Mary Foster begged for money and food from a Joseph Weedon, and when he denied her he found his sheep to be dead, she was called before a Justice of the Peace multiple times but denied, a jury of women examined her to find teats on her body that were sucked on, she admitted to being carried into the air by the devil to light his barn on fire, she confessed to the crimes but not to being a witch, wanted to be burnt but was hanged, she was asked to do a trick by a citizen of London and almost escaped on a floating bason/basin?, a highway robber confessed and was also executed, along with another woman who killed her bastard child.
Tag: Fire
discusses past comets, and the more recent one in 1652 and the comet predicted by the author that appeared in 1672, it was seen in Hampshire and its tail pointed to the East, this comet will result in war, poverty, famine, the burning of cities, and other tragedies for Europe, especially Germany, Holland, and Constantinople
a violent thunderstorm destroyed property in Bedford, one house’s fireplace caught a house on fire because of flying debris
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The Daemon of Burton
Two pages cut off in beginning, starts at a woman who noticed her food and crops were rearranged or gone the next day, parts of the house were set on fire, they did not know who exactly was responsible but called her the ‘Hagg’.
a boy named Thomas Sawdie went to the town fair, he wanted money from his mother but did not get any, when he was alone a woman in all white appeared and offered him money, when he said no she disappeared and big black dog took her place, seeing this Thomas fainted and awoke with them gone, he continued to see the dog at night, eventually he received money from it for the next fair, he then fell sick and started swelling, a physician deemed him possessed and he went into fits, he would often run and take off his clothes, he often saw fires and the devil as a rat, the devil eventually left him
a rebellious party planned treasonous fires to take place on the king’s coronation, guards were kept at night in London to protect citizens from the dangerous group, 6 or 7 of them were apprehended near fleet-street, they remain in jail until their examination, the party apparently released letters of a strange prophecy of the fall of Europe and Christianity across England; also seven strange suns were spotted in Dantz, three of which were colored, also images like rainbows were seen
first meteors appeared in the air, then hail in the form of swords and daggers, lightning caused fire and an explosion at a Lime-kiln
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The Divell in Kent
John Mowlin fell into tears and a vision appeared to him, an apparition in the form of a man began reciting scripture to him, a sick woman who had seen the same vision was dipped with others into water, an examinant testified to seeing a speaking ball of fire, was told to go to John Mowlin to have the holy spirit breathed on him
a young woman named Joyce Dovey went into fits during a public sermon, the Devil spoke through her, and when some men mentioned Papists two crosses appeared on her neck, she was forced into a fire but did not burn, the Devil eventually left her
a young virgin, daughter to Master Adam Fifher, she was out visiting friends and kin when it got dark, and her friend wanted her to stay over in fear of Cavaliers out at night but she insisted that her father would want her home, she was startled by a Mr. Ralph Afhley who promised to take her home to her father, he began to rape her when a comet appeared in the sky and a stream of fire in the shape of a sword came fro the Comet and struck him, he died yelling and calling her a whore to men who appeared, they took her to her fathers thinking her dead but then realized she was alive