if there had been none there. The
next day there came a young woman, a kinswoman of the said Amy,
and a neighbour of this deponent, and told this deponent, that
her aunt (meaning the said Amy) was in a most lamentable
condition, having her face all scorched with fire, and that she
was sitting alone in her house in her smock without any fire.
And thereupon this deponent went into the house of the said Amy
Duny to see her, and found her in the same condition as was
related to her; for her face, her legs, and thighs, which this
deponent saw, seemed very much scorched and burnt with fire, at
which this deponent seemed much to wonder, and asked the said
Amy how she came into that sad condition? and the said Amy
replied, she might thank her for it, for that she this deponent
was the cause of it, but that she should live to see some of her
children dead, and she upon crutches. And this deponent farther
saith, that after the burning of the said toad, her child
recovered, and was well again, and was living at the time of the
assizes. And this deponent farther saith, That about the 6th of
March, 11 Car. II., her daughter Elizabeth Durent, being about
the age of ten years, was taken in like manner as her first
child was, and in her fits complained much of Amy Duny, and
said, that she did appear to her, and afflict her in such manner
as the former. And she this deponent going to the apothecary's
for something for her said child, when she did return to her own
house, she found the said Amy Duny there, and asked her what she
did do there, and her answer was, That she came to see her
child, and to give it some water. But she this deponent was very
angry with her, and thrust her forth of her doors, and when she
was out of doors, she said, You need not be so angry, for your
child will not live long: and this was on a Saturday, and the
child died on the Monday following. The cause of whose death,
this deponent verily believeth was occasioned by the witchcraft
of the said Amy Duny: for that the said Amy hath been long
reputed to be a witch and a person of very evil behaviour, whose
kindred and relations have been many of them accused of
witchcraft, and some of them have been condemned. The said
deponent further saith, that not long after the death of her
daughter Elizabeth Durent, she this de