IX. Here was the Sum of the Evidence: which |,

Mr. Serjeant Keelmg, thought not fifficient tall!
Convict the Prifoners, For admitting -the Chik}
cii® dren were Bewitched, yer, faid he, sf dine of never! be Apply‘d unto the Pe: mers, upost the imagina-] tion only of the Parties A sti@ed $ inafmuic | perfon: wharfoever could: then be in $2 ety. 4
Dr. Brown, a very Learned’ Perfon: thea pre's fent, gave his Opinion, that thefe perfons were’! Bewitched. He added, That in Denmark, there'l had been lately a great Difcovery of Witches | who uled the very fame way of AffiGing people; by Conveying Pins and Nails into them. His Opi} nion was, that the Devil in Witchcrafts, did Work } upon the Bodies of Menand Women; upon a Naty} val Foundation; and that he did Extraordinarily afl
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Mnall Reafon was at length attempted to be given or it. |
i] XI. However, to. ftrengthen the Credit of
that had been, already produced. againft the Pri ipners. One ‘fobn Soam teftify’d, That bringing Nome his Hay in three Cartsy one of the, Carts
rrenched the Window of Roe Cullenders Houle,
yhereupon fhe flew out, with violent ‘Threaten
gs againft the Deponent. . The cther two Garts, Nailed by twice; Loaded, that. Day atterwards ; ut the Cart which touched Cyienders Houle, vas twice or thrice, that Day. overturned! Fia- Hing again Loaded it, as they brought it thro’ Nhe Gate which Leads out of the. Ficld, «the Mart. ftuck fo -falt inthe. Gates Head, Mhat they could not pofflibly get ic. thro’, ‘but Nyere forced to, cut down the Poft of the Gate, » make the Cart’ pafs thro‘, altho’ they could a not
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. 4 ‘not perceive that the Cart did of either fic’ touch the GatePoft, They afterwards, dif with much Difficulty get ic home to the yard] but could not for their Lives get the Cart neq) the place, where they fhould unload. The) were fain to unload at a great Diitance5 am) when they were Tired, the Nofés of them thef came to Affift them, would burit forth a Blec ding ; fo they were fain to give over till nex morning; and then they unloaded without an} Difficulry. 23% j |
ii XTL Roberts Sherringham aMfo tefify'd, That the Axle-Tree of his Cart, happening in patiing, break fome part of Rofe Cullenders Houfe, in hel Anger at it, fhe vehemently ‘threatned him, Hi) Horfes fhould foffer’for it, And within a {hor time, all his Four Horfes dy‘d; after which he fut! tained rnany otter lofles in the fudden Dying-o'} his Cattle.’ He was alfo taken with a Lamenets i his limbs; and {fo vexed with: lice of an extraor dinary Number and Bignef, that no Art could hin! der the Swarming of them, till he burne up; ewe fuits of Apparrel. : |
XIIL As for’ Amy Diny, was? teftfi'd by om Richard Spencer that he heard her fay, The Devi
would not lett ber Reff3 until (he were -Revenged on thik wife of Cornelius Sandfwel And that Sand/wel telta} fy‘d, that her Poulcrey dy°d faddenly, upon: Asm! Dunyes threatning of them; and that her Hufbancdk Chimacy fell, quickly’ aiter Paxy had se
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ich a difafter. And a firkin of Fifh could net be Wept from falling into the water, upou fufpicious | ords of Byny*s.
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WIV. The Judge,told the Jury,they were to inquire pw, firft, whether thefe Children were Bewitched 5 | i fecondly, Whether the Prifoners as the Bar Here guilty of it, He made no doubt, there wers jch Creatures as Witches; for the Scriptures af I-med ics and the Wifdom of all Nations had pros ded Laws againft fuch perfons. He pray‘d the ‘od of Heaven, to dire& their Hearts in the Icighty thing they had in hand; for, Ze Condemn le Innocent, and let the Guilty go free, were both an 4;
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|i-nination to the Lord. | 1 The Jury in half an Hour, brought them ind Huity, upon their feveral Indiétments, which were lineceen in Number. Ml The next morning, the Children with their parents, came to the Lodgings:of the Lord Chief Wikftice, and were in as good Health, as ever itt 4 neir Lives ; being Reftored. within half ata Hour Fier the Witches were Convicted.
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Ml The Wicches were Exceuted 5 and. Confeffed na- Whing 3 which indeed will not be wondred by hem, who Confider and Entertain the Judgment ME 2 Judicious Writer, That the Unpardonable Sits Ml msoff ufuaky Commmisted by Profefors of the Gbreftian
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TRYAL of GBH
At a Court of } ( Dyer and Lermtuer, | Held in Salem, 1694. t
7 Wiad should have been, if T had never known Cc; the Name of this man; or never -had this, Ocdiion to mention fo much as the firfk Letters ol}, his:!Name. But the Government requiring fomie,, Account, of his Trial, to be Inferted in this Book; it becomes me-with all Obedience, to fubmit unta,, the Order. a } | i 93.393
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: | cB This 6.°B.. was Indidted.for Wirchoraftss and, in the Profecution:of: the Charge again{t him, he), was Accufed by’ five-or fix ofthe Bewitched, at} the Author of theic.Miferies she was Accufed by eight of che Confefing Witches,.as heing an Head | Actor at fonie of thei Hellith Raniezveuzes, and ee . OM
| SUBINGIC WOtin 9F e who had the promife of being a King in Sas is Kingdom, now going to be Erected ; he was outed by nine perions, for extraordinary Lift ie, and fuch Feats of Strength, as could not be Ane without a Diabolical Affiftance. And for ner fuch Things he was Accufed, until about hhirty Teftimonies.were brought in againft him Pc were thefe, judgd the half of what might Ive been confidered, for his Conviction : however ey were enough to fix the Character of a Witch fon him, according to the Rules of Reafoning, by Bc Judicious Gaule, in that Cafe directed.
tf]. The Court being fenfible, that the Teffiro-
Is of she Parties Bewitched, ufe to have a Room as ong the Sufpicions, or Prefumptions, brought in as
Hint one Indifted for Witchcratt, there were iw heard the Teftimonies of feveral Perfons, 10 were molt notorioufly Bewitched, and Mery day Tortured by Invifible Hands, and thefe Ww all charged the Spectres of G. B. to have a Hare in their Torments. At the Examination of Mis G. B. the Bewitched People were grievoufly @.raffed, with Preternatural Mifchiefs, which could ot poflibly be Diffembled ; and they ftill afcribed unto the Endeavours of G.B. to kill them: And pw upon his Trial, one of the Bewitched Per Mins teltify’d, That in her Agonies, a lictle Black @hird man came to her, faying his Name was Be Md bidding her fet her hand unto a Book which, > fhow d unre her; and bragging that he was a
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96 Lie Wonders or te 8 Conjurer above the ordinary Rank of Witches) That he often perfecuted her, with the offer o that Book, faying, She fhould be well, and need feai) ne body, sf fhe would but Sign #: but he inflicter cruel Pains and ures npon her, becanfe of hey}
enying foto do. The Teftimonies of the othe! Sufferers concurred with thefe; and it was Re] markable, that whereas Biting, was one of the way] which thé Witches uléd, for the vexing of the/ Sufferers, when they cry‘d out of G. B. biting) them, the print of the Teeth, would be feen og}. the Fiefh of the Complainers ; and juft fucha f i of Teeth, as G. B‘s would then appear upon the l which could be diftinguifhed from thofe of fome!
: Pali ether mens. Grhers of them teftify“d, That in} “scr ‘Torments, G. B. tempted them, to go unte,, & Sacrament, unto which they perceived him with): a iound of Trumpet Summoning of other Witch, es; who quickly after the Seund would come trom all Quarters unte the Rendezvouz. One olj them falling into a kind of Trance, afterwards af, firmed, That-G. B. had carried her into a very, high Monntain, where he fhow'd her mighty and | glorious Kingdoms, and faid, He swoujd give them| all to her, if {he would write in bis Book; but. the told), him, They were none of his to give; and refufed the | Motions ; enduring of much mifery for that Re] fufal. : pe I *~ Te coft‘the Court a wonderful deal of T roublel| to hear the Teftiinoniés oi’ the Sufferers ; for when shey Were going to give in their Depofitions, they
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Snbilible Morla 97 rould for a long while be taken’ with fitts, that gpade them uncapable of faying~ any ‘thing. ‘The pphict Judge asked the priloner, who he thought Pindred thefé witneffes from giving their teftimo- Mics? and he anfwered, He fuppofed, it was the Divel? What Honourable perfon, then’ reply‘d, How comes We Divel fo loathe to have any LTefttimneny born again{t Me? Which caft him into very sreat confufion.
BIH. Tt has been a frequent thing for the Be: ppetched people jto be entertained with Apparitions Hy Glo/?s of murdered people, at the fame time, that We Spectres of the witches trouble chem. Thefe , iu do always affright the Echolders, more thary yi the other {peétral Reprefentations; and when ey exhibit themdclves, they cry out, of being urdered by the witchcrafts or other violences of We perfons who are then in fpedtré prefent. It is
ff #sens have been feen by others at the very fame Me that they have {hown them félves to the Be- Mcched; &feldom have there been thele Apparitions
t when fomthing unufual & fufpeéied haa atvend- theDeath of the party thusAppearing. Somethat ve bin accufed by thefe Apparitions, accofting of HY: Bewirched People,who had never heard a word Many fuch perfons, ever being in the world, have
#} murders of thofe very perfons, altho® the al #)' not know how the Apparitins had complained | then, Aceordingly f{everal of the Bewitched, | oe, cee had
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98 Lhe Wonders of the had given ia their Teftimony, that they had been troubled with the Apparitions of two women, who! faid, that they were G. Bs. two wives; and that he} had been the Death of them; and that the Magiey {trates muft be told of it, before whom if B. upom his trial deny‘d ir, they did not know but that they Should appear again in the Court. Now, G. Bo) lad been infamous for the Barbdrous ufage of his# two fucceflive wives, all che Country over. More" over; It was teftiftd, the {pectre of G, B: threatning: of the fufferers told them, he had killed ( befides' others ) Mrs Law/on and her Daughter Amn. Andi it was noted, That thefe were the vertuous wife! and Daughter, of one at whom this G. B. might’ have a-pfeiudice for his being ferviceable at Saleme't village, from whence himéfelf had in Il Terms re | moved fome years before: & that when they dy*dji which was long fiace, there were fome odd circums' fiances about them, which made {ome of the Atten-: dents there fufpeét fometbing of wicchratt, thot" none Imagired from what Quarter it fhould come)
Well, G. B. being now upon his Triall, one of: the Bewitched perfons was caft into Horror ati the Ghofts of B‘s. two deceafed wives, ther appear ing before him, and crying for, Vengeance, againtti him. Hereupon féeveral of the Bewitched perfons. were fucceffively called in, who all not knowing! what the former had feen and faid, concurred im} their Horror, of the Apparition, which they affit| med, that he had before him. But he tho much! appalled, utterly deny“d that he difcerned any chine
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OV Judicious Writers, have affigned it a great place; p the Conviction of witches, when perfons are Impea- hed by other Notorious witches ,to be as Ill as themfel-vese Mpecially, if the perfons have been much noted for negleé- Ie the Wor{htp of God. Now, as there might have pen Teftimonies Enough of G. B's. Antipathy to Hrayer and the other Ordinances of God, tho’ by es profeilion fingularly obliged thereunto ; {0, there , pw came in againt the prifoner, the Teftimonies Mm: {everal perfons, who confeifed their oven having een, Horrible Witches, and ever fince their confefts. os had been themfelves terribly Tortured by the fewils and other Witches, even like the other Suf-
prers; and therein undergone the pains of, many
eaths for their Confeffions. Sees @) hele now Teftify'd, that G. B. had — been at
fy itch-Meetings with.them ; and that he was the
Herfon who had Seduced and Compelled them into
je inares of Witchcratt: That he promifed them gyre Cloaths, for doing it ; that he brought Poppets
|) them, and thorns to flick into thofe Poppets, for
ie afki@ting of other People : Ard that he ex:
prted them, with the reft of the Crue, .to be- Mitch all Salem-V, wlagesbut befure to do it Gradually,
they would prevail in what they did. 1] )When theLancafhireWitches were condemn‘d st don’t, )’member that there was any confiderable further Sy idence, than that of the Bewitched and then that | {ome that confefled, We fee fo much already a- jpalt G, B. Buc this being indeed not Enough, there
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100 )6—- Lhe Wonaers of the were other things to render what had been already produced eredibie.
-¥. Afamous Divine, recites this among the Convictions of a Witch; The Teftimony of the Par- | sy Bewitched, awbether Pining or Dying 5 together with | the Foint Oathes of Sufficient Perfons, that have feen ' certain Prodigious Pranks or Feats wrought by the party - Accufed, Now God had been pleafed fo to leave * this G. By that’ he had enfhared himfelf, by feverak Inftanees ‘which he had formerly given of a! Preternatural ftrength, and which were now pro-' duced againfthim. He was a very Puny man; / yet he‘had often. done things beyond the itrength + of a Giant. A Gun ofabout feven foot barrel, ¥ and fo heavy that ftrong men could not fteadily # hold it out, with both hands ; there were feveral I Teftimonies, given in by Perfons of Credit and | Honour, that he made nothing of taking up’) fich a Gun behind the Lock, with but one hand, ahd holding it out like a Piftol, at Arms-end.'
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G:. Bo in his Vindication was fo foolilh as to fay, 9 "Phat (an Indian was there, and held it ont at the i fame time > Whereas, none of the Spectators ever? faw any fuck Indien 3 but they fuppos'd the Black. man (as the Wirches call the Devil 5 and they 4 generally fay he refembles an Indian ) might cive | him that Affiftence. ‘There was Evidence, like- il wife, brought in, that fe made nothing of Taking | wp whole Barrels fillSd ‘with Adalaffes, or Cider, in| very Difadvantagious Poftures, aad Carrying of “a ‘ therm:
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them. through the Difficulteft Places, eut of 4 Canoo to the Shore..
[ Yea, there were TwoTeftimonies, that G. B. with only putting the Fore-Finger of his Right hand, into the Muzzel of an heavy Gun, a Fow- ling-piece, of about fix or feven foot Barrel, did Life up the Gun,and hold it out at Arms end 5 a Gun which the Deponents, though itrong men, could not with both hands Lift up, and hold out, at the Butt end, as is ufual. Indeed one of thefe ) Witnefles, was over per{waded by fome perfons, to be out of the way, upon G.B.‘s Trial; but he came afterwards, with forrow for his withdraw, and gave in his Teftimony : Nor were either of thefe Witnefies made ufe of as evidences in the | iil ed a |
4 6VI. There came in feveral Teftimonies, -rela- ting to the Domeflick Affayrs of G. B. whtichchad a very hard Afpeé& upon him ; and not’ only prov‘d him avery ill man ; but alio confirmed the Belief of the Character, which had been al- ready faltned on him. eng,
T‘was teftifyed, That keeping his two Suc-
mwould when he came home from abroad; pretend Mico tell the Talk which any had with them “That
@his Harfh Dealings with his Wives, and then made the People about him to promile that in
Cafe Death fhould appt they would fay no- u J
ceflive Wives in aftrange kind of Slavery, he.)
gyhe ha‘s brought them to the point’ of Death, by
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Wives Write, Sign, Seal, and Swear.a Govenanty/| never to Reveal a any of his Secrets... That his! p Wives had privately complained unto the Neigh) i bours about frightfulApparitions of EvilS Spirits, with! which their Houfe was fometimes infefted ; and! pa many fuch things have been Whiipered among ij
1¢ Neighbourheod. .There were > alfo fome othor ! Teltimon es, relating to the Death of People; where. by the Confciences of an Impartial Jury, were Cone vinced, that G. B. had Bewitched the perfons men= | tioned in the Complaints, But lam forced to o-') mit feveral fuch paflages, in this, as well asin all” the fucceeding aioe becaufe the Scribes. who,’ took Notice of them, have not Supplyed me.