[54] Mr. Perkins mentions eight or ten proofs of witchcraft, two only of which he supposes sufficient, viz.: the testimony of two witnesses and the confession of the party. This authority probably had weight with the court as well as with Mr. Hale; but Perkins says it is objected to the latter that a confession may be urged by force or threatening, &c., or by a persuasion that it is the best course to save life or obtain liberty. H. [55] [Note in final draft.] Mr. Deane, one of the ministers of Andover, then near fourscore, seems to have been in danger. He is tenderly touched in several of the examinations, which might be owing to a fair character, and he may be one of the persons accused, who caused a discouragement to further prosecutions. “Deliverance Deane being asked why she and the rest brought in Mr. Deane as afflicting persons, she answered, it was Satan’s subtilty, for he told her he would put a sham upon all these things, and make people believe that he did afflict. She said Mrs. Osgood and she gave their consent the devil should bring Mr. Deane’s shape to afflict. Being asked again if Mrs. Osgood and she acted this business, she said yes.” Mr. Deane was much beholden to this woman. H. [56] Mr. Cary’s account is in Calef, pp. 95-99. All my references to C. Mather’s _Wonders of the Invisible World_, and to Calef, are to the London editions of 1693 and 1700. Mr. S. G. Drake reprints both works in his _Witchcraft Delusion in New England_ (Roxbury, 1866, 3 vols. sm. 4to), with the original paging. This is the best reprint of these noted books. An excellent and inexpensive edition of the “_Wonders_” appeared in J. Russell Smith’s _Library of Old Authors_ (London, 1862, 16mo.), in which the original paging is not indicated. This edition is especially desirable as it contains reprints of _A Further Account of the Tryals of the New England Witches_, 1693, and _Cases of Conscience concerning Evil Spirits personating Men_, 1693, both by Increase Mather. There are several other reprints of the _Wonders_ and of Calef’s _More Wonders_; but they are carelessly done, and are not reliable for historical purposes. A copy (with one leaf missing) of the original _Wonders_ (Boston, 1693), brought two hundred and ninety dollars at the Woodward auction sale in New-York, April 19, 1869. P. [57] See Calef, pp. 98-100. P.