The defendant saw she was in difficulty. She twisted her hands in the folds of her gown. Then were the children afflicted.
Judge Bride: Bilby, if these are indeed your tricks, keep them for more seemly time. Constable, seize her hands. And if, as you suggest, these manifestations are the actions of angels, I pray God to spare us His angels until the Court is adjourned.
A woman was taken in a fit. She fell down laughing and sobbing, and was passed out through a window.
Judge Bride: Do you think those who are afflicted suffer voluntarily or involuntarily?
Doll Bilby: I cannot tell.
Judge Bride: That is strange; every one may judge for himself.
Doll Bilby: I must be silent.
Judge Bride: You have heard this morning two learned medici explain in what way witchcraft is like to resemble natural ailment, and in what ways it differs. Keep this counsel in your mind, and tell me what you would say of the illness of these children.
Doll Bilby: It would seem they suffer from witchcraft.
Judge Bride: So it would seem to many here. And where there is a witchcraft there must be a witch.