From "Giles Corey of the Salem Farms"
[September 7, 1692]
Scene II.—Interior of the Meeting-house.
Mather and the Magistrates seated in front of the pulpit.
Before them a raised platform. Martha in chains. Corey near her.
Mary Walcot in a chair. A crowd of spectators, among them Gloyd.
Confusion and murmurs during the scene.
HATHORNE
Call Martha Corey.
MARTHA
I am here.
HATHORNE
Come forward.
She ascends the platform.
The Jurors of our Sovereign Lord and Lady
The King and Queen, here present, do accuse you
Of having on the tenth of June last past,
And divers other times before and after,
Wickedly used and practised certain arts
Called Witchcrafts, Sorceries, and Incantations,
Against one Mary Walcot, single woman,
Of Salem Village: by which wicked arts
The aforesaid Mary Walcot was tormented,
Tortured, afflicted, pined, consumed, and wasted,
Against the peace of our Sovereign Lord and Lady
The King and Queen, as well as of the Statute
Made and provided in that case. What say you?
MARTHA
Before I answer, give me leave to pray.
HATHORNE
We have not sent for you, nor are we here,
To hear you pray, but to examine you
In whatsoever is alleged against you
Why do you hurt this person?