God of his great mercie deliuer vs all from them and their damnable conspiracies:  and when any of his Maiesties subiects, so free and innocent as these, shall come in question, grant them as honorable a Triall, as Reuerend and worthy a Iudge to sit in Iudgement vpon them; and in the end as speedie a deliuerance.  And for that which I haue heard of them; seene with my eyes, and taken paines to Reade of them:  My humble prayer shall be to God Almightie. Vt Conuertantur ne pereant.  Aut confundantur ne noceant.

To conclude, because the discourse of these three women of Salmesbury hath beene long and troublesome to you; it is heere placed amongst the Witches, by special order and commandement, to set forth to the World the practise and conspiracie of this bloudy Butcher.  And because I haue presented to your view a Kalender in the Frontispice of this Booke, of twentie notorious Witches:  I shall shew you their deliuerance in order, as they came to their Arraignement and Triall euery day, and as the Gentlemen of euery Iury for life and death stood charged with them.

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THE ARRAIGNMENT and Triall of ANNE REDFERNE,[N3_b_] Daughter of ANNE WHITTLE, alias CHATTOX, of the Forrest of Pendle, in the Countie of Lancaster, for Witchcraft; vpon Wednesday the nineteenth of August, at the Assises and Generall Gaole-deliuerie, holden at Lancaster,

Before

Sir EDWARD BROMLEY Knight, one of his Maiesties Iustices of Assise at Lancaster.

Anne Redferne.

Svch is the horror of Murther, and the crying sinne of Bloud, that it will neuer bee satisfied but with Bloud.  So fell it out with this miserable creature, Anne Redferne, the daughter of Anne Whittle, alias Chattox:  who, as shee was her Mother, and brought her into the World, so was she the meanes to bring her into this danger, and in the end to her Execution, for much Bloud spilt, and many other mischiefes done.

For vpon Tuesday night (although you heare little of her at the Arraignement and Triall of old Chattox, her Mother) yet was shee arraigned for the murther of Robert Nutter, and others:  and by the fauour and mercifull consideration of the Iurie, the Euidence being not very pregnant against her, she was acquited, and found Not guiltie.

Such was her condition and course of life, as had she liued, she would haue beene very dangerous:  for in making pictures of Clay, she was more cunning then any:  But the innocent bloud yet vnsatisfied, and crying out vnto GOD for satisfaction and reuenge; the crie of his people (to deliuer them from the danger of such horrible and bloudie executioners, and from her wicked and damnable practises) hath now againe brought her to a second Triall, where you shall heare what wee haue vpon Record against her.