Saterday the fourth of this instant Aprill.

Which was about the very day the Witches of the Forrest of Pendle were sent to Lancaster.  Now was the time for the Seminarie to instruct, accuse, and call into question these poore women:  for the wrinkles of an old wiues face is good euidence to the Iurie against a Witch.[M2_a_] And how often will the common people say (Her eyes are sunke in her head, GOD blesse vs from her.) But old Chattox had Fancie,[M2_b_] besides her withered face, to accuse her.

This Examinate did goe with the said Iennet Bierley her Grand-mother, and Ellen Bierley her Aunt, to the house of Walshman, in the night-time, to murther a Child in strange manner.

This of all the rest is impossible, to make her of their counsell, to doe murther, whome so cruelly and barbarously they pursue from day to day, and torment her.  The Witches of the Forrest of Pendle were neuer so cruell nor barbarous.

     And shee also saith, the Child cried not when it was hurt.

All this time the Child was asleepe, or the Child was of an extraordinarie patience, o inauditum facinus!

     After they had eaten, the said three women and this
     Examinate daunced euery one of them with one of the Blacke
     things:  and after, the Blacke things abused the said women.

Here is good Euidence to take away their liues.  This is more proper for the Legend of Lyes, then the Euidence of a witnesse vpon Oath, before a reuerend and learned Iudge, able to conceiue this Villanie, and finde out the practise.  Here is the Religious act of a Priest, but behold the euent of it.

     She describes the foure Blacke things to goe vpright, but
     not like Men in the face.

The Seminarie mistakes the face for the feete:  For Chattox and all her fellow Witches agree, the Deuill is clouen-footed:  but Fancie had a very good face, and was a very proper Man.

     About tenne dayes after her Examination taken at
     Black-borne, then she was tormented.

Still he pursues his Proiect:  for hearing his Scholler had done well, he laboured she might doe more in this nature.  But notwithstanding, many things are layd to be in the times when they were Papists:  yet the Priest neuer tooke paines to discouer them, nor instruct his Scholler, vntill they came to Church.  Then all this was the Act of GOD, to raise a child to open all things, and then to difcouer his plotted Tragedie.  Yet in this great discouerie, the Seminarie forgot to deuise a Spirit for them.

And for Thomas Walshman, vpon his Oath he sayth, That his Childe had beene sicke by the space of a fortnight, or three weekes, before it died.  And Grace Sowerbutts saith, they tooke it out of the bedde, strucke a nayle into the Nauell, sucked bloud, layd it downe againe; and after, tooke it out of the Graue, with all the rest, as you haue heard.  How these two agree, you may, vpon view of their Euidence, the better conceiue, and be able to judge.