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arraign_v at_o the_o assize_n at_o lincoln_n before_o sir_n henry_n hobart_n and_o sir_n edward_n bromley_n judge_n whereupon_o their_o confess_v themselves_o actor_n in_o the_o destruction_n of_o henry_n lord_n ross_n with_o other_o damnable_a practice_n they_o be_v condemn_v and_o execute_v at_o lincoln_n march_v 11._o and_o the_o rest_n questionless_a suffer_v according_a to_o their_o desert_n history_n of_o daemon_n p._n 140_o 141_o etc._n etc._n discov_n of_o witchcraft_n etc._n etc._n 16._o anno_fw-la dom._n 1645._o there_o be_v a_o notable_a discovery_n of_o several_a witch_n in_o essex_n and_o among_o other_o one_o elizabeth_z clark_n be_v accuse_v of_o this_o horrid_a crime_n and_o information_n take_v against_o she_o before_o sir_n harbottle_n grimstone_n and_o sir_n thomas_n bowes_n justice_n of_o peace_n for_o that_o country_n john_n rivet_n of_o mannintree_n depose_v that_o about_o christmas_n his_o wife_n be_v take_v sick_a and_o lame_a with_o such_o violent_a fit_n 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of_o canterbury_n all_o which_o have_v believe_v it_o and_o attest_v the_o truth_n of_o it_o beside_o can_v it_o be_v counterfit_v and_o never_o contradict_v since_o the_o first_o publication_n of_o it_o in_o a_o city_n where_o many_o of_o both_o religion_n have_v leave_v to_o crowd_n in_o at_o certain_a house_n where_o they_o be_v certain_a witness_n what_o be_v speak_v and_o act_v by_o their_o sport_v devil_n historian_n discourse_v of_o apparition_n and_o witch_n p._n 16._o 3._o the_o story_n of_o the_o haunt_n of_o mr._n mompesson_n house_n in_o wiltshire_n be_v famon_n and_o print_v in_o part_n by_o mr._n joseph_n glanvil_n mr._n mompesson_n be_v yet_o live_v no_o melancholy_a nor_o conceit_a man_n the_o truth_n not_o doubt_v of_o by_o his_o neighbour_n within_o this_o month_n i_o speak_v with_o one_o of_o they_o a_o attorney_n who_o say_v that_o the_o noise_n hear_v the_o visible_a move_v about_o of_o the_o board_n before_o their_o face_n and_o such_o like_a be_v all_o undoubted_o true_a and_o the_o thing_n unquestioned_a by_o mr._n mompesson_n who_o to_o his_o great_a cost_n and_o trouble_n be_v long_o molest_v by_o it_o and_o his_o neighbour_n and_o those_o that_o purposely_o go_v thither_o to_o see_v it_o notwithstanding_o that_o when_o some_o unbeliever_n go_v from_o london_n to_o be_v satisfy_v nothing_o be_v do_v when_o they_o be_v there_o for_o as_o god_n owe_v not_o such_o remedy_n to_o unbeliever_n so_o satan_n have_v no_o desire_n to_o cure_v they_o ibid._n p._n 41._o 4._o in_o may_n 1679._o sir_n william_n york_n be_v from_o home_n there_o be_v a_o great_a noise_n make_v by_o the_o lift_n up_o of_o the_o latch_n of_o the_o outmost_a door_n which_o continue_v with_o great_a quickness_n and_o noise_n for_o the_o space_n of_o two_o or_o three_o hour_n till_o betwixt_o ten_o and_o eleven_o it_o clock_n in_o the_o night_n his_o lady_n then_o be_v at_o home_n with_o few_o servant_n apprehend_v it_o to_o be_v thief_n and_o thereupon_o they_o go_v to_o the_o door_n and_o speak_v to_o they_o and_o afterward_o wind_v a_o horn_n and_o raise_v the_o town_n and_o upon_o the_o come_n in_o of_o the_o town_n the_o noise_n cease_v and_o they_o hear_v no_o more_o of_o it_o till_o may_n follow_v and_o then_o sir_n william_n be_v at_o london_n the_o same_o noise_n be_v make_v at_o the_o door_n as_o before_o for_o two_o or_o three_o night_n together_o and_o then_o they_o begin_v to_o believe_v it_o to_o be_v occasion_v by_o some_o extraordinary_a mean_n this_o be_v hear_v alike_o by_o twenty_o several_a person_n then_o in_o the_o family_n who_o look_v out_o at_o the_o window_n over_o the_o door_n hear_v the_o noise_n but_o see_v nothing_o about_o a_o month_n after_o when_o sir_n william_n have_v return_v from_o london_n he_o be_v in_o bed_n and_o his_o lady_n ready_a to_o go_v in_o he_o hear_v the_o same_o noise_n again_o which_o hold_v about_o half_a a_o quarter_n of_o a_o hour_n and_o then_o cease_v and_o begin_v again_o several_a time_n 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action_n upon_o the_o use_n or_o application_n of_o charm_n annulet_n spell_n etc._n etc._n on_o purpose_n to_o amuse_v the_o world_n and_o tempt_v mankind_n to_o leave_v the_o ordinary_a natural_a lawful_a or_o scriptural_a method_n and_o address_v to_o he_o in_o a_o way_n of_o superstitious_a or_o foolish_a devotion_n and_o i_o desire_v the_o reader_n to_o consider_v sober_o with_o himself_o in_o case_n of_o this_o nature_n what_o cause_n within_o the_o cope_n of_o mere_a nature_n or_o within_o the_o bound_n of_o that_o which_o be_v lawful_a just_a and_o good_a such_o effect_n as_o i_o shall_v mention_v hereafter_o can_v be_v attribute_v to_o lei_fw-it him_z read_z and_o pause_v and_o tell_v i_o serious_o whether_o the_o effect_n follow_v be_v to_o be_v father_v upon_o the_o cause_n in_o sight_n or_o whether_o there_o be_v not_o something_o behind_o the_o curtain_n latent_fw-la to_o our_o sense_n that_o be_v the_o author_n and_o if_o so_o whether_o a_o good_a or_o evil_a spirit_n 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time_n soon_o than_o old_a judas_n will_v forgive_v we_o once_o but_o sam_n be_v of_o another_o mind_n go_v to_o jude_n house_n confess_v the_o injury_n offer_v the_o money_n judas_n pardon_n he_o but_o will_v take_v no_o money_n this_o grieve_a he_o more_o upon_o which_o he_o go_v to_o his_o spiritual_a father_n mr._n ward_n open_v to_o he_o the_o whole_a state_n of_o his_o soul_n who_o in_o great_a tenderness_n pour_v wine_n and_o oil_n into_o his_o wound_n see_v his_o life_n see_v the_o story_n of_o the_o fire_n at_o brightling_n in_o the_o last_o chapter_n as_o also_o of_o the_o staffordshire_n man_n that_o steal_v a_o bible_n in_o the_o chapter_n of_o curse_v etc._n etc._n 6._o rich._n rogers_n of_o middle_a near_o salop_n have_v a_o bible_n steal_v out_o of_o his_o seat_n in_o the_o church_n and_o a_o while_n after_o his_o daughter_n one_o morning_n find_v another_o throw_v by_o the_o house_n door_n which_o he_o make_v public_a proclamation_n of_o at_o church_n and_o no_o body_n 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