"Who was it, then, that tormented the children?—It was Osburn.
"What is it you say when you go muttering away from persons' houses?—If I must tell, I will tell.
"Do tell us then.—If I must tell, I will tell: it is the Commandments. I may say my Commandments, I hope.
"What Commandment is it?—If I must tell you, I will tell: it is a psalm.
"What psalm?
"(After a long time she muttered over some part of a psalm.)
"Who do you serve?—I serve God.
"What God do you serve?—The God that made heaven and earth (though she was not willing to mention the word 'God'). Her answers were in a very wicked, spiteful manner, reflecting and retorting against the authority with base and abusive words; and many lies she was taken in. It was here said that her husband had said that he was afraid that she either was a witch or would be one very quickly. The worshipful Mr. Hathorne, asked him his reason why he said so of her, whether he had ever seen any thing by her. He answered 'No, not in this nature; but it was her bad carriage to him: and indeed,' said he, 'I may say with tears, that she is an enemy to all good.'"
The foregoing is in the handwriting of Ezekiel Cheever. The following is in that of John Hathorne:—
"Salem Village, March the 1st, 1692.—Sarah Good, upon examination, denied the matter of fact (viz.) that she ever used any witchcraft, or hurt the abovesaid children, or any of them.