A _Cunning Woman_.
A Certain Dame that pass’d in the World under the Name of a _Cunning
Woman_, took upon her to Avert Divine Judgments, and to Foretell Strange
Things to come. She play’d the Counterfeit Witch so long, till in the
Conclusion, she was Taken up, Arraign’d, Try’d, Convicted, Condemned to
Dye, and at last Executed for a Witch indeed. D’ye hear, Good Woman (says
one to her, as she was upon the Way to her Execution) Are the Gods so
much Easyer then the Judges, that you should be Able to make Them do any
Thing for ye, and yet could not Prevail with the Bench for the Saving of
your Own Life?