Pietas in patriam the life of His Excellency Sir William Phips, Knt. late Captain…

Yet more, the miserable have complained bitterly of burning Rags run into their forcibly distended Mouths, and though no Body could see any such Clothes, or, indeed any Fires in the Chambers, yet presently the scalds were seen plainly, by every Body, on the Mouths of the Complainers, and not only the Smell, but the Smoke of the Burning, sensibly filled the Chambers.

Yet more, the miserable have complained bitterly of burning Rags run into their forceably distended Mouths, and though no Body could see any such Clothes, or, indeed any Fires in the Chambers, yet presently the scalds were seen plainly, by every Body, on the Mouths of the Complainers, and not only the Smell, but the Smoke of the Burning, sensibly fill'd the Chambers.

Once more; the miserable exclaimed extremely of Branding Irons heating at the Fire, on the Hearth, to mark them; now though the standers-by could see no Irons, yet they could see distinctly the Print of them in the Ashes, and smell them too as they were carried by the not-seen Furies, unto the Poor Creatures for whom they were intended; and those Poor Creatures were thereupon so stigmatized with them, that they will bear the Marks of them to their Dying Day. Nor are these the Tenth Part of the Prodigies that fell out among the Inhabitants of New-England.

Once more; the miserable exclaimed extreamly of Branding Irons heating at the Fire, on the Hearth, to mark them; now though the standers-by could see no Irons, yet they could see distinctly the Print of them in the Ashes, and smell them too as they were carried by the not-seen Furies, unto the Poor Creatures for whom they were intended; and those Poor Creatures were thereupon so stigmatized with them, that they will bear the Marks of them to their Dying Day. Nor are these the Tenth Part of the Prodigies that fell out among the Inhabitants of New-England.