Page:The Examination and Confession of certain Witches at Chelmsford in the County of Essex.djvu/53

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of certain Witches.
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The ende and laſt confeſſion of mother
Waterhouſe at her death, whiche was
the
xxix daye of July. Anno 1566.

FYRSTE (beinge redi prepared to receiue her death) ſhe confeſſed earneſtly that ſhee had bene a wytche and vſed ſuche execrable ſorſerye the ſpace of xv yeres, and had don many abhominable dede, the which ſhe repented earneſtely and unfaynedly,and deſyred almighty Gods forgeueneſs in that ſhe had abuſed hys moſt holy name by her deuylliſhe practyſes, and truſted to be ſaued by his mod vnſpekeable mercy. And being demaunded of the by ſtanders, ſhee confeſſed that ſhee ſent her Sathan to one Wardol, a neibour of hers, beinge a tayler