In the end being openly charged with all this in open Court; with weeping teares she humbly acknowledged them to be true,[F_a_2] and cried out vnto God for Mercy and forgiuenesse of her sinnes, and humbly prayed my Lord to be mercifull vnto _Anne Redfearne_ her daughter, of whose life and condition you shall heare more vpon her Arraignement and Triall: whereupon shee being taken away, _Elizabeth Deuice_ comes now to receiue her Triall being the next in order, of whom you shall heare at large. [Illustration: decoration] THE ARRAIGNMENT _and Triall of_ ELIZABETH DEVICE (_Daughter of_ ELIZABETH SOTHERNES, alias OLD DEMBDIKE) _late wife of_ IO. DEVICE, _of the Forrest of Pendle, in the Countie of Lancaster, widow, for Witchcraft; Vpon Tuesday the eighteenth 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._ _Elizabeth Deuice._ O Barbarous and inhumane Monster, beyond example; so farre from sensible vnderstanding of thy owne miserie, as to bring thy owne naturall children into mischiefe and bondage; and thy selfe to be a witnesse vpon the Gallowes, to see thy owne children, by thy deuillish instructions hatcht vp in Villanie and Witchcraft, to suffer with thee, euen in the beginning of their time, a shamefull and vntimely Death. Too much (so it be true) cannot be said or written of her. Such was her life and condition: that euen at the Barre, when shee came to receiue her Triall (where the least sparke of Grace or modestie would haue procured fauour, or moued pitie) she was not able to containe her selfe within the limits of any order or gouernment: but exclaiming, in very outragious manner crying out against her owne children, and such as came to prosecute Indictments & Euidence for the Kings Maiestie against her, for the death of their Children, Friends, and Kinsfolkes, whome cruelly and bloudily, by her Enchauntments, Charmes, and Sorceries she had murthered and cut off; sparing no man with fearefull execrable curses and banning:[F2_b_] Such in generall was the common opinion of the Countrey where she dwelt, in the Forrest of Pendle (a place fit for people of such condition) that no man neere her, neither his wife, children, goods, or cattell should be secure or free from danger. This _Elizabeth Deuice_ was the daughter of _Elizabeth Sothernes_, old _Dembdike_, a malicious, wicked, and dangerous Witch for fiftie yeares, as appeareth by Record: and how much longer, the Deuill and shee knew best with whome shee made her couenant. It is very certaine, that amongst all these Witches there was not a more dangerous and deuillish Witch to execute mischiefe, hauing old _Dembdike_, her mother, to assist her; _Iames Deuice_ and _Alizon Deuice_, her owne naturall children, all prouided with Spirits, vpon any occasion of offence readie to assist her.