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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88821	The lawes against vvitches, and conivration. And some brief notes and observations for the discovery of witches. Being very usefull for these times, wherein the Devil reignes and prevailes over the soules of poore creatures, in drawing them to that crying sin of witch-craft. Also, the confession of Mother Lakeland, who was arraigned and condemned for a witch, at Ipswich in Suffolke. Published by authority.	Lakeland, Mother.	1645 (1645)	Wing L694aA; Thomason E307_11; ESTC R200343	5,674	8

Their implicite confession as when any shall accuse them for hurting them or their cattell they shall answer You should have let me alone then or I have not hurt you as yet These and the like speches are in manner of a confession of their power of hurting Ber. 206. 6. Their diligent inquiry after the sick party or coming to visite him or her unsent for but especially being forbiden the house 7. Their apparition to the sick party in his fits 8. The sick party in his fits naming the parties suspected and where they be or have been or what they do if truly 9. The Common report of their neighbours especially if the party suspected be of kin or servant to or familiar with a convicted Witch 10. The testimony of other Witches confessing their own Witchcrafts and witnessing against the suspected and that they have Spirits or Markes that they have been at their meetings that they have told them what harme they have done c. Ber. 212.223 11. If the dead body bleed upon the Witches touching it 12. The testimony of the person hurt upon his death 13. The examination and confession of the Children able and fit to answer or servants of the Witch especially concerning the first six observations of the party suspected Her threatnings and cursings of the sick party her enquiring after the sick party her boasting or rejoycing at the sick parties trouble Also whether they have seen her call upon speak to or feed any Spirit or such like or have heard her foretell of this mishap or speak of her power to hurt or of her transportation to this or that place c. 14. Their own voluntary confession which exceeds all other evidences of the hurt they have done or of the giving of their soules to the Devil and of the Spirits which they have how many how they call them and how they came by them 15. Besides upon the apprehension of any suspected to search also their houses diligently for pictures of clay or wax c. haire cut bones powders books of witchcrafts charms and for pots or places where their spirits may be kept the smell of which place will stink detestably Now to shew you further some signes to know whether the sick party be bewitched 1. When a healthy body shall be suddenly taken c. without probable reason or naturall cause appearing c. Ber. 169. 2. When two or more are taken in the like strange fits in many things 3. When the afflicted party in his fits doth tell truly many things what the Witch or other persons absent are doing or saying and the like 4. When the parties shall do many things strangely or speak many things to purpose and yet out of their fits know not any thing thereof 5. When there is a strength supernaturall as that a strong man or two shall not be able to keep down a child or weak person upon a bed 6. When the party doth vomit up pins needles nailes coales lead straw haire or the like 7. When the party shall see visibly some apparition and shortly after some mischief shall befall him Ber. 173. Note for the better riddance of these Witches there must good care be had as well in their examinations taken by the Justices as also in the drawing of their indictments that the same be both set down directly in the materiall points c. As That the Witch or party suspected hath used invocation of some Spirit That they have consulted or covenanted with their Spirit That they imployed their Spirit That they fed or rewarded their Spirit That they have killed or lamed c. some person c. And not to indict them generally for being Witches c. The difference between Conjuration Witchcraft and Inchantment c. is this viz. Conjurers and Witches have personall conference with the Devil or evill spirit to effect their purpose see 1 Sam. 28.7 c. The Conjurers believe that by certain terrible words they can raise the Devil and make him to tremble and by impaling themselves in a circle which as one saith cannot keep out a mouse they beleeve that they are therein insconsed and safe from the Devil whom they are about to raise and having raised the Devil they seem by prayers and invocation of Gods powerfull Names to compell the Devil to say or do what the Conjurer commandeth him The Witch dealeth rather by a friendly and voluntary conference or agreement between him or her and the Devil or Familiar to have his or her turn served and in lieu thereof the Witch giveth or offereth his or her soule blood or other gift unto the Devil Also the Conjurer compacteth for curiosity to know secrets or work miracles And the Witch of meere malice to do mischiefe and to be revenged The Inchanter Charmer or Sorcerer these have no personall conference with the Devil but without any apparition work and perform things seemingly at the least by certain superstitious and ceremoniall formes of words called Charmes by them pronounced or by medicines herbs or other things applied above the course of nature and by the Devils help and covenants made with him Of this last sort likewise are Soothsayers or Wisards which divine and foretell things to come by the flying singing or feeding of Birds and unto such questions as be demanded of them they do answer by the Devil or by his help sc. they do either answer by voyce or else do set before their eyes in glasses chrystall stones or rings the pictures or images of the persons or things sought for I shall now adde the Confession of Mother Lakeland of Ipswich who was arraigned and condemned for a Witch and suffered death by burning at Ipswich in Suffolk on Tuesday the 9. of September 1645. THe said Mother Lakeland hath been a professour of Religion a constant hearer of the Word for these many years and yet a Witch as she confessed for the space of near twenty years The Devil came to her first between sleeping and waking and spake to her in a hollow voyce telling her that if she would serve him she should want nothing After often sollicitation she consented to him then he stroke his claw as she confessed into her hand and with her blood wrote the Covenants Now the subtilty of Sathan is to be observed in that he did not presse her to deny God and Christ as he useth to do to others because she was a Professour and might have lost all his hold by pressing her too far Then he furnished her with three Imps two little Dogs and a Mole as she confessed which she imployed in her services Her husband she bewitched as she confessed whereby he lay in great misery for a time and at last dyed Then she sent one of her Dogs to one Mr. Lawrence in Ipswich to torment him and take away his life she seat one of them also to his Child to torment it and take away the life of it which was done upon them both and all this as she co●●●●●ed was because he asked her for 12.3 that she owed him and for no other cause She further confessed that she sent her Mole to a Maid of one Mrs. Jenings in Ipswich to torment her and take away her life which was done accordingly and this for no other cause but for that the said Maid would not lend her a needle that she desired to borrow of her and was earnest with her for a shilling that she owed the said Maid Then she further confessed she sent one of her Imps to one Mr. Beale in Ipswich who had formerly been a sutor to her Grand-child and because he would not have her she sent and burned a new ship that had never been at Sea that he was to go Master of and sent also to torment him and take away his life but he is yet living but in very great misery and as it is verily conceived by the Doctors and Chirurgions that have him in hand that he consumes and rots and that halfe of his body is rotten upon him as he is living Severall other things she did for all which she was by Law condemned to die and in particular to be burned to death because she was the death of her husband as she confessed which death she suffered accordingly But since her death there is one thing that is very remarkable and to be taken notice of That upon the very day that she was burned a bunch of flesh something after the form of a Dog that grew upon the thigh of the said Mr. Beale ever since the time that she first sent her Imp to him being very hard but could never be made to break by all the means that could be used brake of it self without any means using And another sore that at the same time she first sent her Imp to him rose upon the side of his belly in the form of a Fistula which ran and could not be healed by all the means that could be used presently also began to heale and there is great hopes that he will suddenly recover again for his sores heale apace and he doth recover his strength He was in this misery for the space of a yeare and halfe and was forced to go with his head and his knees together his misery was so great FINIS