She was easily convicted of her blasphemies, for she uttered those terrible words again and said she would not take them back.

When warned that she was imperiling her life, she said they could take it in welcome, she did not want it, she would rather live with the professional devils in perdition than with these imitators in the village.

They accused her of breaking all those ribs by witchcraft, and asked her if she was not a witch?
She answered scornfully: "No.

If I had that power would any of you holy hypocrites be alive five minutes?
No; I would strike you all dead.

Pronounce your sentence and let me go; I am tired of your society." So they found her guilty, and she was excommunicated and cut off from the joys of heaven and doomed to the fires of hell; then she was clothed in a coarse robe and delivered to the secular arm, and conducted to the market-place, the bell solemnly tolling the while.