XI. One thing that made againft the ‘Prifonenys

was, her being evidently convicted of Grofs' Lymmgyy
in. the Court, feveral Times, while fhe was making
her Plea. Bur befides this, a Jury. of Women, found;
a. prerernatural Teat upon her Body $ but upon Ah
fecond. fearch, within Three: or four Hours, there)
wasno fuch thing to be feen. . There was allo ant,
account of other people whom this woman had af;
flicted.. And there might have been many more;;
if they had been; enquired for. Bit there was ney

need.of them. wie

.. XVL. There-was one very flrange thing moré]|
with which the Court was newly. Entertained

‘As this Woman. yvas under, a Guard, pafling

the Great and Spacious Mce ing-Houfe of Salem
ihe-gave a Look towards the Houfe.. And imme,
diately a, Demon Invilibly Fntting the Mectings
houfe, ‘Lore dovyn a:part of ic ; 10 that’tho* thet;
vvere no perfon to be feen there, yet the: peoples
the Noifé running in, found a Board, vvhich wa,
ftrongly faftned vvich feveral Nails, tranfporte }

upto another quarter of the Houte. . "
vy

‘The ‘Tryal of Safanne, Martin: At the ( Court 4]
Oyer and Terminer: -Xield by: Adjournment +
| at Salem. Fune 292 V69R. ee
1. Sen Martin, pleading; Not) Guilty, ti

the Indiétment of Witcher afisbronghe:
&? age LU :

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gainft her, there were produced the evidences of
ipany perfons very fenfibly and grievously Be-
jitched; who all complaned of the prifoner at
ive Bar, as the perfon whom they Believed the
gale of their Miferies. And now, as well asin
ne other ‘Trials, chere was an extraordinary en-
| savour by witcherafts, with Cruel and Frequent
ics, to hinder the poer fufferers, from giving in
, cir complaints; which the Co urt was forced with
Wuch, patience to obtain, by much Waiting and
Hatching for it. :

you think ails them 2
{pend my Judgment

)Magifirate. Don‘t you think they are Bewitch'd2
)\44artex. No, Ido not think they are.

j Magiltrate. ‘Tell usyour thoughtsabout them then,
| Martin. no my, thoughts are my own when
ry ate in, but when. they aré out, they are an-
thers. Their Mafter.--. y acrine fir A
Megifirate. Their Mafter? whodo you think
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ti6 Lhe UWionners of the
~ Martin, Uf theybe dealing in the Black Art, 'yoid
may know ‘as well. as I. ree ee i:
“Magiftrare WeM,what have you done towards this}
Martin. Nothing ‘at‘all. 7 eee Spang

" Magifirate. Why, ti you ‘or your “Appearanty
Ativod Y CaAMnOr Ney Ite Ss ali
(

| Magifrate. Is it not Your Mafter > How come;
your Appearance to hurt thefe 2 9) ae |
Martin. How do ¥ know ? He ‘that appear’d i:
the fhape of Samuel a Glorify*d Saint, may Appeap
in any ones fhape. | CO |
Yt was chen alfo noted in her, as in, others, kip
fer, that if the Affigted” went ‘to approach’ hes
they-were flang down tothe Ground. And, whey,
fhe-was asked the Reafon or it, fhe faid,: 7, Camm
gel sit may be, the Devil bears me more Malice “EDA,
LIL’ The'Court accounted themfelves Alarum},,
by thefe things; co Enquire further into the Cot),
verfation ef the Piifoner sand’ fee ‘what thet},
night ogcuf; to’ render thefe “Accufations furthy,,
credible!» “Whereupoh; “Fobn Alen, of Salisbur |
teftify'd, That he refuling, becanfe. of the weal ;
nef of his'Oxén, to Cart fore Staves, at “the, 1),
ueft of his Martin, fhe was difpleafed at. ‘it, al
faid, bid beer as good that he bad; for his Owl]
ould dover do ‘him much more Service. Where
on, this‘ Deponent faid,- Do/t thou. threaten. me, TMi,
1,

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ald. Witch ; I°b throw thee.wmto.the. Brooks Which
avoid, fhe:flew-over the Bridge, and éfcaped.. B
as he was going home, one of his @x¢n I iced, 3)

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Bat he was forced to Unyoke him, that he. mighe
| ethim home. He then put his Oxen,” with’ mas
iW more, upoa Salisbury Beach, where’ Cattle did
lic to get Fleh, -In-a few days, all the Oxen upon
Me Beach were found by their Tracks, to’ have
e unto the mouth of Avcrrimack:-River, and not
ycurned; but the next.day they, .were . found
me athore upon Plum-Ifand. ‘They that fought
Mem, uied all imaginable gentlenefs, but they
Mpuld ftill run away with a violence thae feem-
iW wholly Diabolical, till they .camée near the
Mouth of Merrimack-River ; when they ran tight
Wo; the Sea, fwimming as far as.they cold be
Wa. One of them then {wam_ ‘back again,
Mth a iwiftnefs, amazing to the Beholdéts, who
Mod. ready to receive him, and’ help’ up his
piced ‘Carcafe : but the Beaft ran’ furioufly “up
fo che, Ifland, and from thence, thorough the
Watihhes, up into Newbury Town, and fo up
@-o the Woods ; and there after a while’found
mar Amesbury. So that, ‘of Fourteen good Ox-
M, there was only this faved: the Reft were
H calt up, fome in one place, and fome in a-
Meher, Drowned | :

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WIV. Fobn Atkinfon Teftify’d, That he Exchan-
Mid a-Cow, with a Son of Sufanza. Martins,
Mereat fhe muttered, and was unwilling ‘he
Gpuld have it. Going to Receive this Cow,

| Hos he Hamttring‘d her, and Halter‘d her, fhe

i) 2 Tame: Greature grew, fo mad, that ” they
ia tai ci 4 : could

118 BHhe Conners of the
could fearce get her along. She broke all the’!
Ropes that were faftned unto her, and though {he
were Ty'd faft unto a Tree, yet fhe made her Ef I
cape, and gave them fuch further Trouble, as they'
could afcribe to no caufe but Witchcraft, i
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