nscience for perjuring themselves in taking the lives
of two poor simple women away, and there appears no malice in
the case. For the prisoners themselves did scarce so much as
object it. Wherefore, said they, it is very evident that the
parties were bewitched, and that when they apprehend or
understand by any means, that the persons who have done them
this wrong are near, or touch them; then their spirits being
more than ordinarily moved with rage and anger at them being
present, they do use more violent gestures of their bodies, and
extend forth their hands, as desirous to lay hold upon them;
which at other times not having the same occasion, the instance
there falls not out the same.

Additional witnesses were afterwards called to prove other acts of
witchcraft by the prisoners.

_John Soam_,'a yeoman, and a sufficient person,' deposed that one
harvest he had three carts, and that as they were going into the field
to load, one of them wrenched the window of Rose Cullender's house,
whereupon she came out in a great rage, and threatened him. Afterwards
the two carts that had not touched the house twice made the journey home
loaded and back again, safely. But the cart that had touched the house
was overturned twice or thrice that day after it was loaded; and as they
brought it through the gate out of the field it stuck so fast that they
had to cut down the gate-post, 'although they could not perceive that
the cart did of either side touch the gate-posts.' And further,

after they had got it through the gate-way, they did with much
difficulty get it home into the yard; but for all that they
could do, they could not get the cart near unto the place where
they should unload the corn, but were fain to unload it at a
great distance from the place, and when they began to unload
they found a great difficulty therein, it being so hard a labour
that they were tired that first came; and when others came to
assist them, their noses burst forth a bleeding; so they were
fain to desist and leave it until the next morning, and then
they unloaded it without any difficulty at all.

_Robert Sherringham_ swore that about two years before, as he was
passing along the street with his cart and horse, the axle-tree of his
cart touched Rose Cullender's house, and broke down some part of it, at
which she was very much displeased, threatening him that his hor