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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63168	The tryal, condemnation, and execution of three vvitches viz. Temperace [sic] Floyd, Mary Floyd, and Susanna Edwards. Who were arraigned at Exeter on the 18th. of August, 1682. And being prov'd guilty of witch-craft, were condemn'd to be hang'd, 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 Temperence 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 wonderful things, worth your reading.		1682 (1682)	Wing T2175; ESTC R221778	3,354	11

THE Tryal Condemnation and EXECUTION OF THREE WITCHES VIZ. TEMPERACE FLOYD MARY FLOYD AND SVSANNA EDWARDS Who were Arraigned at Exeter on the 18 th of August 1682. And being prov'd Guilty of Witch-Craft were Condemn'd to be Hang'd 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 Wonderful Things worth your Reading Printed for I. Deacon at the sign of the Rainbow a little beyond St. Andrews 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 assertions 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 18 th of August 1682. It happened that there was three Persons Arraigned for Witch-Craft 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 call'd Bythford all three being stricken in years which might have taught them more Grace but Man's Enemy Souls destroyer and the Author of Wickedness so prevailed with them that they made an Interchange accepting a Hell for a Heaven rather willing to please the Devil then the great Creator whose smiles are more precious then refined Gold the loss of whose love is no less then Everlasting Destruction These I say these poor souls aiming at nothing but ruine imbrace 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 much to be lamented that these persons should take delight in nothing more then to converse with Divils who reason tells seeks nothing but Destruction Gods dishonour Mans 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 some time before accused of VVitch-craft and for that cause Imprisoned when they came to the Bar their Indictment was read and though the Devil had so much power over them yet had they not Impudence enough to deny what they there were accused for Intemperate Temperance Floyd who was the eldest of the three pleaded to her 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 VVitch-craft by the afore-named Temperance Floyd they acknowledg'd that they had served five years to 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 VVe have an account of some of their VVicked Inhumane Accursed Damnable and Preposterous Actions 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 VVicked VVretches being all of one mind at last began to exercise their Divelish Arts and upon one Mr. Hann a Minister in those parts a person of good Repute and honest Conversation who sought his souls eternal happiness while they design'd their everlasting Ruine These Hellish Agents intended mischief and misery to the person of Mr. Hann but the Over-ruling 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 Reveng'd so VVitch 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 Outcasts from everlasting Happiness they grew insolent in their Cursed Conceits resolving to make use of that Art which they should so dearly 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 VVitches being somewhat younger then the Old Shape of Prince Lucifer who acknowledged themselves to haue been servants to the Old one for Five Years to learn the Art and Mistery of Hellish Damnable Accursed and most to be Lamented Witch-Craft and in the term of those 5 years grew to be as dexterious 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 to the loss of many mens 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 then 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 Heavens Vengeance never fails to follow such Offenders who do wickedly presumptuously and prophanely make use of the Devil to satisfie their Impious wills But to proceed this Old VVitch whose name was Temperance Floyd was without doubt perfectly Resolute not minding what should become of her Immortal Soul but rather Impudently 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 Tryal to say the Lords Prayer they answered that they could not except it were backward they said that 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 was 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 Top-Mast 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 Divel one of them said twenty-years she had been his Familiar Acquaintance the other two were of lesser standing but long enough to Ruine 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 Inventer of Mischief the Betrayer of Souls the unsatisfied deceiver and Gods Enemy All these things being Confessed by their own Tongues it is not strange to think that Judgement 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 upon a Horse-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 40 th 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 Gods Commandements despis'd a Christ and imbrac'd 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 ruine Souls to enslave Mortals and without doubt were it possible to pull Gods Almighty Majesty out of his Everlasting Throne 'T is 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 vild Sinners never call to mind or at least very seldom what Labyrinths of misery they involve themselves in how they crush Christ 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 injoyments cause you to neglect Eternal Happiness the injoyment of which is beyond Expression and the loss thereof Eternal Misery Destruction and Ruine FINIS