After these Examinations were openly read, his Lordship being very suspitious of the accusation of this yong wench Iennet Deuice, commanded one to take her away into the vpper Hall, intending in the meane time to make Triall of her Euidence, and the Accusation especially against this woman, who is charged to haue beene at Malking-Tower, at this great meeting.  Master Couel was commanded to set all his prisoners by themselues, and betwixt euery Witch another Prisoner, and some other strange women amongst them, so as no man could iudge the one from the other:  and these being set in order before the Court from the prisoners, then was the Wench Iennet Deuice commaunded to be brought into the Court:  and being set before my Lord, he tooke great paines to examine her of euery particular Point, What women were at Malking-Tower vpon Good-Friday?  How she knew them?  What were the names of any of them?  And how she knew them to be such as she named?

In the end being examined by my Lord,[P2_a_1] Whether she knew them that were there by their faces, if she saw them? she told my Lord she should:  whereupon in the presence of this great Audience, in open Court, she went and tooke Alice Nutter, this prisoner, by the hand, and accused her to be one:  and told her in what place shee sat at the Feast at Malking-Tower, at the great assembly of the Witches, and who sat next her:  what conference they had, and all the rest of their proceedings at large, without any manner of contrarietie.

Being demaunded further by his Lordship, Whether she knew Iohan a Style?[P2_a_2] she alledged, she knew no such wom[=a] to be there, neither did she euer heare her name.

This could be no forged or false Accusation, but the very Act of GOD to discouer her.

Thus was no meanes left to doe her all indifferent fauour, but it was vsed to saue her life; and to this shee could giue no answere.

But nothing would serue:  for old Dembdike, old Chattox, and others, had charged her with innocent bloud, which cries out for Reuenge, and will be satisfied.  And therefore Almightie GOD, in his Iustice, hath cut her off.

And here I leaue her, vntill shee come to her Execution, where you shall heare shee died very impenitent; insomuch as her owne children were neuer able to moue her to confesse any particular offence, or declare any thing, euen in Articulo Mortis:  which was a very fearefull thing to all that were present, who knew shee was guiltie.

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THE ARRAIGNMENT and Triall of KATHERINE HEWIT, Wife of IOHN HEWIT, alias MOVLD-HEELES,[P3_a_] of Coulne, in the Countie of Lancaster Clothier, 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.