[Dulcibel by Henry Peterson]@TWC D-Link bookDulcibel CHAPTER VIII 5/6
And Sarah Osburn has a thing with a head like a woman, and it has two wings." ("Abigail Williams, who lives with her uncle, the Rev.Master Parris, here testified that she did see the same creature, and it turned into the shape of Goody Osburn.") "Tituba further said that she had also seen a hairy animal with Goody Osburn, that had only two legs, and walked like a man.
And that she saw Sarah Good, last Saturday, set a wolf upon Elizabeth Hubbard." ("The friends of Elizabeth Hubbard here said that she did complain of being torn by a wolf on that day.") "Tituba being asked further to describe her ride to Thomas Putnam's, for the purpose of tormenting his daughter Ann, said that she rode upon a stick or pole, and Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn behind her, all taking hold of one another.
Did not know how it was done, for she saw no trees nor path, but was presently there." These examinations were continued for several days, each of the accused being brought at various times before the magistrates, who seem to have taken great interest in the absurd stories with which the "afflicted children" and Tituba regaled them.
Finally, all three of the accused were committed to Boston jail, there to await their trial for practising witchcraft; being heavily ironed, as, being witches, it was supposed to be very difficult to keep them from escaping; and as their ability to torment people with their spectres, was considered lessened in proportion to the weight and tightness of the chains with which they were fettered.
It is not to be wondered at, that under these inflictions, at the end of two months, the invalid, Sarah Osburn, died. Tituba, however, lay in jail until, finally, at the expiration of a year and a month, she was sold in payment of her jail fees.
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