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 that she could not shed tears, and to this she said, "You do not know my heart."

Hathorne continued: "You would do well, if you are guilty, to confess, and give glory to God."

"I am innocent," she replied, "as the child unborn."

Then he told her that they charged her with having familiar spirits come to her bodily person then and there, and asked her:

"Now, what do you say to that?"

"I have none, sir."

"If you have, confess, and give glory to God. I pray God clear you if you be innocent, and if you are guilty, discover you; and therefore give me an upright answer: Have you any familiarity with these spirits?"

"No, I have none; but with God alone."

At this point it seems as if the magistrate began to waver as to her guilt; after questioning her upon many other things, he seems almost convinced of her innocence.

"You do know," he said, "whether you are guilty, and have familiarity with the devil; these testify that there is a black