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_Q_. Whether she could bewitch?
_R_. Yes, she could bewitch.
_Q_. Who taught her to do so?
_R_. Satan himself.
_Q_. How many devils had she?
_R_. One devil was enough for her.
_Q_. What was this devil called?
_Illa_ (considering). His name was _Disidaemonia_.
Hereat _Dom. Consul_ shuddered, and said that that must be a very terrible
devil indeed, for that he had never heard such a name before, and that she
must spell it, so that _Scriba_ might make no _error_; which she did, and
he then went on as follows:--
_Q_. In what shape had he appeared to her?
_R_. In the shape of the Sheriff, and sometimes as a goat with terrible
horns.
_Q_. Whether Satan had re-baptized her, and where?
_R_. In the sea.
_Q_. What name had he given her?
_R_.--.
_Q_. Whether any of the neighbors had been by when she was re-baptized,
and which of them?
_R_. Hereupon my matchless child cast up her eyes towards heaven, as
though doubting whether she should file old Lizzie or not, but at last she
said, "No."
_Q_. She must have had sponsors; who were they? and what gift had they
given her as christening money?
_R_. There were none there save spirits; wherefore old Lizzie could see no
one when she came and looked on at her re-baptism.
_Q_. Whether she had ever lived with the devil?
_R_. She never had lived anywhere save in her father's house.
She did not choose to understand. He meant whether she had ever played the
wanton with Satan, and known him carnally? Hereupon she blushed, and was
so ashamed that she covered her face with her hands, and presently began
to weep and to sob: and as, after many questions, she gave no answer, she
was again admonished to speak the truth, or that the executioner should
lift her up on the ladder again. At last she said, "No!" which, howbeit,
the worshipful court would not believe, and bade the executioner seize her
again, whereupon she answered, "Yes!"
_Q_. Whether she had found the devil hot or cold?
_R_. She did not remember which.
_Q_. Whether she had ever conceived by Satan, and given birth to a
changeling, and of what shape?
_R_. No, never.
_Q_. Whether the foul fiend had given her any sign or mark about her body,
and in what part thereof?
_R_. That the mark had already been seen by the worshipful court.
She was next charged with all the witchcraft done in the village, and
owned to it all, save that she still said that she knew nought of old
Seden his death, _item_, of little Paasch her sickness, nor, lastly, would
she confess that she had, by the help of the foul fiend, raked up my crop
or conjured the caterpillars into my orchard. And albeit they again
threatened her with the question, and even ordered the executioner to lay
her on the bench and put on the thumb-screw to frighten her, she remained
firm and said, "Why should you torture me, seeing that I have confessed
far heavier crimes than these, which it will not save my life to deny?"
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