eldar pains after this shee said she was aflicted by the aparishtion of
goode how a few dayes aftar she was taken shee said the caus of her
changing her opinion consarning goode how was becaus shee apeared to her
throg a creuis of the clambouerds which she knew no good person could do
and at thre seuerall times after was aflicted by the aperishtion of
goode how and goode olleuer and furder this deponit saith that Rising
erlly in the morning and kindling a fir in the other Room in wife
shrieked out I presently Ran into the room wher my wife was and as soon
as euer I opened the dore my said ther be the euill one take them
whereupon I Replyed wher are they I will take them if I can shee said
you will not tek them and then sprang out of the bed herselffe and went
to the window and said thar they went out thar wer both biger than she
and they went out ther but she could not then J Replyed who be they she
said goode how and goode olleuer goode olleuer said J you never saw the
woman in your Life no said she I never saw her in my Life but so she is
Represented to me goode olleuer of Sallam the millar
Joseph Safford declared to ye Jury of inquest that ye evidence above
written & on the other side of this paper is ye truth upon oath
June 30 1692
Jurat in Curia
THOMAS ANDREWS
July 1st 1692
The testimony of Thomas Andrews of Boxford aged about 50 yars this
deponant Testifieth & saith yt Jsiah Comings senior of Topsfield sent
for me to help help a mare yt was not well & when I came thare ye mare
was in such a condition yt I could not tell wt she ailed for J neuer
sawe yt like her lips ware exceedingly swelled yt ye Jnsides of Them
Turned outward & Look Black & blue & gelled, her Tung was in ye same
Condition J told ye said Comings I could not tell wt to doe for her J
perceiued she had not ye Botts wch J did att first think she had but J
said she might haue some great heat in her Body & I would applie a pipe
of Tobaco to her & yt that was concented & I lit a pipe of Tobaco & putt
itt under her fundiment & there came a Blew flame out of ye Bowle & Run
along ye stem of sd pipe & took hold of ye haer of sd Maer & Burnt itt &
we tryed itt 2 or 3 times together & itt did ye same itt semed to Burn
blew butt Run Like fyer yt is sett on the grass to Burn itt in ye spring
Tyme & we struck itt outt wth our hands & ye sd Comings sd yt he would
trye no more for sd he J had rather loose my mare yn my barn & J this
deponant doe testifi yt to ye Best of my understanding was ye same mare
yt James Hough Junior Belonging to Jpswich farmes husband to Elizabeth
Hough would have borowed of ye sd Comings
THO. ANDREWS
REMOVAL OF ATTAINDER
AND REIMBURSEMENT
“Ipswich ye 9 of September, 1710
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