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A63409	A True and impartial relation of the informations against three witches, viz., Temperance Lloyd, Mary Trembles, and Susanna Edwards, who were indicted, arraigned and convicted at the assizes holden for the county of Devon, at the castle of Exon, Aug. 14, 1682 with their several confessions, taken before Thomas Gist, Mayor, and John Davie, alderman, of Biddiford, in the said county, where they were inhabitants : as also, their speeches, confessions and behaviour at the time and place of execution on the twenty fifth of the said month.	Lloyd, Temperance, d. 1682.; Trembles, Mary, d. 1682.; Edwards, Susanna, d. 1682.	1682 (1682)	Wing T2502; ESTC R12040	21,093	46

was past his skill to prescribe directions for her Cure because that the said Dorcas was bewitcht This Informant further saith That about three Months now last past his said Wife was sitting in a Chair and being Speechless he this Informant did see one Susanna Edwards of Biddiford aforesaid Widow to come into the Chamber under a pretence to visit her Whereupon this Informants 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 hath continued in such a strange and unusual manner of Sickness ever since unto this day with some intermissions Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Examined with the Original whereof this is a true Copy John Hill Town-Clerk The Information of Grace Thomas of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Spinster taken upon her Oath the 3d day of July in the 34th year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. before us Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon her Oath saith That upon or about the 2d 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 neer or upon the first day of August then following and then this Informants Pains began to abate and this Informant was able to walk abroad to take the Air But in the Night-season 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 where 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 in that very night she this Informant was taken very ill with sticking and pricking Pains as though 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 the first day of June last past in the night she this Informant was bound and seemingly chain'd up with all her sticking Pains gathered together in her Belly so that on a sudden her Belly was swoln as big as two Bellies which caused her to cry out I shall die 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 day of June this Informant was again pinch'd and prick'd to the Heart with such cruel thrusting pains in her Head Shoulders Arms Hands Thighs and Legs as though the Flesh would have been then immediately torn from the Bones with a mans Fingers and Thumbs And further saith That she was even pluck'd out over her Bed and lay in this condition for the space of three hours as she was informed by some of the said persons then in this Informants Chamber This Informant further saith That upon the first day of this instant July assoon 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 unto her Body by pricking and tormenting of her in manner as before in this her Information she hath set forth Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Elizabeth Eastchurch the Wife of Thomas Eastchurch of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Gent. taken upon her Oath before us Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. the 3d of July in the 34th year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second c. Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon her Oath saith That upon the 2d day of this instant July the said Grace Thomas then lodging in this Informants said Husbands 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 though it had been the prick of a Thorn Whereupon this Informant afterwards upon the same 2d day 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 nor Clay but confessed that she had only a piece of Leather which she had pricked nine times Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Anne Wakely the Wife of William Wakely of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Husbandman taken the 3d day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon her Oath saith That upon the second day of July instant she this Deponent by order of the said 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 Whereunto the said Temperance did acknowledge that she had been suck'd there often times by the black Man and the last time that she was suck'd by the said black Man was the Fridy before she was search'd which was the 30th day of June last past And this Informant further saith That she hath been an attendant of the said Grace Thomas about six Weeks now last past And that on Thursday now last past which was the 29th of June last past in the Morning she this Informant did see something in the shape of a Magpie to come at the Chamber-window where the said Grace Thomas did lodge Upon which this Informant did demand of the said Temperance Lloyd 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 the Bird and that she the said Temperance was at that time down by the said Thomas Eastchurch's Door of the House where the said Grace Thomas did lodge Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman 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 abovesaid before the said Thomas Gist Mayor and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Temperance Lloyd her Examination taken the 3d day of July in the 34th year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King defender of the Faith c. before us Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddisord aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant being brought before us by some Constables of the said Burrough upon the complaint of Thomas Eastchurch of Biddiford aforesaid Gent. and charged upon suspition of having used some Magical Art Sorcery or Witchcraft upon the Body of Grace Thomas of Biddiford aforesaid 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 or shape of a black man Saith That about the 30th day of September last past she met with the Devil in the shape or 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 aforesaid called Higher Gunstone Lane And then and there he did tempt and sollicite 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 perswasion of the Devil in the likeness of a black Man as aforesaid she did go to the house of the said Thomas Eastchurch and that she went up the stairs after the said black Man and confesseth that both of them went up into the Chamber where she the said Grace Thomas was and that there they found one Anne Wakely the Wife of William Wakely of Biddiford rubbing and stroaking 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 from the said Grace Thomas her Chamber into the Street together and that there this Examinant did see something in the form or shape of a Grey or Braget Cat and saith that the said Cat went into the said Thomas Eastchurch's Shop The said Examinant being further demanded whether she went any more unto the said Thomas Eastchurch's 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 Thonas Eastchurch's house the last time saith that she was at the said Mr. Eastchurch's house upon Friday the 30th day of June last past 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 in 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 her 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 further confesseth that the said black Man or rather the Devil as aforesaid 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 saith 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 a great pain unto her and afterwards vanish'd clear away out of her sight This Examinant doth further confess That upon the first day of June last past whilst the said Mr. Eastchurch and his Wife were absent that the said Examinant did pinch and prick the said Grace Thomas with the aid and help of the blackman or rather the Devil in her Belly Stomach and Breast 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 chasing of several parts of the said Grace Thomas her Body Although the said Anne Wakely being present at taking of this Examination doth affirm that she did not see the said Examinant Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Devon ss Biddiford ss Whereas the said Temperance Lloyd hath made such an ample Confession and Declaration concerning the said Grace Thomas we the said Mayor and Justices were induced to demand of her some other Questions concerning other Witcheries which she had practised upon the Bodies

this Informant's house and that she went up the Stairs after the black Man And confessed that both of them went into the Chamber where this Informant's said Sister-in-law was and that there they found one Anne Wakely the Wife of William Wakely of Biddiford rubbing of one of the Arms and one of the Legs of the said Grace Thomas And this Informant further saith That the said Temperance did also confess that the black Man did perswade the said Temperance to pinch the said Grace Thomas in the Knees Arms and Shoulders intimating with her Fingers how she did it And that when she came down the Stairs again into the Street she saw a Braget Cat go into this Informant's Shop and that she believed it to be the Devil And this Informant did hear the said Temperance to say and confess that on Friday-night last which was the 30th day of June the black Man did meet with her neer her own Door about ten of the clock of that same night 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 said black Man and that she went into the Chamber where the said Grace Thomas lay And further did confess that she did pinch and prick the said Grace Thomas again in several parts of her Body declaring with both of her Hands dow she did do it And that thereupon the said Grace Thomas did cry out terribly And confessed that the said black man told her that she should make an end of her the said Grace Thomas And further she the said Temperance did say and confess that the said black Man did promise her the said Temperance that no one should discover her or see her And she also confessed that about twelve of the clock of that same night the black Man did suck her in the Street in her Secret parts 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 to confess that about the first day of June last past the said black Man was with her again and told her that on that night she the said Temperance should make an end of the said Grace Thomas and confessed that she the said Temperance had that night griped the said Grace Thomas in her Belly Stomach and Breast and clipt her to the Heart And that the said Grace Thomas did cry out pitifully And that the said Temperance was about the space of two hours tormenting of her And that one Anne Wakely with several other Women were then present in the Chamber but could not see her the said Temperance and that the black Man stood by her in the same Room also This Informant further saith That he supposed that the said Grace Thomas in her Sickness had been afflicted thorough a Distemper arising from a natural cause did repair unto several Physicians but that she the said Grace could never receive any benefit prescribed by them Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of William Herbert of Biddiford in the County aforesad Black-smith taken upon his Oath the 12th day of August in the 34th year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. before Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. Devon ss Biddiford ss THis Informant upon his Oath saith That neer or upon the 2d day of February which was in the year of our Lord God 1670. he did hear his Father William Herbert to declare on his Death-bed that Temperance Lloyd of Biddiford aforesaid Widow had bewitched his said Father unto death This Informant's Father further declaring unto 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 Lloyd had made upon his Body And further saith that his said Father did lay his bloud to the charge of the said Temperance Lloyd and desired this Informant to see her aprehended for the same which was accordingly done And saith that she was accused for the same but that she was then acquitted at the Assizes This Informant further saith That upon the fourth day of July now last past he went to the Prison of Biddiford where the said Temperance was she being then in the said Prison concerning Mrs. Grace Thomas and demanded of her whether she had done any bodily harm or hurt unto the said William Herbert deceased this Informant's late Father unto which she answered and said Surely William I did kill thy Father This Informant did demand of her further whether she had done any hurt or harm to one Lydia Burman late of Biddiford Spinster Unto which the said Temperance Lloyd answered and said that she was the cause of her death This Informant demanded of her the said Temperance 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 and a longer time And this Informant did hear the said Temperance Lloyd to confess that she was the cause of the death of Anne Fellow the 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 the Wife of one Simon Dallyn of Biddiford aforesaid Marriner Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Examined with the Original whereof this is a true Copy John Hill Town-Clerk The Information of John Barnes of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Yeoman taken upon his Oath before us Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. the 18th day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon his Oath saith That upon Easter-Tuesday which was the 18th day of May last past this Informant's Wife was taken with very great pains of sticking and pricking in her Arms Stomach and Breast as though she had been stabbed with Awls being so described unto him by the said Grace in such manner as this Informant thought that she would have died immediately and in such sad condition she the said Grace hath continued unto this present day in tormenting and grievous pains And further saith that upon Sunday last which was the 16th day of July instant about ten of the Clock in Forenoon this Informant's said Wife was again taken worse than before insomuch as

of several other persons within this Town viz. SHe the said Examinant did confess that about the 14 day of March which was in the year of our Lord 1670. she was Accused Indicted and Arraigned for practising of Witchcraft upon the Body of one William Herbert late of Biddiford aforesaid Husbandman And that although at the Trial of her life at the Castle of Exeter she was there acquitted by the Judge and Jury then yet this Examinant doth now confess that she is guilty thereof by the perswasion of the black Man and that she did prick the said William Herbert unto death Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Devon ss Biddiford ss ANd whereas upon or about the 15th of May which was in the year of our Lord 1679. she was accused before the then Mayor and Justices of the Town of Biddiford aforesaid for practising Witchcraft upon the Body of one 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 aforesaid 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 or some other black Man or Devil with her this said Examinant did do some bodily hurt to the said Anne Fellow and that thereupon the said Anne Fellow did shortly die and depart this life Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman Devon ss Biddiford ss WHereas we Thomas Eastchurch and Elizabeth Eastchurch his Wife Honor Hooper and Anne Wakely upon yesterday which was the 3d of July 1682. did give in and deliver our several Informations upon our Oaths before Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. of Biddiford against Temperance Lloyd of Biddiford aforesaid Widow for using and practising of Witchcraft upon the Body of Grace Thomas of the same Town Spinster as by our several Examinations it doth and may appear But because we were dissatisfied in some particulars concerning a piece of Leather which the said Temperance had confessed of unto the said Elizabeth Eastchurch in such manner as is mentioned in the said Elizabeth Eastchurch's Examination and we conceiving that there might be some inchantment used in or about the said Leather Therefore upon this present 4th day of July we with the leave and approbation of the said Mr. Gist the Mayor did bring the said Temperance into the Parish-Church of Biddiford aforesaid 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 the said Temperance did say and confess that about twelve years ago she was tempted by the Devil to be instrumental to the death of William Herbert named in her said Examination And that the Devil did promise her that she should live well and do well And she did then also confess that she was thereupon an Instrument of the death of the said William Herbert And as to the said Grace Thomas she further said and confessed that on Friday was Sevennight which was the 23th day of June last past she the said Temperance came into the said Thomas Eastchurch's Shop in the form and shape of a Cat And fetcht out of the same Shop a Puppit or Picture commonly called a Childs Baby and that she carried the same up into the Chamber where the said Grace Thomas did lodge and left it about the Bed whereon the said Grace Thomas did lie but would not confess that she had prickt any Pins in the said Puppit or Baby-picture although she were demanded particularly that Question by the said Mr. Ogilby Also the said Temperance did then and there confess that she was the cause of the death of Anne Fellow the Daughter of Edward Fellow named in her said Examination Also she did then and there confess that she was the cause of the death of one Jane Dallyn the late Wife of Symon Dallyn of Biddiford Marriner by pricking of 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 Lloyd did confess and declare that she did bewitch unto death one Lydia Burman of Biddiford aforesaid Spinster because she had been a Witness against her the said Temperance at the Trial for her Life and Death at the Assizes when she was Arraigned for the death of the said William Herbert and had deposed that the said Temperance had appeared unto her in the shape of a red Pig at such time as the said Lydia was brewing in the house of one Humphry Ackland of Biddiford aforesaid Being further demanded again 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 Puppit or Baby-picture 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 the said Mr. Ogilby desired the said Temperance to say the Lords Prayer and her Creed which she imperfectly performing the said Mr. Ogilby 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 in the Four and thirtieth year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King defender of the Faith Annoqque Dom. 1682. July 4. 1682. Sworn before us Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Thomas Eastchurch of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Gent. taken upon his Oath before us Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. the 3d day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon his Oath saith That upon yesterday which was the second day of July he did hear the said Temperance Lloyd to say and confess that about the 30th day of September last past as she was returning from the Bakehouse with a Loaf of Bread under her Arm towards her own House she the said Temperance Lloyd did meet with something in the likeness of a black Man in a Street called Higher GunstoneLane within this Town and then and there the said black man did tempt and perswade 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 afterwards by the further perswasion and temptation of the said black Man she did go to

A True and Impartial RELATION OF THE INFORMATIONS AGAINST Three Witches Viz. TEMPERANCE LLOYD MARY TREMBLES and SUSANNA EDWARDS Who were Indicted Arraigned and Convicted at the Assizes holden for the County of DEVON at the Castle of EXON Aug. 14 1682 WITH Their several CONFESSIONS taken before Thomas Gist Mayor and John Davie Alderman of Biddiford in the said County where they were Inhabitants AS ALSO Their SPEECHES CONFESSIONS and BEHAVIOUR at the time and place of Execution on the Twenty fifth of the said Month. LONDON Printed by Freeman Collins and are to be Sold by T. Benskin in St. Brides Church-yard and C. Yeo Bookseller in Exon. 1682. TO THE READER Reader THis Relation was written by a faithful ●●●able Hand employed in taking th●●●●minations and Confessions of Tem 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lloyd Mary Trembles and Susanna Edwards who were Executed the 25th of August 1682. When I have told you that it is the onely T●●●● Authentick and Exact Account and that if any others creep abroad they are lame and imperfect I need no other Argument to recommend it to thy Perusal onely that it is the more remarkable in regard we have had no Conviction or Execution of any Witches for many years past If thou dost not believe the being of Witches study the Sacred Writ consider that the W●●●●● of Nations have provided Laws against such persons Read those of King Alfred and the Canons Editus sub Edgaro Rege And that it hath been the Judgement of this Kingdom appears by an Act of Parliament which hath provided Punishments proportionable to the quality of this Offence Thou mayst at leisure consult the Learned Monarch King James in his Daemonologia fol. 91. and the late Tryal of Witches before the Honourable Judicious Great Man Judge Hales See also Dr. More 's learned Discourse intituled Saducismus Triumphatus where the Subject of Witches and Spirits is handled at large A True and Impartial RELATION OF The CONFESSIONS of Three Witches The Information of Dorcas Coleman the Wife of John Coleman of Biddiford aforesaid Marriner taken upon her Oath before Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. the 26th day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon her Oath saith That about the end of the Month of August in the Year of our Lord God 1680. she was taken in tormenting Pains by pricking in her Arms Stomach and Heart in such a manner as she was never taken so before Upon which she this Informant did desire one Thomas Bremincom to repair unto Doctor Beare for some remedy for these Pains And very shortly afterwards the said Doctor 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 said Pains for he told her that she was Bewitch'd And further saith That at the time of her tormenting Pains she this Informant 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 of her And thereupon she fell down on her Knees and desired this Informant to pray for her the said Susanna Edwards Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of Thomas Bremincom of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Gent. taken upon his Oath before us Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. the 26 day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss THe said Informant upon his Oath saith That about two years ago Dorcas Coleman the Wife of John Coleman of Biddiford aforesaid Marriner was taken very sick and in her Sickness this Informant did repair unto one Doctor 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 that 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 assoon as the said Dorcas did see the said Susanna Edwards she did strive to fly in the face of the said Susanna but was not able to get out of the Chair wherein she sate This Informant and John Coleman the said Dorcas's Husband did strive to help her out of the Chair Upon which the said Susanna Edwards began to go backwards for to go out of the Chamber And further saith 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 that 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 Edwards was gone And further saith That immediately after he hath gone out at the Fore-door of the House where the said Dorcas doth live and hath seen the said Susanna Edwards to go the same way that the said Dorcas did point with her Hand Thomas Gist Mayor John Davie Alderman The Information of John Coleman of Biddiford in the County aforesaid Marriner taken upon his Oath before Thomas Gist Mayor of the Burrough Town and Mannor of Biddiford aforesaid and John Davie Alderman two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough c. the 26th day of July Anno Dom. 1682. Devon ss Biddiford ss 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 neer for Remedy And saith that one Doctor George Beare being advised with concerning her Sickness in this Deponents 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

Boats Temp. No I never hurt any Ship Bark or Boat in my life H. Was it you or Susan that did bewitch the Children Temp. I sold Apples and the Child took an Apple from me and the Mother took the Apple from the Child for the which I was very angry but the Child died of the Small Pox. H. Do you know one Mr. Lutteril about these parts or any of your Confederates did you or them bewitch his Child Temp. No. H. Temperance How did you come in to hurt Mrs. Grace Thomas did you pass through the Key-hole of the Door or was the Door open Temp. The Devil did lead me up Stairs and the Door was open and this is all the hurt I did H. How do you know it was the Devil Temp. I knew it by his Eyes H. Had you no Discourse or Treaty with him Temp. 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 the Devil beat me about the Head H. Why had you not called upon God Temp. He would not let me do it H. You say you never hurted Ships nor Boats did you never ride over an Arm of the Sea on a Cow Temp. No no Master 't was she meaning Susan When Temperance said 't was Susan she said she lied and that she was the cause of her bringing to die for she said when she was first brought to Goal 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 you Arm. Sus. He was black Sir H. Susan Had you any knowledge of the bewitching of Mr. Lutteril's Child or did you know a place called Tranton Burroughs Sus. 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 40 Psalm at the desire of Susanna Edwards As she mounted the Ladder she said The Lord Jesus speed me though my sins be as red as Scarlet the Lord Jesus can make them as white as Snow The Lord help my Soul Then was executed Mary Trembles 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 lookt on as the woman that has debaucht the other two Did you ever lie with Devils Temp. No. Sh. Did not you know of their coming to Goal Temp. No. Sh. Have you any thing to say to satisfie the world Temp. I forgive them as I desire the Lord Jesus Christ will forgive me The greatest thing I did was to 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 Mr. Sh. In what Shape or Colour was he Temp. In black like a Bullock Sh. How do you know you did it how went you in through the Key-hole or the Door Temp. At the Door Sh. Had you no discourse with the Devil Temp. Never but this day six weeks Sh. You were charged about 12 years since and did you never see the Devil but this time Temp. 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 Temp. 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 Temp. Yes Sh. Do you believe in Jesus Christ Temp. Yes and I pray Jesus Christ to pardon all my sins And so was Executed FINIS a 19.30 b 81.42