young
           ,
           and
           had
           even
           carried
           her
           in
           her
           Arms
           to
           the
           Witches
           Sabbaths
           or
           Assemblies
           ,
           which
           were
           held
           in
           the
           Night
           ;
           and
           that
           being
           a
           little
           Wench
           ,
           this
           Man-Devil
           was
           then
           a
           little
           Boy
           too
           ,
           and
           grew
           up
           as
           she
           did
           ,
           having
           been
           always
           her
           Love
           ,
           and
           Caressed
           her
           Day
           and
           Night
           .
           I
           could
           not
           comprehend
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           having
           never
           hear'd
           the
           like
           in
           my
           Life
           .
        
         
           83.
           
           I
           immediately
           wrote
           to
           the
           three
           fore-mentioned
           Pastors
           ,
           to
           desire
           them
           to
           come
           to
           my
           House
           ,
           where
           there
           was
           a
           Girl
           who
           told
           me
           things
           which
           I
           had
           not
           capacity
           enough
           to
           understand
           ;
           desiring
           that
           they
           would
           come
           and
           Examin
           her
           to
           know
           what
           it
           might
           be
           .
           They
           came
           all
           three
           together
           the
           same
           day
           ,
           and
           having
           Examined
           the
           Girl
           ,
           she
           declared
           to
           them
           that
           she
           had
           given
           her
           Soul
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           had
           renounced
           God
           ;
           and
           to
           confirm
           the
           donation
           of
           her
           Soul
           ,
           she
           had
           received
           a
           mark
           upon
           her
           Foot
           :
           That
           this
           Contract
           had
           been
           made
           at
           Twelve
           Years
           old
           ;
           but
           that
           long
           before
           that
           time
           this
           Love
           of
           hers
           had
           accompanied
           her
           ,
           and
           carried
           her
           at
           Nights
           to
           the
           Witches
           Meetings
           in
           great
           Castles
           ,
           where
           they
           assembled
           to
           Eat
           ,
           Drink
           ,
           Dance
           ,
           Sing
           ,
           and
           act
           a
           thousand
           other
           insolencies
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           particulars
           
           which
           she
           could
           not
           know
           unless
           she
           had
           been
           a
           Witch
           ,
           or
           had
           studied
           Books
           of
           Magick
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           be
           ,
           she
           beginning
           then
           but
           to
           learn
           her
           Letters
           ,
           having
           been
           but
           a
           little
           while
           in
           my
           House
           .
           I
           told
           the
           Pastors
           that
           I
           would
           not
           endure
           any
           longer
           such
           a
           Person
           in
           my
           House
           ,
           lest
           she
           should
           spoil
           my
           other
           Girls
           ;
           and
           I
           placed
           her
           out
           the
           same
           day
           with
           a
           Woman
           whom
           I
           knew
           to
           be
           of
           a
           good
           Life
           ,
           from
           whence
           a
           little
           time
           after
           a
           Man
           came
           and
           took
           her
           away
           ,
           saying
           ,
           he
           had
           Married
           her
           Mother
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           be
           her
           Father
           ;
           and
           so
           I
           never
           heard
           more
           of
           the
           said
           Bellot
           .
        
         
           84.
           
           I
           was
           much
           troubled
           in
           my
           mind
           to
           see
           that
           the
           Devil
           had
           yet
           so
           much
           Power
           as
           to
           trouble
           a
           House
           of
           Religion
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           had
           undertaken
           the
           Government
           for
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Souls
           .
           I
           often
           Examined
           my self
           what
           fault
           I
           might
           have
           committed
           ,
           that
           should
           give
           the
           Devil
           so
           much
           power
           as
           to
           send
           a
           Witch
           into
           my
           House
           ,
           when
           I
           thought
           there
           had
           been
           but
           few
           of
           them
           in
           the
           World.
           And
           tho
           I
           could
           not
           believe
           that
           the
           said
           Bellot
           was
           a
           Witch
           ,
           yet
           I
           found
           that
           the
           Devil
           had
           great
           Power
           over
           her
           .
           Not
           knowing
           however
           what
           sort
           of
           Creature
           a
           Witch
           must
           be
           ,
           having
           often
           thought
           that
           Witches
           were
           ugly
           deformed
           Creatures
           ,
           or
           half
           Beasts
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           transform
           themselves
           into
           Cats
           ,
           Horses
           ,
           and
           other
           Animals
           ;
           so
           that
           I
           could
           not
           believe
           that
           this
           Girl
           was
           a
           Witch
           ,
           tho
           the
           three
           Pastors
           aforesaid
           ,
           did
           assure
           me
           of
           it
           .
           I
           Pray'd
           to
           God
           to
           discover
           to
           me
           my
           secret
           Sins
           ,
           not
           knowing
           to
           what
           Cause
           I
           might
           attribute
           so
           strange
           an
           Accident
           ,
           which
           intruded
           it self
           amongst
           my
           good
           Intentions
           .
           However
           ,
           I
           kept
           regularly
           on
           the
           Discipline
           of
           my
           House
           ,
           believing
           that
           I
           had
           got
           rid
           of
           such
           kind
           of
           Persons
           ,
           by
           dismissing
           the
           said
           Bellot
           .
        
         
           85.
           
           But
           three
           Months
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           after
           the
           Discovery
           of
           a
           Second
           about
           Fifteen
           Years
           old
           ,
           who
           is
           not
           here
           mentioned
           ,
           tho
           she
           be
           in
           the
           former
           Treatise
           ,
           and
           was
           sent
           away
           three
           Months
           after
           the
           first
           ;
           so
           that
           this
           happen'd
           six
           Months
           after
           the
           first
           .
           See
           
             La.
             Parole
             de
             Dieu
             ,
             §
             .
             116.
             —
             121.
             )
          
           
           afterwards
           we
           discovered
           another
           ,
           which
           said
           and
           did
           the
           same
           things
           .
           This
           was
           a
           Girl
           Born
           in
           the
           town
           ,
           which
           had
           always
           been
           Nursed
           in
           the
           Village
           ,
           of
           about
           Twelve
           Years
           old
           ,
           who
           for
           the
           evil
           custom
           she
           had
           gotten
           of
           Stealing
           ,
           was
           one
           day
           to
           have
           been
           Whipped
           ;
           which
           being
           not
           willing
           to
           submit
           to
           ,
           she
           said
           somebody
           had
           advised
           her
           to
           Steal
           ,
           whom
           she
           would
           tell
           me
           of
           if
           I
           would
           forgive
           her
           that
           time
           .
           I
           then
           forbore
           her
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           I
           might
           know
           what
           evil
           Creature
           it
           was
           that
           gave
           her
           that
           advice
           .
           I
           call'd
           her
           into
           my
           Chamber
           alone
           ,
           thinking
           I
           should
           discover
           some
           other
           of
           the
           Girls
           that
           Counselled
           her
           to
           Steal
           ;
           she
           presently
           fell
           a
           Crying
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           answer
           me
           a
           Word
           .
           But
           a
           little
           after
           she
           said
           it
           was
           the
           Devil
           that
           gave
           her
           this
           evil
           Counsel
           .
           I
           gave
           a
           great
           Sigh
           ,
           telling
           her
           that
           she
           said
           this
           only
           to
           cover
           her
           Wickedness
           ,
           for
           that
           she
           could
           not
           know
           the
           Devil
           .
           She
           replied
           ,
           that
           she
           knew
           him
           very
           well
           ;
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Boy
           a
           little
           bigger
           than
           her self
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           was
           her
           Love
           ,
           and
           lay
           with
           her
           every
           Night
           .
           I
           asked
           her
           how
           long
           she
           had
           known
           him
           .
           She
           said
           ,
           that
           being
           very
           Young
           and
           playing
           with
           the
           Girls
           in
           the
           Village
           ,
           they
           ask'd
           her
           if
           she
           would
           go
           with
           them
           to
           the
           Dedication
           ;
           that
           she
           should
           have
           good
           Chear
           and
           a
           Sweet-heart
           into
           the
           Bargain
           .
           And
           as
           soon
           as
           she
           consented
           ,
           her
           said
           Lover
           came
           upon
           a
           little
           Horse
           ,
           and
           took
           her
           by
           the
           Hand
           ,
           asking
           her
           if
           she
           would
           be
           his
           Mistress
           ,
           and
           she
           saying
           Ay
           ,
           she
           was
           catched
           up
           into
           the
           Air
           with
           him
           and
           the
           other
           Girls
           ,
           and
           they
           flew
           all
           together
           to
           a
           great
           Castle
           ,
           where
           they
           play'd
           upon
           Instruments
           ,
           Danc'd
           ,
           Feasted
           and
           drank
           Wine
           :
           And
           that
           ever
           since
           she
           had
           been
           there
           three
           or
           four
           times
           a
           Week
           ;
           that
           at
           Ten
           Years
           old
           she
           had
           given
           her
           Soul
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           renounced
           God
           and
           her
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           received
           a
           Mark
           from
           the
           Devil
           upon
           her
           Head
           ;
           which
           we
           afterwards
           found
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           for
           that
           she
           was
           insensible
           in
           the
           place
           where
           the
           said
           Mark
           was
           made
           ;
           for
           we
           stuck
           a
           Pin
           as
           long
           as
           ones
           little
           Finger
           into
           her
           Head
           ,
           and
           she
           felt
           no
           Pain
           .
        
         
         
           86.
           
           I
           immediately
           sent
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           three
           Pastors
           to
           come
           and
           Examin
           this
           second
           Girl
           ,
           who
           said
           almost
           the
           same
           things
           as
           the
           first
           .
           And
           after
           that
           they
           had
           Examined
           her
           ,
           they
           told
           me
           that
           she
           was
           also
           a
           Witch
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           turn
           her
           out
           of
           my
           House
           'till
           I
           had
           discovered
           whence
           this
           Misfortune
           came
           ;
           that
           there
           must
           be
           some
           Witch
           in
           the
           House
           that
           thus
           drew
           the
           Children
           after
           her
           .
           I
           followed
           their
           advice
           by
           keeping
           this
           Girl
           in
           the
           House
           ;
           but
           confining
           her
           in
           a
           Chamber
           separate
           from
           the
           rest
           ;
           where
           necessaries
           were
           brought
           her
           and
           also
           her
           Work.
           One
           of
           these
           Pastors
           ,
           call'd
           
             Peter
             Salmon
          
           ,
           undertook
           to
           Examin
           her
           every
           day
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           he
           might
           bring
           her
           to
           a
           good
           Conversion
           ,
           to
           renounce
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           to
           return
           to
           God
           :
           And
           asking
           if
           there
           were
           no
           more
           Children
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           who
           were
           such
           as
           her self
           ,
           she
           said
           that
           there
           were
           two
           more
           that
           went
           with
           her
           every
           day
           to
           the
           Sabbaths
           .
           And
           having
           examined
           separately
           the
           other
           two
           Girls
           whether
           there
           was
           any
           truth
           in
           it
           ,
           they
           ingenuously
           confessed
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           the
           Devil
           by
           a
           precise
           Contract
           ,
           and
           had
           consigned
           their
           Souls
           to
           him
           .
           Understanding
           this
           ,
           I
           resolved
           to
           send
           away
           all
           the
           Children
           that
           I
           could
           ,
           fearing
           that
           instead
           of
           procuring
           the
           Salvation
           of
           their
           Souls
           by
           keeping
           them
           with
           me
           ,
           they
           would
           by
           teaching
           one
           another
           their
           Wickedness
           ,
           all
           be
           Damned
           .
           I
           could
           not
           send
           them
           away
           all
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           were
           so
           poor
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           neither
           Friends
           nor
           Houses
           to
           be
           received
           in
           .
           And
           for
           this
           reason
           I
           was
           still
           obliged
           to
           keep
           
             two
             and
             Thirty
          
           .
        
         
           87.
           
           The
           said
           Pastor
           Salmon
           began
           for
           his
           Memory
           sake
           to
           write
           down
           what
           these
           Girls
           had
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           being
           all
           three
           in
           distinct
           Apartments
           :
           And
           having
           spoken
           often
           with
           them
           ,
           the
           two
           last
           said
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           still
           two
           more
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           for
           their
           pars
           need
           not
           be
           taken
           out
           from
           the
           rest
           .
           But
           asking
           them
           who
           the
           others
           were
           ,
           they
           each
           of
           them
           named
           two
           different
           Names
           .
           And
           having
           Examined
           the
           said
           Four
           ,
           they
           confessed
           that
           it
           was
           all
           true
           ;
           and
           named
           each
           of
           them
           two
           different
           Names
           ,
           which
           were
           of
           the
           same
           Diabolical
           Company
           ;
           so
           that
           from
           Two
           to
           Four
           ,
           
           and
           from
           Four
           to
           Eight
           ,
           we
           discerned
           that
           the
           Thirty
           two
           yet
           remaining
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           were
           all
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           each
           in
           particular
           given
           up
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           proper
           and
           deliberate
           consent
           :
           And
           that
           not
           one
           of
           them
           Contracted
           this
           Wickedness
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           but
           brought
           it
           with
           them
           thither
           ,
           having
           diversly
           fallen
           into
           it
           ,
           some
           by
           their
           Fathers
           ,
           some
           by
           their
           Mothers
           ,
           and
           some
           by
           playing
           with
           other
           little
           Girls
           together
           ,
           as
           they
           declared
           as
           well
           to
           me
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           said
           Pastor
           ,
           who
           put
           all
           the
           Particulars
           which
           they
           told
           him
           in
           Writing
           .
        
         
           88.
           
           I
           was
           mightily
           perplexed
           to
           find
           my self
           confined
           to
           a
           House
           with
           two
           and
           Thirty
           Creatures
           ,
           who
           declared
           that
           they
           had
           all
           given
           their
           Souls
           to
           the
           Devil
           .
           The
           Maids
           I
           had
           for
           my
           assistance
           went
           all
           away
           ,
           leaving
           me
           alone
           with
           these
           wicked
           Wretches
           ,
           with
           whom
           I
           was
           forced
           to
           Eat
           and
           Drink
           ,
           at
           least
           what
           they
           Dressed
           for
           me
           .
           I
           held
           divers
           Consults
           with
           the
           said
           three
           Pastors
           ,
           what
           was
           fit
           to
           be
           done
           upon
           such
           an
           Occasion
           .
           I
           proposed
           to
           dismiss
           them
           by
           degrees
           ;
           but
           then
           I
           feared
           I
           should
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           mischief
           that
           they
           would
           do
           among
           Man-kind
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           abroad
           ;
           for
           they
           confessed
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           Killed
           both
           People
           and
           Cattle
           ,
           which
           I
           also
           afterward
           found
           by
           Experience
           ,
           they
           having
           killed
           all
           of
           a
           sudden
           thirty
           young
           Ducks
           ,
           Cats
           ,
           Chickens
           ,
           and
           other
           Animals
           about
           the
           House
           in
           less
           than
           two
           Hours
           time
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           often
           Confessed
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           could
           not
           honestly
           turn
           them
           out
           ,
           lest
           I
           should
           wrong
           my
           Neighbours
           by
           sending
           them
           such
           Persons
           as
           these
           ,
           without
           giving
           them
           Notice
           ;
           and
           by
           advertising
           of
           them
           ,
           none
           would
           receive
           them
           .
        
         
           89.
           
           Upon
           this
           ,
           I
           was
           greatly
           Dispirited
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           see
           what
           was
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           in
           this
           point
           .
           The
           Pastors
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           said
           ,
           I
           ought
           to
           let
           them
           all
           continue
           with
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           hoped
           they
           might
           convert
           them
           to
           God
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           engaged
           to
           the
           Devil
           in
           their
           Child-hood
           before
           they
           had
           the
           use
           of
           their
           Reason
           ;
           offering
           me
           to
           do
           their
           utmost
           ,
           saying
           that
           they
           would
           come
           every
           day
           to
           Advise
           and
           Exorcise
           them
           ,
           and
           Pray
           for
           their
           Conversion
           .
           And
           
           And
           having
           asked
           them
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           that
           these
           Creatures
           could
           be
           converted
           to
           God
           after
           having
           deny'd
           him
           and
           given
           their
           Souls
           to
           the
           Devil
           ;
           they
           answered
           me
           that
           they
           might
           ;
           that
           God
           was
           Merciful
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           wicked
           as
           Men
           could
           be
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           Converted
           so
           long
           as
           they
           were
           in
           this
           World.
           Which
           is
           very
           true
           ;
           but
           since
           that
           time
           I
           have
           had
           sufficient
           Experience
           that
           Persons
           thus
           contracted
           to
           the
           Devil
           do
           not
           turn
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           no
           real
           desire
           to
           be
           Converted
           ,
           tho
           they
           make
           a
           shew
           as
           if
           they
           had
           .
        
         
           90.
           
           I
           resolved
           then
           to
           keep
           the
           said
           Children
           with
           me
           ,
           exhorting
           them
           all
           I
           could
           to
           be
           converted
           to
           God
           :
           And
           the
           said
           Pastors
           came
           every
           day
           one
           or
           other
           of
           them
           to
           Admonish
           them
           and
           to
           Pray
           with
           them
           .
           Which
           we
           did
           very
           secretly
           for
           the
           space
           of
           about
           eight
           Months
           :
           During
           which
           time
           ,
           the
           Girls
           made
           great
           shew
           of
           Conversion
           ,
           by
           Tears
           ,
           repeated
           Confessions
           ,
           Prayers
           and
           attention
           to
           the
           Admonitions
           which
           were
           made
           them
           .
        
         
           91.
           
           Many
           of
           them
           seemed
           to
           melt
           into
           Tears
           ,
           when
           I
           spoke
           to
           them
           of
           the
           Judgments
           of
           God
           ,
           Eternal
           Life
           ,
           the
           Joys
           of
           Paradise
           ,
           and
           the
           Torments
           of
           Hell.
           But
           this
           lasted
           not
           long
           .
           And
           when
           I
           Examined
           some
           of
           the
           eldest
           and
           most
           sensible
           of
           them
           whether
           these
           Tears
           were
           Feigned
           ,
           and
           Counterfeit
           ,
           or
           else
           Sincere
           ;
           they
           answered
           me
           ,
           they
           proceeded
           from
           their
           Grief
           for
           having
           denied
           God
           ,
           and
           abandon'd
           themselves
           to
           the
           Devil
           .
           But
           that
           this
           lasted
           no
           longer
           than
           whilst
           they
           were
           spoken
           to
           ,
           and
           had
           their
           miserable
           Estate
           before
           them
           :
           That
           the
           Devil
           came
           presently
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           asked
           them
           ,
           how
           they
           could
           leave
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Pleasures
           they
           had
           taken
           together
           ?
           And
           Caressed
           them
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           they
           immediately
           made
           a
           new
           Contract
           with
           him
           ,
           forgetting
           all
           the
           good
           Purposes
           they
           had
           taken
           before
           .
        
         
           92.
           
           I
           asked
           them
           ,
           if
           the
           
             Admonitions
             ,
             Exorcisms
             and
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Pastors
             ,
          
           did
           not
           take
           away
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           from
           holding
           them
           thus
           subjected
           to
           him
           ?
           They
           told
           me
           that
           
             the
             Devil
             Laugh'd
             at
             these
             Performances
          
           ;
           and
           that
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           a
           Monky
           he
           mimick'd
           the
           same
           Ceremonies
           that
           the
           
           Pastors
           did
           ;
           when
           they
           Kneel'd
           down
           to
           Pray
           ,
           the
           Devil
           kneel'd
           behind
           them
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           Book
           in
           his
           Hand
           he
           bubled
           out
           the
           same
           words
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           said
           Pastors
           Preach'd
           ,
           the
           Devil
           made
           behind
           them
           the
           same
           Gestures
           ,
           and
           sprinkled
           about
           the
           Holy
           Water
           ;
           and
           also
           Confess'd
           them
           as
           the
           Pastors
           did
           ,
           imitating
           them
           in
           every
           thing
           in
           Derision
           and
           Mockery
           .
        
         
           93.
           
           I
           asked
           them
           ,
           
             How
             they
             could
             Pray
             or
             sing
             so
             many
             good
             Prayers
          
           all
           the
           day
           long
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           thus
           in
           League
           with
           the
           Devil
           ?
           They
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           Pray'd
           and
           Sung
           along
           with
           them
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           their
           Prayers
           were
           without
           Attention
           :
           And
           that
           instead
           of
           singing
           to
           praise
           God
           ,
           their
           Intentions
           were
           to
           sing
           the
           praises
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           wherein
           he
           gloried
           and
           valued
           himself
           .
        
         
           94.
           
           I
           asked
           them
           how
           they
           could
           approach
           the
           Table
           of
           the
           Lord
           and
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           ?
           They
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           Devil
           invited
           them
           to
           do
           it
           as
           often
           as
           they
           could
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           greatest
           Penance
           that
           I
           could
           enjoin
           them
           ,
           was
           to
           make
           them
           abstain
           from
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Cloak
           for
           their
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           pass
           for
           good
           Folk
           before
           the
           World.
           Besides
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Devil
             wrought
             his
             greatest
             Villanies
             with
             this
             Consecrated
             Bread.
             
          
        
         
           95.
           
           I
           asked
           them
           ,
           
             How
             it
             was
             that
             they
             could
             Fast
             ,
          
           even
           tho
           they
           were
           not
           obliged
           to
           it
           ?
           For
           from
           Fourteen
           or
           Fifteen
           years
           old
           they
           would
           Fast
           out
           the
           whole
           Lent.
           And
           when
           I
           would
           have
           hindred
           them
           ,
           they
           Wept
           bitterly
           .
           They
           told
           me
           that
           they
           fasted
           but
           out
           of
           hypocrisie
           and
           to
           please
           me
           :
           And
           because
           they
           had
           every
           night
           a
           Glass
           of
           strong
           Beer
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           portion
           at
           Dinner
           than
           those
           who
           did
           not
           Fast.
           That
           for
           these
           Reasons
           they
           did
           desire
           to
           keep
           Fast.
           
        
         
           96.
           
           I
           told
           them
           that
           all
           these
           falsities
           would
           certainly
           bring
           them
           to
           Hell.
           Their
           answer
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           very
           well
           knew
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           were
           assured
           to
           be
           Damned
           ;
           but
           that
           the
           Devil
           promised
           them
           the
           same
           carnal
           and
           sensual
           Pleasures
           in
           Hell
           ,
           that
           they
           took
           with
           him
           in
           this
           World
        
         
         
           97.
           
           I
           asked
           them
           if
           they
           were
           certain
           that
           this
           was
           the
           Devil
           ,
           who
           thus
           entertained
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           whethether
           they
           knew
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Hell
           and
           a
           Heaven
           before
           they
           came
           to
           live
           in
           my
           House
           ?
           They
           told
           me
           ,
           Yes
           ,
           because
           the
           Devil
           had
           taught
           them
           it
           ,
           and
           had
           often
           Catechised
           them
           ,
           and
           taught
           'em
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           a
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           ,
           and
           a
           Devil
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           that
           did
           the
           Devil's
           Will
           ,
           could
           never
           see
           God
           ,
           but
           should
           be
           his
           Companion
           in
           Hell
           to
           Eternity
           .
           I
           was
           very
           much
           astonished
           to
           hear
           these
           Discourses
           ,
           having
           never
           thought
           that
           the
           Devil
           could
           teach
           so
           good
           things
           ,
           or
           excite
           People
           to
           Pray
           ,
           Fast
           ,
           and
           frequent
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           or
           to
           think
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Hell.
           Nevertheless
           ,
           by
           long
           Experience
           I
           have
           found
           it
           to
           be
           very
           true
           .
        
         
           98.
           
           I
           asked
           them
           ,
           how
           it
           was
           possible
           that
           they
           should
           belong
           to
           the
           Devil
           from
           their
           tender
           Infancy
           ,
           even
           before
           they
           had
           use
           of
           their
           Reason
           ?
           They
           said
           ,
           that
           that
           came
           from
           their
           Parents
           ;
           and
           when
           their
           Fathers
           or
           their
           Mothers
           are
           themselves
           abandoned
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           of
           necessity
           all
           their
           Children
           are
           so
           also
           till
           they
           arrive
           to
           the
           use
           of
           their
           Reason
           ;
           because
           that
           their
           Fathers
           and
           their
           Mothers
           have
           power
           over
           the
           Souls
           of
           their
           Children
           ,
           until
           they
           come
           to
           use
           their
           own
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           the
           Child
           receives
           its
           Free
           Will
           ,
           and
           can
           make
           use
           of
           it
           to
           do
           Good
           or
           Evil
           :
           But
           that
           it
           was
           very
           rare
           when
           they
           had
           been
           Sacrificed
           and
           offered
           to
           the
           Devil
           by
           Father
           or
           Mother
           ,
           even
           before
           they
           were
           Born
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           withdraw
           themselves
           from
           him
           ,
           when
           they
           came
           of
           Years
           ;
           because
           that
           the
           habit
           of
           Wickedness
           is
           become
           Natural
           to
           'em
           ;
           and
           the
           Devil
           having
           entertain'd
           them
           from
           their
           Birth
           with
           Caresses
           and
           sensual
           Pleasures
           ,
           so
           gains
           their
           Affections
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           quit
           them
           for
           any
           consideration
           ,
           after
           having
           been
           allured
           to
           Sensualities
           ,
           such
           as
           no
           Man
           could
           give
           them
           :
           For
           the
           Devil
           feigns
           to
           make
           them
           eat
           all
           sorts
           of
           delicious
           Meat
           to
           their
           Taste
           ,
           all
           sorts
           of
           pleasant
           Wines
           to
           their
           Pallate
           ,
           all
           sorts
           of
           Musick
           ,
           or
           Instruments
           to
           their
           Ear
           ;
           all
           sorts
           of
           Beauty
           to
           their
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           all
           Perfumes
           to
           their
           Smell
           ,
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           Titillations
           to
           their
           Flesh
           :
           So
           that
           being
           brought
           up
           therein
           ,
           
           it
           is
           as
           it
           were
           impossible
           to
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           leave
           him
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           that
           they
           say
           ,
           
             We
             will
             not
             change
             our
             condition
             for
             the
             greatest
             Pleasure
             that
             Mankind
             can
             give
             us
             .
          
        
         
           99.
           
           I
           condoled
           with
           them
           their
           Misfortune
           ,
           shewing
           them
           that
           this
           was
           all
           Deceit
           and
           meer
           Illusion
           ;
           that
           the
           Devil
           had
           no
           thing
           ,
           nor
           could
           he
           give
           any
           thing
           .
           And
           to
           shew
           that
           they
           had
           neither
           eaten
           nor
           drank
           at
           the
           Sabbaths
           ,
           they
           needed
           but
           observe
           their
           own
           Appetites
           on
           Mornings
           ,
           when
           they
           eat
           great
           pieces
           of
           Bread
           and
           Butter
           ,
           and
           would
           eat
           dry
           Bread
           if
           it
           was
           given
           them
           ,
           which
           if
           they
           had
           eaten
           such
           dainty
           Meat
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           touch
           ,
           nor
           could
           they
           eat
           such
           gross
           Meat
           so
           soon
           with
           so
           good
           an
           Appetite
           ;
           for
           had
           they
           been
           at
           a
           Feast
           with
           Men
           and
           drank
           Wine
           as
           they
           said
           they
           did
           at
           the
           Devil's
           Banquets
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           Sick
           all
           the
           next
           day
           .
           They
           told
           me
           this
           was
           all
           true
           ,
           but
           however
           they
           had
           the
           taste
           and
           pleasure
           of
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           therefore
           would
           not
           forsake
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           100.
           
           I
           informed
           my self
           sometimes
           as
           exactly
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           to
           know
           how
           it
           was
           possible
           that
           a
           Father
           or
           a
           Mother
           could
           offer
           their
           Children
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           instead
           of
           offering
           them
           to
           God
           who
           Created
           them
           ,
           asking
           them
           in
           what
           manner
           this
           was
           Practised
           ?
           They
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           Persons
           who
           were
           thus
           engaged
           to
           the
           Devil
           by
           a
           precise
           Contract
           ,
           will
           allow
           no
           other
           God
           but
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           offer
           him
           whatsoever
           is
           dearest
           to
           them
           ;
           nay
           ,
           are
           constrained
           to
           offer
           him
           their
           Children
           ,
           or
           else
           the
           Devil
           would
           Beat
           them
           ,
           and
           contrive
           that
           they
           should
           never
           arrive
           to
           the
           State
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           so
           should
           have
           no
           Children
           ,
           by
           reason
           that
           the
           Devil
           hath
           power
           by
           his
           Adherents
           ,
           to
           hinder
           both
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           is
           effected
           in
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           111.
           
           When
           a
           child
           thus
           offered
           to
           the
           Devil
           by
           its
           Parents
           ,
           comes
           to
           the
           use
           of
           Reason
           ,
           the
           Devil
           then
           demands
           its
           Soul
           ,
           and
           makes
           it
           deny
           God
           and
           renounce
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           all
           relating
           to
           the
           Faith
           ,
           promising
           Homage
           and
           Fealty
           to
           the
           Devil
           in
           manner
           of
           a
           Marriage
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           a
           Ring
           ,
           the
           Devil
           gives
           them
           a
           Mark
           with
           an
           Iron
           Mark
           upon
           some
           part
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           which
           Marks
           they
           renew
           as
           often
           
           as
           those
           Persons
           have
           any
           desire
           to
           quit
           him
           .
           The
           Devil
           reproves
           them
           then
           more
           severely
           and
           obligeth
           them
           to
           new
           Promises
           ,
           making
           them
           also
           new
           Marks
           for
           assurance
           or
           pledge
           ,
           that
           those
           Persons
           should
           continue
           faithful
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           soon
           as
           they
           come
           to
           be
           able
           to
           beget
           Children
           ,
           the
           Devil
           makes
           them
           offer
           the
           desire
           which
           they
           have
           of
           Marrying
           ,
           to
           his
           Honor
           :
           And
           with
           this
           all
           the
           Fruit
           that
           may
           proceed
           from
           their
           Marriage
           .
           This
           they
           promise
           voluntarily
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           they
           may
           accomplish
           their
           Designs
           :
           For
           otherwise
           the
           Devil
           threatens
           to
           hinder
           them
           by
           all
           manner
           of
           means
           ,
           that
           they
           shall
           not
           Marry
           ,
           nor
           have
           Children
           .
        
      
       
         
           The
           Third
           Relation
           ,
           Translated
           out
           of
           the
           Continuaation
           of
           her
           Life
           .
        
         
           La
           Vie
           Continuee
           .
           Chap.
           XV.
           
        
         
           How
           Madam
           de
           B.
           Discerned
           by
           Supernatural
           things
           and
           by
           the
           Proper
           Confession
           of
           the
           Girls
           she
           Governed
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           all
           in
           voluntary
           League
           with
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           endeavoured
           to
           Murder
           her
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           FIrst
           of
           all
           ,
           she
           was
           convinced
           ,
           that
           the
           Children
           which
           she
           brought
           up
           in
           her
           House
           ,
           were
           of
           the
           number
           of
           those
           unhappy
           Creatures
           ,
           by
           many
           Supernatural
           and
           Diabolical
           Actions
           which
           she
           saw
           by
           them
           .
           For
           ,
           they
           got
           out
           of
           Places
           when
           they
           were
           shut
           up
           ,
           without
           Keys
           :
           Then
           were
           things
           found
           in
           the
           House
           which
           could
           not
           be
           brought
           thither
           but
           by
           means
           of
           the
           Devil
           ;
           such
           as
           little
           Balls
           of
           Poyson
           ,
           and
           a
           certain
           sort
           of
           Paper
           they
           were
           lap'd
           up
           in
           ,
           which
           some
           of
           them
           said
           ,
           were
           given
           to
           others
           of
           them
           at
           their
           Sabbaths
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           assured
           her
           they
           had
           in
           their
           Chambers
           .
           There
           were
           found
           in
           their
           Beds
           such
           Filth
           and
           
           Nastiness
           as
           comes
           from
           Cows
           ,
           which
           they
           confessed
           at
           last
           was
           communicated
           to
           them
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           satiate
           their
           Diabolical
           Leachery
           .
           They
           killed
           living
           Creatures
           about
           the
           House
           ,
           as
           Fish
           ,
           Cats
           ,
           Chickens
           ,
           and
           once
           Thirty
           little
           Ducks
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           by
           a
           diabolical
           Powder
           ,
           which
           one
           of
           them
           strewed
           in
           the
           place
           where
           they
           were
           to
           pass
           .
           And
           when
           Madam
           
             de
             B.
          
           asked
           her
           how
           the
           Devil
           could
           have
           power
           over
           those
           little
           Creatures
           ?
           She
           answered
           ,
           Because
           you
           pleased
           your self
           yesterday
           in
           looking
           on
           them
           :
           Which
           Madam
           B.
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           observing
           with
           some
           admiration
           how
           those
           little
           Creatures
           Swam
           and
           provided
           for
           themselves
           so
           well
           ,
           being
           but
           just
           out
           of
           the
           Shell
           .
           She
           thereby
           experienced
           this
           terrible
           truth
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Devil
             hath
             power
             over
             whatsoever
             a
             Man
             placeth
             his
             affections
             in
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             not
             upon
             God.
          
           And
           indeed
           Man
           being
           Created
           only
           to
           take
           pleasure
           in
           God
           ,
           who
           ought
           to
           be
           his
           Delight
           ;
           't
           is
           impossible
           but
           that
           a
           Curse
           should
           follow
           whatever
           breaks
           this
           Order
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Another
           time
           they
           made
           it
           Rain
           so
           furiously
           into
           the
           Common
           Room
           where
           they
           were
           at
           work
           ,
           that
           Madam
           B.
           was
           forced
           to
           go
           out
           all
           wet
           as
           she
           was
           .
           One
           of
           them
           another
           day
           having
           cast
           some
           Powder
           into
           the
           Oven
           of
           the
           House
           when
           they
           were
           Baking
           of
           Bread
           ,
           tho
           the
           Oven
           was
           so
           hot
           that
           the
           very
           Bricks
           of
           it
           were
           red
           ,
           yet
           the
           Bread
           which
           was
           put
           in
           remained
           there
           six
           whole
           Hours
           ,
           no
           more
           Baked
           than
           when
           it
           was
           put
           in
           :
           And
           Madam
           B.
           having
           asked
           the
           Cook-maid
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           ,
           she
           said
           that
           such
           a
           Girl
           who
           had
           stop'd
           the
           Oven
           ,
           had
           thrown
           in
           some
           Powder
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Fire
           would
           never
           touch
           the
           Bread
           ,
           although
           it
           should
           remain
           there
           all
           the
           day
           long
           ;
           but
           that
           she
           would
           take
           care
           when
           they
           Baked
           next
           ,
           that
           that
           Wench
           should
           not
           come
           near
           the
           Oven
           ;
           which
           being
           done
           ,
           the
           Bread
           was
           Baked
           as
           throughly
           in
           two
           Hours
           time
           as
           Sea
           Bisket
           .
           Another
           time
           one
           of
           them
           thought
           fit
           to
           cast
           a
           Charm
           in
           amongst
           the
           Meat
           boyling
           in
           the
           Pot
           ;
           Where
           having
           boyl'd
           six
           Hours
           together
           ,
           it
           came
           out
           as
           raw
           and
           bloody
           as
           it
           came
           from
           the
           Shambles
           .
           They
           have
           often
           said
           since
           ,
           
           that
           were
           it
           not
           that
           the
           Devil
           was
           afraid
           that
           we
           should
           be
           convinced
           by
           extraordinary
           things
           ,
           he
           would
           make
           us
           work
           Miracles
           ;
           but
           he
           fears
           nothing
           like
           that
           .
           They
           declared
           that
           they
           had
           often
           given
           their
           Powders
           to
           the
           Mother
           Regent
           ,
           which
           operated
           according
           to
           the
           intention
           of
           her
           who
           gave
           them
           .
           One
           day
           Madam
           B.
           finding
           her self
           ill
           with
           a
           sore
           Throat
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Girls
           told
           her
           ,
           
             I
             know
             well
             enough
             what
             's
             the
             matter
             ;
             it
             is
             but
             the
             effect
             of
             a
             little
             Powder
             ,
             she
             'll
             be
             Cur'd
             in
             four
             days
             time
             ,
             but
             not
             with
             the
             Ointments
             which
             are
             prepared
             for
             her
             .
          
           All
           the
           Month
           of
           January
           and
           part
           of
           February
           in
           the
           year
           1662
           ,
           it
           was
           almost
           every
           day
           discovered
           ,
           that
           some
           one
           or
           other
           of
           these
           Girls
           had
           been
           corrupted
           in
           their
           particular
           Assemblies
           ,
           besides
           their
           general
           Sabbaths
           ,
           where
           they
           had
           Balls
           of
           Poyson
           given
           them
           to
           Kill
           Madam
           ▪
           Bourignon
           ;
           and
           they
           would
           have
           Poysoned
           the
           Pastor
           of
           St.
           Saviours
           Church
           ,
           who
           was
           to
           come
           and
           Officiate
           and
           Dine
           there
           upon
           St.
           
           Anthony's
           day
           .
           As
           fast
           as
           those
           Poysons
           were
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           usually
           hid
           in
           their
           Beds
           ,
           they
           got
           more
           ,
           which
           St.
           Saulieu
           furnished
           them
           with
           in
           this
           Assembly
           ,
           with
           design
           never
           to
           have
           done
           till
           they
           had
           killed
           her
           .
           
             We
             'll
             make
             so
             many
          
           ,
           said
           they
           ,
           
             that
             one
             of
             them
             shall
             do
             at
             last
             ;
             and
             then
             when
             she
             's
             Dead
             ,
             St.
          
           Saulieu
           
             shall
             come
             here
             ,
             with
             whom
             we
             shall
             agree
             well
             enough
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             may
             keep
             our
             Dancings
             in
             the
             School
             it self
             .
          
           These
           Balls
           were
           put
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Governor
           and
           Secretary
           ,
           when
           they
           came
           at
           last
           to
           visit
           the
           Hospitals
           ,
           upon
           the
           Complaint
           which
           Madam
           B.
           had
           made
           of
           the
           Matter
           :
           And
           the
           Secretary
           said
           ,
           when
           he
           took
           them
           away
           ;
           
             I
             carry
             off
             the
             Devil
          
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           'T
           would
           be
           impossible
           to
           relate
           all
           that
           these
           Girls
           confess'd
           when
           they
           were
           Discovered
           ,
           concerning
           themselves
           ,
           their
           Parents
           ,
           their
           Education
           ,
           their
           Companions
           ,
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           People
           of
           the
           same
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           ;
           nay
           ,
           their
           very
           Pastors
           and
           their
           Lords
           ,
           their
           Sabbaths
           and
           Assemblies
           ,
           their
           Transports
           through
           the
           Air
           ,
           where
           they
           said
           they
           had
           been
           Transported
           over
           great
           Forests
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           their
           Feet
           would
           sometimes
           touch
           the
           top
           Branches
           of
           
           the
           Trees
           ,
           as
           they
           flew
           to
           these
           Sabbaths
           ,
           whose
           devilish
           Ceremonies
           they
           did
           relate
           ,
           their
           abominable
           Divertisements
           and
           Whoredoms
           with
           the
           Devils
           in
           Human
           shape
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           said
           they
           received
           something
           very
           Cold
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           were
           sometimes
           afraid
           to
           become
           with
           Child
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           detestable
           Devilries
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           horrible
           to
           relate
           ;
           and
           which
           I
           will
           pass
           over
           in
           silence
           ,
           as
           also
           those
           which
           are
           related
           by
           Madam
           B.
           her self
           in
           the
           former
           Treatises
           ,
           except
           some
           few
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           from
           her
           Mouth
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           When
           this
           Mischief
           began
           first
           to
           appear
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           amongst
           them
           very
           Industrious
           to
           discover
           the
           rest
           ,
           which
           having
           done
           ,
           and
           thereby
           thinking
           her self
           to
           be
           out
           of
           all
           suspicion
           of
           being
           still
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           yet
           at
           last
           she
           was
           found
           out
           :
           But
           she
           constantly
           deni'd
           it
           ,
           although
           the
           others
           did
           affirm
           that
           she
           went
           with
           them
           to
           the
           Sabbaths
           ;
           she
           defended
           her self
           upon
           this
           Point
           ,
           That
           there
           could
           be
           no
           Colour
           that
           she
           who
           had
           assisted
           in
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           should
           be
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           still
           an
           accomplice
           of
           the
           same
           Crime
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           this
           was
           the
           most
           wicked
           ,
           false
           and
           cunning
           of
           them
           all
           .
           And
           this
           proceeding
           of
           hers
           ,
           was
           but
           an
           effect
           of
           her
           devilish
           Cunning.
           This
           was
           she
           who
           a
           little
           after
           said
           ,
           she
           would
           not
           renounce
           the
           Devil
           ,
           nor
           amend
           ,
           nor
           did
           she
           desire
           to
           be
           other
           than
           what
           she
           was
           ;
           and
           was
           one
           of
           the
           first
           of
           those
           upon
           whom
           those
           Diabolical
           Poysons
           were
           found
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           intended
           to
           Murder
           their
           Benefactress
           .
           She
           would
           have
           denied
           all
           at
           first
           ,
           but
           at
           length
           confessed
           ,
           after
           which
           she
           denied
           it
           ,
           and
           advised
           the
           rest
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           feigned
           Confessions
           ,
           advising
           them
           to
           deny
           all
           they
           had
           confessed
           before
           .
           One
           day
           as
           she
           was
           upon
           her
           Denials
           ,
           when
           the
           Life
           of
           St.
           Anthony
           was
           reading
           in
           their
           Presence
           ,
           wherein
           was
           mentioned
           a
           Temptation
           that
           the
           Devil
           used
           by
           melodious
           Singing
           ,
           Madam
           B.
           saying
           ,
           I
           never
           observed
           yet
           that
           the
           Devil
           Sung
           ,
           and
           I
           wonder
           at
           it
           ;
           the
           Girl
           answered
           ,
           O
           Mother
           ,
           they
           Sing
           so
           delicately
           that
           you
           would
           be
           even
           Ravished
           to
           hear
           them
           .
           How
           !
           do
           they
           Sing
           so
           well
           said
           she
           ?
           Ay
           indeed
           ,
           said
           the
           Girl
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           Angels
           once
           .
           All
           the
           rest
           fell
           a
           Laughing
           :
           And
           
           she
           was
           so
           confounded
           for
           having
           so
           openly
           confessed
           before
           she
           was
           aware
           ,
           that
           she
           knew
           not
           what
           to
           say
           ;
           but
           endeavouring
           to
           excuse
           her self
           ,
           one
           of
           her
           Companions
           said
           ,
           Go
           ,
           Go
           ,
           you
           have
           said
           too
           much
           that
           you
           have
           hear'd
           how
           well
           they
           Sing
           ;
           you
           cannot
           answer
           that
           .
           If
           I
           have
           heard
           them
           ,
           faith
           she
           with
           anger
           ,
           you
           have
           heard
           them
           as
           well
           as
           I.
           Sometime
           after
           she
           again
           confessed
           her self
           Guilty
           .
           One
           of
           the
           reasons
           for
           which
           she
           said
           she
           would
           not
           be
           Converted
           then
           ,
           nor
           renounce
           Satan
           ,
           was
           that
           the
           Devil
           told
           them
           sometimes
           that
           they
           might
           be
           saved
           well
           enough
           if
           they
           were
           Converted
           hereafter
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           would
           be
           time
           enough
           if
           they
           repented
           upon
           their
           Death-beds
           ,
           and
           were
           Converted
           then
           ;
           and
           so
           they
           might
           take
           their
           Pleasures
           and
           Pastimes
           ,
           which
           the
           Devil
           gave
           them
           while
           they
           might
           have
           them
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           It
           happen'd
           about
           this
           time
           ,
           that
           
             the
             Devil
          
           in
           a
           merry
           Mood
           
             Appeared
             to
             Madam
             B.
          
           in
           this
           manner
           .
           There
           came
           one
           and
           knock'd
           at
           the
           Gate
           of
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           and
           asked
           to
           speak
           with
           the
           Regent
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           all
           alone
           without
           assistance
           to
           help
           her
           in
           the
           affairs
           of
           so
           great
           a
           House
           .
           When
           she
           came
           to
           the
           Gate
           ,
           she
           there
           found
           
             a
             little
             wrinkled
             wry-mouth'd
             Woman
          
           ,
           yet
           very
           nimble
           and
           brisk
           ,
           who
           offered
           her
           her
           Service
           in
           her
           present
           occasion
           .
           Madam
           B.
           having
           never
           known
           nor
           seen
           this
           Old
           Woman
           ,
           and
           seeing
           nothing
           in
           her
           to
           recommend
           her
           ,
           she
           told
           her
           she
           could
           not
           take
           her
           ,
           because
           her
           age
           and
           weakness
           were
           too
           great
           to
           undergo
           the
           Labour
           and
           Orders
           of
           the
           House
           .
           But
           the
           Old
           Woman
           answered
           shaking
           her
           Breech
           ,
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           I
           have
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Vigor
           yet
           :
           I
           can
           Work
           ,
           I
           can
           Watch
           ,
           I
           can
           rise
           on
           Mornings
           ,
           I
           can
           Fast
           ,
           I
           can
           Pray
           ,
           I
           can
           be
           a
           good
           Housewife
           ,
           you
           'll
           find
           I
           can
           do
           any
           thing
           ;
           and
           began
           to
           Talk
           and
           Discourse
           very
           pleasantly
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           earnestness
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           .
           But
           Madam
           B.
           being
           call'd
           away
           to
           speak
           with
           a
           Physician
           who
           came
           into
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           when
           she
           came
           back
           again
           to
           speak
           with
           the
           old
           Woman
           whom
           she
           had
           bid
           to
           stay
           ,
           found
           neither
           the
           old
           Woman
           ,
           nor
           any
           appearance
           of
           her
           ,
           nor
           could
           she
           ever
           know
           from
           any
           Body
           who
           she
           was
           ,
           or
           
           whence
           she
           came
           ,
           nor
           had
           any
           Body
           seen
           her
           besides
           .
           She
           told
           the
           Doctor
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           said
           ,
           he
           saw
           her
           not
           as
           he
           came
           in
           .
           But
           the
           Girls
           fell
           all
           a
           Laughing
           ,
           saying
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Devil
           ,
           which
           they
           knew
           very
           well
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           came
           only
           to
           play
           the
           Rogue
           with
           her
           .
           Of
           which
           she
           was
           afterwards
           satisfied
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           Speaking
           to
           them
           one
           day
           of
           some
           Girls
           of
           the
           House
           that
           lately
           dyed
           with
           
             great
             demonstrations
             of
             Piety
          
           ,
           they
           said
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           also
           of
           their
           Number
           .
           And
           when
           she
           said
           ,
           that
           that
           was
           impossible
           ,
           because
           those
           Girls
           died
           in
           
             Transports
             of
             Piety
             ,
             and
             calling
             upon
             the
             name
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           them
           said
           but
           the
           day
           before
           she
           Died
           ,
           that
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             had
             appeared
          
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           assured
           her
           that
           he
           would
           come
           fetch
           her
           to
           Morrow
           at
           such
           an
           Hour
           ,
           when
           in
           effect
           she
           Died
           ,
           singing
           and
           rejoicing
           that
           she
           was
           going
           to
           Paradise
           .
           These
           Girls
           fell
           a
           Laughing
           ,
           and
           told
           her
           ,
           that
           this
           Apparition
           of
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           was
           the
           Devil
           ;
           that
           all
           those
           Prayers
           and
           Exclamations
           to
           God
           ,
           were
           addressed
           to
           the
           Devil
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           these
           words
           ,
           God
           and
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           by
           reservation
           to
           themselves
           they
           meant
           the
           Devil
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           directed
           all
           their
           Prayers
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           the
           word
           Paradise
           ,
           they
           understood
           no
           other
           thing
           than
           the
           Company
           of
           Satan
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           Madam
           B.
           having
           asked
           one
           of
           them
           one
           day
           ,
           why
           she
           did
           not
           confess
           this
           wickedness
           sooner
           :
           She
           answered
           ,
           that
           being
           so
           common
           a
           thing
           ,
           she
           did
           not
           think
           there
           was
           any
           harm
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           confessed
           ,
           alledging
           to
           her
           that
           Millions
           of
           People
           of
           all
           degrees
           ,
           were
           in
           the
           same
           condition
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           scarce
           knew
           any
           others
           .
           She
           answered
           ,
           Alas
           !
           you
           saw
           well
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           no
           such
           Person
           .
           How
           say
           you
           then
           you
           scarce
           know
           ony
           others
           ?
           
             O
             Mother
          
           ,
           said
           the
           Girl
           ,
           
             you
             are
             not
             like
             other
             People
             ,
             for
             there
             are
             very
             few
             such
             as
             you
             in
             the
             World.
          
           They
           declared
           to
           her
           furthermore
           ,
           that
           the
           Devils
           were
           almost
           always
           with
           them
           ,
           whether
           they
           were
           in
           their
           particular
           Chambers
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           common
           Room
           where
           they
           worked
           :
           But
           when
           Madam
           B.
           was
           there
           
             they
             durst
             not
             appear
          
           :
           That
           
             they
             feared
             her
             so
             much
          
           ,
           that
           when
           
           she
           but
           moved
           the
           Latch
           of
           the
           Door
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           or
           when
           they
           heard
           her
           but
           walk
           ,
           speak
           ,
           or
           but
           cough
           ,
           they
           immediately
           for
           fear
           vanished
           like
           Lightning
           :
           Which
           greatly
           confirms
           what
           
             Fr.
             de
             la
             Croix
          
           saith
           of
           
             Souls
             strongly
             united
             to
             God
          
           ,
           that
           they
           
             become
             terrible
             to
             the
             Devils
          
           ,
           as
           a
           Moth
           whose
           Wings
           are
           scorch'd
           at
           the
           flame
           of
           a
           Candle
           ,
           is
           afraid
           to
           come
           at
           it
           again
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           They
           confirmed
           often
           their
           Declarations
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           the
           three
           Pastors
           ,
           who
           were
           Inspectors
           of
           the
           Hospital
           ,
           who
           came
           to
           Examin
           them
           ,
           and
           declared
           positively
           that
           they
           were
           Witches
           .
           Coming
           to
           Exorcise
           them
           for
           their
           Conversion
           ,
           but
           in
           vain
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           wrote
           down
           their
           Declarations
           ,
           which
           were
           at
           last
           presented
           to
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           where
           they
           remained
           till
           such
           time
           as
           he
           should
           please
           to
           take
           cognizance
           of
           the
           Matter
           .
           It
           is
           true
           that
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           them
           denied
           all
           again
           before
           the
           Court
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           too
           gross
           an
           Imposture
           .
           They
           were
           threatned
           on
           the
           one
           hand
           and
           caressed
           on
           the
           other
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           notwithstanding
           all
           Menaces
           ,
           remained
           firm
           in
           her
           first
           Declaration
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           a
           Witch
           as
           well
           as
           the
           others
           ;
           nor
           would
           she
           deny
           it
           tho
           she
           should
           have
           died
           on
           the
           spot
           .
           This
           poor
           Creature
           was
           engaged
           to
           the
           Devil
           from
           her
           Childhood
           ,
           and
           when
           she
           came
           to
           years
           of
           Reason
           ,
           she
           yielded
           to
           the
           desires
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           by
           ratifying
           the
           Engagement
           she
           had
           entred
           into
           in
           her
           Childhood
           ;
           but
           she
           with
           another
           younger
           Girl
           were
           sometimes
           so
           touched
           with
           Repentance
           ,
           that
           she
           Lamented
           and
           Wept
           when
           the
           greatness
           of
           her
           sin
           and
           horrible
           condition
           were
           lay'd
           before
           her
           .
           It
           was
           she
           that
           Lamented
           the
           Death
           of
           Madam
           B.
           for
           a
           whole
           day
           together
           ,
           when
           they
           resolved
           to
           Poyson
           her
           upon
           the
           first
           opportunity
           ,
           with
           Pills
           of
           diabolical
           Composition
           ,
           and
           that
           discovered
           the
           thing
           to
           her
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           Madam
           B.
           
             asked
             her
             some
             time
             after
             ,
             why
             instead
             of
             continuing
             of
             the
             Cabal
             that
             had
             conspired
             her
             Death
             ,
             she
             had
             on
             the
             contrary
             so
             much
             lamented
             it
             ,
             and
             discovered
             the
             Plot
             ?
             She
             answered
             ,
          
           Because
           I
           love
           you
           more
           than
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           had
           rather
           be
           faithful
           to
           you
           than
           to
           him
           :
           Oh
           that
           I
           could
           but
           eescape
           
           his
           Snares
           !
           But
           I
           cannot
           :
           He
           has
           too
           great
           access
           to
           me
           .
           I
           would
           to
           God
           that
           when
           you
           speak
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           when
           I
           find
           my
           Heart
           touched
           with
           Repentance
           and
           lament
           my
           Misfortune
           ,
           that
           somebody
           was
           present
           to
           cut
           my
           Throat
           ;
           I
           should
           then
           have
           hope
           of
           Grace
           and
           of
           Salvation
           ;
           but
           otherwise
           I
           am
           lost
           and
           cannot
           be
           saved
           :
           For
           as
           soon
           as
           you
           leave
           me
           ,
           the
           Devil
           returns
           and
           does
           accost
           me
           by
           Caresses
           ,
           by
           Threatnings
           ,
           by
           Kindnesses
           ;
           and
           never
           leaves
           me
           till
           seeing
           me
           without
           any
           Body
           to
           help
           ,
           he
           regains
           my
           consent
           ,
           and
           I
           give
           my self
           to
           him
           again
           .
           Nothing
           can
           deliver
           me
           from
           him
           without
           taking
           me
           out
           of
           the
           World
           when
           I
           am
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           as
           sometimes
           I
           am
           .
           To
           let
           me
           live
           longer
           ,
           is
           but
           to
           remit
           me
           into
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Devil
           .
           Oh!
           how
           glad
           would
           I
           be
           if
           any
           Body
           would
           kill
           me
           out
           of
           Charity
           ,
           when
           I
           deplore
           my
           Misery
           .
           
             These
             were
             the
             complaints
             of
             this
             poor
             Creature
             ,
             (
             a
             just
             Object
             of
             Pity
             )
             made
             to
             Madam
          
           B.
           
             Nevertheless
             ,
             she
             did
             not
             obtain
             the
             favour
             she
             desired
             :
             For
             having
             always
             held
             firm
             in
             the
             attestation
             which
             she
             made
             before
             the
             Court
             ,
             that
             she
             was
             a
             Witch
             ,
             instead
             of
             putting
             her
             to
             Death
             ,
             as
             she
             desired
             ,
             she
             was
             shut
             up
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             never
             known
             what
             became
             of
             her
             since
             .
          
        
         
           Such
           Witches
           so
           capable
           of
           Repentance
           ,
           are
           very
           rare
           .
           However
           ,
           it
           thereby
           appears
           ,
           that
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           commands
           not
           to
           suffer
           a
           Witch
           to
           Live
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           a
           Law
           of
           Justice
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           Law
           of
           Charity
           ;
           and
           that
           what
           you
           call
           shewing
           them
           Mercy
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           Cruelty
           ,
           since
           that
           Death
           may
           conduce
           to
           Salvation
           to
           those
           who
           are
           capable
           to
           Repent
           ,
           and
           Life
           would
           certainly
           be
           pernicious
           :
           And
           for
           those
           who
           are
           not
           capable
           to
           Repent
           ,
           it
           were
           better
           that
           they
           should
           go
           to
           all
           the
           Devils
           ,
           rather
           than
           multiply
           their
           Crimes
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           whereby
           they
           would
           augment
           their
           eternal
           Pains
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Relation
           of
           a
           Yarmouth
           Witch
           ,
           who
           with
           Fifteen
           more
           Convicted
           upon
           their
           own
           Confessions
           ,
           was
           Executed
           ,
           1644.
           
        
         
           IN
           the
           Year
           1644.
           at
           Yarmouth
           were
           sixteen
           Women
           accused
           for
           Witches
           by
           Mr.
           Hopkins
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Magistrates
           sent
           to
           Mr.
           Whitfeild
           and
           Mr.
           Brinsley
           Ministers
           of
           that
           Place
           ,
           to
           be
           by
           them
           Examined
           .
           Among
           these
           was
           an
           Old
           Woman
           who
           used
           to
           be
           relieved
           twice
           a
           Week
           at
           Mr.
           
           Whitfeild's
           Door
           ,
           who
           made
           this
           Confession
           ;
           That
           she
           using
           to
           work
           for
           Mr.
           Moulton
           (
           a
           Stocking
           Merchant
           and
           Alderman
           of
           the
           Town
           )
           went
           to
           his
           House
           for
           Work
           ,
           but
           he
           being
           from
           Home
           ,
           his
           Man
           refused
           to
           let
           her
           have
           any
           till
           his
           Master
           came
           home
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           expected
           in
           less
           than
           a
           Fortnight's
           time
           ;
           whereupon
           being
           Exasperated
           against
           the
           Man
           ,
           she
           applied
           her self
           to
           the
           Maid
           ,
           and
           desired
           some
           Knitting
           Work
           of
           her
           ;
           and
           when
           she
           returned
           the
           like
           Answer
           ,
           she
           went
           home
           in
           great
           discontent
           and
           anger
           against
           them
           both
           :
           That
           that
           Night
           when
           she
           was
           in
           Bed
           ,
           she
           heard
           one
           knock
           at
           her
           Door
           ,
           and
           rising
           to
           her
           Window
           ,
           she
           saw
           ,
           it
           being
           Moon
           light
           ,
           
             a
             tall
             black
             Man
          
           there
           ;
           and
           asking
           what
           he
           would
           have
           ?
           He
           told
           her
           that
           he
           understood
           that
           she
           was
           Discontented
           ,
           because
           she
           could
           not
           get
           Work
           ,
           as
           she
           expected
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           would
           put
           her
           into
           a
           way
           that
           she
           should
           never
           want
           either
           Work
           or
           any
           thing
           else
           ;
           whereupon
           she
           let
           him
           in
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           what
           he
           had
           then
           to
           say
           to
           her
           ?
           He
           told
           her
           ,
           he
           must
           first
           see
           her
           Hand
           ;
           and
           then
           taking
           out
           something
           like
           a
           Pen-knife
           ,
           he
           gave
           it
           
             a
             little
             Scratch
          
           ,
           so
           that
           Blood
           followed
           ,
           and
           the
           Mark
           remained
           to
           that
           time
           ,
           which
           she
           then
           shewed
           them
           ;
           then
           he
           took
           some
           of
           the
           Blood
           in
           a
           Pen
           ,
           and
           pulling
           a
           Book
           out
           of
           his
           Pocket
           ,
           bid
           her
           
             write
             her
             Name
          
           ;
           and
           when
           she
           said
           ,
           she
           could
           not
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           would
           guide
           her
           Hand
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           did
           so
           ,
           and
           wrote
           
           her
           Name
           in
           his
           Book
           .
           When
           this
           was
           done
           ,
           he
           bid
           her
           now
           ask
           what
           she
           would
           have
           :
           And
           when
           she
           desired
           first
           to
           be
           revenged
           of
           the
           Man
           ,
           he
           promised
           to
           give
           her
           an
           account
           of
           it
           the
           next
           Night
           ,
           and
           so
           leaving
           her
           some
           Mony
           ,
           went
           away
           for
           that
           time
           .
           The
           next
           Night
           he
           came
           to
           her
           again
           ,
           and
           told
           her
           he
           could
           do
           nothing
           against
           the
           Man
           ;
           for
           he
           
             went
             constantly
             to
             Church
          
           to
           hear
           Whitfeild
           and
           Brinsly
           ,
           and
           
             said
             his
             Prayers
             Morning
             and
             Evening
             .
          
           Then
           she
           desired
           him
           to
           revenge
           her
           on
           
             the
             Maid
          
           ;
           and
           he
           again
           promised
           her
           to
           give
           her
           an
           account
           thereof
           the
           next
           Night
           ;
           but
           then
           he
           said
           the
           same
           of
           the
           Maid
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           he
           could
           not
           hurt
           her
           :
           But
           he
           said
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           young
           Child
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           which
           was
           more
           easie
           to
           be
           dealt
           with
           .
           Whereupon
           she
           desired
           him
           to
           do
           what
           he
           could
           against
           it
           :
           And
           the
           next
           Night
           he
           came
           again
           ,
           and
           brought
           with
           him
           an
           Image
           of
           Wax
           ,
           and
           told
           her
           they
           must
           go
           and
           Bury
           that
           in
           the
           Church-yard
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Child
           which
           he
           had
           put
           into
           great
           pain
           already
           should
           waste
           and
           consume
           away
           as
           that
           Image
           wasted
           .
           Whereupon
           they
           went
           together
           ,
           and
           he
           dug
           a
           hole
           with
           a
           Spade
           which
           he
           brought
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           they
           Buried
           it
           .
           And
           when
           he
           left
           her
           ,
           he
           bid
           her
           when
           ever
           she
           wanted
           any
           thing
           ,
           but
           wish
           for
           him
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           presently
           be
           with
           her
           .
           The
           Child
           having
           at
           this
           time
           lain
           in
           a
           Languishing
           condition
           for
           about
           Eighteen
           Months
           ,
           and
           being
           very
           near
           to
           Death
           ,
           the
           Minister
           sent
           this
           Woman
           with
           this
           account
           to
           the
           Magistrates
           ,
           who
           thereupon
           sent
           her
           to
           Mr.
           
           Moulton's
           ;
           where
           in
           the
           same
           Room
           where
           the
           Child
           lay
           almost
           Dead
           ,
           she
           was
           again
           Examined
           concerning
           the
           Particulars
           aforesaid
           ;
           all
           which
           she
           confessed
           again
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           sooner
           done
           ,
           but
           the
           Child
           ,
           who
           was
           but
           three
           Years
           old
           ,
           and
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           Dead
           or
           Dying
           ,
           Laughed
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           stir
           and
           raise
           up
           it self
           ;
           and
           from
           that
           Instant
           began
           to
           Recover
           .
           It
           was
           then
           late
           in
           the
           Night
           before
           they
           had
           done
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           could
           not
           then
           search
           for
           the
           Image
           of
           Wax
           ,
           but
           ordered
           it
           to
           be
           done
           early
           the
           next
           Morning
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           Woman
           being
           led
           to
           the
           Church-yard
           ,
           set
           her
           Foot
           upon
           a
           certain
           place
           ,
           
           and
           said
           ,
           that
           was
           the
           place
           where
           it
           was
           Buried
           .
           But
           tho
           they
           dug
           and
           sought
           for
           it
           as
           well
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           they
           could
           find
           nothing
           ;
           whether
           because
           it
           was
           so
           wasted
           ,
           that
           they
           lost
           the
           relicks
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Digging
           ,
           or
           removed
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           or
           whatever
           else
           was
           the
           reason
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           found
           ;
           but
           the
           Child
           Recovered
           .
           This
           Woman
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           were
           Convicted
           upon
           their
           own
           Confessions
           ,
           and
           were
           
             Condemned
             ,
             and
             Executed
          
           accordingly
           .
           They
           had
           and
           all
           their
           Familiars
           ,
           and
           this
           Womans
           did
           usually
           appear
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Black-Bird
           .
        
         
           This
           from
           a
           Son
           of
           
             Mr.
             Whitfeild's
          
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           present
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           I
           shall
           subjoin
           another
           of
           like
           nature
           in
           some
           Particulars
           ,
           which
           tho
           I
           had
           it
           but
           at
           second
           hand
           ,
           and
           therefore
           probably
           may
           not
           be
           compleat
           in
           all
           particulars
           ,
           yet
           had
           I
           it
           from
           a
           competent
           Relator
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           first
           Relation
           from
           an
           ancient
           credible
           Person
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           a
           Scholar
           in
           Oxford
           ,
           when
           the
           Tryal
           was
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           related
           truly
           what
           he
           received
           concerning
           the
           prticulars
           here
           remembred
           ,
           as
           followeth
           .
        
      
       
         
           A
           brief
           Relation
           of
           one
           said
           to
           be
           Condemned
           and
           Executed
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           .
        
         
           IN
           this
           time
           ,
           (
           but
           the
           Year
           is
           not
           remembred
           )
           a
           Man
           Died
           there
           ,
           leaving
           two
           Daughters
           ,
           and
           good
           Portions
           to
           each
           :
           The
           Eldest
           somewhat
           Prodigal
           ,
           Married
           a
           Husband
           like
           her self
           ,
           who
           spent
           her
           Portion
           ,
           got
           her
           with
           Child
           ,
           and
           left
           her
           :
           But
           the
           Youngest
           being
           very
           Serious
           and
           Religious
           ,
           staid
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           Years
           before
           she
           Married
           ,
           and
           then
           Married
           a
           good
           honest
           sober
           Farmer
           ,
           six
           or
           seven
           Miles
           off
           ,
           by
           whom
           she
           had
           a
           Child
           ,
           and
           they
           lived
           very
           happily
           and
           comfortably
           together
           .
           This
           moved
           great
           Envy
           against
           her
           in
           her
           Sister
           ,
           who
           was
           reduced
           to
           great
           Straits
           .
           In
           her
           Passion
           the
           Devil
           appeared
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           she
           made
           a
           Contract
           
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           became
           a
           Witch
           ;
           and
           he
           perswaded
           her
           to
           kill
           her
           Sisters
           Child
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           despight
           she
           could
           do
           her
           .
           For
           this
           purpose
           she
           often
           rose
           in
           the
           Night
           out
           of
           her
           Bed
           ,
           got
           upon
           a
           Bed-staff
           ,
           said
           certain
           words
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           was
           presently
           carried
           away
           ,
           and
           was
           conveyed
           into
           the
           Room
           where
           her
           Sister
           with
           her
           Husband
           and
           Child
           lay
           .
           This
           her
           own
           Child
           about
           Seven
           years
           of
           Age
           ,
           who
           lay
           with
           her
           ,
           having
           often
           observed
           her
           to
           do
           ,
           at
           last
           it
           would
           do
           so
           too
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           was
           presently
           carried
           through
           the
           Air
           into
           the
           same
           Room
           ,
           where
           the
           Mother
           and
           some
           others
           were
           ,
           who
           after
           some
           time
           went
           all
           away
           ,
           and
           the
           Child
           being
           left
           behind
           ,
           fell
           a
           Crying
           ;
           at
           which
           the
           Man
           and
           his
           Wife
           being
           awakened
           ,
           and
           wondering
           to
           hear
           a
           Child
           Cry
           in
           their
           Room
           ,
           the
           Man
           arose
           and
           lighted
           a
           Candle
           ,
           and
           finding
           the
           Child
           ,
           and
           understanding
           by
           it
           how
           it
           came
           thither
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           they
           acquainted
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           with
           the
           Matter
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           Sister
           was
           Apprehended
           ,
           and
           Committed
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           Assizes
           was
           Tryed
           for
           a
           Witch
           :
           And
           the
           Child
           ,
           who
           was
           all
           the
           while
           kept
           from
           her
           ,
           being
           then
           produced
           ,
           told
           how
           it
           came
           into
           that
           Room
           ,
           and
           what
           it
           had
           seen
           and
           hear'd
           the
           Mother
           say
           and
           do
           ;
           whereupon
           ,
           the
           Mother
           confessed
           all
           the
           Matter
           before
           related
           .
           The
           Judge
           then
           ask'd
           her
           if
           she
           had
           never
           been
           there
           before
           in
           that
           manner
           ?
           She
           said
           Yes
           ,
           an
           hundred
           times
           .
           Then
           he
           asked
           her
           ,
           How
           it
           came
           to
           pass
           that
           she
           did
           not
           kill
           the
           Child
           all
           that
           while
           ?
           She
           answered
           ,
           That
           she
           always
           found
           it
           so
           armed
           with
           the
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Parents
           ,
           that
           she
           could
           never
           have
           power
           to
           do
           it
           .
           Upon
           her
           Confession
           ,
           she
           was
           Condemned
           ,
           and
           Executed
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Relation
           of
           a
           Lancashire
           Witch
           ,
           Tryed
           at
           Worcester
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1649.
           
        
         
           AT
           Droitwich
           in
           the
           Country
           of
           Worcester
           ,
           a
           poor
           Womans
           Boy
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           May
           ,
           looking
           for
           his
           Mother's
           Cow
           ,
           espied
           some
           Bushes
           in
           a
           Brake
           to
           shake
           ,
           and
           supposing
           the
           Cow
           to
           be
           Brousing
           there
           ,
           went
           to
           the
           Place
           ,
           where
           he
           found
           no
           Cow
           ,
           but
           an
           Old
           Woman
           ,
           who
           upon
           his
           approach
           said
           Boh
           ,
           to
           him
           ;
           whereupon
           he
           presently
           lost
           his
           speech
           ,
           and
           could
           only
           make
           a
           Noise
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           speak
           any
           thing
           articulately
           so
           as
           could
           be
           understood
           :
           In
           this
           condition
           he
           came
           home
           to
           his
           Mother
           ,
           made
           a
           great
           Noise
           ,
           but
           no
           body
           could
           understand
           what
           ailed
           him
           ,
           or
           what
           he
           meant
           .
           A
           while
           after
           ,
           he
           ran
           out
           ,
           and
           at
           Sir
           
             Edward
             Barret's
          
           Door
           ,
           found
           ,
           about
           one
           a
           Clock
           amongst
           other
           poor
           People
           ,
           the
           same
           old
           Woman
           supping
           up
           a
           Mess
           of
           hot
           Pottage
           ,
           and
           ran
           furiously
           upon
           her
           ,
           and
           threw
           her
           Pottage
           in
           her
           Face
           ,
           and
           offered
           some
           other
           Violence
           to
           her
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           Neighbours
           wondering
           at
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           Boy
           and
           his
           rage
           against
           the
           old
           Woman
           ,
           and
           suspecting
           that
           she
           had
           done
           him
           some
           hurt
           ,
           Apprehended
           her
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           she
           was
           committed
           to
           the
           Prison
           ,
           which
           they
           there
           call
           the
           Checker
           .
           At
           Night
           the
           Boy
           's
           Mother
           Lodged
           him
           in
           a
           Garret
           over
           her
           own
           Lodging
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Morning
           hearing
           a
           great
           Bussle
           over
           her
           ,
           ran
           up
           ,
           and
           found
           the
           Boy
           gotten
           out
           of
           his
           Bed
           with
           the
           Leg
           of
           a
           Form
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           striking
           furiously
           at
           something
           in
           the
           Window
           ;
           but
           saw
           nothing
           there
           that
           he
           should
           strike
           at
           .
           The
           Boy
           presently
           put
           on
           his
           Cloaths
           ,
           and
           ran
           down
           into
           the
           Street
           towards
           the
           Prison
           ,
           and
           as
           he
           was
           going
           endeavouring
           to
           speak
           ,
           found
           his
           Speech
           restored
           .
           When
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Prison
           ,
           he
           asked
           for
           the
           old
           Woman
           ,
           and
           told
           the
           Gaoler
           how
           she
           had
           served
           him
           ,
           and
           how
           his
           Speech
           came
           to
           him
           again
           in
           the
           way
           .
           
           The
           Gaoler
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           suspecting
           that
           she
           had
           Bewitched
           the
           Boy
           ,
           would
           not
           let
           her
           have
           either
           Meat
           or
           Drink
           ,
           unless
           she
           would
           first
           say
           the
           Lord's
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           bid
           God
           bless
           the
           Boy
           ;
           which
           at
           last
           her
           Hunger
           forced
           her
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           it
           appeared
           to
           be
           at
           the
           same
           instant
           ,
           as
           near
           as
           could
           be
           guessed
           ,
           that
           the
           Boy
           had
           his
           Speech
           restored
           to
           him
           .
           The
           Boy
           asked
           the
           Gaoler
           ,
           why
           he
           did
           not
           keep
           her
           faster
           ,
           but
           let
           her
           come
           out
           and
           trouble
           him
           ?
           The
           Gaoler
           answered
           ,
           he
           had
           kept
           her
           very
           safe
           .
           The
           Boy
           replied
           ,
           No
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           ;
           for
           she
           came
           and
           sat
           in
           his
           Chamber
           Window
           ,
           and
           grinned
           at
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           thereupon
           he
           took
           up
           a
           Form
           Leg
           ,
           and
           therewith
           gave
           her
           two
           good
           bangs
           upon
           the
           Arse
           as
           she
           would
           have
           scutled
           from
           him
           ,
           before
           she
           could
           get
           away
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           Gaoler
           caused
           some
           Women
           to
           Search
           her
           ,
           who
           found
           the
           Marks
           of
           two
           such
           Strokes
           upon
           her
           ,
           as
           the
           Boy
           said
           he
           had
           given
           her
           .
           All
           this
           was
           Sworn
           upon
           her
           Tryal
           ,
           by
           the
           Boy
           ,
           his
           Mother
           ,
           the
           Gaoler
           ,
           and
           the
           Women
           .
           Upon
           Examination
           she
           was
           found
           to
           be
           a
           Lancashire
           Woman
           ,
           who
           upon
           the
           Scarcity
           in
           those
           Parts
           ,
           after
           the
           Defeat
           of
           Duke
           Hamilton
           ,
           wandred
           abroad
           to
           get
           Victuals
           .
        
      
       
         
           Another
           Relation
           of
           a
           Teuksbury
           Witch
           ,
           Tryed
           at
           Gloucester
           about
           the
           same
           time
           .
        
         
           AT
           Teuksbury
           about
           the
           same
           time
           a
           Man
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           
             Sow
             and
             Pigs
          
           ,
           observing
           his
           Sow
           to
           have
           great
           store
           of
           Milk
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Pigs
           to
           be
           almost
           Famished
           ,
           and
           consulting
           with
           his
           Neighbours
           about
           it
           ,
           they
           all
           concluded
           ,
           that
           she
           must
           needs
           be
           Sucked
           by
           something
           else
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           
             Pigs
             be
             robbed
             of
             the
             Milk
             :
          
           Whereupon
           he
           resolved
           to
           watch
           till
           he
           found
           out
           the
           Matter
           :
           And
           having
           placed
           himself
           conveniently
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           at
           last
           he
           saw
           a
           black
           Four-footed
           Creature
           like
           a
           Pole-Cat
           ,
           come
           and
           beat
           away
           the
           Pigs
           ,
           and
           suck
           the
           Sow
           :
           And
           having
           a
           Pick
           ,
           or
           Fork
           in
           his
           
           Hand
           ,
           he
           ran
           the
           Prongs
           into
           the
           Thigh
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           ran
           it
           to
           the
           Ground
           ;
           yet
           it
           struggled
           so
           as
           to
           get
           off
           from
           him
           at
           last
           .
           There
           were
           some
           Neighbours
           not
           far
           off
           ,
           but
           they
           saw
           no
           such
           Creature
           ,
           but
           saw
           a
           Wench
           go
           away
           ,
           and
           that
           Blood
           sell
           from
           her
           as
           she
           went
           ;
           whereupon
           they
           searched
           her
           ,
           and
           found
           her
           so
           Wounded
           as
           the
           Man
           said
           he
           had
           wounded
           the
           thing
           which
           he
           found
           Sucking
           :
           And
           thereupon
           she
           was
           Apprehended
           and
           Tryed
           at
           Gloucester
           Assizes
           ;
           where
           this
           Matter
           was
           given
           in
           Evidence
           against
           her
           .
        
         
           These
           two
           Relations
           I
           received
           from
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           of
           good
           Ability
           ,
           and
           of
           unquestionable
           Credit
           ,
           who
           was
           present
           at
           both
           the
           Tryals
           ,
           and
           wrote
           them
           in
           his
           presence
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           read
           them
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           assured
           me
           they
           were
           very
           true
           in
           all
           the
           Particulars
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           given
           in
           Evidence
           .
        
      
       
         
           A
           Relation
           of
           the
           grievous
           Affliction
           of
           Faith
           Corbet
           ,
           by
           the
           secret
           wicked
           Practices
           of
           Alice
           Huson
           and
           Dol.
           Bilby
           ,
           all
           of
           the
           Parish
           of
           Burton
           Agnes
           in
           the
           County
           of
           York
           ,
           from
           the
           Year
           ,
           1660
           ,
           to
           the
           Year
           ,
           1664.
           
        
         
           MRs.
           Corbet
           ,
           Wife
           of
           
             Henry
             Corbet
          
           ,
           of
           
             Burton
             Agnes
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           York
           ,
           about
           the
           Year
           1660
           ,
           employed
           one
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           Widow
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           Place
           ,
           about
           some
           small
           matters
           ,
           as
           keeping
           of
           young
           Turkies
           ,
           &c.
           
           For
           which
           ,
           she
           offered
           to
           have
           paid
           her
           in
           Mony
           ,
           Corn
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           to
           her
           Satisfaction
           ;
           but
           she
           refused
           all
           ,
           and
           desired
           only
           some
           piece
           of
           old
           Linen
           ,
           which
           her
           Children
           wore
           next
           their
           Skin
           ,
           to
           make
           her
           a
           Neckcloth
           ,
           as
           she
           pretended
           .
           The
           Children
           hearing
           of
           it
           ,
           intreated
           their
           Mother
           not
           to
           give
           her
           any
           thing
           that
           belonged
           to
           them
           ,
           because
           there
           went
           a
           general
           evil
           Report
           of
           her
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           many
           not
           only
           accounted
           her
           so
           ,
           but
           called
           her
           Witch
           .
           Mrs.
           Corbet
           reproved
           
           them
           for
           saying
           so
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           her
           content
           ,
           cut
           an
           old
           Sheet
           ,
           made
           her
           a
           Neck-cloth
           ,
           sent
           for
           her
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           given
           in
           her
           ,
           but
           she
           refused
           it
           ,
           desiring
           only
           something
           appertaining
           to
           the
           Children
           ,
           some
           piece
           of
           old
           Cloth
           ,
           which
           some
           of
           them
           wore
           next
           their
           Skin
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           but
           as
           much
           as
           would
           make
           a
           Stay-band
           ;
           which
           was
           denied
           her
           ;
           but
           she
           frequented
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           had
           most
           part
           of
           her
           Relief
           there
           ,
           and
           Mrs.
           Corbet
           caused
           her
           to
           be
           served
           with
           Meat
           and
           Drink
           such
           as
           she
           desired
           .
        
         
           One
           day
           as
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           was
           sitting
           in
           the
           Kitchin
           ,
           her
           Daughter
           
             Faith
             Corbet
          
           ,
           of
           about
           Ten
           or
           Eleven
           years
           of
           Age
           ,
           came
           in
           to
           wash
           her
           Hands
           ,
           where
           not
           suspecting
           any
           thing
           ,
           she
           pulled
           off
           her
           Gloves
           ,
           and
           washing
           her
           Hands
           ,
           when
           she
           had
           done
           ,
           went
           into
           the
           House
           to
           dry
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           returned
           presently
           again
           ,
           but
           her
           Gloves
           were
           gone
           ,
           and
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           also
           .
           Whereupon
           ,
           she
           often
           complained
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           her
           Gloves
           ,
           and
           said
           that
           the
           Old
           Witch
           hod
           gotten
           them
           ,
           but
           durst
           not
           speak
           it
           openly
           ,
           for
           fear
           her
           Mother
           should
           chide
           her
           :
           And
           not
           long
           after
           ,
           she
           fell
           into
           
             a
             strange
             Fit
          
           ,
           so
           that
           two
           or
           three
           could
           hardly
           hold
           her
           ,
           did
           often
           Screech
           and
           Cry
           out
           vehemently
           ,
           sometimes
           scratch
           and
           bite
           any
           she
           could
           lay
           hold
           on
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           Ah
           ,
           Alice
           ,
           Old
           Witch
           ,
           have
           I
           gotten
           thee
           ?
           And
           sometimes
           lye
           down
           all
           drawn
           together
           ,
           almost
           round
           ;
           and
           lye
           still
           as
           in
           a
           Swoon
           ,
           continuing
           thus
           the
           most
           part
           of
           a
           Week
           :
           And
           sometimes
           again
           all
           of
           a
           sudden
           ,
           she
           became
           unusually
           Merry
           ,
           and
           continued
           so
           for
           a
           considerable
           time
           together
           .
        
         
           In
           these
           Fits
           ,
           many
           came
           to
           visit
           her
           ,
           and
           various
           were
           their
           Opinions
           of
           them
           ,
           some
           saying
           they
           were
           Fits
           of
           the
           Mother
           ;
           others
           ,
           that
           they
           proceeded
           from
           the
           Mother
           and
           the
           Spleen
           ;
           others
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           Convulsion
           Fits
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           divers
           Phisicians
           were
           Consulted
           for
           her
           .
           For
           ,
           her
           Father
           observing
           daily
           and
           almost
           hourly
           the
           motions
           and
           alterations
           of
           her
           Distemper
           ,
           wrote
           to
           Dr.
           Taylor
           ,
           (
           who
           lived
           at
           York
           )
           and
           described
           the
           same
           to
           him
           as
           exactly
           as
           he
           could
           .
           The
           Doctor
           was
           very
           confident
           he
           could
           grapple
           with
           any
           Disease
           Curable
           ,
           except
           there
           was
           Fascination
           in
           the
           case
           :
           
           But
           in
           this
           his
           Skill
           failed
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           when
           several
           things
           which
           he
           thought
           good
           for
           her
           ,
           had
           been
           used
           ,
           but
           did
           her
           no
           good
           ,
           her
           Father
           sent
           to
           Dr.
           Whitty
           ,
           who
           being
           then
           at
           Beverly
           ,
           came
           over
           to
           her
           ,
           staid
           that
           Night
           and
           the
           next
           Day
           till
           after
           Noon
           ,
           greatly
           admiring
           the
           manner
           of
           her
           Fits
           ,
           and
           gave
           her
           sometimes
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           another
           ,
           as
           he
           thought
           convenient
           for
           her
           ;
           but
           she
           was
           little
           the
           better
           .
           Her
           Distemper
           still
           continuing
           ,
           or
           rather
           returning
           at
           times
           (
           for
           she
           had
           intervals
           )
           her
           Father
           upon
           the
           24
           th
           .
           of
           March
           ,
           1660
           ,
           carried
           her
           to
           Hull
           to
           Dr.
           Corbet
           ,
           who
           with
           his
           Wife
           ,
           (
           who
           it
           seems
           had
           some
           skill
           in
           such
           Distempers
           )
           used
           their
           utmost
           Endeavours
           ,
           but
           with
           little
           Success
           .
           Whereupon
           she
           was
           fetched
           home
           ;
           and
           after
           some
           time
           continuing
           ill
           ,
           she
           desired
           to
           go
           to
           her
           Sisters
           at
           
             Dalby
             Daile
          
           in
           
             Pickering
             Lath
          
           ,
           hoping
           that
           the
           change
           of
           the
           Air
           and
           a
           remote
           Place
           ,
           might
           conduce
           to
           her
           Health
           ,
           or
           Recovery
           ;
           but
           about
           15
           February
           ,
           1661
           ,
           she
           fell
           extream
           ill
           ,
           so
           that
           her
           Father
           was
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           go
           to
           York
           for
           Advice
           ,
           tho
           much
           against
           her
           mind
           ;
           for
           she
           said
           ,
           
             Doctors
             nor
             Physick
             could
             do
             her
             no
             good
             ,
          
           still
           crying
           out
           against
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           ;
           and
           the
           9
           th
           of
           March
           he
           brought
           her
           home
           again
           .
           Where
           her
           Fits
           and
           Distemper
           still
           continuing
           ,
           and
           growing
           more
           violent
           ,
           Doctor
           Taylor
           having
           been
           several
           times
           with
           her
           ,
           desired
           her
           Father
           to
           send
           her
           to
           York
           ,
           where
           he
           would
           have
           an
           eye
           and
           '
           special
           care
           over
           her
           .
           So
           the
           18
           th
           of
           —
           1662
           ,
           he
           carried
           her
           thither
           ,
           where
           she
           remained
           till
           the
           21
           of
           May
           ,
           1663.
           
           But
           she
           still
           continuing
           ill
           ,
           entreated
           her
           Father
           to
           let
           her
           take
           no
           more
           Physick
           ;
           for
           nothing
           would
           cure
           her
           so
           long
           as
           those
           too
           ,
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           and
           
             Dol.
             Bilby
          
           ,
           were
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           frequently
           crying
           out
           of
           them
           .
           And
           her
           Fits
           at
           times
           still
           growing
           more
           violent
           ,
           she
           desired
           once
           more
           to
           see
           her
           Sister
           at
           Dolby
           ,
           and
           the
           rather
           because
           her
           Sister
           being
           with
           Child
           ,
           was
           near
           her
           time
           of
           Travel
           .
           Whereupon
           she
           was
           sent
           thither
           
             4th
             .
             March
          
           ,
           1663.
           
           And
           the
           22
           d.
           as
           she
           was
           lying
           in
           Bed
           with
           her
           Sister
           ,
           her
           Sister
           that
           Night
           fell
           in
           Travel
           ,
           and
           desired
           her
           to
           rise
           and
           call
           her
           Mother
           ;
           which
           she
           going
           to
           do
           ,
           as
           she
           was
           going
           out
           of
           the
           Chamber
           door
           ,
           a
           
             Black
             Cat
          
           ,
           as
           
           she
           said
           ,
           leaped
           in
           her
           Face
           ,
           (
           tho
           there
           was
           no
           such
           known
           to
           be
           in
           the
           House
           )
           and
           so
           affrighted
           her
           ,
           that
           she
           got
           into
           her
           Sisters
           Bed
           ,
           and
           clasped
           such
           fast
           hold
           on
           her
           ,
           then
           in
           Travel
           of
           Child-birth
           ,
           that
           the
           Women
           who
           came
           in
           to
           her
           Labour
           ,
           could
           scarce
           get
           her
           from
           her
           :
           She
           still
           crying
           out
           of
           Bilby
           and
           Huson
           ,
           continuing
           there
           with
           her
           Sister
           ,
           some
           times
           well
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           ill
           .
           Her
           Father
           was
           sent
           for
           again
           3
           d.
           of
           April
           ,
           1664.
           
           Who
           finding
           her
           in
           a
           very
           sad
           condition
           ,
           unknown
           to
           her
           ,
           sent
           again
           to
           Doctor
           Taylor
           to
           York
           ,
           and
           received
           Cordials
           and
           other
           Physick
           from
           him
           ;
           which
           when
           she
           understood
           ,
           she
           told
           him
           ,
           
             That
             if
             she
             had
             known
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             have
             sent
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             Doctors
             and
             Physick
             in
             the
             World
             could
             do
             her
             no
             good
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             those
             two
             Women
             were
             at
             Liberty
             ;
             they
             would
             have
             her
             Life
             ,
             and
             she
             was
             contented
             ,
             since
             she
             could
             not
             be
             believed
             .
          
           There
           she
           continued
           most
           violently
           handled
           ,
           so
           that
           her
           Father
           was
           constrained
           to
           borrow
           Sir
           Fr.
           Boynton's
           Coach
           to
           carry
           her
           home
           ,
           9.
           
           April
           ,
           expecting
           daily
           and
           hourly
           when
           she
           should
           depart
           and
           give
           up
           her
           Life
           ;
           but
           especially
           the
           22
           d.
           of
           April
           her
           Fits
           seized
           her
           in
           a
           most
           strange
           and
           violent
           manner
           ,
           for
           Twenty
           two
           Hours
           together
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           intermission
           ;
           so
           that
           every
           one
           that
           saw
           her
           ,
           thought
           it
           impossible
           she
           should
           live
           one
           Minute
           .
           Her
           Tongue
           hung
           out
           at
           a
           large
           extent
           ;
           her
           Teeth
           so
           hard
           set
           fast
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           feared
           she
           would
           bite
           off
           her
           Tongue
           ;
           she
           lay
           as
           Dead
           ,
           with
           her
           Eyes
           broad
           open
           ;
           Her
           Arms
           and
           Legs
           and
           Thighs
           twisted
           and
           admirably
           twined
           together
           ;
           her
           Bowels
           by
           the
           report
           of
           Women
           that
           came
           in
           to
           see
           her
           and
           sat
           up
           with
           her
           ,
           so
           drawn
           up
           together
           ,
           that
           one
           might
           have
           laid
           their
           Hand
           upon
           her
           Belly
           and
           have
           felt
           her
           Back-bone
           ,
           and
           her
           Spleen
           taken
           quite
           away
           ,
           but
           she
           had
           the
           benefit
           of
           Hearing
           and
           Understanding
           ;
           so
           that
           being
           asked
           by
           those
           that
           were
           about
           her
           ,
           who
           troubled
           her
           ?
           She
           could
           answer
           sometimes
           Bilby
           ,
           sometimes
           Huson
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           both
           together
           .
           She
           remaining
           in
           this
           condition
           ,
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Boynton
          
           advised
           her
           Father
           to
           send
           for
           the
           Doctors
           ;
           he
           sent
           to
           York
           and
           Hull
           for
           Dr.
           Taylor
           ,
           Dr.
           Whitty
           and
           Dr.
           Corbet
           :
           But
           e'er
           they
           came
           ,
           she
           coming
           
           a
           little
           to
           her self
           began
           thus
           to
           speak
           ,
           
             Oh
             Faithless
             and
             incredulous
             People
             !
             Shall
             I
             never
             be
             believed
             till
             it
             be
             past
             time
             ?
             For
             I
             am
             as
             near
             Death
             as
             possibly
             may
             be
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             have
             got
             my
             Life
             ▪
             you
             will
             repent
             when
             it
             is
             past
             time
             .
          
           Hereupon
           her
           Father
           went
           to
           Mr.
           Wellfet
           ,
           Minister
           of
           
             Burton
             Agnes
          
           ,
           and
           they
           and
           others
           went
           to
           speak
           with
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           ,
           and
           tho
           at
           first
           they
           could
           not
           prevail
           with
           her
           ,
           yet
           at
           last
           they
           got
           her
           to
           his
           House
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Fr.
             Boynton
          
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           Mr.
           Wellfet
           being
           there
           ,
           after
           much
           a
           do
           ,
           at
           last
           they
           prevailed
           with
           her
           to
           go
           up
           into
           his
           Daughters
           Chamber
           .
           As
           she
           went
           up
           ,
           his
           Daughter
           gave
           a
           great
           Screech
           ;
           and
           some
           in
           the
           Chamber
           brought
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           to
           the
           Bed-side
           :
           And
           after
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           she
           going
           down
           again
           ,
           his
           Daughter
           called
           suddenly
           for
           a
           Toast
           and
           Beer
           ;
           for
           (
           she
           said
           )
           she
           was
           very
           Hungry
           and
           Dry.
           All
           were
           amazed
           to
           see
           so
           sudden
           a
           Change
           ,
           for
           she
           had
           not
           taken
           any
           thing
           in
           three
           days
           before
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           weak
           ,
           that
           she
           desired
           always
           those
           who
           were
           with
           her
           ,
           to
           turn
           her
           in
           her
           Bed.
           Having
           taken
           her
           Toast
           and
           Beer
           ,
           she
           said
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           give
           her
           some
           of
           her
           Cordials
           ,
           she
           could
           take
           them
           ,
           which
           before
           she
           could
           not
           ;
           and
           having
           taken
           a
           good
           quantity
           ,
           she
           desired
           ,
           to
           the
           admiration
           of
           all
           who
           saw
           her
           before
           ,
           to
           have
           her
           Cloaths
           ,
           and
           she
           got
           up
           and
           told
           them
           how
           she
           had
           been
           handled
           by
           the
           two
           Women
           .
           She
           continued
           well
           all
           Saturday
           Night
           ,
           and
           Sunday
           Morning
           24th
           .
           of
           April
           ,
           all
           the
           Doctors
           met
           and
           consulted
           about
           her
           Case
           ;
           and
           coming
           to
           her
           spake
           comfortably
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           told
           her
           how
           they
           had
           consulted
           for
           her
           good
           .
           She
           answered
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             I
             thank
             you
             Gentlemen
             ,
             for
             your
             Pains
             ,
             Care
             and
             good
             Will
             :
             But
             if
             my
             Father
             would
             have
             been
             perswaded
             by
             me
             ,
             he
             should
             not
             have
             sent
             for
             you
             :
             For
             I
             know
             ,
             that
             so
             long
             as
             those
             two
             women
             are
             at
             Liberty
             ,
             neither
             you
             nor
             any
             other
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             you
             can
             administer
             ,
             will
             do
             me
             any
             good
             :
             But
             I
             must
             to
             give
             my
             Father
             and
             you
             satisfaction
             ,
             take
             such
             as
             you
             give
             me
             .
          
           Thus
           she
           continued
           in
           a
           good
           State
           (
           saith
           her
           Father
           )
           till
           after
           Dinner
           I
           went
           up
           ,
           and
           staid
           till
           Church
           time
           ,
           and
           then
           left
           her
           as
           I
           supposed
           in
           a
           good
           condition
           .
           When
           I
           came
           to
           the
           Door
           ,
           to
           go
           to
           Church
           ,
           
             Doll
             .
             Bilby
          
           (
           who
           as
           we
           supposed
           
           had
           been
           with
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           )
           came
           by
           ,
           whereupon
           I
           staid
           still
           ,
           and
           let
           her
           pass
           by
           ,
           observing
           her
           Gesture
           ;
           and
           when
           she
           came
           against
           the
           Window
           of
           the
           Chamber
           where
           my
           Daughter
           lay
           ,
           she
           turned
           about
           ,
           and
           looked
           up
           at
           the
           Window
           ;
           and
           immediately
           my
           Daughter
           cried
           out
           ,
           she
           is
           there
           ;
           and
           giving
           a
           great
           Screek
           ,
           fell
           again
           into
           her
           Fits
           ,
           crying
           out
           ,
           her
           Heart
           was
           quite
           gone
           .
           On
           Monday
           25
           of
           
             April
             ,
             Bilby
          
           came
           again
           to
           Town
           ,
           (
           She
           lived
           at
           
             Thorne
             Hotime
          
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           the
           same
           Parish
           of
           
             Burton
             Agnes
          
           )
           and
           had
           Conference
           with
           Huson
           ,
           as
           Huson
           confessed
           .
           But
           my
           Daughter
           fell
           so
           ill
           again
           ,
           continually
           blaming
           them
           ,
           and
           saying
           they
           had
           too
           much
           Liberty
           ,
           that
           that
           Night
           I
           got
           them
           Secured
           ,
           the
           26
           th
           Examined
           ,
           the
           27
           th
           ,
           Searched
           ,
           the
           28
           th
           ,
           Re-examined
           ,
           and
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           Confessed
           ;
           and
           the
           29
           
             th
             ,
             Bilby
          
           Examined
           again
           ,
           upon
           
           Huson's
           Confession
           ,
           and
           both
           sent
           to
           the
           Gaol
           .
           But
           this
           is
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           that
           tho
           my
           Daughter
           was
           well
           (
           just
           )
           before
           ,
           yet
           upon
           their
           Examination
           and
           Searching
           ,
           and
           during
           all
           that
           time
           ,
           she
           was
           most
           cruelly
           handled
           and
           tormented
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           Carted
           ,
           she
           Recovered
           ,
           (
           and
           )
           continued
           so
           till
           
             Saturday
             14th
          
           .
           of
           May
           ,
           when
           she
           fell
           suddenly
           into
           her
           old
           Fits
           ,
           affirming
           that
           Bilby
           had
           got
           Pins
           and
           Needles
           ,
           wherewith
           she
           Tormented
           her
           ,
           and
           had
           too
           much
           Liberty
           .
           On
           Monday
           Morning
           I
           went
           to
           York
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           was
           as
           she
           said
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Read
           the
           Keeper
           ,
           said
           ,
           she
           should
           be
           soon
           held
           and
           restrained
           of
           her
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           said
           ,
           observe
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Day
           ;
           it
           is
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           Two
           ;
           and
           said
           as
           soon
           as
           you
           are
           out
           of
           the
           Castle-Gate
           ,
           all
           shall
           be
           done
           ,
           therefore
           let
           me
           hear
           how
           your
           Daughter
           doth
           .
           Coming
           home
           ,
           I
           found
           my
           Daughter
           (
           blessed
           be
           God
           )
           in
           good
           Health
           .
           I
           enquired
           what
           time
           she
           Recovered
           ?
           they
           said
           ,
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           Two
           she
           called
           for
           her
           Cloaths
           ,
           and
           said
           she
           would
           Rise
           ,
           for
           she
           was
           sure
           her
           Father
           had
           been
           at
           the
           Castle
           ,
           and
           gotten
           her
           Business
           done
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           is
           taken
           from
           a
           Paper
           written
           by
           the
           before-mentioned
           
             Henry
             Corbet
          
           himself
           :
           And
           here
           followeth
           ,
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Confession
           of
           Alice
           Huson
           ,
           28
           of
           April
           ,
           1664.
           to
           Mr.
           Tim.
           Wellfet
           ,
           Vicar
           of
           Burton
           Agnes
           ,
           (
           in
           her
           own
           Words
           )
           as
           it
           was
           given
           in
           to
           the
           Judges
           at
           York
           Assizes
           ,
        
         
           THree
           Years
           I
           have
           had
           to
           do
           with
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Devil
           :
           He
           appeared
           to
           me
           like
           a
           
             Black
             Man
          
           on
           a
           Horse
           upon
           the
           Moor
           :
           He
           told
           me
           I
           should
           never
           want
           ,
           if
           I
           would
           follow
           his
           ways
           :
           He
           bid
           me
           to
           give
           my self
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           forsake
           the
           Lord
           ;
           and
           I
           promised
           him
           I
           would
           .
           He
           did
           upon
           that
           give
           me
           five
           Shillings
           ;
           and
           another
           time
           he
           gave
           me
           seven
           Shillings
           :
           And
           for
           six
           several
           times
           he
           did
           so
           ;
           and
           
             Thom.
             Ratle
          
           had
           20
           s.
           of
           the
           Mony
           I
           had
           of
           him
           .
           He
           appeared
           like
           a
           
             Black
             Man
          
           upon
           a
           Black
           Horse
           ,
           with
           Cloven-Feet
           ;
           and
           then
           I
           fell
           down
           ,
           and
           did
           Worship
           him
           upon
           my
           Knees
           ,
           because
           I
           promised
           him
           I
           would
           do
           so
           .
           I
           have
           hurt
           Mrs.
           
             Faith
             Corbet
          
           by
           my
           Evil
           Spirit
           :
           I
           did
           ,
           in
           my
           apprehension
           ,
           ride
           her
           :
           And
           when
           I
           was
           Examined
           by
           Mr.
           Wellfet
           our
           Minister
           ,
           the
           Devil
           stood
           by
           ,
           and
           gave
           me
           my
           Answer
           .
           I
           was
           under
           the
           Window
           like
           a
           Cat
           ,
           when
           Mrs.
           Corbet
           said
           I
           was
           ;
           and
           
             Doll
             Bilby
          
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           this
           Tormenting
           Mrs.
           
             Corbet
             :
             Doll
             Bilby
          
           said
           ,
           let
           us
           make
           an
           End
           of
           her
           ;
           and
           I
           said
           it
           was
           pity
           to
           take
           away
           her
           Life
           ,
           for
           we
           had
           done
           her
           overmuch
           hurt
           already
           .
           The
           Devil
           did
           appear
           to
           me
           and
           
             Doll
             Bilby
          
           both
           together
           :
           
             Doll
             Bilby
          
           had
           of
           the
           Devil
           on
           Thursday
           or
           Friday
           ,
           some
           Mony
           :
           I
           had
           about
           a
           Fortnight
           ago
           ten
           Shillings
           of
           the
           Devil
           at
           
           Ratle's
           door
           about
           Twi-light
           or
           Day-gate
           ;
           and
           I
           gave
           two
           Shillings
           of
           this
           Mony
           for
           two
           Pecks
           of
           Barly
           ,
           Pease
           and
           Wheat
           mix'd
           ,
           to
           
             Will.
             Parkley
          
           :
           He
           told
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           would
           kill
           Mrs.
           
             Alice
             Corbet
          
           ,
           I
           should
           never
           Want
           :
           He
           twitches
           me
           at
           the
           Heart
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           drawn
           together
           with
           Pincers
           .
           I
           have
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           a
           Witch-pap
           ,
           which
           is
           Sucked
           by
           the
           Unclean
           Spirit
           :
           This
           Sucking
           lasteth
           from
           
           Supper-time
           ,
           till
           after
           Cock-crowing
           .
           The
           Devil
           did
           bid
           me
           deny
           to
           Mr.
           Wellfet
           that
           he
           was
           sent
           by
           me
           .
           I
           had
           a
           purpose
           to
           practice
           Witchcraft
           when
           I
           begg'd
           a
           piece
           of
           Cloth
           and
           Black-hood
           .
           I
           confess
           that
           I
           did
           by
           this
           Evil
           Spirit
           ,
           kill
           
             Dick
             Warren
          
           ;
           which
           was
           done
           by
           my
           wicked
           Heart
           and
           wicked
           Eyes
           :
           If
           I
           had
           not
           employ'd
           this
           wicked
           Spirit
           ,
           I
           had
           not
           hurt
           him
           .
           I
           lent
           
             Lancelot
             Harrison
          
           eight
           Shillings
           of
           the
           ten
           Shillings
           the
           Devil
           gave
           me
           .
           I
           did
           forsake
           God
           ,
           because
           I
           promised
           the
           Devil
           to
           serve
           him
           .
           The
           Devil
           bid
           me
           not
           to
           tell
           of
           
             Doll
             Bilby
          
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           full
           Confession
           of
           
             Alice
             Huson
          
           in
           her
           own
           words
           ,
           suited
           to
           the
           Questions
           I
           propounded
           to
           her
           ,
           being
           spoken
           to
           my self
           ;
           (
           so
           )
           I
           testifie
           .
        
         
           
             Timothy
             Wellfet
             ,
             
               Vicar
               of
            
             Burton
             Agnes
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           horrible
           Relation
           of
           a
           Trumpeter
           ,
           his
           Wife
           and
           Daughter
           ,
           Debauched
           by
           a
           Wicked
           foul
           Spirit
           .
           Transcribed
           from
           a
           Letter
           ,
           written
           by
           a
           very
           Intelligent
           Person
           in
           Holland
           .
        
         
           A
           Trumpeter
           ,
           who
           had
           served
           the
           Prince
           in
           his
           Wars
           ,
           upon
           his
           return
           from
           the
           War
           ,
           finding
           many
           Executed
           for
           Witchcraft
           in
           that
           Country
           ,
           absented
           himself
           ,
           
           and
           hid
           himself
           .
           He
           being
           miss'd
           ,
           and
           they
           knowing
           no
           reason
           for
           his
           Absconding
           ,
           enquiry
           was
           made
           after
           him
           ,
           supposing
           he
           might
           hav
           been
           guilty
           of
           some
           evil
           Action
           or
           other
           ,
           Theft
           ,
           or
           Adultery
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           found
           nothing
           against
           him
           .
           However
           ,
           they
           continued
           their
           Enquiry
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           they
           found
           where
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           he
           must
           go
           to
           the
           Prince
           .
           Whereupon
           he
           cried
           out
           ,
           I
           am
           a
           Dead
           Man.
           And
           being
           
           asked
           ,
           what
           was
           the
           matter
           ?
           He
           said
           he
           was
           a
           Witch
           ,
           and
           must
           Die.
           To
           the
           Prince
           he
           was
           brought
           ;
           before
           whom
           (
           to
           the
           amazement
           of
           him
           and
           all
           Men
           ,
           for
           none
           suspected
           him
           in
           the
           least
           )
           he
           confessed
           ,
           that
           one
           day
           walking
           in
           the
           Wood
           ,
           he
           had
           met
           in
           a
           By
           Walk
           ,
           a
           very
           handsom
           Woman
           ,
           with
           whom
           entring
           into
           Discourse
           ,
           he
           endeavoured
           to
           perswade
           her
           to
           submit
           to
           his
           Will
           ,
           which
           at
           last
           she
           yielded
           to
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           had
           satisfied
           himself
           with
           her
           ,
           she
           Transformed
           her self
           into
           a
           hideous
           Shape
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           Now
           he
           was
           from
           that
           time
           forward
           his
           ;
           but
           made
           him
           many
           Promises
           ,
           &c.
           
           He
           being
           thus
           Engaged
           ,
           said
           he
           had
           a
           Wife
           ,
           and
           wished
           her
           in
           the
           same
           Condition
           .
           This
           Caco-Daemon
           replied
           ,
           he
           should
           take
           no
           care
           for
           that
           matter
           ;
           he
           would
           effect
           it
           ,
           and
           thus
           ;
           He
           should
           pretend
           a
           necessity
           of
           going
           from
           Home
           all
           of
           a
           sudden
           ,
           and
           tell
           his
           Wife
           that
           there
           would
           come
           to
           find
           him
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           a
           good
           Friend
           of
           his
           in
           the
           War
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           was
           sorry
           he
           could
           not
           stay
           to
           receive
           him
           as
           he
           would
           ,
           desiring
           her
           ,
           if
           he
           came
           before
           he
           returned
           ,
           to
           make
           as
           much
           of
           him
           as
           she
           could
           possible
           ,
           as
           being
           his
           singular
           Friend
           .
           He
           being
           gone
           ,
           this
           pretended
           Gentleman
           some
           time
           after
           ,
           came
           in
           very
           good
           Equipage
           ,
           attended
           with
           a
           Servant
           ,
           enquired
           for
           her
           Husband
           ,
           seemed
           sorry
           for
           his
           Absence
           :
           But
           she
           doing
           her
           Errand
           as
           her
           Husband
           had
           ordered
           her
           ,
           and
           shewing
           him
           great
           Kindness
           ,
           he
           propounded
           to
           her
           the
           having
           his
           Will
           upon
           her
           ;
           and
           she
           consenting
           ,
           he
           enjoyed
           her
           not
           only
           ,
           but
           her
           Daughter
           (
           also
           )
           of
           about
           Eleven
           ,
           or
           twelve
           Years
           Old
           ,
           to
           whom
           then
           he
           appeared
           as
           to
           her
           Husband
           :
           And
           then
           her
           Husband
           returned
           and
           found
           it
           so
           .
        
         
           From
           that
           time
           forward
           ,
           certain
           power
           to
           hurt
           Cattle
           (
           as
           I
           remember
           )
           only
           was
           imparted
           to
           them
           :
           And
           the
           Man
           was
           continually
           accosted
           and
           compelled
           to
           continue
           his
           Commerce
           with
           his
           Succuba
           ,
           and
           the
           Woman
           and
           her
           Daughter
           with
           their
           Incubus
           ;
           with
           whom
           the
           first
           Commerce
           was
           strangely
           Delightful
           ,
           but
           ever
           after
           cold
           and
           painful
           to
           them
           .
        
         
         
           These
           things
           having
           Confess'd
           ,
           and
           being
           very
           penitent
           ,
           they
           desired
           to
           die
           ,
           and
           were
           accordingly
           Executed
           :
           But
           because
           they
           had
           not
           hurt
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           were
           so
           Penitent
           ,
           instead
           of
           being
           Burn'd
           ,
           they
           were
           Beheaded
           .
        
         
           The
           Prince
           would
           fain
           have
           saved
           the
           Girl
           ,
           because
           of
           her
           Youth
           ,
           and
           used
           all
           Endeavours
           to
           deliver
           her
           from
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           effect
           it
           ;
           the
           Girl
           crying
           out
           several
           times
           that
           he
           now
           was
           committing
           Uncleanness
           with
           her
           ;
           crying
           out
           and
           desiring
           rather
           to
           die
           than
           to
           live
           so
           ,
           and
           be
           subject
           to
           that
           foul
           Spirit
           any
           longer
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           was
           Executed
           as
           her
           Father
           and
           Mother
           were
           .
        
      
       
         
           A
           Relation
           of
           a
           Dutch
           Boy
           ,
           Possessed
           by
           a
           German
           Spirit
           .
           Being
           an
           Extract
           of
           two
           Letters
           ,
           the
           first
           ,
           of
           the
           12
           of
           Febbruary
           ,
           1690.
           
           S.
           V.
           
        
         
           WE
           have
           here
           a
           strange
           Case
           of
           a
           Youth
           about
           Fifteen
           Years
           old
           ,
           that
           has
           been
           of
           a
           quiet
           and
           orderly
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           was
           bred
           up
           to
           Reading
           and
           Praying
           ,
           who
           is
           Possessed
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           Spirit
           it self
           says
           through
           him
           ,
           is
           actuated
           by
           three
           of
           them
           ,
           who
           were
           sent
           to
           him
           by
           three
           divers
           Witches
           ,
           which
           he
           publickly
           named
           .
        
         
           I
           my self
           have
           entred
           the
           Lists
           with
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           who
           at
           last
           ,
           tho
           very
           unwillingly
           ,
           Answered
           ,
           and
           speaks
           as
           good
           High
           Dutch
           as
           is
           spoken
           in
           Austria
           ,
           which
           the
           Lad
           could
           never
           speak
           .
           I
           was
           very
           sharp
           in
           my
           Assault
           ,
           and
           he
           as
           strenuously
           opposed
           .
           When
           he
           departs
           ,
           it
           is
           with
           a
           great
           Noise
           ,
           and
           the
           Lad
           lyes
           a
           good
           while
           as
           in
           a
           deep
           Swoon
           ,
           till
           recovered
           by
           application
           of
           fit
           Remedies
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           prays
           devoutly
           ,
           which
           while
           Possessed
           ,
           he
           cannot
           do
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Spirits
           forsake
           him
           in
           part
           ,
           which
           sometimes
           they
           do
           for
           a
           whole
           ,
           sometimes
           for
           half
           a
           day
           ;
           he
           works
           at
           his
           ordinary
           Labour
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           Weaving
           Linen
           ,
           that
           being
           the
           Trade
           he
           is
           Learning
           .
           He
           is
           of
           a
           Meek
           Spirit
           ;
           but
           in
           his
           Fits
           ,
           three
           Men
           have
           enough
           to
           hold
           him
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Spirit
           says
           very
           confidently
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           leave
           from
           the
           Old
           Man
           in
           Heaven
           (
           Thus
           he
           calls
           God
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           easily
           be
           brought
           to
           use
           that
           word
           )
           not
           to
           leave
           the
           Lad
           till
           the
           Witches
           have
           received
           their
           Punishments
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           was
           compelled
           by
           that
           Old
           Man
           in
           Heaven
           to
           discover
           the
           Witches
           and
           their
           wicked
           Works
           ;
           all
           which
           he
           has
           done
           ,
           and
           upon
           it
           ,
           the
           Inquest
           was
           made
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           no
           body
           would
           have
           thought
           of
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           strange
           and
           incomprehensible
           a
           thing
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           not
           to
           be
           expressed
           ,
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           had
           not
           been
           an
           eye
           Witness
           ,
           and
           throughly
           examined
           the
           Affair
           ,
           I
           could
           never
           have
           believed
           it
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Second
             Letter
             of
             the
             24th
             .
             of
             April
             ,
             S.
             V.
             1690.
             
          
           
             NOw
             again
             something
             of
             the
             Possessed
             Lad
             :
             Our
             Discourse
             went
             upon
             these
             five
             things
             .
             1.
             
             Of
             the
             great
             Omnipotency
             of
             the
             true
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             sole
             Government
             over
             all
             things
             ,
             both
             Visible
             and
             Invisible
             .
             2.
             
             Of
             the
             glorious
             Merits
             of
             Christ
             his
             Sufferings
             ,
             and
             thereby
             overturning
             of
             the
             Powers
             of
             Hell
             :
             And
             consequently
             .
             3.
             
             Of
             the
             Limited
             ,
             and
             in
             it self
             powerless
             Power
             of
             the
             Devils
             ,
             &c.
             
             Of
             their
             Orders
             and
             Qualities
             among
             themselves
             .
             4.
             
             Of
             the
             great
             Power
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             dwelling
             in
             a
             true
             Believer
             and
             Pious
             Soul.
             5.
             
             Of
             the
             Name
             of
             this
             particular
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             speaks
             out
             of
             the
             Possessed
             Lad
             ,
             his
             Authority
             ,
             and
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             cruel
             Works
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             First
             ,
             he
             answered
             all
             my
             Questions
             affirmatively
             ,
             and
             confessed
             ,
             that
             all
             things
             ,
             even
             their
             Infernal
             Government
             ,
             are
             executed
             according
             to
             the
             Will
             
               of
               God
            
             :
             But
             that
             word
             he
             would
             not
             name
             ,
             till
             he
             was
             constrained
             by
             a
             Command
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             most
             High
             ,
             which
             then
             he
             uttered
             storming
             .
             Then
             I
             proceeded
             to
             all
             the
             Ordinary
             Attributes
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             tho
             against
             his
             will
             ,
             he
             owned
             ,
             saying
             with
             a
             roaring
             Voice
             ,
             Yes
             ,
             it
             is
             true
             .
          
           
           
             At
             the
             Second
             ,
             he
             grew
             very
             impatient
             ,
             Gnashing
             with
             his
             Teeth
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             name
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             till
             I
             constrained
             him
             as
             before
             ,
             and
             alledged
             the
             Example
             of
             the
             Devil
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             that
             had
             spoke
             concerning
             Christ.
             
          
           
             I
             Then
             proceeded
             to
             the
             Third
             ,
             Whereupon
             he
             acknowledged
             an
             Order
             amongst
             them
             ,
             but
             would
             not
             confess
             of
             what
             Order
             himself
             was
             ,
             but
             said
             ,
             
               Thou
               askest
               more
               than
               is
               needful
               for
               thee
               to
               know
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               replied
            
             ,
             But
             thou
             knowest
             well
             enough
             ,
             that
             I
             know
             full
             well
             what
             pitiful
             things
             you
             Spirits
             are
             without
             God's
             Permission
             .
          
           
             He.
             I
             know
             it
             ,
             or
             else
             thou
             would'st
             forbear
             to
             vex
             me
             thus
             .
          
           
             I.
             How
             comest
             thou
             to
             be
             such
             a
             silly
             Devil
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             speak
             nothing
             but
             High
             Dutch
             ?
          
           
             He.
             Are
             you
             Men
             then
             all
             of
             the
             same
             Capacity
             ?
          
           
             I
             passed
             then
             to
             the
             former
             things
             ,
             and
             spake
             to
             him
             of
             the
             
               Blood
               of
               Christ
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             He.
             I
             'll
             be
             gone
             .
          
           
             I.
             No
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             first
             answer
             me
             to
             this
             .
          
           
             
               He
               answered
            
             ,
             I
             know
             Christ
             has
             redeemed
             Men
             ,
             and
             therefore
             we
             can
             do
             nothing
             to
             you
             without
             Permission
             :
             
               And
               repeated
               divers
               times
            
             ,
             I
             'll
             be
             gone
             .
          
           
             At
             last
             I
             said
             ,
             
               Go
               then
               and
               be
               Hanged
            
             .
             And
             immediately
             he
             went
             forth
             with
             a
             great
             Outcry
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             poor
             Lad
             being
             come
             as
             out
             of
             an
             Extasie
             ,
             after
             divers
             applications
             ,
             returned
             to
             himself
             again
             .
          
           
             I
             asked
             the
             Devils
             
               their
               Names
            
             ;
             he
             said
             his
             Name
             was
             
               Pretty
               Betty
            
             ;
             the
             other
             was
             call'd
             Longtale
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             ,
             Cuckow
             :
             and
             these
             three
             possessed
             the
             Lad
             ,
             whereof
             two
             go
             forth
             ,
             but
             one
             of
             them
             keeps
             always
             possession
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
           
             The
             next
             day
             ,
             being
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Circumcision
             of
             Christ
             ,
             I
             went
             on
             where
             I
             left
             off
             the
             day
             before
             ,
             and
             so
             came
             ,
          
           
             To
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             Of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             which
             he
             resisted
             hard
             ,
             but
             at
             last
             owned
             all
             that
             I
             demanded
             on
             that
             head
             ;
             but
             within
             half
             an
             hour
             would
             be
             gone
             :
             But
             I
             would
             not
             let
             him
             go
             according
             to
             his
             will
             ,
             till
             he
             had
             answered
             me
             fully
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             went
             away
             ,
             as
             the
             day
             before
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             interrogate
             the
             Devil
             too
             profoundly
             ,
             or
             too
             curiously
             ,
             he
             answers
             ,
             
               Thou
               askest
               more
               than
               is
               fit
               for
               thee
               to
               know
               ,
               or
               permitted
               to
               me
               to
               say
               .
            
          
           
             Three
             German
             Miles
             from
             hence
             ,
             dwells
             one
             Mr.
             Crom
             ,
             whose
             little
             Daughter
             of
             about
             Twelve
             Years
             Old
             ,
             is
             in
             like
             manner
             possessed
             ;
             out
             of
             whom
             the
             Devil
             speaks
             all
             manner
             of
             Languages
             imaginable
             .
          
        
         
           The
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A43992-e6050
           
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             the
             Country
             ,
             nor
             the
             Time
             is
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Letter
             .