Mary Walcot, doth this woman hurt you? A. I never saw her so as to be
hurt by her. Q. Mary Lewis, does she hurt you?—Her mouth was stopped.
Q. Ann Putnam, does she hurt you?—She could not speak. Q. Abigail
Williams, does she hurt you?—Her hand was thrust in her own mouth. Q.
John (Indian), does this woman hurt you? A. This is the woman that came
in her shift and choked me. Q. Did she ever bring the book? A. Yes Sir.
Q. What to do? A. To write. Q. What, this woman? A. Yes Sir. Q. Are you
sure of it? A. Yes Sir.
Again, Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam were spoke to by the court, but
neither of them could make any answer, by reason of dumbness or other
fits.
What do you say, Goody Proctor, to these things? A. I take God in
heaven to be my witness, that I know nothing of it, no more than the
child unborn. Q. Ann Putnam, doth this woman hurt you? A. Yes Sir, a
great many times.
Then the accused looked upon them and they fell into fits. Q. She does
not bring the book to you, does she? A. Yes Sir, often, and saith she
hath made her maid to set her hand to it. Q. Abigail Williams, does
this woman hurt you? A. Yes Sir, often. Q. Does she bring the book to
you? A. Yes. Q. What would she have you do with it? A. To write in it
and I shall be well. Did not you, said Abigail, tell me, that your
maid[51] had written? (Proctor) Dear child, it is not so. There is
another judgment, dear child. Then Abigail and Ann had fits. By-and-by
they cried out, _Look you, there is Goody Proctor upon the beam_.
By-and-by both of them cried out of Goodman Proctor himself, and said
he was a wizard. Immediately many, if not all of the bewitched had
grievous fits.
Ann Putnam, who hurt these? A. Goodman Proctor and his wife too.
Afterwards, some of the afflicted cried: _There is Proctor going to
take up Mrs. Pope’s feet_; and her feet were immediately taken up. Q.
What do you say, Goodman Proctor, to these things? A. I know not. I am
innocent. Abigail Williams cried out, _There is Goodman Proctor going
to Mrs. Pope_, and immediately said Pope fell into a fit. You see the
Devil will deceive you; the children could see what you was going to do
before the woman was hurt. I would advise you to repentance, for the
Devil is about bringing you out.
Abigail Williams cried out again, _There is Goodman Proctor going to
hurt Goody Bibber_; and immediately Goody Bibber fell into a fit. There
was the like of Mary Walcot, and divers others.
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