Not before the warrant was served upon me last Sabbath day.
John Indian cryed out Oh she bites & fell into a grievous fit & so carried to her in his fit, & was well upon her grasping him.
What do you say to these things? they cannot come to you.
I am not able to give account of it.
Cannot you tell what keeps them off from your body?
I cannot tell, I know not what it is.
That is strange that you should do these things & not be able to tell how.
This is a true copy of the examination of Eliz. How taken from my characters written at the time thereof.
Witness my hand
Sam. Parris.”
Woodward, Records of Salem Witchcraft, II., 69–94.