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134 HISTORY OF AMESBURY. she gave him foul words about it, and said "he should never prosper ; and more particularly that he should never have more than two cows : that though he were ever so likely to have more, yet he should never have them;" and that, from that very day to this namely for twenty years together, he could never exceed that number, but some strange thing or other still pre- vented his having any more. Jarvis Ring testified, that about seven years ago he was oftentimes grievously oppressed in the night, but saw not what troubled him, until at length he, lying perfectly awake, plainly saw Susanna Martin approach him ; she came to him, and forci- bly bit him by the finger ; so that the print of the bite is now, so long after, to be seen upon him. But besides all these evidences, there was a most wonderful account of one Joseph Ring produced on this occasion. This man has been strangely carried about, by daemons, from one witch-meeting to another, for near two years together ; and for one quarter of this time they made him and kept him dumb, though he is now again able to speak. There was one T. H.* who, having, as 'tis 'judged, a design to engage this Joseph Ring in a snare of devilism, contrived to bring this Ring two shillings in debt unto him. Afterwards this poor man would be visited with unknown shapes, and this T. H. sometimes among them ; which would force him away with them, unto unknown places, where he saw meetings, feastings, dancings ; and after his return wherein they hurried him along through the air, he gave demonstrations to the neighbors that he had been so transported. This man affirmed that he saw Susanna Martin at several of these hellish meetings. Joseph Ring's testimony was nothing but the foolish story of one who was trying to outdo everybody by telling the biggest lie, and should have had no weight at all. Such men took advantage of the credulity of the times. John Kimball was a prominent man in town but full of the superstitions of the times and had been for many years her enemy and now saw a good opportunity to punish her. *Thomas Hardy.
HISTORY OF AMESBURY. 1 35 John Pressey's scene on the night that he came from the Ferry and crossed her land on his way home, was very much like one on another occasion when on his way home from the same place. He came home some time in the night very much the worse for wear— clothes badly torn and neck-handkerchief en- tirely gone—in short, he was in a bad condition. He said he had had a serious fight with wolves when half way home, and thought he would have been killed, but barely escaped with his life, bleeding and sadly scratched. Early next morning the neighbors were aroused to go down and examine the locality and perhaps find a dead wolf or two. They proceeded in the usual path, which was easily found in daylight, and soon found a large thorn-bush with his neck-handkerchief finely intertwined around the branches and thorns. Here was the scene of his dark fight with the wolves, and narrow escape with his life. This story, as handed down by tradition, has more of reality in it than any witch testimony ever offered. John Allen was a rum-seller, being an innholder in Salis- bury, and his evidence was warped by his interest, hate and prejudices ; and so with other witnesses ; although believing firm- ly in witchcraft, yet they selected those they disliked as proper persons to deal in that black art. But there are no witches now to trouble people—there were none then, and people gen- erally were greatly deceived in this matter. But this diabolical work went on until the accusations reached the relatives of Cotton Mather and the governor's wife, when it came to an abrupt termination. At the session of the court, January 3d, 1693, the grand jury brought in "Ignoramus" in thirty cases and twenty-six other bills were dismissed, while only three persons were convicted, and immediately pardoned by the governor. The reaction pur- sued the Rev. Mr. Paris, in whose house the thing first com- menced, till he was removed from his charge at Salem. When the humbug exploded there were one hundred and fifty in jail awaiting trial and two hnndred more accused. The fear- ful evil it might have wrought, had it been allowed to continue, can hardly be imagined. The idea of snatching this hard-work-
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