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Rh agreeable; that if ever Jane deerved the Character of a Witch, it was after this Money was left her; for that with her five thouand Pounds, he did more Acts of Charity and friendly Offices, than all the People of Fortune within fifty Miles of the Place.

After this, Sir William inveighed againt the aburd and foolih Notions, which the Country People had imbibed concerning Witches, and Witchcraft, and having proved that there was no uch Thing, but that all were the Effects of Folly and Ignorance, he gave the Court uch an Account of Mrs. Margery, and her Virtue, good Sene, and prudent Behaviour, that the Gentlemen preent were enamoured with her, and returned her public Thanks for the great Service he had done the Rh