"Is it a laughing matter to see these afflicted persons?
"(She denied it. Several prove it.)
"Ye are all against me, and I cannot help it.
"Do not you believe there are witches in the country?—I do not know that there is any.
"Do not you know that Tituba confessed it?—I did not hear her speak.
"I find you will own nothing without several witnesses, and yet you will deny for all.
"(It was noted, when she bit her lip, several of the afflicted were bitten. When she was urged upon it that she bit her lip, saith she, What harm is there in it?)
"(Mr. Noyes: I believe it is apparent she practiseth witchcraft in the congregation: there is no need of images.)
"What do you say to all these things that are apparent?—If you will all go hang me, how can I help it?
"Were you to serve the Devil ten years? Tell how many.