The foregoing is a sample of the testimony on which people were hung. We have given these, that the reader may see what firm hold Mr. Parris and superstition had on the people. We could give page after page of this testimony; but the above is sufficient. If the reader wants a fuller account of the trials of Bishop, Martin or any of the unfortunates who suffered death at Salem during the reign of superstition, we refer them to the collections of Cotton Mather in his "Invisible World." From that book we quote the following information, as elicited by the examination in case of Susanna Martin, at Salem, June 29th, 1692:
Magistrate.—"Pray, what ails these people?"
Magistrate.—"But what do you think of them?"
Martin.—"I don't desire to spend my judgment upon it."
Magistrate.—"Don't you think they are bewitched?"
Martin.—"No; I do not think they are."
Magistrate.—"Tell us your thoughts about them."
Martin.—"No; my thoughts are my own, when they are in; but when they are out, they are another's. Their master——"
Magistrate.—"Their master? Whom do you think is their master?"