Witchcraft farther display'd. Containing I. An account of the witchcraft practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne, in Hertfordshire, since her condemnation ... II. An answer to the most general objections against the being and power of witches: ... To which are added, the tryals of Florence Newton, a famous Irish witch, at the assizes held at Cork, anno 1661; as also of two witches ... at Bury St. Edmonds in Suffolk, anno 1664.

  • Bragge, Francis, 1664-1728.
Date:
1712
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Witchcraft farther display'd. Containing I. An account of the witchcraft practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne, in Hertfordshire, since her condemnation ... II. An answer to the most general objections against the being and power of witches: ... To which are added, the tryals of Florence Newton, a famous Irish witch, at the assizes held at Cork, anno 1661; as also of two witches ... at Bury St. Edmonds in Suffolk, anno 1664. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OH ■; thus ? and fo continu'd complaining grievoufly for about half a Quarter of an Hour; and then came in a Meffenger from the Maid, and inform'd the Court the Maid was well. At which Florence immediately and cholerickly ut¬ ter’d thefe Words, She is not well yet. And being demand¬ ed how fhe knew fhe was not well, fhe deny'd (he faid fo, tho* many in Court heard her fay the Words; and fhe faid, if fhe did, fhe knew not what fhe faid, being old, and diffracted with her Sufferings. But the Maid being reafonably well come to herfelf, was, before, the Court knew any Thing of it, fent out of the Town to Yottghall, and fo was no farther examin'd by the Court. This Fit of the Maid being urg'd by the Court with all the Cir- cumftances of it, to have been a Continuance of her De- vilifh Pra&ice, fhe deny'd it, and likewife the Motion of her Hands, or the frying, Now fhe is down; tho' the Court law the ’.firft, and the Words were fwornby one Roger Moor. And Thbmas Harr if on fwore, That he had obferv'd the faid Florence peep at her, and ufe that Motion with her Hands, and faw the Maid fall down immediately up¬ on that Motion, and heard the Words, Now fhe is down, ut¬ ter'd. # / Obfervation. In nothing more does Jane Wenham refemUe Florence Newton, than in her impudent Lying backwards and forwards* which was obferv'd by all that talk'd with her while fhe was wa¬ der Examination, and even fince her Condemnation, fhe cannot leave it of, but it is every Day taken Notice of by all that a,me near hen But to go on with this Relation. Nicholas Stout was next produc'd by Mr. Attorney-Ge¬ neral, who being fwornrand examin'd, laid, That he had oft try’d her, having heard fay that Witches could not fay the Lord’s Prayer, whither (lie could fay that Prayer or not, and found fhe could not ; whereupon (lie laid fhe could fay ifc, and had often laid it; and the Court being defir’d by her to hear her fay it, gave her Leave ; and four times together after thele Words, [give ns this Day our daily Bread] (he continually faid. As we forgive them, lea¬ ving out the Words, [And forgive us our Trejpaffes] upon which the Court appointed one to teach her thefe Worib fhe lo left cut : But fhe either could not, or would not Jfay them, wfing only thefe or the like Words, Aje, aye,