X. Francis Lane, teltify’d, That being hired sby,

the Husband of this How, to get hiny a parcel off
Pofts and Rails, this Lane hired Sohn Pearly to aly)
fiit him. This Prifoner then told Lave, that fhe}
believed the Pofts and Rails would not do, becaufe;
‘fobn Periey helped him; but that if he had got},
them alone, without cbs Pearlies help, they might}
have done well enough. When fames How Cammiey
to receive his Pofts and Rails of Lave, How takings
them up by the ends, they, tho” good and found,},
yet unaccountably broke off, fo that Lane was fers
ced to get Thirty or Forty more. And this Prey
foner being informed of it, fhe faid, fhe teld himg
fo before ; becaufe Pearly help‘d about them, — 4,

XL Atrerwards, there came ia the Confeflions),
of feveral other ( penitent.) Witches, which affi),
med this How, to be one of thofe, who with then},
had been baptized by the Devil, in the River,.a),
Newbery-Falls : before which, he made them there
kneel down by the Brink of the River, and Wor
fhip him. | “ a

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The TRIAL of
MARTHA CARRIER, f
at the Court of 4:
Over and Lernunev
Held by Adjournment at, Salem. 7
Anguft 2. 1692. i

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ch Af ARFHA CARRIER, was Indided fa!

/ B the Bewitchiag of cesta Perfont'
: accortliny|

| Keeording to the Form ufual in fuch Gafes. Plead-

ng Not Guilty, co her Indi&ment, there were Firt
i srought in a confiderable number of the Bewitched
Perions ; who not only made the Court able of
po horrid Witchcraft committed upon them, but al-
Wo depofed, That it was Aéurthz Carrier, or her
Poze, that Grievoufly Tormented them, by Biting,
W ticking, Pinching, and Choaking of them. It was
Parther depofed, that while this Carrier was on her

i [Xamination, before the Magiltrates, the Poor Peo:
ple were fo Tortured that every one Expected theit
Jeath upon the very Sport ; but that upon the bihd-
ng of Carrier, they were cafed. Moreover the ick.
IPE Carrier, then daid the Afiaed people for Dead +
Wpad her Touch, if her Eye acthé fame Tine were off
pcm, failed’ them again, _ Which things were alfo
pow seer upon her Triad) And ic. was Teftifyed,
Meat upon thé mentioh ‘of fome having theié
Wrecks twifted almott rotind, by the Shape of this:
farrier, thé replyed,, Jes nd shatter, the’ their Necks
ad been tvifved quite off ~~ | ae

TL Before the Trial of this prifoner, {éveral of
er own Children, had frankly and fully confefled,
jot only that they were Witches thetfelves, btit
nat this their Adorber Had made them fo, “This
onfeilion they made with great fhows of Repen-
ppace, and with much Demonfiration of ‘Truth.
Mm hey Related Place; Time, Occafion ; they gave
Hin accoant of Journeyes, Meetings, and Mifchiefs.

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what they faid, Neverthelefs, this Evi iclence wal
not produced again{t the Prifoner at the Bar; inadl
much as there, was other Evidence enou Ae to prog

ceed upon.
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WT. Besjamm Abbot, gave in his Teftimeny 7th at
laft Aerch was a twelve month, thts eer wa!
very Angry with lim, upon laying ont.fome Land’}
near her Husbands : Her Expreilions in this Angert
were, That {he would flick as “elofe fe to Abbot, :4s thi'l
Bark “Fuck. to the Tree, ana that he fhoutd Repent of it't
afore feven years came to au endl, fo.as Doctor Profes A
fhould never cure bien. Thee words were, gard day
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others, befides Abbet hinalelf ;. who alk 0, heard ~fiert
fay, She would bold his Nofe as clofe to the Grindftene!
asever it was held fince bis Nane was Abbot. Pre.
| denily. after thi 45, he was taken’ witha {welling ie!
his Foot, and then with a, pain in his, fide: ‘ancy
exceedingly ‘Lormented, It bred untova fore, whic} i

was Lanc "ed by, Doctor Prefcor, and feveral Gallons!
of Corruption ran out of it. For. fix weeks it cont
tinued very bad; and then another fore bred itt
his Groin, .which was alio Lane‘d by Decor Pref. |
cot. Another. Sore then, bred in his ‘Groin, , which
‘was likewile Cut, and put hin.to very. great Mia!
tery: He was brought unto Deaths Door, and {c \
remained until Carrier, was, taken, » and carried away
by the Conflable; from which vet y day, he begar
‘to mend, and fo “grew better every, day,, and

well ever fince.
fs Sarak Abbas alfo his Wils teftify“d, that her Hi
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— BGubriible Wlorid i35
waaand was not only all this while Afti@ed in his
(JEody, but alio that ftrange, extraordinary and un-
wmccountable Calamities befel lis Cattel ; their

ath being fuch as they could guefs.at mo Natu-
al’Reaion for. :

afl : ;
CAV. Allin: Toothbaker tchify‘d, That «Richard, the
Boni.of «Martha Carrier, having fome Ditlerence
to him;pull‘d bim dewa by theHair of theHead..
aVhen he Rofe again, he. was going to ftrike at
Richard Carrier ; but fell down flat.on his Back to
whe ground; and had not’ power to ftir hand or
moot, until he told Carrier he yielded; and then
Ane faw the Shape of Adartba Carrier, go off his
MBreaft. 3

i Lbis: Zocthaker, had Received a Wound, in the
Fars sand he now teftify‘d, that Adertha Carrier
Apold him, He fheuld never be Cored. Jult afore thes
PApprehending of Canrur, he coukl rhruft a knitting
Needle ipto his’ Wound; ‘four Inches. Deep 5 but
Pprefently after her being Siezed, he was throughly
Iicsded. an Wek | }
| |.» He farther teftify'djThat when, Carrer and he
dfometimes were at variance, fhe would clap. her
(gnands at-him, and fay, ve: fhould get nothing by it 5
HW Whereupon. he» feverak times loft his Cattle, by
Aiitrange Deaths, whereof no Natutal Caufes could
pe giveny: i

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V.. Fobm Rogeer alfo. teftifyed; That upon the
rhreatning words ofthis malicions Carrier, his
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136 Che Wionvers of the
Cattle would be ftrangcly’ Bewitched as wast
more particularly then defcribed.,

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‘Vi. Samuel Prefton teftifySd, thae about twail
years ago, having fome Difference with Aderrhal
Carrier, be loft a Cow ina ftrange Preternaturabh
uautual manners and about.a month after this, theif
faid Carrier having again fome Difference with him,
the told hii ; He bad Lately lof a Cow, and.it fhouldsh
wot ve long before be Loft another! which accordingly
ame to Pats; tor he had a Thriving and: well-kept };
Cow, which wichout any known ¢aufe quickly fell
down and Dy’d. | Lia

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