"(She laughed. The children cried there was a yellow-bird with her. When Mr. Hathorne asked her about it, she laughed. When her hands were at liberty, the afflicted persons were pinched.)
"Why do not you tell how the Devil comes in your shape, and hurts these? You said you would.—How can I know how?
"Why did you say you would show us?
"(She laughed again.)
"What book is that you would have these children write in?—What book? Where should I have a book? I showed them none, nor have none, nor brought none.
"(The afflicted cried out there was a man whispering in her ears.)
"What book did you carry to Mary Walcot?—I carried none. If the Devil appears in my shape—
"(Then Needham said that Parker, some time ago, thought this woman was a witch.)
"Who is your God?—The God that made me.
"What is his name?—Jehovah.