Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	woman_n	work_v	world_n	50	3	4.1701	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40627	The full tryals, examination, and condemnation of four notorious witches at the assizes held at Worcester, on Tuesday the 4th of March with the manner, how they were found guilty of bewitching several children to death, as also, their confessions, and last dying speeches at the place of execution, with other amazing particulars concerning the said witchcraft.		1690 (1690)	Wing F2378; ESTC R40228	3,684	9

Spit wene round they both Muttered to themselves strange kind of words which he did not understand He also Deposed that seve●al Imps in the shape of Mice ran to and from the Fire and that the next day he heard his Neighbours discourse how the Children weae Tormented with strange Prickings in their Eyes Belly and Head and so continued worss and worss till they Dyed which was about a Week after Elin Shearcreft being call'd in gave the very same Account tho somthing more large and exact The Father and Mother of the two Children said that about the same time that the Evidence mention'd they cry'd out against the said Witches by Name and continualy made complaints as if Pinns and Needles had been actually thrust into their Bodies withou● Intermision for above an Hour together A Midwife and other Women Deposed in Court that searching the Bodies of the Prisoners they found several large Teates in the secret Parts of their Bodies and at the same time asking them how they came there they both made Answer that the Devils Imps had don● it However upon their Tryals they deny'd each Particular alledging that they were not then in their Sences and seemed both to weep and howl tho not one Tear could be descovered to fall from their Eyes many more Witneses apeared against them concerning the Bewitching Mr. Peaks Children which for brevity sake I am forced to omit but in fi●e it appearing on all hands that they had b●en very base and Notorious Persons for ●●●eral Years and none appearing on their B●halfs The Court sum'd up each Circumst●nce with great care tenderness and Moderation and delivered their Opinions to the Jury with all the Leagal Fairness and Justice that could be desired or expected even from the Witches themselves desiring God to direct them in their Verdict However the matte● being proved against the Prisoners by unanswerable Demonstration and undenyable Evidence as well as Extraordinary Circum stances the Jury brought them in both guilty of Witch-craft Fascination and Murther and received Sentance to be Burnt at the Stak all Four together When being come to the Place of Execu●on they made a strange and lamentable Yeling and Howling after which they confessed the Crimes for which they Suffered and also declared how they had Kill'd abundance of Cattle for several years past and that it was extream Pride Malice and Revenge that caused them to Enter into such a curssed an Hellish League with the Devil who told them to the last that he would secure them from Publick Punishment but now to late they found him a Lyer as he was from the begining of the Wor●● Cock and Landish seem'd penitent desiring all you●● Women to take Warning by their Devilish Lives 〈◊〉 Shameful Deaths assuring the Spectators that as S●tan in the first Infancy of the World prevaild on Woman to bring his Hellish attempts to pass so still strives with that Sex as the weaker Vessels Work their Distructions they both said the Lor●● prayer very Distnctly but Rebecca West and 〈◊〉 Hallybread dyed very Stuburn and Refractory wi●●out any remorss or seeming Terror of Conscien●● for their abominable VVitch-craft I heartly wish the sad Fates of these Four Notori●● and Barbarous Wretches may be a warning to all M●●●ous and Revengful persons whatsoever least th● De●●● who sets them on Work at last pays them the W●●●● 〈◊〉 Eternal Damnation whieh undoubtedly will be the 〈◊〉 portion of all those who wilfully Engages in the Servic● 〈◊〉 so faithless Master FINIS