The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Vol. 3 of 3)Mather, Cotton
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The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination (Vol. 3 of 3)
Mather, Cotton
Witchcraft -- New England
THE jurors for our Sovereign Lord and Lady, the King and Queen present,
That _Bridget Bishop_, alias _Oliver_, the Wife of _Edward Bishop_
in _Salem_, in the County of _Essex_, Sawyer, the Nineteenth day
of _April_, in the Fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord
and Lady, _William_ and _Mary_, by the Grace of God, of _England_,
_Scotland_, _France_ and _Ireland_, King and Queen, Defenders of the
Faith, _&c._ and divers other days and times, as well before as after,
certain detestable Arts, called Witchcrafts, and Sorceries, wickedly
and Felloniously hath used, practiced, and exercised at, and within the
Township of _Salem_, in the County of _Essex_, aforesaid, in, upon,
and against one [120] _Mercy Lewis_, of _Salem_-Village, in the County
aforesaid, single Woman; by which said wicked Arts, the said _Mercy
Lewis_, the said Nineteenth day of _April_, in the Fourth Year above
said, and divers other days and times, as well before as after, was and
is Hurt, Tortured, Afflicted, Pined, Consumed, Wasted and Tormented,
against the Peace of our Sovereign Lord and Lady, the King and Queen,
and against the form of the Statute, in that case made and provided.
_Endorsed_ Billa Vera.
Witnesses--_Mary Lewis, Nathaniel Ingarsoll_, Mr. _Samuel Parris,
Thomas Putnam_, Junior, _Mary Walcott_, Junior, _Ann Putnam_, Junior,
_Elizabeth Hubbard, Abigail Williams_.
There was also a Second Indictment, on the said _Bishop_, for
afflicting and practising Witchcraft on _Abigail Williams_. Witnesses
to the said Indictment, were the said _Abigail Williams_, Mr. _Parris,
Nathaniel Ingarsoll, Thomas Putnam, Ann Putnam, Mary Walcott, Elizabeth
Hubbard_.[67]
The Third Indictment was for afflicting _Mary Walcott_, Witnesses to
which said Indictment, were _Mary Walcott, Mercy Lewis_, Mr. _Samuel
Parris, Nathaniel Ingarsoll, Thomas Putnam, Ann Putnam, Elizabeth
Hubbard, Abigail Williams_.[68]
The Fourth Indictment was for afflicting _Elizabeth Hubbard_, Witnesses
to which said Indictment, were the said _Elizabeth Hubbard, Mercy
Lewis_, Mr. _Parris, Nathaniel Ingarsoll, Thomas Putnam, Ann Putnam,
Mary Walcott, Abigail Williams_.
The Fifth Indictment was for afflicting _Ann Putnam_, Witnesses to
which said Indictment, were the said _Ann Putnam_, Mr. _Samuel Parris,
Nathaniel Ingarsoll, Thomas Putnam, Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott, Abigail
Williams, Elizabeth Hubbard_.[69]
[Bridget Bishop's _Tryal_.]
_The Tryal_ of Bridget Bishop, _as printed_, _in Wonders of
Invisible World_, June 2, 1692. P. 104 to 114.
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