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Travels in Holland, the United Provinces, England, Scotland and Ireland, 1634-1635, by Sir William Brereton, Bart. The correspondent who sent a copy of the MS. to the Gentleman's Magazine signs himself "B. C. T." I have been unable to identify him. For his account of the MS. and for its contents see Gentleman's Magazine, 1832, pt.
Webster, op. cit., 277, says that they were examined "after by His Majesty and the Council." IV, p. 657. Cal. St. P., Dom., 1634-1635, 141. Ibid., 152. Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports, XII, 2, p. 77. Ibid., p. 80. Baines, Lancaster, ed. of 1868-1870, II, 12. Utley, who was a professed conjurer, was alleged to have bewitched to death one Assheton.
That is, of course, so far as we have evidence. It is a little dangerous to hold to absolute negatives. Webster, op. cit., 277. Pelham on May 16, 1634, wrote: "It is said that 19 are condemned and ... 60 already discovered." Cal. St. P., Dom., 1634-1635, 26. It had been reported in London that witches had raised a storm from which Charles had suffered at sea. Pelham's letter, ibid. Ibid., 77.
Disbelief was not yet aggressive, it did not block prosecutions, but it hindered their effectiveness. The gallows was not yet done away with, but its use had been greatly restrained by the central government. Superstition was still a bird of prey, but its wings were being clipped. Cal. St. P., Dom., 1634-1635, 152. Ibid., 141. This is of course theory; cf.
Cal. St. P., Dom., 1634-1635, 152. Robinson's deposition as printed by Webster, Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, gives nineteen names. Webster, op. cit., 277. The boy, in his first examinations at London, said he had made up the story himself.
IV, p. 658. Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports, XII, 2, p. 53. The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster wrote in the meantime that the judges had been to see him. What was to be done with the witches? See Hist. MSS. Comm. Reports, X, 2, p. 147; and Cal. St. P., Dom., 1634-1635, 98. Cal. St. P., Dom., 1634-1635, 98, 129. I, vol. V, p. 56. Cal. St. P., Dom., 1634-1635, 129.
The winter of 1634-1635 was spent with the governor; and the partners were convinced that they must either go on with the venture or lose all. They consented to continue supplying goods, but also charging all outlay against the explorer. Father Aulneau went back with De la Vérendrye as chaplain. The trip was made at terrible speed, in the hottest season, through stifling forest fires.
The popularity of the measure, however, increased mightily, and there is a tradition that in the winter of 1634-1635 some persons from Watertown went to Connecticut and managed to survive the winter in a few huts erected at Pyquag, afterwards Wethersfield.
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