Having drawn out John Indian, the Court turned to the other afflicted ones:—
"Mary Walcot, who hurts you?—Goody Cloyse.
"What did she do to you?—She hurt me.
"Did she bring the book?—Yes.
"What was you to do with it?—To touch it, and be well.
"(Then she fell into a fit.)"
This put a stop to the examination for a time; but it was generally quite easy to bring witnesses out of a fit, and restore entire calmness of mind. All that was necessary was to lift them up, and carry them to the accused person, the touch of any part of whose body would, in an instant, relieve the sufferer. This having been done, the examination proceeded:—
"Doth she come alone?—Sometimes alone, and sometimes in company with Goody Nurse and Goody Corey, and a great many I do not know.
"(Then she fell into a fit again.)"
She was, probably, restored in the same way as before; but, her part being finished for that stage of the proceeding, another of the afflicted children took the stand:—