VII. One Mr. Ruck, Brocher in Law to this G. B!

Teftify‘d, that G. B. and he himfelf, and his Sifter, who was G. Bs Wiite, going out for ‘Two or th ree) Miles, to gather Straw-Berries, Ruck, with his Sifter); the Wife of G.B. Rode home very Scftly, with i G. 8, on Foot in their Company, G. B. ftept. afidel|
a lite into the Bull hes ; Whereupon they Halted | and Halloo‘d for him. He not aniweriag;’ t hey) |.
went away homew: ards, with a Quicken reds pace igh
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d Care a! any Ae ation of fecing him ina con! fides ‘\ table while: and yet when nl were got near | home, to their Aftor iment they found ‘him. of 1 foot, with them, having. a Bask et of Straw-Berrics, |
G. B. immediately, then fell to chiding his¢Wite, om, . the accoynt of what ihe had been ipeaking to ‘her!
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Brother, of him, on the Road: which when they Iwondred at, he faid, He knew their thoughts. Ruck Wheing ftartled at that, made fome Reply, intimating that che Devil himfelf did not know fo far; but G. WB. anfwered, My God, makes known your Thoughts un- Vio me. The prifoner now at the Barr had nothing To anfwer, unto what was thus Witneiled againtt him, that was worth confidering. Only he faid, Ruck, and his Wife left a man with him, when they left him. Which Ruck now affirm’d to be falfe ; and when the Court asked G. 8. What the Man‘s Name Voyas ? his countenance was much altered ; nor could he fay, who ‘twas. But the Court began to think, Ithat he then ftep‘d afide, only that by the affiftance Jof the Black Man, he might put on his Invsibiiity, Vand in that Fefcinating Mi, gratify his own Jealous Vhumour, to hear what they faid of him. Which trick i of rendring themfelves Invifible, our Witches do in Mtheir contefions pretend that they fometimes are ) Mafters of ; and it it is the more credible, becaute ) there is Demontftration that they often render many other things utterly Jnvifible. :
VIN. Faltring, Fau ty, unconftant, and contrary |) \) Anfwers upon Fudicial and deliberate examination, axe | ‘counted fome unlucky fymptoms of guilt, in all || )\ crimes ; Efpecially in Witchcraft. Now there ne- HE )) ver was a prifoner more Emiuent for them, tha /j]) ‘) GB. both at his Examination and on his Trial. His
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Tergiver{ations, Contradictions, and Falfehoods, were ll | | very {enfible; he bad little to fay, buc that he had |) | 7 14 heard |
pa | 104 Che Wonders of the heard fome things*that he could not prove,Reflea th ing upon the: Reputation of fome of the witneffes, tt Only he gave in a paper, to the Jury ; wherein, al- if tho‘ he-had many times before, granted, not only jf that there are Witches, but alfO that the prefent |t {ufferingsof the Countrey are the Effe & of horti- | _. ble: Witchcrafts, yet he now goes to, evince it, That | there neither are, nor ever were, Witches that having | made a compat with the Divel,Can fend a Divel to Torment other people at a diftance- This paper was ‘f Tranicribed out of Ady; which the Court prefently } Knew,, as foon as they heard it. But he faid,he had 4 taken none of it out of any Book; for which his if evafion aiterwards was, that a Gentleman gave him it the difcourig, ina manufcript, from whence he |, ‘Pranfcribed ic. aM {X. The Jury brought him in guilty; But when i} :
| he came to Dy, he utterly deny‘d the Fact, where- » the had been thus convicted. f
oe I. : sthe TRIATL of Bridget Bifhop : alias, Oliver. * a At the COURT of 4 Dvper and Lerminer
Field at Satem. Fume 2.1692.
[. (ie was Indi&ed for Bewitching of {everal ||
perfons in the Neighbourhood, the Indi@- ment being drawn up, according to the Form’ in ~ fuch J
en : Puvilible Morid ~ 105 ich Cafes Ufual. And pleading, Not Guilty, there ere brought in feveral perfons, who. had long un- prgone many kinds of Miferies, which were pre- rhaturally Infi@ed, and generally afcribed unto ) horrible Witchcraft, “There was little Occafion | prove the Witchcraft 3 ic being Evident and No- uous to all Beholders. Now to fix the Witchs eft onthe Prifoner at the Bar, the firft thing ufed as, the Teltimony of the Bewitched ; whereof, veral Teftify‘d, That the Shape of the Prifoner
d oftentimes very grievonfly pinch them, choak em,Bite them, & Aki& them; urging them to rite their Names in a Book, which the faid Spe-
fare called, Ours. One of them did further Tedftt-
» that 1¢ was the Shape of this. Prifoner, with a-
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ther, which one Day took her from her Wheel, id carrying her to the River fide, threatned there Drown her, if fhe did not Sign to the Book
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pout the ‘Truth whereof, there wasin the matter” # Fact, but too much Sufpicion. 4 , | ® ° e
77 It was Teltify’d, That at the Examination ) the Prifoner, before the Magiltrates; the Be- itched were extreamly Tortured. If fhe did Re bue
being a Witch, was now Tormented by the Spt},
106 She Cltonvers of the but caft her Eyes on them, they were prefentll {truck down ; and this ia fucha manner as thespi could be no Gollufion in the Bufinefs. But upoyf the Touch of her Hand upon them, when the) lay in their Swoons, they would immediately Rq vive ; and not upon the Touch of any ones eliti! Moreover, upon fome Special Adtions of her Be}: dy, as the fhaking of her Head, or. the Turnimj, of her Eyes, they prefently and painfully fell inty the like poftures. And many of the like Accidents, how fell out, while fhe was at the Bar. “One % the fame time teftifying, That fhe faid, She coulj: not be Troubled to fee the Afiicied thus Tormented. iy He
IT. These was Teftimony likewife brought 1), that a man ftriking once at the place, where a IBE,, witched perfon faid, the Shape of this Bifhop {tood, the Bewitched cryed out, that he had Tore he, Coat, in the place then particularly fpecify‘d| and the Womans Coat, was found to be ‘Torn ti} that very place. 0
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TV.One Deliverance Hobbs,who had Confefled he),
tres, for her Conteffion. And fhe now Teftify’d) That this Bifhop, tempted her to Sign the Boo... |
again, and to Deny what fhe had Confefsd. Sh, affirmed, that ic was the Shape of this Prifone, which whipped her with Iron Rods, to comps
hher thereunto. And fhe affirmed, that this Bima] was at a General Meeting of the Witches, inj\| if ied
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| V. To render it further Unqueltionable, that the ifloner at the Bar, was the Perfon truly charged B THIS Witcheraft, there were produced many E- tlences of OTHER Witcherafts, by her perpetta- Mm. For Inftance; Fobs Cook teftify*d, that about We or fix years ago, One morning, about Sun-Rile, # was in his Chamber, atiaulced by the Shape of Mis prifoner: which Look'd on him, grin‘d at | m, and very much hurt him, with a Blow on the Me of the Head: and that on the fame day, a- at Noon, the fame Shape walked in the Room @here he was, and an Apple ftrangely flew out of Ms Hand, into the Lap of his mother, fix or eight ot from him.
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V1Samuel Gray teftify yo, he wak’d ona Night, & faw the Room where WM: lay, full of Light; & that he then faw plainly a
feman between the Cradle, and the Bed-fde, Hhich look‘d upon him. He Rofe, and ir vanifh- I; tho’ he found the Doors all faft. Looking ®he at the Entry-Door, he faw the fame Woman, §} the fame Garb again 3 and faid, Ix Gods Name, Bibat do you come for? He went to Bed, and had Sic fame Woman again affaulting him. ‘The Child #) the Cradle gave a great {chreech, and the Wo- jan Difappeared. It was long before the ES Mm yi oi, coul
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108 She Cionders of the | could. be quieted ; and tho‘ it were a very likeli thriving Child, yet from this time ic pined away | and alter divers months dy‘d in a fad Condition He knew not Bifhop , nor her Name; but whe}; Ae faw her after this, he knew by her Countenanes) and Apparrel, aad all Circumftances, that it wa.
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the Apparition of this Bihop, which had tht troubled him. al . VIL Iohn Bly and his wife, tehtify'd, that hi, bought a fow of Edward Bifhop,the Husband of thi| prifoner; and wasto pay the price agreed, uati| another perfon.. This Prifoner being Angry thay dhe was thus hindred trom fingring the MONSY iq Quarrelid with Bly.Soon after which the SOW, Wal, taken with ftrange Fits; Jumping, Leaping, amt), Knocking her head againit the Fence, fhe icem;, Blind and Deaf, and would neither: eat nor bi,, duck‘d. Whereupon a neighbour faid, fhe believer | the Creature was Over-Lookeds & fandry other Cif, cumftances concurred, which made.the Deponent; Pelive that Bifhop had Bewitched it. %