Witchcraft in Salem village in 1692 : together with some account of other witchcraft prosecutions in New England and elsewhere (1892)
Nevins, Winfield S · Salem, Mass. : North Shore Pub. Co. · leaf 190
true. . . .Whatever I said was altogether false against my grand-father and Mr. Burroughs, which I did to save my life andto have my liberty, but the Lord, charging it to my con-science made me in so much horror that I could not containmyself before I had denied the confession, which I did,though I… … BRIDGET BISHOP AND THE JACOBS FAMILY. 167 She asked the court to take pity and compas-sion on her young and tender years, she havingno friend but the Lord to plead her cause. Atthe time set for her trial she was troubled witha disorder in her head, and thus escaped. Theevidence which she gives as…
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