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ene with my eyes, and taken paines to Reade of them: My humble prayer shall be to God Almightie._ Vt Conuertantur ne pereant. Aut confundantur ne noceant. To conclude, because the discourse of these three women of Salmesbury hath beene long and troublesome to you; it is heere placed amongst the Witches, by special order and commandement, to set forth to the World the practise and conspiracie of this bloudy Butcher. And because I haue presented to your view a Kalender in the Frontispice of this Booke, of twentie notorious Witches: I shall shew you their deliuerance in order, as they came to their Arraignement and Triall euery day, and as the Gentlemen of euery Iury for life and death stood charged with them. [Illustration: decoration] THE ARRAIGNMENT _and Triall of_ ANNE REDFERNE,[N3_b_] _Daughter of_ ANNE WHITTLE, _alias_ CHATTOX, _of the Forrest of Pendle, in the Countie of Lancaster, for Witchcraft; vpon Wednesday the nineteenth of August, at the Assises and Generall Gaole-deliuerie, holden at Lancaster_, Before _Sir_ EDWARD BROMLEY _Knight, one of his Maiesties Iustices of Assise at Lancaster._ _Anne Redferne._ Svch is the horror of Murther, and the crying sinne of Bloud, that it will neuer bee satisfied but with Bloud. So fell it out with this miserable creature, _Anne Redferne_, the daughter of _Anne Whittle_, alias _Chattox_: who, as shee was her Mother, and brought her into the World, so was she the meanes to bring her into this danger, and in the end to her Execution, for much Bloud spilt, and many other mischiefes done. For vpon Tuesday night (although you heare little of her at the Arraignement and Triall of old _Chattox_, her Mother) yet was shee arraigned for the murther of _Robert Nutter_, and others: and by the fauour and mercifull consideration of the Iurie, the Euidence being not very pregnant against her, she was acquited, and found Not guiltie. Such was her condition and course of life, as had she liued, she would haue beene very dangerous: for in making pictures of Clay, she was more cunning then any: But the innocent bloud yet vnsatisfied, and crying out vnto GOD for satisfaction and reuenge; the crie of his people (to deliuer them from the danger of such horrible and bloudie executioners, and from her wicked and damnable practises) hath now againe brought her to a second Triall, where you shall heare what wee haue vpon Record against her. This _Anne Redferne_, prisoner
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