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 The Maid the next Night expecting the same Conflict she had the Night before, brought up with her a Knife, and laid it at her Beds-head. About the same time of the Night as before, Julian and the black Man came again upon the Maids Bed, and tempted her to Drink that which they brought, but she refused, crying in the audience of the rest of the Family, that she defied the Devils Drenches, and took the Knife and stabb'd Julian, and as she said, she wounded her in the Leg, and was importunate with the Witness to ride to Julian Cox's House presently to see if it were not so. The Witness went and took the Knife with him. Julian Cox would not let him in, but they forc'd the the Door open, and found a fresh Wound in Julians Leg, as the Maid had said, which did suit with the Knife, and Julian had been just Dressing it when the Witness came, There was Blood also found upon the Maids Bed.

The next Morning the Maid continu'd her Out-cries, that Julian Cox appeared to her in the House-wall, and offer'd her great Pins which she was forc'd to swallow: And all the Day the Maid was observed to convey her Hand to the House-wall, and from the Wall to her Mouth, and she seem'd by the motion of her Mouth, as if she did Eat something; but none saw any thing but the Maid, and therefore thought still it might be her Fancy, and did not much mind it. But towards Night, this Maid began to be very ill, and complain'd, that the Pins that Julian forc'd her to Eat out of the Wall, did torment her in all parts of her Body that she could not endure it, and made lamentable Out-cries for pain: Whereupon several Persons being present, the Maid was undrest, and in several parts of the Maids Body several great swellings appeared, and out of the heads of the swellings, several great Pins points appear'd; which the Witness took out, and upon the Trial there were about 30 great Pins produc'd in Court, (which I my self handled) all which were Sworn by several Witnesses, that they were taken out of the Maids Body, in manner as is aforesaid.

Judge Archer, who Tried the Prisoner, told the Jury, That he had heard that a Witch could not repeat that Petition in the Lords-Prayer, viz. [And lead us not into Temptation] and having this occasion, he would try the Experiment, and told the Jury, that whether she could or could not, they were not in the least measure to guide their Verdict according to it, because it was not Legal Evidence, but that they must be guided in their Verdict by the former Evidences given in upon Oath only.

The Prisoner was call'd for up to the next Bar to the Court, and demanded if she could say the Lord's Prayer? She said