[33] The Family of Rule appear to have resided at the North End of the Town. Where they came from, or what became of them does not appear. They were, perhaps, transient Sojourners here. Mr. Mather says Margaret's Parents were sober and honest, and living at the Time in Boston. See _ante._ [34] Increase and Cotton Mather. [35] A Name not met with beyond this Affair. [36] The Doctor was greatly disturbed at this Statement of the Length of the Prayer; averring that it was not above a quarter of an Hour. [37] The general Inference would naturally be that the Doctor's Prayers were not very effective. [38] His Satanic Majesty was supposed to be very near, or the Scent of his Dominions would not have been perceptible. It may be that he did not make his Appearance, owing to the Presence of some obdurate Unbelievers. See _Note_ 6. [39] Richard Wilkins and Benjamin Harris were Booksellers and Publishers in Boston at this Period. They are duly noticed in the _History and Antiquities of Boston_, out of Dunton's _Life and Errors_. Harris printed _The Wonders of the Invisible World_, as will be seen on reference to the Title-page. See Thomas's _Hist. Printing_, ii, 412. [40] See Vol. I, Page 37. [41] The Author seemed to be fully aware of the Danger of asserting the plain Truth. It probably was a means of his ruin, as to any considerable Fortune. See _Introductory Memoir_. [42] A misprint. R. C. was intended. The Correction is made in the Salem Editions. [43] Epithets applied by Mr. Mather to those who dissented from him. "Flashy and fleeting Witlings."--_Remarkables_ of Dr. I. M., 164. [44] Whittier had, no doubt, been reading Calef recently, when he wrote: "To garnish the Story, with hear a streak Of Latîn, and there another of Greek: And the Tales he heard and the Notes he took Behold are they not in his Wonder-Book?" [45] With this View of the Devil, the Author was certainly, according to his own Account, more in the Way of becoming one of his deluded Followers than any other: "Tis a most commendable Cautiousness," he tells us elsewhere, "to be very shy lest the Devil get so far into our Faith, as that for the sake of many Truths which we find he tells us, we come at length to believe any Lies, wherewith he may abuse us!" Faith can hardly remove such a Mountain. [46] A Family of this Name is supposed to have lived at the Corner of Lynn Street and Henchman's Lane, as that Corner for a long Period was known as _Aves's Corner_. Savage had never read of _Samuel Aves_. Whether he was of the Family of _John Aves_, banished for attempting to burn the Town in 1679, is not known.--_Hist. Boston_, 431. [47] Robert Earl was the Prison-keeper or Jailor of the Town at an early Period. John Wilkins was probably the Freeman of 1673. Of Williams, no certain Trace is found. Their Obscurity will probably shield them from further Exposure. [48] Son of Timothy Thornton. His Occupation was that of a Paver.