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If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. - - - -Title: Devonshire Witches - -Author: Paul Karkeek - -Release Date: May 29, 2020 [EBook #62273] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: Latin-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEVONSHIRE WITCHES *** - - - - -Produced by Brian Coe, Graeme Mackreth and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -book was produced from images made available by the -HathiTrust Digital Library.) - - - - - - - - - - - DEVONSHIRE WITCHES. - - BY PAUL Q. KARKEEK. - - (Read at Teignmouth, July, 1874.) - - - _Reprinted from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the - Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art. 1874._ - - - - -DEVONSHIRE WITCHES. - -BY PAUL Q. KARKEEK. - -(Read at Teignmouth, July, 1874.) - - -Devonshire bears powerful evidence to the theory of Mr. Buckle, that -the climate and scenery of a country tend to influence the creed of -the people. Our miles of broad and almost deserted moorland, the deep -valleys, the dark combes, and our stormy iron-bound coasts, may to a -certain extent have inclined the Devonians of the past to a firmer -belief in the miraculous, than would be found in a more populous and -less rugged county. Traces of this are present even now. Although ages -have passed away since unhappy men and women were tried for witchcraft, -there may still be found in the western shires scores who believe -in charms, and who are habitual consultants of the "wise man;" and -sufferers from the evil-eye, or people who have been ill-wished, are -constantly heard of. - -Prior to the arrival of James I. our statute-book looked but mildly on -witchcraft. Laws were passed in 1551 and 1562 against this offence, but -it remained for James the Demonologist to bring matters to a climax. In -proportion as the Puritans and their doctrines spread, so increased the -belief in, and prosecution for, witchcraft. This belief partook of the -nature of an epidemic. Suddenly prisoners were seized, tried in various -ways, taken before the magistrates, and sent to the assizes, where -they were but seldom acquitted. Popular opinion having been satisfied, -things resumed their usual course. There was no doubt about the crime; -the same village contained the victims and the person of ill-repute. -The inhabitants could see for themselves the patient whom no physician -could cure, and who pronounced the complaint to be witchcraft; and the -confession of the accused only too plainly confirmed all suspicions. -Next to murder, nothing could be more palpable; and yet, when once -the foundations of this fearful creed were disturbed by rationalism, -the whole fabric was speedily swept away, leaving but few traces to -show how great it had been, and these only in the minds of the most -ignorant classes. Strange to say, there are but few records of the -conviction of witches which were not fully supported by the confessions -of the accused. It is indeed true that these confessions were only too -frequently extorted by gross cruelty, but in scores of cases this was -not needed. The prisoners rejoiced in their crimes, and seemed proud of -their evil reputations. In that awful moment, when, with one foot on -the gallows ladder, and preparing to pay the penalty of their fancied -crimes, they even then would relate, and in glowing colours, their evil -deeds, there could be but small reason for idle boastings then; but so -it was. The witches themselves as firmly believed in their evil powers -as did their accusers and judges. The trials by law were conducted -with all order and fairness. There was no unusual mode of procedure. -In those days justice leaned towards the accuser, and inclined to -punishment; but witchcraft was not an exception, or was treated worse -than murder or theft, and not nearly so badly as heresy. As I said -before, these trials of witches would come in spasms, and with all the -fury of an epidemic. The history of one such epidemic I propose to -relate. - -In the year 1682 there lived in the town of Bideford three old women, -poor, ugly, and discontented. One, Temperance Lloyd, pursued the -lucrative occupation of an apple-woman, when she could find any good -citizen rash enough to deal with her. No good housewife would allow -her children to go near her; for she was a witch, and the children -might get under the influence of the evil-eye. Once she had been sent -to the assizes, but was acquitted, much to the disgust of the Bideford -folk. On another occasion she had been dragged before the magistrates -and examined, but let off. It was no light matter to be tried for -witchcraft; but then there was one consolation, nothing could be done -to a witch until she had been forsaken by the devil, her master; so -it was only necessary to try her often enough. She had two companions -in her evil ways; one was Susanna Edwards, who was a witch of a -higher class than old Temperance Lloyd, for she had a pupil, one Mary -Trembles, who had come to an understanding with Susanna Edwards to -learn the art and mystery of witchcraft in all its branches. Things had -been going on very quietly in Bideford for some time. People had died -in unusual ways, and many had suffered without making much ado about -it; but there is an end to all things, and one day the storm broke. -This came about in the following manner: - -A certain gentleman, named Thomas Eastchurch, lived in Bideford with -Elizabeth his wife, and Grace Thomas, her maiden sister. Mistress Grace -had been ailing for some time, and had consulted several physicians, -but to no purpose. Her brother did not attach much importance to the -case, and considered she was suffering from natural causes. Doctors in -those days called nervous attacks witchcraft. Some months previous to -the date of our story, Mistress Grace Thomas had recovered sufficiently -well as to be able to go out a little to take the air. While out -she came across Temperance Lloyd, who, to her astonishment, fell on -her knees, and thanked heaven that she was well and out again. Now, -people do not usually go on their knees in the open streets to return -thanks for the recovery of sick folk, even if they are doating old -beggar women. This was suspicious, and coupled with the fact that it -was Temperance Lloyd, the notorious witch, who was so surprisingly -grateful, it caused Mistress Thomas to form a little theory about the -origin of her ailments. That night she became much worse, and lay so -for some months, sometimes better and sometimes worse. At length, -on July 2nd, as she lay a groaning and complaining of her pains, -and particularly of one knee, her sister looked at it, and on close -inspection of the painful joint, discovered nine places like unto the -pricks of a thorn. It needed no great amount of reasoning power to -see that if people have nine prick holes on their knee, they must be -bewitched. Then they recollected the fervent delight exhibited last -September by Temperance Lloyd, and forthwith Dame Eastchurch procured -an interview with that worthy. When asked if she had made any images -of wax or clay for the bewitching of her sister, Temperance replied -in the negative, but owned that she had used a piece of leather for -that purpose. This distinction without a difference was not likely to -avail her anything, and she was at once arrested. The next day, Sunday, -July 3rd, a court of inquisition was opened at the Town-hall, and his -worship the mayor, Mr. Thomas Gist, Alderman John Davies, and the town -clerk, Mr. John Hill, formed the bench before which the case was tried. - -Mistress Thomas described very fully the history of her complaint. She -gave all the symptoms; she told about the prickings, and pinchings, -and swoonings in a style that would have satisfied any one; and what -was more, she had lost every pain and ache ever since that Temperance -Lloyd had been locked up. - -Then Dame Eastchurch related the discovery of the nine prick-holes, and -of the acknowledgment by the prisoner of using the piece of leather to -bewitch her sister. - -The next witness, Ann Wakely, who had been sick nurse to Mistress -Thomas, confirmed the foregoing evidence, even to the magical -disappearance of the pains at the moment of the prisoner's arrest. -Furthermore, she had been commissioned by the mayor to examine the body -of the prisoner, which she had done in company with Honor Hooper and -other matrons, and they had discovered marks of diabolic familiarity -about her. The prisoner, too, had admitted to her that a certain -magpie, which came and fluttered at the window of Mistress Thomas on -Thursday morning last, was the devil himself. Honor Hooper confirmed -all this. - -Then Mr. Thomas Eastchurch gave his evidence, which consisted in -retailing a long conversation he had had with the prisoner yesterday, -in which she had confessed to having met the devil in Higher Gunstone -Lane, and that he had tempted her to exercise her craft on Grace -Thomas. The description of the devil is simply that of a hobgoblin. He -was the length of her arm, and wore black clothes; he had broad eyes, -and a mouth like a toad. - -Then Temperance Lloyd was called on for her confession, which was given -_ad libitum_. All that the preceding witnesses had said was true, and -in addition she related that on her visits to Mr. Eastchurch's house -she was accompanied by a "braget cat" (the devil in disguise), and that -when she had pricked and pinched her victim, though the room was full -of people, no one had seen her. - -Here was enough to hang a dozen witches; but now that she was in a -mood to confess--an evident proof of her desertion by the devil--the -magistrates went into all her other witcheries, and truly they make a -goodly list. - -She had been acquitted, though guilty, in 1670 of bewitching William -Herbert to death; and in 1679 she had done to death the daughter of Mr. -Edward Fellow, a gentleman of Bideford. - -When finished with by the magistrates, the prisoner was taken to -church, and in the presence of all the witnesses against her was -examined by the rector, Mr. Michael Ogilby. This appears to be a relic -of the old ecclesiastical courts. Here the prisoner adds other trifling -items to her already long list of crimes. She had done to death Jane -Dallyn, and also Lydia Burman. There was some excuse for this last, -inasmuch as the said Lydia Burman had given evidence at the assizes in -1670 that the prisoner had appeared to her in the shape of a red pig, -while she was at work, brewing in the house of Humphrey Ackland, of -Bideford. Then Mr. Ogilby put her to the test of reciting the Lord's -Prayer and the creed, but the prisoner failing to do this to his -satisfaction, "he gave her many good exhortations, and so departed from -her." Such was the evidence against, and the confession of, Temperance -Lloyd. People believed it in those days, but now, alas! _Cuilibet in -sua arte credendum est._ - -Now, when Temperance was locked up in gaol, she evidently found it -lonely, and so made sufficient observations to her attendants as to -necessitate the arrest of her old cronies, Susanna Edwards and Mary -Trembles. One remark was to the effect that if she was to be hanged, -that Susanna should join her, and at the same time dropping hints about -riding on a red cow, and so on. - -On July 18th the same magistrates set to work on Susanna Edwards -and Mary Trembles. A certain Grace Barnes had been taken ill in a -mysterious manner, and to the alarm of her husband and friends. Whilst -the attack lasted, one Agnes Whitfield, who was present, heard some -one at the door, which opening, she found Mary Trembles pretending to -be going to the bakehouse with a white pot in her hands. Grace Barnes -being told who was at the door, cried out that Mary Trembles was one of -them who did torment her; the other was Susanna Edwards, because she -was always coming to her house on some foolish pretence or other. Then -a blacksmith called William Edwards reports a conversation of Susanna -Edwards, showing that she and Mary Trembles had been trying their -art on Grace Barnes. One of the informants was Joane Jones, who was -probably the female watcher at the prison, because she gives evidence -of conversations overheard between Mary Trembles and Susanna Edwards -while in prison. - -A curious scene took place before the magistrates on this occasion. -Anthony Jones, husband of the last witness, was standing by the side -of Susanna Edwards, and seeing her to twist her fingers about, said, -"Thou devil, thou art tormenting some person or other!" This enraged -the old woman, who looked at him and said, "Well enough I'll fit thee." -The evidence of Grace Barnes being required, a constable and the man -Jones are sent to fetch her; and as they are bringing her with much -ado into the court, Susanna catches the eye of the officious Mr. -Jones, who forthwith falls down in a fit, and is described as having -"leapt and capered like a madman, and fell a shaking, quivering, and -groaning, and lay for the space of half an hour like a dying or dead -man." Then follows the examination of Mary Trembles, who pleads guilty -to everything and anything. She had been enlisted to the cause of -witchcraft by Susanna Edwards, and had been promised by her "never to -want for money, drink, or clothes;" that the devil had appeared to -her like a Lyon, and that she and Susanna had bewitched Grace Barnes -because the latter had refused them some bread. - -Susanna Edwards, in her confession, said that she had made the -acquaintance of the devil two years ago in Parsonage Close, and that -he was like a gentleman. She met him again the same day in Stambridge -Lane, and that he again persuaded her to kill Grace Barnes. She had -bewitched one Dorcas Coleman, and finally owned that "she gave herself -to the devil when she did meet him in Stambridge Lane, and that the -said Mary Trembles was a servant to her, in like manner as she, -this examinant, was a servant to the devil (whom she called by the -appellation of a gentleman)." - -Another case was gone into against Susanna Edwards on July 26th, but it -merely confirmed her confession, which was hardly necessary. - -These miserable old women were, on this evidence and these confessions, -sent to Exeter, where they, on August 18th, were tried, found guilty, -and condemned to be hanged; and which sentence was carried out on the -25th of the same month at Heavitree, as we are informed in Jenkin's -_History of Exeter_. - -Even at the foot of the gallows they stuck to their story, altering it -but little, though they were much questioned by a meddlesome Mr. Hann, -"who was a minister in those parts." In a curious tract published in -London this same year (1682), which I have appended to this, with a -copy of the deposition taken at the magistrates' enquiry, there is a -statement that Mary Trembles was very loath to be hanged, and in order -to get her to the place of execution was strapped on a horse. - -It is commonly supposed that this was the last execution for witchcraft -in England; but such is not the case. In 1716 a woman and her daughter -were hanged at Huntingdon for selling their souls to the devil. Twenty -years after, in 1736, the penal act of James I. was erased from the -statute-book. The judges of the land were among the first to set their -faces against these judicial murders; one of the earliest being Mr. -Chief Justice Holt, who on all occasions endeavoured to procure an -acquittal. - -There is a letter among the State papers from Lord Keeper North, who -was at Exeter on circuit at these assizes, to Sir Leoline Jenkins, -which gives an excellent view of the question as then considered. It -is dated Exeter, August 19th, 1682. "Here have been three old women -condemned for witchcraft; your curiosity will make you enquire of the -circumstances. I shall only tell you that what I had from my brother -Raymond, before whom they were tried, that they were the most old, -decrepid, despicable, miserable creatures that he ever saw. A painter -would have chosen them out of the whole country for figures of that -kind to have drawn by. - -"The evidence against them was very full and fanciful, but their -own confessions exceeded it. They appeared not only weary of their -lives, but to have a great deal of skill to convict themselves. Their -description of the sucking devills with sawcer-eyes was as natural that -the jury could not chuse but beleeve them. Sir, I find the country so -fully possessed against them, that though some of the _virtuosi_ may -think these the effect of confederacy, melancholy, or delusion, and -that young folkes are altogether as quick-sighted as they who are old -and infirme; Yet wee cannot repreive them without appearing to denye -the very being of witches, which, as it is contrary to law, so I think -it would be ill for his Majesties service, for it may give the faction -occasion to set afoot the old trade of witchfinding that may cost many -innocent persons their lives, which the justice will not prevent." - -Though this was the last execution for witchcraft in the West, it was -not the last trial. In 1695 a woman named Mary Guy was tried before -Chief Justice Holt, at Launceston Castle, for bewitching Philadelphia -Row. In this case the victim vomited pins, straws, and feathers; but, -owing to a successful appeal, by the judge to the jury, a verdict of -acquittal was brought in. - -In 1696 Elizabeth Horner was tried before this same judge at Exeter, -and though evidence of a startling nature was given by the children of -a Mr. William Bovet, the jury acquitted her; a result brought about no -doubt by the exertions of the judge. This case of Elizabeth Horner was -the last tried in Devonshire, and with her acquittal was heard the last -of Devonshire witches in courts of justice. - - - - -APPENDIX.--No. I. - - -A True and Impartial Relation of the Information against Three Witches -who were indicted, arraigned, and convicted at the Assizes holden for -the county of Devon, at the Castle of Exon, August 14th, 1682, with -their several Confessions, &c. &c.[1] - -[Footnote 1: It is easy to see that some of these depositions are -placed out of order. The first three should be the last. Compare dates.] - -DEVON.--The information of Dorcas Coleman, the wife of John Coleman, -of Biddiford aforesaid, Mariner, taken upon her oath, before Thomas -Gist, Mayor of the Burrough Town and Manor of Biddiford, and John -Davies, Alderman, etc., on the 26th of July, Anno Domini 1682. The -said informant upon her oath saith, That about the end of the month -of August in the year 1680, she was taken in tormenting pains, by -pricking in her arms, stomach, and heart, in such a manner as she -never was taken before. Upon which she, this informant, did desire one -Thomas Bremincom to repair unto Dr. Beare for some remedy for those -pains. And shortly afterwards the said Dr. Beare did repair unto this -informant. And upon view of her body, he did say that it was past his -skill to ease her of her pains, for he told her that she was bewitched. -And further saith, that at the time of her tormenting pains, she did -see her, the said Susanna Edwards, in her chamber; and that she this -informant would point with her finger at what place in the chamber the -said Susanna Edwards would stand, and where she would go. And further -saith, that she hath continued so ever since more or less every week. -And saith that when the said Susanna was apprehended concerning Grace -Barnes of Biddiford aforesaid, that this informant did go to see the -said Susanna: and that when the said Susanna was in prison she did -confess unto this informant, that she had bewitched her and done her -some bodily harm by bewitching her. And thereupon she fell down on her -knees and desired this informant to pray for her, the said Susanna -Edwards. - -The Information of Thomas Bremincom of Biddiford in the county -aforesaid, gent., taken, etc., the 26th of July AD 1682. The said -informant upon his oath saith, that about two years ago, Dorcas -Coleman, the wife of John Coleman of Biddiford aforesaid, mariner, was -taken very sick, and in her sickness this informant did repair unto one -Dr. Beare for some remedy for these pains. The said Mr. Beare being -come unto her, and upon view of her body, did say that it was past his -skill to ease her, by reason that she was bewitched. And further saith -that after the said Mr. Beare had left her, he this informant did see -one Susanna Edwards, of Biddiford aforesaid widow, to come into her -chamber to visit her the said Dorcas. This informant further saith, -That as soon as the said Dorcas did see the said Susanna Edwards, she -did strive to fly in her face; but was not able to get out of the chair -wherein she sate. This informant and John Coleman, the said Dorcas' -husband did strive to help her out of the chair: upon which the said -Susanna began to go backwards to go out of the chamber. And further -said, that when the said Susanna was almost gone out of the chamber the -said Dorcas did slide out of the chair upon her back, and so strive -to go after the said Susanna. But this informant and her said husband -seeing her in such a sad condition did endeavour to take her up from -the ground, but could not until the said Susanna was gone down over -the stairs. This informant further saith, that at the same time of her -tormenting pains, and when she could neither see nor speak, by reason -that her pains were so violent upon her, this informant hath seen her -the said Dorcas, to point with her hand which way the said Susanna was -gone. And saith that immediately after he hath gone out at the fore -door, and hath seen the said Susanna to go the same way that the said -Dorcas did point with her hand. - -The Information of John Coleman of Biddiford, in the County aforesaid, -Mariner, taken, etc. the 26th July 1682. The said informant upon his -oath saith--That Dorcas Coleman his wife, has been a long time sick, -in a very strange and unusual manner; and he hath sought far and near -for remedy, and saith that one Dr. George Beare being advised with -concerning her sickness in this deponent's absence (whilst he was -at sea) the said Mr. Beare hath (as this Informant was told by his -said wife and his uncle Thomas Bremincom, at his return) said that -it was past his skill to prescribe directions for her cure, because -the said Dorcas was bewitched. This informant further saith, that -about three months last past, his said wife was sitting in a chair, -and being speechless, he this informant did see one Susanna Edwards, -of Biddiford, to come into the chamber under a pretence to visit -her.--Whereupon this Informant's wife did strive to come at her the -said Susanna, but could not get out of the chair, upon which this -informant and the said Thomas Bremincom did endeavour to help her out -of the chair, and the said Susanna did go towards the chamber door. -And further saith, That when the said Susanna was come at the chamber -door, she the said Dorcas (remaining speechless as aforesaid) did -slide out of the chair upon her back, and so strove to come at her the -said Susanna, but was not able to rise from the ground, until the said -Susanna was gone down the stairs; and further saith, That the said -Dorcas continued in such a strange and unusual manner of sickness ever -since unto this day with some intermissions. - -The Information of Grace Thomas, of Biddiford in the County aforesaid, -Spinster, taken upon her oath the 3rd day of July, A.D. 1682 before -us. The said informant upon her oath saith, that upon or about the -second day of February which was in the year of our Lord 1680, this -informant was taken with great pains in her head, and all her limbs, -which pains continued on her till near or upon 1st day of August then -following; and then this Informant's pains began to abate, and this -Informant was able to walk abroad to take the air: But in the night -she was in much pain and not able to take her rest. This Informant -further saith, That upon or about the 30th day of September now last -past this informant was going up the High Street of Biddiford, when -this informant met with Temperance Lloyd of Biddiford aforesaid, widow, -and she the said Temperance did then and there fall down on her knees -to this Informant and wept--saying "Mrs. Grace, I am glad to see you -so strong again." Upon which this informant said, "Why dost thou weep -for me?" Unto which the said Temperance replied, "I weep for joy to -see you so well again," as the said Temperance then pretended. This -Informant further saith--That that night she, this informant, was taken -very ill with sticking and pricking pains as tho' pins and awls had -been thrust into her body, from the crown of her head to the soles of -her feet; and this informant lay as though it had been upon a rack. -And saith, that these pricking pains have continued upon her body ever -since; and that her pains are much worse by night than by day. This -informant further saith, That on Thursday 1st of June last in the -night, she the Informant was bound and seemingly chained up with all -her sticking pains in her belly; so that on a sudden her belly was as -big as two bellies, which caused her to cry out, "I shall die;" and in -this sad condition this Informant lay as though she had been dead for -a long space (which those persons that were in the chamber with her, -this informant did compute to be about two hours). And this Informant -further saith, that on Friday night last, being the 30th of June, this -Informant was again pinched and pricked to the heart with such cruel -thrusting pains in her head, shoulders, arms, hands, thighs and legs, -as tho' the flesh would have been then immediately torn from the woman -with a man's fingers and thumbs. And further saith--That she was even -plucked out over her bed, and lay in this condition for the space of -three hours (as she was informed by some of those persons then in the -chamber). This Informant further saith that upon the 1st day of this -instant July, as soon as the aforesaid Temperance Lloyd was apprehended -and put in the prison of Biddiford, she this Informant immediately felt -her pricking and sticking pains to cease and abate. And saith--that -she hath continued so ever since unto this time, but is still in great -weakness of body. And further saith, that she believeth that the said -Temperance Lloyd hath been an instrument of doing much hurt and harm -to her body, by pricking and tormenting of her in manner as before set -forth. - -The Information of Elizabeth Eastchurch wife of Thomas Eastchurch of -Biddiford, Gent., taken upon her oath, etc., the 3rd of July, A.D. -1682. The said informant upon her oath saith--That upon the 2nd day -of this instant July the said Grace Thomas then lodging in this -informant's said husband's house and hearing of her to complain of -great pricking pains in one of her knees, she this informant did see -her said knee, and observed that she had nine places in her knee which -had been prickt, and that every of the said pricks were as tho' it -had been the prick of a thorn. Whereupon this Informant upon the same -2nd of July did demand of the said Temperance Lloyd, whether she had -any wax or clay in the form of a picture whereby she had pricked and -tormented the said Grace Thomas. Unto which the said Temperance made -answer that she had no wax or clay, but confessed that she had only a -piece of leather which she had pricked nine times. - -The Information of Anne Wakely, wife of William Wakely of Biddeford, -Husbandman, taken the 3rd of July, A.D. 1682. The said informant upon -her oath saith, That upon the 2nd of July Instant, she this deponant by -order of Mr. Mayor did search the body of the said Temperance Lloyd, in -the presence of Honor Hooper, and several other women. And upon search -of her said body, she this informant did find in her secret parts, -two teats, hanging nigh together like unto a piece of flesh that a -child had suckt. And that each of the said teats was about an inch in -length. Upon which this Informant did demand of her the said Temperance -whether she had been suckt at that place by the Black Man? meaning the -Devil. Whereto the said Temperance did acknowledge that she had been -suckt there often times by the Black Man, and the last time she was -suckt by the said Black Man, was the Friday before she was searched, -viz the 30th of June last. And this Informant saith, that she had been -attendant of the said Grace Thomas about six weeks last past; and that -on Thursday, the 29th June last in the Morning, she this informant did -see some thing in the shape of a Magpie to come at the Chamber window -where the said Grace did lodge. Upon which this Informant did demand -of the said Temperance whether she did know of any bird to come and -flutter at the said window. Unto which question the said Temperance -did then say, that it was the Black Man in the shape of a bird; and -that she the said Temperance was at that time by the said Thomas -Eastchurch's door of the house where the said Grace Thomas did lodge. - -The like is deposed by Honor Hooper, servant unto the said Thomas -Eastchurch, as appears by her information taken upon her oath the day -and year above said before the said Thomas Gist, Mayor and John Davies, -Alderman of Biddiford. - -Temperance Lloyd--her examination taken the 3rd of July A.D. 1682. - -The said informant being brought before us by some of the constables of -the said borrough, upon the complaint of Thomas Eastchurch of Biddiford -aforesaid, gent, and charged upon suspicion of having used some Magical -art, sorcery, or witchcraft upon the body of Grace Thomas of Biddiford, -spinster; and to have had discourse or familiarity with the Devil in -the shape of a Black man; and being demanded how long since she had -discourse or familiarity with the Devil in the likeness of a Black -man, saith--That about the 30th of September last she met the Devil -in the likeness of a Black man about the middle of the afternoon of -that day, in a certain street or lane in the town of Biddiford, called -Higher Gunstone Lane, and then and there he did tempt and solicit her -to go with him to the house of the said Thomas Eastchurch to torment -the body of the said Grace Thomas, which this examinant at first did -refuse to do, but afterwards by the temptation and persuasion of the -Devil she did go to the house of the said Thomas Eastchurch, and that -she went upstairs after the said black man, and confesseth that both -of them went up into the chamber where the said Grace Thomas was, and -that there they found one Anne Wakely, the wife of William Wakely of -Biddiford, rubbing and stroking one of the arms of the said Grace -Thomas. And the said Examinant doth further confess that she did then -and there pinch with the nails of her fingers the said Grace Thomas, -in her shoulders, arms, thighs, and legs, and that afterwards they -came down into the street together; and that there this examinant did -see something in the form of a grey or braget cat; and saith that the -said cat went into the said Thomas Eastchurch shop. The said Examinant -being further demanded, whether she went any more unto the said Thomas -Eastchurch house, saith and confesseth that the day following she came -again to the said Thomas Eastchurch's house invisible and was not seen -by any person; but there this examinant did meet with the braget cat -as aforesaid, and the said cat did retire and leap back into the said -Thomas Eastchurch's shop. The said Examinant being further demanded -when she was at the said Thomas Eastchurch the last time, saith that -she was there upon Friday the 30th of June last, and that the Devil -in the shape of the said Black man was there with her; and that they -went up again into the said chamber, where she found the said Grace -Thomas lying on her bed in a very sad condition, notwithstanding which -she this examinant and the said black man did torment her again: and -saith and confesseth that she this examinant had almost drawn her out -of her bed, and that on purpose to put the said Grace out of her life. -And further saith that the Black man (or rather the Devil) did promise -this examinant, that no one should discover her. And confesseth that -the said Black man or the Devil did suck her teats, which she now hath -in her secret parts: and that she did kneel down to him in the street, -as she was returning to her own house and after that they had tormented -the said Grace Thomas in manner as last above mentioned. Being demanded -of what stature the said Black man was, said, that he was about the -length of her arm and that his eyes were very big, and that he hopt or -leapt in the way before her; and afterwards did suck her again as she -was lying down, and that his sucking was with great pain unto her, -and afterwards vanished clear away out of her sight. This Examinant -does further confess that upon the first of June last, whilst the said -Mr. Eastchurch and his wife were absent, that she did pinch and prick -the said Grace Thomas with the aid and help of the Black man in her -belly, stomach, and breast, etc., and that they continued so tormenting -of her, about the space of two or three hours, with an intent to have -killed her. And further saith that at the same time she did see the -said Anne Wakely, rubbing and chafing of several parts of the said -Grace Thomas, her body; although the said Anne being present at the -taking of this examination doth affirm that she did not see the said -examinant. - -Whereas the said Temperance Lloyd hath made such an ample confession -and declaration concerning the said Grace Thomas, we the said Mayor and -Justice were induced to demand of her some other questions concerning -other Witcheries which she had practiced upon the bodies of several -other persons within this Town; viz.-- - -She the said examinant did confess that about the 14th of March, in -the year 1670, she was accused, indicted, and arraigned for practising -Witchcraft upon the body of William Herbert, late of Biddiford, -husbandman; and that altho' at the trial of her life at the Castle -of Exeter, she was there acquitted by the Judge and Jury then; yet -this Examinant does now confess that she is guilty thereof, by the -persuasion of the Black man and that she did prick the same William -Herbert unto death. - -And whereas upon or about the 15th of May, in the year 1679, she was -accused before the then Mayor and Justices of the town of Biddiford -aforesaid, for practising witchcraft upon the body of Anne Fellow, the -daughter of Edward Fellow of Biddiford, gent, and although her body was -then searched by four women of the town of Biddiford, and the proofs -then against her not so clear and conspicuous the said Mr. Fellow did -not further prosecute against her--yet this examinant doth now confess, -that the said Black man or Devil with her, this examinant did do some -bodily hurt to the said Anne Fellow, and that thereupon the said Anne -did shortly die and depart this life. - -Whereas we Thomas Eastchurch and Elizabeth Eastchurch his wife, Honor -Hooper and Anne Wakely, upon yesterday which was the 3rd of July -1682, did give in our several informations upon our oaths, before -Thomas Gist, Mayor, and John Davies, Alderman, two of his Majesties -Justices of the Peace within the Burrough, etc., of Biddiford, against -Temperance Lloyd, for using and practising witchcraft upon the body -of Grace Thomas, as by our several examinations it doth appear: But -because we were dissatisfied in some particulars concerning a piece of -leather, which the said Temperance confessed of unto the said Elizabeth -Eastchurch and we conceiving that there might be some enchantment used -in or about the same leather; Therefore upon this present 4th of July -we with the leave of Mr. Mayor did bring the said Temperance into the -Parish Church of Biddiford, in the presence of Mr. Michael Ogilby, -rector of the same parish church, and divers other persons, where the -said Temperance was demanded by the said Mr. Ogilby, how long since the -Devil did tempt her to do evil. Whereupon she did confess, that about -twelve years ago, she was tempted by the Devil, to be instrumental to -the death of William Herbert. And that the Devil did promise her, that -she should live well and do well. And she did then also confess that -she was an instrument of the death of the said William Herbert. And as -to the said Grace Thomas, she further confessed, that on Friday the -23rd of June last; she the said Temperance, came into the said Thomas -Eastchurch's shop, in the form of a cat, and fetcht out of the same -shop, a puppet or picture (commonly called a child's baby) and that -she carried the same into the chamber where the said Grace did lodge -and left it about the bed: where the said Grace did lie; but would -not confess that she had prickt any pins in the said puppet, or baby -picture, altho she were demanded particularly that question by the said -Mr. Ogilby. Also the said Temperance did then confess That she was the -cause of the death of Anne Fellow, the daughter of Edward Fellow.--Also -she did then confess that she was the cause of the death of one Jane -Dallyn, wife of Symon Dallyn of Biddiford, mariner, by pricking her -in one of her eyes, which she did so secretly perform that she was -never discovered or punished for the same. Also the said Temperance -did confess and declare that she did bewitch unto death one Lydia -Burman of Biddiford, spinster, because she had been a witness against -her, at the trial for her life, at the Assizes when she was arraigned -for the death of the said William Herbert, and had deposed that the -said Temperance had appeared to her in the shape of _a red pig_ at -such times as she the said Lydia was brewing in the house of Humphrey -Ackland of Biddiford. Being further demanded in what part of the house -of the said Mr. Eastchurch, or in what part of the bed whereon the said -Grace Thomas lay, she left the puppett above mentioned, saith, That she -would not, nor must not discover, for if she did discover the same that -the devil would tear her in pieces. - -And afterwards Mr. Ogilby desired her to say the Lord's prayer and -her creed; which she imperfectly performing he did give her many good -exhortations, and so departed from her. In witness whereof, we have -hereunto set our hands, this 4th day of July Anno Domini 1682. - -The information of Thomas Eastchurch of Biddiford, gent, taken the 3rd -of July A.D. 1682. The said informant upon his oath saith, that upon -yesterday, which was 2nd of July, he did hear the said Temperance Lloyd -say and confess, that about the 30th of September last, as she was -returning from the bakehouse with a loaf of bread under her arm towards -her own house, she did meet with some thing in the likeness of a black -man in the street called Higher Gunstone Lane, within this town, and -then and there the said black man did tempt and persuade her to go -to this Informant's house, to torment one Grace Thomas, who is this -informant's Sister in law. That the said Temperance did first refuse -the temptation, saying that the said Grace Thomas had done her no harm. -But afterward, by the further persuasion of the said black man, she -did go to this informant's house and that she went up stairs after the -said blackman: and confessed that both of them went into the chamber -where the said Informant's said sister in law was, and that there they -found Anne Wakely rubbing one of the arms of the said Grace Thomas. And -this informant further saith--That the said Temperance did also confess -that the Blackman did persuade her to pinch the said Grace in the knee, -arms and shoulders, intimating with her fingers how she did it. And -that when she came down stairs into the street, she saw a braget cat go -into the Informant's Shop, and that she believed it to be the Devil. -And this Informant did hear the said Temperance confess that on Friday -night last, the Black man did meet with her near her own door about ten -of the clock and there did again tempt her to go to this Informant's -house and to make an end of the said Grace Thomas. Whereupon the said -Temperance did go to this Informant's house with the black man, and -that she did prick and pinch the said Grace Thomas again in several -parts of her body, declaring with both her hands how she did it. And -that thereupon the said Grace did cry out terribly. And confessed that -the said black man told her that she should make an end of the said -Grace Thomas. And further did confess, that the black man did promise -her that no one should discover her or see her. And she also confessed -that about 12 of the clock that same night that same black man did -suck her in the street, she kneeling down to him. That he had blackish -clothes and was about the length of her arm. That he had broad eyes -and a mouth like a toad, and afterwards vanisht clear away out of her -sight. This informant further saith that he heard the said Temperance -confess, that about the 1st of June last the said black man was with -her again, and told her that on that night she should make an end of -the said Grace Thomas; and confessed that she had griped the said Grace -in her belly, stomach and breast and clipt her to the heart. And that -the said Grace did cry out pitifully. And that the said Temperance was -about the space of two hours tormenting her. And that Anne Wakely (with -several other women) were then in the chamber but could not see the -said Temperance: and that the black man stood by her in the same room. -This informant further saith, that he supposed that the said Grace -Thomas in her sickness had been afflicted through a distemper arising -from a natural cause and did repair to several physicians but that she -could never receive any benefit prescribed by them. - -The Information of William Herbert of Biddiford blacksmith taken the -12th of August A.D. 1682. - -This Informant upon his oath saith, that near or upon the 2nd of -February in the year 1670 he did hear his father William Herbert -declare on his death bed that Temperance Lloyd of Biddiford widow had -bewitched his said father unto death. This Informant's father further -declaring to this informant that he with the rest of his relations -should view his father's body after his decease and that by his body -they should see what prints and marks the aforesaid Temperance had -made upon his body. And saith that his father did lay his blood to the -charge of the said Temperance Lloyd, and desired this informant to see -her apprehended for the same; which was accordingly done, and saith -that she was accused for the same, but that she was acquitted at the -Assizes. This informant further saith, that upon the 4th of July last, -he went to the prison of Biddiford, where the said Temperance was, and -demanded of her, whether she had done any bodily harm unto the said -William Herbert deceased; unto which she answered "Surely, William, -I did kill thy father." This informant did demand of her further -whether she had done any hurt to one Lydia Burman late of Biddiford, -unto which the said Temperance answered that she was the cause of her -death. This informant demanded of her, why she had not confessed so -much when she was in prison last time? She answered that her time was -not expired, for the Devil had given her greater power for a longer -time. And this informant did hear the said Temperance confess that she -was the cause of the death of Ann Fellow, daughter of Edward Fellow of -Biddiford, gent. And also that she the said Temperance was the cause of -the bewitching out of one of the eyes of Jane wife of Symon Dallyn of -Biddiford, Mariner. - -The information of John Barnes of Biddiford, yeoman, taken the 18th of -July A.D. 1682. - -The said informant upon his oath saith, that upon Easter Tuesday, -which was the 18th of May last, this Informant's wife, Grace Barnes, -was taken with very great pains of sticking and pricking in her arms, -stomach and breast, as tho' she had been stabbed with awls being so -described unto him by the said Grace in such a manner as this Informant -thought she would have died immediately; and in such sad condition she -had continued to this present day in tormenting and grievous pains. -And further saith, that upon Sunday last, which was the 16th of July -instant, about 10 of the clock in the forenoon, this Informant's said -wife was taken worse than before, insomuch as four men and women could -hardly hold her. And at that time one Agnes Whitefield, wife of John -Whitefield of Biddiford, cordwainer, being in this Informant's house -and hearing some body at the door, she did open the door where she -found one Mary Trembles of Biddiford, single woman, standing with a -white pot in her hand, as though she had been going to the common -bakehouse. And thereupon this Informant's wife did ask of the said -Agnes, who it was that was at the door? Unto which the said Agnes -answered that it was Mary Trembles. Then this Informant's wife said -that she, the said Mary Trembles was one of them that did torment her, -and that she was come now to put her the said Grace out of her life. - -The Information of Grace Barnes, the wife of John Barnes of Biddiford, -yeoman, taken the 2nd of August, Anno Domini 1682. The said Informant -upon her oath saith, that she had been very much pain'd and tormented -in her body these many years last past insomuch that she had sought -out for remedy far and near and never had any suspicion that she had -magical art or witchcraft used upon her body until about a year and -half ago, that she was informed by some physicians that it was so. And -further saith thereupon she had some suspicions of one Susanna Edwards -of Biddiford, widow, because that the said Susanna would oftentimes -repair to this Informant's house upon frivolous or no occasion at all. -And further saith that about the middle of May last she was taken with -very great pains of sticking and pricking in her arms, breast, and -heart as though divers awls had been prick'd or stuck into her body, -and was in great tormenting pains for many days and nights together -with very little intermission. And saith that upon Sunday the 16th of -July last, she was taken in a very grievous and tormenting manner; at -which instant of time one Agnes Whitefield, the wife of John Whitefield -of Biddiford, was in this Informant's house, who opening the door and -looking out found one Mary Trembles of Biddiford standing before the -door. And thereupon this informant did ask of the said Agnes, who it -was that stood at the door? who answered that it was the said Mary -Trembles. Upon which this informant was fully assured that the said -Mary Trembles, together with the said Susanna Edwards, were the very -persons that had tormented her by using some magical art or witchcraft -upon her body as aforesaid. - -The Information of William Edwards, of Biddiford, blacksmith, taken the -18th of July, Anno Dom. 1682. - -The said Informant upon his oath saith, that upon the 17th of July -inst. this informant did hear Susanna Edwards confess, that the Devil -had carnal knowledge of her body; and that he had suck'd her in her -breast. And further saith that he did hear the said Susanna to say, -that she and one Mary Trembles of Biddiford did appear hand in hand -invisible in John Barnes' house of Biddiford, where Grace the wife of -the said John Barnes did lie in a very sad condition. And further saith -that he did then also hear the said Susanna to say, that she and the -said Mary Trembles were at that time come to make an end of the said -Grace Barnes. - -The Information of Joane Jones, the wife of Anthony Jones of Biddiford, -husbandman, taken the 18th of July, Anno Dom. 1682. The said informant -upon her oath, saith that upon the 18th of July she this informant -being present with Susanna Edwards of Biddiford, widow, there came to -see the said Susanna one John Dunning, of Great Torrington, which said -John Dunning this Informant did hear him to demand of the said Susanna -how and by what means she became a witch. Unto which question the said -Susanna did answer, that she did never confess afore now, but now she -would. And further saith, that she did hear the said Susanna confess -unto the said John Dunning that she was on a time out gathering of -wood, at which time the said Susanna did see a gentleman to draw nigh -unto her: whereupon she was in good hopes to have a piece of money -of him. This Informant further saith that the said John Dunning did -demand of the said Susanna where she did meet with the said gentleman; -she did answer that it was in Parsonage Close. And further saith, that -after the said John Dunning was gone, this Informant did hear the said -Susanna confess, that on Sunday the 16th inst. she with Mary Trembles -and by the help of the Devil, did prick and torment Grace the wife of -John Barnes of Biddiford, and this informant further saith that she -did hear the said Susanna Edwards and Mary Trembles say and confess -that they did this present day torment and prick her the said Grace -Barnes: and further saith that she did hear the said Mary Trembles say -unto the said Susanna Edwards "O thou Rogue, I will now confess all: -for 'tis thou that hast made me to be a witch and thou art one thyself -and my conscience must swear it." Unto which the said Susanna replied, -"I did not think thou would have been such a Rogue to discover it." -And further saith that the said Susanna did confess that the Devil -did oftentimes carry about her spirit. And further saith that she did -hear the said Susanna say and confess that she did prick and torment -Dorcas Coleman the wife of John Coleman of Biddiford, mariner. And -further saith that she did hear the said Susanna Edwards to confess -that she was suckt in her breast several times by the Devil in the -shape of a boy, lying by her in her bed and that it was very cold unto -her. And this Informant further saith that her husband observing the -said Susanna to gripe and twinkle her hands upon her own body, said -unto her, "Thou Devil, thou art now tormenting some person or other." -Whereupon the said Susanna was displeased with him, and said, "Well -enough I'll fit thee;" and that present time the said Grace Barnes -was in great pain with prickings and stabbings in her heart, as she -did afterwards affirm. This informant further saith that one of the -Constables and her said husband with some others were sent by Mr. -Mayor to bring the said Grace Barnes unto the Town Hall of Biddiford -aforesaid, which they did accordingly do, and immediately as soon as -he with others had led and with much ado brought the said Grace Barnes -into the town-hall, the said Susanna Edwards turned about and looked -upon her said husband, and forthwith this informant's husband was taken -in a very sad condition, as he was leading and supporting the said -Grace Barnes up the stairs of the said Town-hall, before the Mayor and -Justices; insomuch that he cried out, "Wife I am now bewitched by this -Devil" meaning Susanna Edwards; and forthwith leapt and capered like -a madman and fell a shaking, quivering and groaning, and lay for the -space of half an hour like a dying or dead man. And at length coming to -his senses again did declare unto this Informant, that the said Susanna -Edwards had bewitched him. And this Informant further saith, that she -did never knew her said husband to be taken in any fits or convulsions, -but a person of a sound and healthy body ever since he had been this -Informant's husband. - -The Information of Anthony Jones of Biddiford, Husbandman, taken the -19th of July A.D. 1682. The said informant upon his oath saith, that -yesterday whilst the said Susanna Edwards was in the Town-hall of -Biddiford concerning the said Grace Barnes he did observe the said -Susanna to gripe and twinkle her hands upon her own body, in an unusual -manner: whereupon the said Susanna was displeased with this informant, -and said, "Well enough I will fit thee." And at that present time the -said Grace Barnes was in great pains with prickings and stabbings unto -her heart as the said Grace did afterwards affirm. This Informant -further saith that one of the constables etc. with some others being -sent by order of Mr. Mayor, to bring the said Grace unto the Town-hall -of Biddiford, immediately, as soon as they had brought the said Grace -unto the Town-hall, the said Susanna turned about and looked upon -this informant, and forthwith the Informant was taken in a very sad -condition as he was coming up the stairs of the said Town-hall, before -the Mayor and Justices, insomuch that he cried out, "Wife, I am now -bewitched by this Devil Susanna Edwards." - -The Examination of Mary Trembles of Biddiford, single woman, taken July -18th, 1682. The said Examinant being brought before us and accused -for practising of witchcraft upon the body of Grace Barnes, wife of -George Barnes, of Biddiford, yeoman, was demanded by as how long she -had practised witchcraft, said and confessed, that about three years -last past, one Susanna Edwards of Biddiford, widow, did inform her, -that if she would do as the said Susanna did, that this Examinant -should do very well. Whereupon this Examinant did yield unto the said -Susanna Edwards, and said that she would do as the said Susanna did; -and this Examinant further confesseth that the said Susanna Edwards did -promise that this Examinant should neither want for money, drink, nor -clothes. And further confesseth that after she had made this bargain -with Susanna Edwards, that the Devil in the shape of a Lyon (as she -conceived) did come to this Examinant--and that he did suck her, and -that his sucking was so hard as to cause her to cry out for the pain -thereof. And further confesseth that on Tuesday in Easter week, which -was 18th of May last, she, this Examinant did go about the town of -Biddiford, to beg some bread, and in her walk, she did meet with the -said Susanna Edwards, who asked this Examinant where she had been. Unto -whom this Examinant answered, that she had been about the town, and -had begged some meat, but could get none. Whereupon this Examinant, -together with the said Susanna, did go to the said John Barnes' house, -in hope that there they should have some meat. But the said John -Barnes not being within his house, they could get no meat or bread, -being denied by the said Grace Barnes and her servants, who would not -give them any meat. Whereupon the said Susanna Edwards did bid this -Examinant to go to the said John Barnes' house again, for a farthing's -worth of tobacco. Whereupon this Examinant did go, but could not have -any: whereof this Examinant did acquaint the said Susanna, who then -said that it should be better for the said Grace if she had let this -Examinant have had some tobacco. And further confesseth, that on the -16th of this instant, she the said Susanna, did go to the said John -Barnes house, and went into the fore door, invisibly into the room, -where they did pinch and prick the said Grace Barnes almost unto death; -and that she saw the said John Barnes in bed with his wife, on the -inner side of the bed. And saith and confesseth, that on the 16th inst. -as she was going towards the common bakehouse, she, with the help of -the Devil, would have killed the said Grace Barnes, if that she, this -examinant, had not spilt some of the meat she was then carrying to the -bakehouse. - -The examination of Susanna Edwards, of Biddiford, widow, taken 18th -of July A.D. 1682. The said Examinant being brought before us, and -accused of practising witchcraft upon the body of Grace Barnes, wife of -John Barnes of Biddiford, yeoman, was demanded by us how long she had -discourse or familiarity with the Devil; saith, that about two years -ago, she did meet with a gentleman in a field called the Parsonage -Close, in the town of Biddiford, and saith, that his apparel was all -of black. Upon which she did hope to have a piece of money of him. -Whereupon the gentleman drawing near unto this examinant, she did -make a curchy or courtesy unto him, as used to do to gentlemen. Being -demanded what and who the said gentleman, she spake of was, the said -examinant answered, that it was the Devil. And confessed that the Devil -did ask of her, whether she was a poor woman? Unto whom she answered, -that she was a poor woman; and that thereupon the Devil, in the shape -of the gentleman, did say unto her, that if this examinant would grant -him one request, that she should neither want for meat, drink, nor -clothes: whereupon this examinant did say unto the said gentleman (or -rather the Devil) "In the name of God, what is it that I shall have?" -Upon which the said gentleman vanished clear away from her. And further -confesseth, that afterwards there was something in the shape of a -little boy, which she thinks to be the Devil, came into her house, and -did lie with her and that he did suck at her breast. And confesseth -that she did afterwards meet him in a place called Stanbridge Lane, -in this parish of Biddiford leading towards Abbotsham (which is the -next parish on the west of Biddiford) where he did suck blood out of -her breast. And further confesseth that on Sunday the 16th inst., this -Examinant together with Mary Trembles, did go unto the house of John -Barnes, and that nobody did see them; and that they were in the same -room where Grace the wife of the John Barnes was, and that they did -prick and pinch the said Grace Barnes with their fingers, and put her -to great pain and torment, insomuch that the said Grace was almost -dead. And confesseth, that this present day, she did prick and torment -the said Grace Barnes again (intimating with her fingers how she did -it). And also confesseth that the Devil did entice her to make an end -of the said Grace: and that he told her he would come again to her once -more. And confesseth, that she can go to any place invisible, and yet -her body shall be lying in her bed. And further confesseth, that the -Devil hath appeared to her in the shape of a Lyon, as she supposed. -Being demanded whether she had done any bodily hurt unto any other -person beside the said Grace Barnes, saith and confesseth, that she did -prick and torment Dorcas Coleman, wife of John Coleman of Biddiford, -mariner. And saith that she gave herself to the Devil, when she did -meet him in Stambridge Lane as aforesaid. And saith, that the said -Mary Trembles was a servant to her, this examinant, in like manner as -she this examinant was a servant to the Devil (whom she called by the -appellation of a gentleman). - - _Examined with the original whereof this is a true copy._ - - Thomas Gist. _Mayor._ - John Davies. _Alderman._ - John Hill. _Town Clerk._ - -The substance of the last words and confession of Susanna Edwards, -Temperance Lloyd, and Mary Trembles, at the time and place of their -execution, Aug. 25, 1682, as fully as could be taken in a case liable -to be so much noise and confusion as is usual on such occasions. - -_Mr. H._ Mary Trembles, what have you to say as to the crime you are to -die for? - -_Mary._ I have spoken as much as I can speak already, and can speak no -more. - -_H._ In what shape did the Devil come to you? - -_Mary._ The Devil came to me once, I think like a Lyon. - -_H._ Did he offer violence to you? - -_Mary._ No, not at all: but did frighten me, and did nothing to me; and -I cried to God and asked what he would have, and he vanished. - -_H._ Did he give thee any gift, or did'st thou make him any promises? - -_Mary._ No. - -_H._ Did he ever make use of thy body? - -_M._ Never in my life. - -_H._ Have you a secret teat? - -_M._ None. (The grand inquest said it was sworn to them.) - -_H._ Mary Trembles, was not the Devil there with Susan, when I was -once in prison with you, and under her coats? the other told me he was -there, but is now fled; and that the Devil was in the way when I was -going to Taunton with my son, who is a Minister? Thou speakest now as a -dying woman, and as the Psalmist says, "I will confess my iniquities, -and acknowledge all my sins." We find that Mary Magdalene had seven -Devils: and she came to Christ and had mercy, and if thou break thy -league with the Devil, and make a covenant with God, thou may'st also -obtain mercy. If thou hast anything to speak, speak thy mind? - -_Mary._ I have spoken the very truth and can speak no more: Mr. H. I -would desire that they may come by me, and confess as I have done. - -_H._ Temperance Lloyd. Have you made any contract with the Devil? - -_T._ No. - -_H._ Did he ever take any of thy blood? - -_T._ No. - -_H._ How did he appear to thee at the first, or where, in the street? -In what shape? - -_T._ In a wonderful shape. - -_H._ Had he ever any carnal knowledge of thee? - -_T._ No, never. - -_H._ What did he do when he came to thee? - -_T._ He caused me to go and do harm. - -_H._ And did you go? - -_T._ I did hurt a woman sore against my conscience: he carried me up to -her door, which was open: The woman's name was Mrs. Grace Thomas. - -_H._ What caused you to do harm? What Malice had you against her? and -did she do you any harm? - -_T._ No, she never did me any harm: but the Devil beat me about the -head grievously, because I would not kill her: but I did bruise her -after this fashion (laying her two hands to her side). - -_H._ Did you bruise her till the blood came out of her nose and mouth? - -_T._ No. - -_H._ How many did you destroy and hurt? - -_T._ None but she. - -_H._ Did you know any mariners that you or your associates destroyed by -overturning of ships or boats? - -_T._ No. I never hurt any ship, bark, or boat in my life. - -_H._ Was it you or Susan that did bewitch the children? - -_T._ I sold apples, and the child took an apple from me, and the -mother took the apple from the child, for which I was very angry; but -the child died of small-pox. - -_H._ Did you know one Mr. Lutteris about these parts, or any of your -confederates? Did you or them bewitch his child? - -_T._ No. - -_H._ Temperance, how did you come to hurt Mrs. Grace Thomas? Did you -pass through the keyhole of the door or was the door open? - -_T._ The Devil did lead me up stairs, and the door was open, and this -is all the hurt I did. - -_H._ How did you know it was the Devil? - -_T._ I knew it by his eyes. - -_H._ Had you no discourse or treaty with him? - -_T._ No. He said I should go along with him to destroy a woman, and I -told him I would not. He said he would make me: and then he beat me -about the head. - -_H._ Why did you not call upon God? - -_T._ He would not let me do it. - -_H._ You say you never hurt ships or boats; did you never ride over an -arm of the sea on a cow? - -_T._ No. No, Master: 'twas she (meaning Susan), when Temperance said -"'twas she," she said "she lied" and that she was the cause of bringing -her to die "for she cried when she was first brought to gaol, if that -she was hanged, she would have me hanged too; she reported I should -ride on a cow before her, which I never did." - -_H._ Susan, did you see the shape of a bullock? At the first time of -your examination you said it was like a short black man about the -length of your arm? - -_Susan._ He was black, Sir. - -_H._ Susan, had you any knowledge of the bewitching of Mrs. Lutteris' -child, or did you know a place called Trunta Burroughs? - -_S._ No. - -_H._ Are you willing to have any prayers? Then Mr. H. prayed, whose -prayer we could not take, and they sung part of the 40th Psalm at the -desire of Susan Edwards. As she mounted the ladder, she said, "The Lord -Jesus speed me: though my sins be red as scarlet, the Lord Jesus can -make them as white as snow, the Lord help my soul." Then was executed. - -Mary Tremble said, "Lord Jesus, receive my soul! Lord Jesus, speed me!" -and then was also executed. Temperance Lloyd said, "Jesus Christ, speed -me well! Lord, forgive all my sins! Lord Jesus Christ, be merciful to -my poor soul." - -Mr. Sheriff. You are looked on as the woman that hath debauched the -other two. Did you ever lie with the Devil? - -_T._ No. - -_Sh._ Did you know of their coming to gaol? - -_T._ No. - -_Sh._ Have you anything to say to satisfy the world? - -_T._ I forgive them as I desire the Lord Jesus will forgive me. The -greatest thing that I did was Mrs. Grace Thomas; and I desire I may -be sensible of it, and that the Lord Jesus Christ may forgive me. The -Devil met me in the street and bid me kill her, and because I would -not, he beat me about the head and back. - -_Sh._ In what shape or colour was he? - -_T._ In black like a bullock. - -_Sh._ How do you know you did it? how went you in thro' the keyhole or -the Door? - -_T._ At the Door? - -_Sh._ Had you no discourse with the Devil? - -_T._ Never but this day six weeks. - -_Sh._ You were charged about twelve years since, and did you never see -the Devil but about this time? - -_T._ Yes, once before. I was going for brooms; and he came to me and -said, "This poor woman has a great burthen, and would help ease me of -my burthen;" and I said, "The Lord had enabled me to carry it so far, -and I hope I shall be able to carry it further." - -_Sh._ Did the Devil never promise you any thing? - -_T._ No. Never. - -_Sh._ Then you have served a very bad master, who gave you nothing. -Well, consider you are just departing this world: do you believe there -is a God? - -_T._ Yes. - -_Sh._ Do you believe in Jesus Christ? - -_T._ Yes, and I pray Jesus Christ to pardon all my sins. And so was -executed. - - - - -APPENDIX.--No. II. - -Copied from a 4to published Tract in the Library of the British Museum. - - - THE TRYAL, CONDEMNATION, AND EXECUTION OF THREE WITCHES; VIZ. - TEMPERANCE FLOYD, MARY FLOYD, & SUSANNA EDWARDS. - - Who were arraigned at Exeter on the 18th of August, 1682, & being - proved guilty of witchcraft were condemned to be hanged, which was - accordingly Executed in the view of many spectators, whose strange and - much to be lamented Impudence is never to be forgotten. - - Also how they Confessed what Mischiefs they had done by the assistance - of the Devil, who lay with the above named Temperance Floyd nine - nights together. Also how they squeezed one Hannah Thomas to death - in their arms. How they also caused several ships to be cast away, - causing a boy to fall from the top of a main-mast into the sea. - - WITH MANY WONDERFULL THINGS WORTH YOUR READING. - - Printed for F. Deacon, at the Sign of the Rainbow, a little beyond St. - Andrew's Church, in Holborn. 1682. - -The Tryal, Condemnation, and Execution of three witches who were -Arraigned at Exeter on the 18th of August, 1682. - -Let not my assertion seem strange to the Ingenious Reader, who seems -to affirm this (by some incredulous) story, concerning the subsequent -matter; nor will I trouble you with a long prologue to stir you to -believe that which so many letters have verified, concerning the matter -in hand, but so it was. - -The Assizes being held at Exon (alias) Exeter, on the 18th of August, -1682. It happened that there was three persons Arraigned for witchcraft -whose names take as followeth, (viz.) Temperance Floyd, Mary Floyd, -and Susannah Edwards, all dwelling in one town, in the aforesaid -County of Devon, namely Bideford, by some called Bythford, all three -being stricken in years, which might have taught them more grace; -but Man's Enemy, Soul's destroyer, and the author of wickedness so -prevailed with them that they made an Interchange accepting a Hell for -an Heaven, rather willing to please the Devil than the Great Creator -whose smiles are more precious than refined Gold, the loss of whose -love is no less than Everlasting Destruction. These I say, these poor -souls (aiming at nothing but ruin) embrace folly instead of wisdom, -present pleasure for eternal pain; take Flames for Crowns, Misery for -Happiness, change God for a Devil and a soul for Hell. It is so much -to be lamented that these persons should take delight in nothing -more than to Converse with Devils, who reason tells seeks nothing but -Destruction, God's dishonour, and Man's overthrow, to (if it were -possible) empty Heaven and fill Hell. I come now to the particulars. -The aforesaid Persons whose names are already inserted came to their -Tryal having been sometime before accused of Witchcraft, and for that -cause Imprisonment; when they came to the Bar, their indictment was -read, and though the Devil had so much power over them, yet they had -not Impudence enough to deny what they were accused for: Intemperate -Temperance Floyd, who was the eldest of the three, pleaded to the -indictment, and owned the accusation, acknowledging she had been in -league with the Devil 20 years and upwards, and that in the term of -those years she had been guilty of many cruelties, and by Hellish -power afflicted both Man and Beast; but now to the other Two who were -instructed in that Damnable art of Witchcraft by the above named -Temperance Floyd, they acknowledged that they had served five years -with her to learn her accursed art, and during the term of those years -they saw and were acquainted with many wonderful and unlawful tricks. -For they owned that they had not been idle in their Hellish practices, -but had served him faithfully, who will reward them gratefully for -their Diabolical Indulgence. We have an account of some of their -Wicked, Inhuman, Accursed, Damnable, and Preposterous action. But let -us chiefly mind the Eldest and worst of these Three, namely Temperance -Floyd. Let her be the substance of our matter, who was the introducer -and cause of the other two's overthrow. These wicked wretches being all -of one mind, at last began to exercise their Devilish Arts, and upon -one Mr. Hann, a minister in those parts; a person of good repute and -Honest Conversation, who sought his soul's eternal happiness, while -they designed their everlasting Ruin. These Hellish agents intended -Mischief and misery to the person of Mr. Hann: but the overruling Power -prevented them; but because they could not be suffered to exercise -their Diabolicism upon his body, they thought they would be some other -way Revenged, so witch like, they laid their Diabolical Charms upon his -cattle, so that those cows that used to give milk, when they came to -be milked they gave blood, to the great astonishment of the milkers; -but finding themselves outcast from everlasting happiness, they grew -insolent in their Cursed Conceits, resolving to make use of that art -which they should so deadly pay for. But I too much insist upon the Old -hag whose cruelties are and were sufficiently manifested by her own -confession at her Tryal, the other Two witches being somewhat younger -than the Old Shape of Prince Lucifer, who acknowledged themselves to -have been servants to the Old one for five years to learn the art -and mystery of Hellish, Damnable, Accursed and Most to be Lamented -Witchcraft; and in the term of these 5 years grew to be as dexterous -as their Devilish Tutor, trying their experiments upon Man and Beast -to the injury of both, but the Old one confessed plainly that she had -caused several Ships at sea to be cast away, with loss of many men's -lives and the prejudice of many others. She confessed also that the -Devil lay carnally with her for Nine Nights together, and that she had -Paps about her an Inch long, which the Devil us'd to suck to Provoke -her to Letchery; but the other two seemed to be more Pensive than -she, for they confessed that she was the Introducer of their Misery, -and that they had served both the Devil and her five years' slavery, -to understand the ready way to everlasting Destruction. But Heaven's -Vengeance never fails to follow such offenders who do wickedly, -presumptuously and prophanely make use of the Devil to satisfy their -Impious wills. But to proceed, this old witch whose name was Temperance -Floyd, was without doubt perfectly Resolute, not minding what should -become of her Immortal soul, but rather Impudently owned at, as well as -after her Tryal, so Audacious, that she had done many wicked Exploits -by the Power (not virtue) of her Hellish Discipline: She confessed that -she had been Instrumental to the Death of several, namely one Hannah -Thomas, by pretence of love, Squeezing her in her arms so long till the -blood gushed out of her mouth; she confessed that she and the other -two had been the death of Two more, besides several others that they -had lamed by their Hellish Art; they confessed that they had been the -destruction of many cattle, both small and great, and many more things -too tedious to relate; being asked at their trial to say the Lord's -Prayer, they answered, that they could not except it were backwards; -they said the Devil used to be with them on Nights in Several Shapes, -sometimes like a Hound, who Hunted before them (but without doubt he -hunted for Souls). There were many more accusations laid against them, -which they all owned (except one) which was about causing a ship to -be sunk, and a boy that fell from the Topmast of another ship and so -broke his neck or as some say Drowned in the Sea. It being asked how -long they had been in league with the Devil, one of them said twenty -years she had been his Familiar Acquaintance, the other two were of -lesser standing, but long enough to Ruin their Precious Souls. They -also Asserted that the Devil came with them to the Prison Door, and -there left them much like what he is, the Author of Lies, the Inventor -of Mischief, the Betrayer of Souls, the unsatisfied deceiver and God's -Enemy. All these things being Confessed by their own Tongues, it is not -strange to think that Judgment past upon them regularly in such cases. -But now to proceed. As to the manner of their Deportment going to the -place of Execution. It is certainly affirmed the old witch Temperance -Floyd went all the way Eating and was seemingly unconcerned, but Mary -Floyd was very obstinate, and would not go, but lay down, insomuch -that they forc'd to tye her on a horse's back, for she was very loath -to receive her deserved Doom. But when they came to the place of -Execution, they desired the Minister to pray for them, and that part of -the 40th Psalm might be sung; which was accordingly done, and presently -after the Executioner did his office. - -Thus have you heard of the wicked life and Miserable death of three -Gross Offenders, who slighted God's Commandments, despised a Christ -and embraced a Devil, lost Heaven to purchase Hell, at the dear rate -of their Immortal Souls. Let this then be a caution for all Sinners -to forsake Sin and Satan, whose end and design is to ruin Souls, to -enslave Mortals, and without doubt, were it possible, to pull God's -Almighty Majesty out of his everlasting Throne. 'Tis great pitty that -some have so little esteem of their Jewels which Jesus Christ the Son -of the Almighty, purchased at so dear a rate, yet vile Sinners never -call to mind, or at least very seldom, what Labyrinths of Misery they -involve themselves in, how they crush Christ, and how they wound his -already wounded side for sinners: But now to conclude, take a poor -sinners advice, walk uprightly and justly, and let not the fruition -of present enjoyment, cause you to neglect Eternal Happiness, the -enjoyments of which is beyond Expression and the loss thereof Eternal -Misery, Destruction, and Ruin. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Devonshire Witches, by Paul Karkeek - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEVONSHIRE WITCHES *** - -***** This file should be named 62273.txt or 62273.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/6/2/2/7/62273/ - -Produced by Brian Coe, Graeme Mackreth and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -book was produced from images made available by the -HathiTrust Digital Library.) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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