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[Imprisoned under the name of a witch, my husband [unintelligible] disowned me, & being no hope of ever being in credit againe Through the Temptation of the Devill I made that confession to destroy my owne life, Being weary of it , or chusing rather to dy than to live.] underscored This her lamentable speech did astonish all the spectators, few of whom could refrain from Teares. The Truth of this Relation (saith my Author) is certainely asserted by a worthy Divine now Living who was an Eye & Ear wittness of the whole matter. But thus did [that?][this?] miserable creature suffer death. And this was a just Execution When the Amalekite confessed he had killed Saul whom [scratched out: he] he had no legall Authority to meddle withall, altho tis pro- bable that he belied himselfe, David gave order for his Execution & said to him, [thy blood be upon thy head, for thy mouth hath testified against thee.] underscored Sam: 1:16. But as for the testimony of confessing witches against others, the case is not so clean as against themselves. They are not such credible wittnesses as in a case of Life or Death is to Be defined. It is beyond dispute that the Devill makes his Witches to deam strange things of themselves & others which are not so. There was (as Authors beyond Exception relate) in appearance a feast prepared, the wines (&?) meat set forth in Vessels of Gold. A certain person whom an Amorous Young man had fallen in love with was represented & suppo- -sed to be Really there, But [Apollonius Tyanaeus]underscored discovered the witchery of the buiseness, & in an instant all Vanished & nothing but dirty coales were to be seen. [???] is mentioned [?] the [Arausican?]underscored Council There were certain women [that?] imagined they road upon beasts in the Night &, that they had besides a troop of other persons [Diana]underscored & [Herodias]underscored in Company with them. The Council giveth this sentance on it, [Satanas... latin text...] underscored [latin text continued]. Satan transformes himselfe into the likeness of divers persones & deludes their souls that are his captives with dreames & fancies. See Dr Wilcott. on [psalm?] 28 - page 165

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