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Memorable providences relating to witchcrafts and possessions a faithful account of many wonderful and…
Memorable providences relating to witchcrafts and possessions a faithful account of many wonderful and surprising things that have befallen several bewitched and possessed person in New-England, particularly a narrative of the marvellous trouble and relief experienced by a pious family in Boston, very lately and sadly molested with evil spirits : whereunto is added a discourse delivered unto a congregation in Boston on the occasion of that illustrious providence : as also a discourse delivered unto the same congregation on the occasion of an horrible self-murder committed in the town : with an appendix in vindication of a chapter in a late book of remarkable providences from the calumnies of a Quaker at Pen-silvania / written by Cotton Mather ... and recommended by the ministers of Boston and Charleston.Memorable providences relating to witchcrafts and possessions a faithful account of many wonderful and surprising things that have befallen several bewitched and possesed person in New-England, particularly a narrative of the marvellous trouble and releef experienced by a pious family in Boston, very lately and sadly molested with evil spirits : whereunto is added a discourse delivered unto a congregation in Boston on the occasion of that illustrious providence : as also a discourse delivered unto the same congregation on the occasion of an horrible self-murder committed in the town : with an appendix in vindication of a chapter in a late book of remarkable providences from the calumnies of a Quaker at Pen-silvania / written by Cotton Mather ... and recommended by the ministers of Boston and Charleston.
Boston: printed by R.P., 1689
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
SECT. X. While the miserable old Woman was under Condemnation, I did my self ⟨p. 11⟩twice give a visit unto her. She never denied the guilt of the Witchcraft charged upon her; but she confessed very little about the Circumstances of her Confederacies with the Devils only, she said, That she used to be at meetings, which her Prince and Four more were present at. As for those Four, She told who they were; and for her Prince, her account plainly was, that he was the Devil. She entertained me with nothing but Irish, which Language I had not Learning enough to understand without an Interpreter; only one time, when I was representing unto her That and How her Prince had cheated her, as her self would quickly find; she replied, I think i[…] English, and with passion too, If it be so, I am […] for that! I offered many Questions unto her, unto which, after long silence, she told me, She would fain give me a full Answer, but they would not give her leave. It was demanded, They• Who is that THEY? and she returned, that They were her Spirits, or her Saints. [for they say, the same Word in Irish signifies both.] And at another time, she included her two Mistresses, as she called them in that [they,] but when it was enquired, Who those two were, she fell into a Rage, and would be no more urged.
SECT. X. While the miserable old Woman was under Condemnation, I did my self ⟨p. 11⟩twice give a visit unto her. She never denyed the guilt of the Wittchcraft charg'd upon her; but she confessed very little about the Circumstances of her Confederacies with the Devils only, she said, That she us'd to be at meetings, which her Prince and Four more were present at. As for those Four, She told who they were; and for her Prince, her account plainly was, that he was the Devil. She entertained me with nothing but Irish, which Language I had not Learning enough to understand without an Interpreter; only one time, when I was representing unto her That and How her Prince had cheated her, as her self would quickly find; she reply'd, I think i〈…〉 English, and with passion too, If it be so, I am 〈…〉 for that! I offer'd many Questions unto her, unto which, after long silence, she told me, She would fain give me a full Answer, but they would not give her leave. It was demanded, They Who is that THEY? and she return'd, that They were her Spirits, or her Saints. [for they say, the same Word in Irish signifies both.] And at another time, she included her two Mistresses, as she call'd them in that [they,] but when it was enquired, Who those two were, she fell into a Rage, and would be no more urged.