beſt Manner ſhe could. The Pariſh, thus diſconcerted and enraged, withdrew the ſmall Pittance they allowed for her Support, and would have reduced her to the Neceſſity of ſtarving, had ſhe not been ſtill aſſiſted by the benevolent Mr. Williams.
But I haſten to the Sequel of my Story, in which you will find, that the true Source from whence Witchcraft ſprings is Poverty, Age, and Ignorance; and that it is impoſſible for a Woman to paſs for a Witch, unleſs ſhe is very poor, very old, and lives in a Neighbourhood where the People are void of common Senſe.
Some Time after, a Brother of her's died in London, who, though he would not part with a Farthing while he lived, at his Death was obliged to leave her five thouſand Pounds, he could not carry with him.
