Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II: With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred SubjectsUpham, Charles Wentworth
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Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II: With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects
Upham, Charles Wentworth
Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century
strike again; then the apparition fled to the ... and made it shake,
and went away. And, about a week after, the deponent ... son were at
the door of Nathan Gold, and heard a rushing on the ... The deponent
said to her son, 'Yonder is a beast.' He answered, ''Tis one of Goodman
Cobbye's black oxen;' and it came toward them, and came within ...
yards of them. The deponent her heart began to ache, for it seemed to
have great eyes; and spoke to the boy, 'Let's go in.' But suddenly the
ox beat her up against the wall, and struck her down; and she was much
hurt by it, not being able to rise up. But some others carried me into
the house, all my face being bloody, being much bruised. The boy was
much affrighted a long time after; and, for the space of two hours, he
was in a sweat that one might have washed hands on his hair. Further
this deponent affirmeth, that she hath been often troubled with ...
black cat sometimes appearing in the house, and sometimes in the night
... bed, and lay on her, and sometimes stroking her face. The cat
seemed ... thrice as big as an ordinary cat."
"Thomas Hayne testifieth, that, being with Goodwife Holdridge, she told
me that she saw a great horse, and[i.432] showed me where it stood. I
then took a stick, and struck on the place, but felt nothing; and I
heard the door shake, and Good. H. said it was gone out at the door.
Immediately after, she was taken with extremity of fear and pain, so
that she presently fell into a sweat, and I thought she would swoon.
She trembled and shook like a leaf.
"Thomas Hayne."
"Nathan Gould being with Goodwife Holgreg one night, there appeared a
great snake, as she said, with open mouth; and she, being weak,—hardly
able to go alone,—yet then ran and laid hold of Nathan Gould by the
head, and could not speak for the space of half an hour.
"Nathan Gould."
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