State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 1 (of 2)
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State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 1 (of 2)
Trials -- Great Britain
recovered, and was well again, and was living at the time of the
assizes. And this deponent farther saith, That about the 6th of
March, 11 Car. II., her daughter Elizabeth Durent, being about
the age of ten years, was taken in like manner as her first
child was, and in her fits complained much of Amy Duny, and
said, that she did appear to her, and afflict her in such manner
as the former. And she this deponent going to the apothecary's
for something for her said child, when she did return to her own
house, she found the said Amy Duny there, and asked her what she
did do there, and her answer was, That she came to see her
child, and to give it some water. But she this deponent was very
angry with her, and thrust her forth of her doors, and when she
was out of doors, she said, You need not be so angry, for your
child will not live long: and this was on a Saturday, and the
child died on the Monday following. The cause of whose death,
this deponent verily believeth was occasioned by the witchcraft
of the said Amy Duny: for that the said Amy hath been long
reputed to be a witch and a person of very evil behaviour, whose
kindred and relations have been many of them accused of
witchcraft, and some of them have been condemned. The said
deponent further saith, that not long after the death of her
daughter Elizabeth Durent, she this deponent was taken with a
lameness in both legs, from the knees down-ward, that she was
fain to go upon crutches, and that she had no other use of them
but only to bear a little upon them till she did remove her
crutches, and so continued till the time of the Assizes that the
Witch came to be tried, and was there upon her crutches; the
Court asked her, That at the time she was taken with this
lameness, if it were with her according to the custom of women?
Her answer was, that it was so, and that she never had any
stoppages of those things, but when she was with child. This is
the substance of her Evidence to this Indictment.
There was one thing very remarkable, that after she had gone
upon crutches for upwards of 3 years, and went upon them at the
time of the Assizes in the Court when she gave her Evidence, and
upon the jury's bringing in their verdict, by which the said Amy
Duny was found Guilty, to the great admiration of all persons,
the said Dorothy Durent was restored to the use of her limbs,
and went home without making use of her crutches.
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