The Witchcraft Delusion in New England: Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, (Vol. 1 of 3)
Part 23
Chandler, Thomas, Evidence, iii, 126.
Chapman, Simon, and Wife, iii, 107.
Charity, recommended, 28.
Charles, Second, iii, 143.
Charlestown, Witchcraft Trials at, iii, 126.
Charms, by whom practiced, ii, 28.
Chase, G. W., _History of Haverhill_, iii, 128, 196-7.
Checkley, Samuel, ii, 151.
Cheever, Ezekiel, Scribe, iii, 31.
Chester, Bishop of, I, ix.
Chips in Wort, defined, iii, 126.
Choate, Thomas, II, xxvi.
Christian, Philosopher, I, lxxii-iii.
Churches, why often struck by Thunder, 68-9; prevent Witchcraft, 130-1.
Churchill, Sarah, iii, 204.
Circles.--See WITCH-CIRCLES.
Clark, Mary, Examination of, iii, 195-7.
Clark, Samuel, his Story of the Devil's Appearance, 121.
Clavigero, [Francis Xavier,] 202.
Cloyce, Peter, protests against Mr. Parris, ii, 143.
Cloyce, Sarah, iii, 7, 53; Sister Nurse, 11, 13; goes out of Meeting, 14; an excellent Woman, 211.
Colman, Benjamin, I, xci, xcvi.
Coman, Richard, 167; swears against Mrs. Bishop, iii, 82.
Comings.--See CUMMINGS.
Connecticut, Witchcraft in, iii, 130, 131.
Cook, Elisha, Judge, ii, 157; Agent to England, iii, 148, 221.
Cook, John, a Witness, i, 166, iii, 78, 80-1.
Cooper, Thomas, on Witchcraft, xxxv.
Corwin, Jonathan, I, vii, 26, iii, 6, 10, 15; examines Giles Cory, 169.
Corwin, George, Sheriff, iii, 49, 50; buried, 79, 187, 202.
Cory, Giles, pressed to Death, 209, II, vii, iii, 7, 44-5, 79; his Examination, 169-173; Site of his Residence, 174.
Cory, Martha, accused, ii, 7, 9; sent to Prison, 10; sentenced to Death, iii, 44; executed, 45; Ballad on her and her Husband's Fate, 174-77.
Cotton, John, I, xxv, lxvi.
Cox, Mary, Irons for, iii, 20.
Crosby, [Anthony?] a Doctor, declares Hysterics a Case of Witchcraft, iii, 100.
Cullender, Rose, 142.
Cumbey, Robert, II, xxi.
Cummings, Josiah, iii, 107.
Cummings, Isaac, Witness, 192, iii, 105; his Mare dies, 111.
Curiosities, matchless, 201-210.
Cushing, John D., II, vii.
DAGGET, William, iii, 183.
Dane, Deliverance, signs a Recantation, iii, 57.
Dane, Francis, iii, 121; John, his Apology, 135.
Danforth, Samuel, I, xcvi; Thomas, ii, 109; iii, 15; Judge, 125; Services, 126; admonishes Mrs. Daston, 128.
Daniel, Samuel, 26.
Dastin, Goodwife, iii, 126; cleared, 127; but dies in Prison, 128.
Davis, Silvanus, 26.
Dean, John Ward, 13.
Dee, John, Astrologer, 124.
Defoe, D., on the Devil, 102.
Delrio, on Witchcraft, I, xiii, xx.
Demonology, by King James, I, xx; its Character, xxi, xli-xliii.
Demons, prestigious ones, iii, 160.
Denmark, great Discovery of Witches in, 148.
Desaguliers, J. T., I, lxxvi.
Devil, I, xi; teaches the Black Art, xii; how he creates Witches, xv; Nature of his Covenant with, xviii-xix; exists by God's Permission, xx; the Principal in Witchcraft, but cannot be tried, xxvi; assents to good Offices, xxxvii; appears personally to Witches, liv; what he requires of them, lv; coming down in great Wrath, I, 50, 54, 76, 95, 101, 117, 122, 135; owned N. England, 15; an Army of Devils, 17; many sign his Book, 18; has made a dreadful Knot of Witches, _ib._; his Juggles feared, 19; bid come out of a Damsel, 20; Speech of, 20-1; may represent an innocent Person, 21; darting Operations, 24; raises Storms and Tempests, 25; envies the Prospects of the Country, 26; made us a troubled Sea, 27; gives us Shakes, _ib._; commissioned by Witches, 29; tells many Truths, 31; Devil-ridden, 33; always leaves the Mark of his Covenant, 40; League with, 41; his Existence not doubted, 55-6; Government among, 57; swarm about us like the Frogs of Egypt, _ib._; Prince of the Power of the Air, _ib._; Belzebub, 58; knows every Language, _ib._; Degrees of Devils, 59; horrible Dragon, 60; a Tyger, 61; gets Liberty to make a Descent upon Men, _ib._; Rendezvous of his Troops, _ib._; his long Journey, 62; a Do-evil, 64; a Moloch, 65; prevents Discoveries and Inventions, 66; sends Plagues, and Pestilence, and Wars, 67; a Vulcan, 68; makes a horrible Tempest, 69; uses a hot Iron, 71; his Wrath increases, is Prince of this World, 72; God swears at, 73; his Time almost out, 74; God's Command to, 76; makes Earthquakes, 77; his present Quarters, 79; his World, 80; incredible Droves of, 81; nibbles at the Heels of Saints, 83; the World his Country, 85; his Time nearly out, 88-91; his eldest Son, 89; alarmed at the Settlement of N. England, 94; an Eyesore to, _ib._; an antagonistic Force, 96; appears as a black Man, 102; his Law Book, 104; takes on the Likeness of harmless People, 106; permitted by God, 107; burning and sooty, 109; in God's Chain, 110; baptises, 111; administers the Sacrament, _ib._; how influenced to come down, 114; the Way to out-wit him, _ib._; we give Rest to, 115; Sparks of Hell Fire flashing from every Side of, 115; on a Chimney in Germany, 116; throwing Stones there, and other Mischief, 117; set on by the Wrath of God, 118; rattling of his Chains heard, 121; an Asp, 122; infernal Dragon, 124; flies about as a Bird, 130; Children dedicated to, 131; a Whip for his Back, 132; forced to fly by a Woman behind the Door, 133; a Prince, a God, 134; afflicts with Distempers, 148-9; a black Man, 159; described, 171; one in a Meeting-house, 174; performs Baptisms at Newbury Falls, 194; carries some to a Witch-meeting on a Pole, 199; appoints a Queen of Hell, 200; apishly affects divine Things, 201; his Proceedings among the Swedes, 216; discovered by the Author, 217; his Power, 218; Dog of Hell, 219; Serpent upon a Rock, 220; tempts with Friendship, 224; a speckled Snake when he tempted Eve, 225; shoots cruel Bombs, 227; would burn all the Bibles, 229; a Throng of in the Author's Meeting-house, 230; he rocks Persons to sleep there, 231; hurried Jesus to the Top of the Temple, 232; prevents Witches from uttering all the Lord's Prayer, _ib._; a Nimrod, 233; can attack with Thunder and Lightning; raise Storms, _ib._; a Goliah; dogs Ministers, bad at quoting Scripture, 234; quotes it for our Terror, 235; plays the Preacher, 236; consulting Astrologers is going to the Devil, 238; a Mountebank, 241; to worship him is Witchcraft, 243; with lengthened Chains, ii, 4; commissioned by Witches questioned, 7; further discussed, _ib._, 8; his Power to create Strength? 9; origin of the Belief in such a Character, 11; a damnable Doctrine, 12; appears to an Indian, 25; prodigious Descent of, 26; his Size, Complexion and Voice, 29-30; his Power, 41; very uncertain, 42; "horrendous Operations," 46; got a Scourge for his Back, 47; not commissioned by a Witch, 58; denied, 76; can work Miracles, 74; his Bounds set, 76; causes Plagues, 79; does not know every Language, 80; his Testimony not to be regarded, 82; the oldest Sinner, 90; more about his Powers, 94-5; vast Numbers of, _ib._; a Free-willer, 118; commissioned by Contract, 128; only commissioned by God, 130-1; no Father of Bastards, 196; an independent Power, 201; resembles an Indian, iii, 70; described, 85; flies over an Apple-tree, 86; Depredation in a Meeting-house, 89; performs Baptism, 112; his Manner of Baptising, 113; vanquished by Sir W. Phips, 158; commissioned by Witches, 162; meets with Astonishment, 209.
Douglass, William, I, lxix, lxx, iii, 125, 159.
Downer, Robert, Witness against Mrs. Martin, 180; tormented by her in the Shape of a Cat, iii, 96.
Dragon, makes Wars, 67; insinuates Witchcraft, 124; a great Devil, 216; hard after Ministers, 234; keeping Guard, ii, 79.
Drake, Nathan, Extracts from, I, xxxiii.
Dudley, Joseph, iii, 145; presides at the Trial of Glover, 153.
Dummer, Jeremiah, ii, 151.
Dunton, John, I, vi, viii, 217, ii, 109.
Durent, Ann, 142; William, _ib._
Dustin, Hannah.--See DASTIN.
EAMES, Rebecca, condemned and executed, iii, 45.
Earl, Robert, on Margaret Rule, ii, 69.
Earth, recedes from the Sun, 75; filled with firey-flying Serpents, 81.
Earthquakes, the Work of the Devil, 77, 78; happening all over Europe, 91, 92.
Easty, Isaac, committed for Witchcraft, iii, 16.
Easty, Mary, sentenced, iii, 44; her Execution, 46; dies protesting her Innocence, 46-48; an excellent Woman, 211.
Elimas, Sorceries of, ii, 171.
Eliot, Edmund, 181, 182, iii, 97-8.
Eliot, John I, lxvi.
Elizabeth, Queen, Witchcraft in her Time, I, xxxix.
Elliott, Andrew, Apology of, iii, 135.
Ember-weeks, what they are, ii, 116.
Enchantments encountered, 9-48.
Endicott, Zerobbabel, 210.
English, Mary, committed, iii, 16; escapes, 50, 79; Testimony against, 126-7.
English, Philip, indicted, iii, 16; escapes from Prison, 50; Account of, 177; an Episcopalian, 178; dies, 181.
Ethnics, Gentiles, ii, 119, iii, 164.
Evelith, Joseph, Apology of, iii, 135.
FALKNER, condemned to Death, iii, 45.
Familiar Spirit, who hath it, iii, 166.
Farnam, John, iii, 126.
Farnum, [Varnum?] Ralph, 195.
Farrare, Thomas, iii, 185.
Fast, appointed in Reference to Witchcraft, iii, 132.
Felt, Joseph B., cited, ii, 109, iii, 20, 181.
Filmer, Robert, Sir, on Witchcraft, I, xvii-xx, xxv.
Firmin, Giles, 13.
Fisk, Thomas, Apology of, iii, 36, 135.
Fisk, William, iii, 135.
Fletcher, Benjamin, Gov., iii, 25; his Kindness to Fugitives from Witchcraft Prosecutions, 180.
Flint, Thomas, a Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39.
Flood, a great one in the Connecticut, 29.
Fogg, John S. H., ii, 75.
Fools, made able Fortune-tellers, iii, 142.
Foster, Ann, executed, iii, 45; her Confession, 119-20; Remark upon, 208.
Foster, Ephraim, Evidence in Wardwell's Case, iii, 126.
Foster, Hannah, confesses being carried on a Pole to a Witch-meeting, 199.
Foster, Jacob, iii, 107.
Foster, John, first Printer in Boston, 26.
Fowler, Joseph, iii, 8.
Fowler, Samuel P., ii, 6; his Life of Parris, iii, 198.
Foy, [John?] Captain, 137.
Franckius, [Peter?] I, lxxvi.
Franklin, Benjamin, I, lxxvi-vii.
Freemen, and Non-freemen, iii, 143.
Fuller, Goodman, is killed by Witchcraft, iii, 64.
Fuller, [Jacob?] a Doctor, decides a Case of Hysterics to be Witchcraft, iii, 100.
Fuller, John, iii, 11.
Fuller, Thomas, D. D., I, lxxvi-vii, II, 196.
Fuller, Thomas, iii, 199.
GALLOWS-HILL, where reputed Witches were executed, iii, 45.
Gallows-Tree, iii, 177.
Gaul, John, on Detection of Witches, 42-4; his Rules observed, 153; Remarks upon, ii, 12; Calef on, 56, 70, 178, 197; Mather on, iii, 64.
Gedney, Bartholomew, I, vii, 26; Judge, iii, 26; Conduct at Capt. Alden's Trial, 28, 30, 172.
Gee, Joshua, I, xcvi.
Germany, the Devil on a Chimney there, 116, 117; Witchcraft in, ii, 197.
Ghosts of murdered People appear, 155, 156-7, 209, iii, 106.
Gibbs, Barnabas, II, xxv.
Gidney, Bartholomew.--See GEDNEY.
Gill, Obadiah, II, xxi; William, a Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39.
Glanville, Joseph, describes Unbelievers in Witchcraft, I, lxi.
Glover, _Goody_, executed, iii, 153.
Goblin, one described, iii, 85-6.--See HOBGOBLIN.
God, swears in loud Thunders at the Devil, 73; more abandons the World than formerly, 75; bids the Devil make all miserable, 76; permits the Devil to come upon us, 107; has the Devil in a Chain, 110; his Wrath sets on the Devil, 118; would have subdued the Devil if called upon, 120; swears in Wrath, 125; clucks to us, 130; a Dog of Hell barking at him, 219; the Devil superior to, ii, 9; whether he commissions the Devil, 70; the Mother of, 82; leaves the Devil at free-will, 118; commissions the Devil, 130-1.
Godfrey, John, iii, 52.
Gold, Sam., at Mrs. Bishop's Trial, iii, 78; at Giles Cory's, 170.
Good, Sarah, accused of being a Witch, iii, 6, 7; her Child also, 11; Chains for, 20; executed, 33; Horrors attending, 34, 187.
Good, William, iii, 7.
Goodall, Goodwife, iii, 8.
Goodwin, John, Children bewitched, I, lxxxviii; testifies to a Miracle, II, xxi; Baxter on the Story, 45; farther Note on, iii, 153.
Gould, William, II, xxiii.
Gowans, William, I, xciii.
Gray, Samuel, swears against Mrs. Bishop, 166, iii, 31.
Green Lane, iii, 115.
Green, Mary, imprisoned and escapes, iii, 53.
Green, Thomas, II, xxv.
Greenslett, John, iii, 64.
Greenslett, Thomas, swears against Mr. Burroughs, iii, 64.
Griggs, Dr., iii, 8, 190, 205-6.
HADLEY, Deborah, iii, 107.
Hale, John, prays at Witch Trials, iii, 10; attends Examinations, 22; his Wife accused, 48; on Mr. Parris's Conduct, 207.
Hall, Bishop, on the Devil's Prevalency, 112; on Astrology and Magic, 124.
Hanvoord, Goodman, iii, 11.
Happy Family, Origin of, 29.
Hardy, Thomas, his Snare of Devilism, iii, 102.
Harris, Benjamin, I, vii, II, 55.
Harrod, John, iii, 11.
Hathorne, John, I, vii, 26, iii, 6, 9, 15; Inhumanity of, 23; Examinant of Giles Cory, 169; of Tituba, 187; of Mary Clark, 195.
Hathorne, Susanna, iii, 195.
Haverhill, Witchcraft in, iii, 128, 195, 197.
Hell, Toyls of, 19; Belial of, 22; Mad Dogs of, 27; Philistines of, 27; Mastives of, 64; lowest Depths of, 77; hellish Rattlesnakes, 80; wild Beasts of, 86; Ty-dogs of, 108; Adders of, 118; a little Portraiture of, 131; a Queen appointed for, 200; the Pilate of, ii, 27; Lions and Bears of, 43; lively Demonstrations of, 47; Covenant with, 136; great Officers of, iii, 113.
Hemmingius, Nicholas, 204.
Herrick, George, ii, 109; Marshal, iii, 11, 17; testifies against Giles Cory, 172.
Herrick, Henry, iii, 135.
Heyman, Samuel, 26.
Hiacoomes, a Christian Indian, ii, 23.
Higginson, John, I, vii, 201, 207; Examiner, iii, 126.
Hill, John, Capt., ii, 75; at Salem, iii, 27.
Hill, Zeb., a Searcher for Witchteats, iii, 39.
Hinckley, Thomas, 26.
Hoar, Dorcas, condemned, iii, 44; Estate seized, 50.
Hobs, William, committed, iii, 16.
Hobbes, Thomas, ii, 201.
Hobbs, Abigail, condemned and executed, iii, 45.
Hobbs, Deliverance, Witness against Bishop, 165; committed as a Witch, iii, 16; tormented, 80.
Hobgoblin, Witchcraft, iii, 137.--See GOBLIN.
Holland, Joseph, II, xxii.
Hollingworth, Richard, iii, 179, 182; William, _ib._
Holton, Benjamin, iii, 11; Sarah, Witness against Mrs. Nurse, _ib._--See HOULTON.
Hopkins, Matthew, 30.
Horneck, Anthony, 19, 69, 221.
Horse-shoes, used by Conjurors, iii, 142.
Houlton, Joseph, iii, 113, 203.--See HOLTON.
How, Elizabeth, 188, iii, 33; Indictment of, 104; Trial of, 105-113; Wife of James, _ib._, 107; baptised by the Devil, 112.
How, John, 190; Witness against his Sister, iii, 109.
Howe, John, Mr., iii, 139.
Howell, James, on Witchcraft, ii, 127.
Hubbard, Elizabeth, iii, 7, 62; swears against Mrs. Bishop, 75-6; against Carrier, 114; against Giles Cory, 170; has Fits, 192.
Hudibras, on A. Ross, ii, 126.
Hudson, William, sees Margaret Rule go up without Hands, ii, 70.
Hughes, John, iii, 7.
Huguenots, Note on the, 70.
Hunnewell, Richard, Lt., iii, 64.
Hunt, Ephraim, ii, 151.
Hutchinson, Benj., Complainant, iii, 26.
Hutchinson, Elisha, 26.
IMPS, Employment of, 112; one sinks a Ship, _ib._; one appears like a Rat, ii, 35.
Indians, vast Herds of, 65; Efforts of Powawes against the Settlers, 94-5; one of great Strength, 159; under Conduct of the Devil, 207; Christian, ii, 23; one tempted by the Devil, 25; Witches among, 75; Reason for, 117-18; Notions of Religion, 125; Covenant to adore the Devil, 136; practice Witchcraft, iii, 5; resemble the Devil, 70; in Witchcraft, 185-95; two at Salem, 204.
Ingersol, John, 163; Nathaniel, ii, 143, iii, 11; Witness, 15, 17, 199.
Inventions, hindered by the Devil, 66.
Invisibility of Witches, 204; Mist of, iii, 160.
JACOBS, George, Executed, iii, 38; further noticed, 43, 50, 204.
Jacobs, Margaret, confesses, iii, 43-4; escapes Death, _ib._
Jacobs, Mary, one of the Afflicted, iii, 8.
Jacobs, Thomas, Evidence against Bibber, iii, 8.
Jackson, Doctor, iii, 183.
Jamaica, Earthquake at, 78.
James First, his Demonology, I, xx; his Royal Nonsense, xxii; his Rules for detecting Witches, _ib._; followed by Cooper, xxxvii; Effect of James's Book, xli; describes what Witches can do, lii, liii.
James Second, 10, 92, iii, 131; Knights Sir William Phips, 137, 143.
Jennings, David, I, lxvii.
Jesus, on the Top of the Temple, 232; on the Battlements, 233.
Jewel, Bishop, [John,] I, xxxix.
Jewett, Nehemiah, ii, 151.
John, Indian, iii, 3; bewitched, 15; accuses E. Bishop, 17; his Wife Tituba, 22.
Johnson, Eliza, iii, 126.
Johnson, Samuel, defines Witchcraft, xiv.
Jolliffe, John, Counsellor, 26.
Judges, remarkably blind, 107; pitiable, 127; defer to Hale's Decisions, 141; their Reason departed, 174.
Jurin, James, I, lxxvi.
Jurors, some acknowledge their Errors, iii, 134-5.
Justin, Martyr, ii, 10.
KEELING, Judge, a wise Decision of, disregarded, 148.
Kembal, John, Witness against Martin, 180; she bewitches his Cattle, iii, 96-7; sees a black Cloud, and runs upon Stumps, _ib._; Puppies appear to him, 98.
Keney, Henry, testifies against Mrs. Cory, iii, 7.
Kersey, John, his Definition of Witchcraft, I, xii.
Keys, used by Conjurors, iii, 142.
Keysar, ----, Daughter distracted, iii, 16.
Kimball.--See KEMBLE.
King, D. P., owned the Site of Giles Cory's House, iii, 74.
Knowlton, Joseph, and Wife, iii, 107.
LACY, Lawrence, Wife bewitched, iii, 120.
Lacy, Mary, 199; another, 200; Condemned and Executed, iii, 45; her Confession, 120.
Lancashire Witches, 158.
Lane, Francis, Witness, 193, iii, 105; his Rails bewitched, 112.
Laplanders, Witchcraft among, 22, 108.
Lawrence, Robert, of Casco, iii, 64.
Laws, against Witchcraft, remark on, iii, 125; repealed, _ib._
Lawson, Dedot, his History, I, iv, vii, 156, 186; endorses the Story of the Iron Spindle, 205; defends the Proceedings against Witchcraft, ii, 154-5; at Salem, iii, 7, 12; on Mr. Burroughs, 39; his Wife and Children killed, 64; Chaplain to Andros's Expedition, _ib._; more about the Murder of his Family, 68; on the Devil's Baptism, 113.
Le Clerc, [Jean,] cited, ii, 212.
Legion, definition of, 56; of Devils, 218, ii, 95.
Leverett, John, Gov., ii, 108.
Lewis, Mary, [Mercy,] iii, 26, 75.
Lewis, Mercy, iii, 8; sees a Man in White, 13; Witness against Mr. Burroughs, 62, 64; against Mrs. Bishop, 75; against Philip English, 126; against Giles Cory, 170; Account of, 204; why she accused Mr. Burroughs, 210.
Leyton, [Thomas,] Mr., of Lynn, iii, 185.
Loader, [Louder?] John, Evidence against Mrs. Bishop, iii, 76.
Locker, George, Constable, iii, 187.
Lothrop, Barnabas, Counsellor, 26.
Louder, John, 170; sees the Devil, 171; sees a Black Pig, iii, 85.
Louis, Fourteenth, 93.
Lynd, Joseph, Counsellor, 26.
MANCHESTER, a Spectre worsted there, 206.
Maniche, an Arabian God, ii, 125, 128.
Manning, Jacob, Dep. Marshal, arrests Mr. English, iii, 181.
Marshall, John, II, xxviii.
Martin, George, iii, 97.
Martin, Susanna, Trial of, 175; Execution, iii, 33; Indictment against, 89-103; cast into a very singular Confusion, 100; appears to John Pressy, 101.
Martyr, Justin, ii, 10.
Mary, Queen of William Third, 92; Death of, iii, 131.
Mascon, the Devil of, 59, 70.
Mason, Stephen, Counsellor, 26.
Mather, Cotton, why charged with an undue Share of the Persections, I, iii, lxxiv, lxxxv; his Faith in Witchcraft, v; his unfortunate Book, xxxiv; Memoirs of, lxv-xcviii; his Defence, 1-4; further Defence of the Prosecutions, iii, 59-61; Countermines the Plot of the Devil, i, 3; bedeviled, 80; condemns Astrology, 123-4; Pity for the Judges, 127-8; not present at the Witch Trials, 139; Rejoices at the Justice of the Work against Witches, 140; Horror at the Name of Mr. Burroughs, 152; believes in the Ability of Witches to put on Invisibility, 162, 204; gives Unbelievers three Bones to pick, 205; some Misgivings about shedding Blood, 207; Argument against Calef, II, xiii-xviii; Story of Margaret Rule, ii, 21-36; read many Books of Physic, 34; relieves M. Rule by three Fasts, 39; pains to rescue the Miserable from Lions and Bears of Hell, 42; thanked by Venerable Baxter, 43; tries to prevent excessive Credit of spectral Evidence, 44; his own Estimate of his Labors, 46-7; Complaints, 48; Letters to, 48-62; threatens Calef, 54; has him arrested, 55; fails to meet him, 60; Whittier on, 61; Letter to Calef, 62-8; brings heavy Charges against him, 64; People believe smutty Things of him, 65; Defends his Father, 66; offers Mr. Calef the Use of his Books, 67; Charges of Hellish Witchcraft, 80; does not understand the Wiles of the Devil, 83; Thunder breaks into his House, 86; defines a Witch, 90; a Cause of the Convictions, 92; his Answer, 93; Denial of Statements made by Calef, 96; does not distinguish between Miracles and Works of the Devil, 97; Arraigned by R. C. in Argument, 135-6; Messenger, 151; heavy Charges against Calef, iii, 32; Acquainted with the Wiles of the Devil, _ib._; Conduct at Mr. Burroughs's Execution, 38; Defence of the Prosecutions, 59-61; Omissions, iii, 106, 109, 111; an Advocate, 122; his Account of Trials as faithful as others, 123; his Life of Phips anonymous, and why, 136; Defends it, 137-8, 140; strenuous for a Reassumption of the Charter, 146; compares Mr. Calef to Satan, 151; the most Active of any in prosecuting Witches, 154; his contradictory Statements pointed out, 157-8; his Ambidexterity, 154, 159; his Relatives accused, _ib._; sincere and credulous, 161.
Mather, Increase, I, vi, xxx; ii, 12; prays with Margaret Rule, 51; Proceedings against Mr. Calef, 55; cited, 60; defended by his Son, C., 66; on the Devil, 90, 95; _Remarkable Providences_, 106-7; Messenger, 151; Defence about the Charter, iii, 18; Proctor's Appeal to, 40; Cases of Conscience, 58; Angelographia, 131; his Acts retold by his Son, 136, 141; his Ideas undergo a Change, 142; troubled by Fobb-actions, appears to King James, 145; his Reason for accepting a new Charter, 149; the bewitched _Eye_, 160; Moderater of Mr. Parris's Council, 216.
Mather, Nathaniel, iii, 139.
Mather, Samuel, Life of his Father, I, lxvii; Funeral Sermon on, xcvii.
Mead, Matthew, Mr., iii, 139.
Meeting House, the Devil in one, iii, 89.
Memorable Providences, approved by Baxter, 10; a Work by I. Mather, ii, 12, 106-7.
Merlin, Ambrose, ii, 196.
Mexico, Indians of, 201-2.
Middlecot, Richard, 26, ii, 151.
Millenium, near at Hand, 90-1.
Milton, John, I, xi.
Ministers, why dogged more by the Devil than others, 234; Stars of Heaven, in danger of the Dragon's Tail, _ib._
Miracles, one witnessed, ii, 74; wrought by Men, 128.
Mist of Invisibility, iii, 160.
Moody, Joshua, iii, 40; aids Philip English to escape from Jail, 179-180.
_More Wonders_, a vile Book, 96.
Morgan, Samuel, Searcher for Witch teats, iii, 39.
Mormons, reference to, ii, 81.
Morton, Charles, ii, 108.
NAZIANZEN, the Author like a, 28.
Newbury-Falls, Baptisms there by the Devil, 194, iii, 112, 197.
New England, Loyalty and Religion in, 10; no Land so free from Vices, 12; once the Devil's Territory, 15, 120; broken in upon by an Army of Devils, 17; a Scandal feared from Witchcraft, 19; Province of, 20; stocked with Rattle-snakes, 25; little Hope of, from the Wrath of the Devil, 93-4; a howling Wilderness, 94; its Losses by Indians and by Sea, 95; Decline of Godliness in, 96; poor N. England, 109; People in the Belly of Hell, 110; pleases the Devil, 122; no People so basely despise the Gospel, 125; hast destroyed thyself, ii, 6; a Charter obtained, iii, 142; why Quo Warrantoed, 143; worse circumstanced than any Corporation in England, _ib._; Revolution in, 144-153; Prodigies in, not a tenth Part related, 161.
Necromancy, who are guilty of it, iii, 166.
Noyes, Nicholas, I, vii, iii, 7, 9; at Alden's Trial, 28; Conduct at Executions, 34; his Firebrands of Hell, 48; at the Examination of Mary Clark, 196.
Nurse, Francis, iii, 7, 198.
Nurse, Rebecca, iii, 7, 10; Sister Cloyce, 13; executed, 33; her Explanation, 36, 37; Sister Easty, 46; why accused, 210.
Nurse, Samuel, ii, 143, 159, 211.
OAKES, Thomas, Agent to England, iii, 148.
Ogilvie, John, Definition of Witchcraft, I, xiv-xvi.
Old South Church, Boston, iii, 133; Ministers of, in Witchcraft Times, 177.
Oliver, alias Bishop.--See BISHOP, BRIDGET.
Orton, Job, on W. Perkins, 38.
Osborn, Sarah, accused, iii, 6, 7; Iron Chains prepared for, 20; accused by Tituba, 188.
Osgood, Mary, Recantation of, iii, 57.
PACY, Deborah, afflicted, 142.