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(Sarah Bibber v. John Proctor )

The Deposition of Sarah Vibber agged about 36 years who testifieth and saith that on the 3 june 1692.

Jno: protor. sen!r a"e to "e and did "ost gre#ious$y tor"ent "e by pinhing pri%ing and a$"ost

presing "e to death urging "e to drin%: drin% as &ed as b$ood whih ' refusing he did tortor "e with

#ariety of tortors and i""ediat$y he #anished away a$so on the sa"e day ' saw Jno: protor "ost

gre#ious$y tortor Susannah She$den by $aping his hands on hir throat and a$"ost hoa%ing hir. a$so

se#era$$ ti"es sene Jno: protor sen!r has "ost gre#ious$y tortored "e a grat "any ti"es with a #ariety

of tortors

Sarah #iber ownid this har testi"ony to be the truth on her oath before the Juriars of 'n(west this: 3).

of June 1692

Jurat in *uria

+&e#erse,Sarah Vibber

+ -sse *ounty /rhi#es0 Sa$e" ithraft Vo$. 1 age 14 ,

(Petition of John Proctor )

S/5-&'S780 Ju$y 230 1692. r. ather0 r. /$$en 0 r. oody 0 r. i$$ard 0 and r. ai$ey .

&e#erend ent$e"en .

The innoeny of our *ase with the -n"ity of our /users and our Judges0 and Jury0 who" nothing

but our 'nnoent $ood wi$$ ser#e their turn0 ha#ing *onde"ned us a$ready before our Trya$s0 being so

"uh inensed and engaged against us by the De#i$0 "a%es us bo$d to eg and '"p$ore your

;a#ourab$e /ssistane of this our


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were o""itted into $ose rison0 whih we %now to be 5ies. Two of the 4 are +*arriers Sons,

=oung"en0 who wou$d not onfess any thing ti$$ they tyed the" 8e% and


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b$a%e "an was: Shee tow$e "ee it was the de#e$$: ' as%ed her if shee was not afraid to see the de#e$$

Shee said at the first shee was and did goe fro" hi" but now shee was not a fraid but *ou$d ta$%e with

hi" as we$$ as shee *ou$d with "ee

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the sa"e 7ffene0 and sha$$ again o""it the $i%e 7ffene and being of any of the said 7ffenes the

seond ti"e $awfu$$y F due$y on#ited and attainted as is aforesaid sha$$ Suffer pains of death as a

fe$on or fe$ons.

K!br.1>.92 : This i$$ read order$y in This house of &epresentati#es and #oted passed in the /ffir"ati#eF Sent to his -e$$eny the o#ernor F *ouni$$ for *onsent

Li$$ia" ond spea%er

&ead se#era$ ti"es in *ouni$0 Voted0 7rdered to be -ngrossed and pass in to an /t0 die predit

/nd is onsented unto Li$$ia" hips

+ ass. /rhi#es Vo$. 134 8o. 6H F 69 ,

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*etters of +ov. William Phips (&',&'-)

(*etter o. &)

?MA ' was a$"ost the who$e ti"e of the proeeding abroad in the ser#ie of Their ajesties in the

-astern part of the *ounty and depended upon the Judg"ent of the *ourt as to a right "ethod of

proeeding in ases of ithraft but when ' a"e ho"e ' found "any persons in a strange fer"ent of

dissatisfation whih was inreased by so"e hott Spiritts that b$ew up the f$a"e0 but on en(uiring into

the "atter ' found that the De#i$$ had ta%en upon hi" the na"e and shape of se#era$$ persons who were

doubt$ess inoent and to "y ertain %now$edge of good reputation for whih ause ' ha#e now

forbidden the o""itting of any "ore that sha$$ be aused without una#oydab$e neessity0 and those

that ha#e been o""itted ' wou$d she$ter fro" any roeedings against the" wherein there "ay be the

$east suspition of any wrong to be done unto the 'nnoent. ?MA

i$$ia" hips. Dated at oston the 12!th of otober 1692.
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+eorge 5ino$n urr0 ed.0 8arrati#es of the ithraft *ases0 16>H1@)6 ?8ew =or%0 *har$es

Sribner!s Sons0 191>A0 19619H. The $etter was addressed to i$$ia" $athwayt0 $er% of the ri#y

*ouni$0 and it is he who added the "e"orandu".,

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R/&5S-80 *aro$ ;.0 PSa$e" &e#isitedQ0 The William and Mary uarterly0 Third Series0 Vo$. 640 8o. 3

+Ju$.0 2))H,0 pp. >H9>9>. ub$ished by: 7"ohundro 'nstitute of -ar$y /"erian ,0 pp.

1391>6. ub$ished by: 8ationa$ *ouni$ of Teahers of -ng$ish ?VersiOn en $Nnea:

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