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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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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    ( 2 S') tbcy caus'd the Maid tp be got up, and fent for Florence JSlemw, but (he refus'd to come, pretending (he was Tick, tfio6 indeed it appear’d (he was well. Then the Mayor of Tough dl carne in, and fpoke with the Maid, and then lent arain, and caus'd Florence Newton to be brought in, and immediately the Maid fell into her Fit far more violent, and three times as long as at any other Time; and all the Time the Witch was in the Chamber, the Maid cry’d out continually of being hurt here and there, but never nam’d the Witch, but as foon as (he was remov’d, then (he cry’d out againft her by the Name of Gammar Newton, and this forfeveral times. And (fill, when the Witch \yas out^f the Room, the Maid would defire to go to Prayers, and be found good Afle&ions in her in Time of Prayer; but when the Witch was brought in again, tho’ never fo* pri¬ vately, altho* (he could not poflibly, as the Deponent conceives, fee her, (he would be immediately fenfelefs, and like to be ftrangl’d, and fo would continue ’till the Witch was taken out; and then, tho’ never fo privately Carry’d away, fhe would come again to her Senfes. That after¬ wards Mr* Greatrix, Mr. Blackwall, and fome others, who , would needs fatisfy themfelves in the Influence of the Witch’s Prefence, try’d it, and found it feveral times, al- tho3' it was done with all poflible Privacy, and fo as none could think it poflible for the Maid to know either of the Witch’s coming in, or going out. Obfervation. Here is, as in WenhamV Tryal, a Clergy-man evidencing dgainjl the Pr if oner, alt ho1 I do not hear any Reflections made upon him for fo doing; and there are two Things very remarka¬ ble in his Teflimony, one, that he found good AffeUions in the Maid in Time of Prayer ; the other, that there was a ftrange Alteration in her upon the WiicFs coming into the Rom• The firfi of thefe was always objervd in Anne Thorn , who , as foon as recover'd out of her Fits, which was immediately upon their beginning to pray by her, always join d in the Prayers with great Signs of Devotion and Trufl in God, and in ker Intervals, fhe was almofi conflantly reading or praying. There was aljo obferv d in her as great an Alteration upon Sight of the Witch, as in Mary Longdon, only it was for the better, which, as I have obferv d already, may be. accounted for the fame way as the mfagrs growing worfe at the Prejencg of Florence Newton.