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44 (H) what evil spirit have you familiarity with. (O) none. (H) have you made no contract with the devill. (O) no I never saw the devill in my life. (H) why doe you hurt these children. (O) I doe not hurt them. (H) who do you imploy then to hurt them. (O) I imploy no body. (H) what familiarity have you with Sarah Good. (O) none. I have not seen her these 2 years. (H) where did you see her then. (O) one day a going to town. (H) what communications had you with her. (O) I had none, only, how doe you doe or so, I did not know her by name. (H) what did you call her then. Osburn made a stand at that, at last said, shee called her Sarah. (H) Sarah Good saith that it was you that hurt the children. (O) I doe not know that the devil goes about in my likeness to doe any hurt. Mr Hathorn desired all the children to stand up and look upon her and see if they did know her, which they all did and every one of them said that this was one of the women that did afflict them, and that they had constantly seen her in the very habit, that shee was now in, theire evidence do stand that shee said this morning that shee was more like to be bewitched, than that shee was a witch. Mr Hathorn asked her what made her say so, shee answered that shee was frighted one time in her sleep and either saw or dreamed that shee saw a thing like an indian all black which did prick her in her neck and pulled her by the back part of her head to the dore of the house (H) did you never see anything else. (O) no. it was said by some in the meeting house that shee had said that shee would never be tied to that lying spirit any more. (H) what lying spirit is this, hath the devil ever deceived you and been false to you. (O) I doe not know the devil I never did see him. (H) what lying spirit was it then. (O) it was a voice that I thought I heard.