‘Did you never see the Devil?--The Devil came to me and bid me serve him. ‘Who have you seen?--Four women sometimes hurt the children. ‘Who were they?--Goode Osburn and Sarah Good, and I doe not know who the other were. Sarah Good and Osburne would have me hurt the children, but I would not. She further saith there was a tall man of Boston that she did see. ‘When did you see them?--Last night at Boston. ‘What did they say to you?--They said, hurt the children. ‘And did you hurt them?--No, there is 4 women and one man. They hurt the children, and they lay all upon me, and they tell me if I will not hurt the children, they will hurt me. ‘But you did not hurt them?--Yes, but I will hurt them no more. ‘Are you not sorry you did hurt them?--Yes. ‘And why then doe you hurt them?--They say hurt children or wee will doe worse to you. ‘What have you seen?--An man come to me and say serve me. ‘What service?--Hurt the children; and, last night, there was an appearance that said kill the children; and if I would not go on hurting the children, they would do worse to me. ‘What is this appearance you see?--Sometimes it is like a hog, and sometimes like a great dog; this appearance shee saith shee did see 4 times. ‘What did it say to you?--It, the black dog said, serve me, but I said, I am afraid. He said, if I did not, he would doe worse to me. ‘What did you say to it?--I will serve you no longer; then he said he would hurt me; and then he looked like a man, and threatened to hurt me. Shee said that this man had a yellow bird that kept with him, and he told me he had more pretty things that he would give me if I would serve him. ‘What were those pretty things?--He did not show me them. ‘What, also, have you seen?--Two rats--a red rat and a black rat. ‘What did they say to you?--They said, serve me. ‘When did you see them?--Last night, and they said, serve me, but I would not. ‘What service?--Shee said, hurt the children. ‘Why did you goe to Thomas Putnams last night, and hurt his child?--They pull and hall me, and make me goe. ‘And what would they have you doe?--Kill her with a knife. ‘Left. Fuller and others said at this time when the child saw these persons, and was tormented by them, that she did complayn of a knife, that they would have her cut her head off with a knife. ‘How did you go?--We ride upon stickes, and are there presently. ‘Do you goe through the trees, or over them?--We see nothing, but are there presently. ‘Why did you not tell your Master?--I was afraid they would cut off my head if I told. ‘Would you have hurt others if you could?--They said they would hurt others, but they could not. ‘What attendants hath Sarah Good?--A yellow bird, and she would have given me one. ‘What meate did she give it?--It did suck between her fingers. ‘Did you not hurt Mr. Currin’s child?--Goode Good and Goode Osborn told [me] that they did hurt Mr. Curren’s child, and would have me hurt him too, but I did not.