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Then goodwife Lockwood said, goodwife Knapp what ayle you; goodman Lyon, I pray speake, did you heare vs name goodwif Staplyes name since we came here; Lyon wished her to haue a care what she said and not breed difference betwixt neighbours after she was gone; Knapp replyed, goodman Lyon hold yor tongue, you know not what I know, I haue ground for what I say, I haue bine fished wthall in private more then you are aware of; I apprehend goodwife Staples hath done me some wrong in her testimony, but I must not render euill for euill.
"Hester Ward, wife of Andrew Ward, being sworne deposeth, that aboute a day after that goodwife Knapp was condemned for a witch, she goeing to ye prison house where the said Knapp was kept, she, ye said Knapp, voluntarily, wthout any occasion giuen her, said that goodwife Staplyes told her, the said Knapp, that an Indian brought vnto her, the said Staplyes, two litle things brighter then the light of the day, and told the said goodwife Staplyes they were Indian gods, as the Indian called ym; and the Indian wthall told her, the said Staplyes, if she would keepe them, she would be so big rich, all one god, and that the said Staplyes told the said Knapp, she gaue them again to the said Indian, but she could not tell whether she did so or no.
These are some of the statements and remarkable testimonies: Attorney Banke's declaration Ensigne Bryan's answer Davenport's view of an oath, Hebrews vi,16 His account and conscientious scruples Mistress Davenport's forgetfulness "A tract of lying" "Indian gods" Luce Pell and Hester Ward's visit to the prison The "search" of Knapp "Witches teates" Feminine resemblances Matronly opinions Post-mortem evidence Contradictions Knapp's ordeal "Fished wthall in private" Her denials Talk on the road to the "gallowes"
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