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.
Pacy, Elizabeth, afflicted, 142.
Paganism, Popery, 52.
Palmer, John, his Book on N. England, iii, 144.
Paracelsus, [Auroleus,] I, xxxviii, 68.
Parker, Alice, a Witch, 208; Sentence to die, iii, 44.
Parker, Mary, condemned and executed, iii, 45.
Parris, Elizabeth, iii, 8, 209.
Parris, Noyes, iii, 221.
Parris, Samuel, Protest against, ii, 141-3; long and humble
Acknowledgment, 143-8; Ministers and Elders of the Churches recommend
his Acknowledgment be accepted, 149-51; further Protest against, 152-3;
the Elders' Plea for, 155-6; accused of swearing falsely, 158; his
Account of the Beginning of the Troubles, iii, 3-4; swears against
Rebecca Nurse, 11; preaches, 14; appointed Scribe at the Examinations,
15; Examinations at his House, 22; swears against Mrs. Bishop, 75;
Scribe at How's Trial, 105; at other Times, 127; at Cory's Examination,
173; Account of, 198-222; Family of, 203-4, 209; not an Enemy to Mr.
Burroughs, 210; not a swift Witness, _ib._; how his Name comes to be
frequent in the Trials, 211; cleared by a Council, 217; but dismissed,
218; Epitaph on his Wife, 221; his Death, _ib._
Parris, Samuel, Deacon, iii, 221.
Parris, Thomas, iii, 198, 222.
Payne, Robert, Juror, iii, 127, 185.
Payson, Edward, ii, 151; pleads for Mrs. How, iii, 106.
Peabody, John, Apology of, iii, 135.
Peach, Bernard, a Witness against Mrs. Martin, 178-9; bites a Witch,
iii, 94, 95.
Peasley, Joseph, Constable, iii, 196.
Pemberton, Ebenezer, ii, 15.
Pennington, Thomas, I, ix.
Perd, Margaret, ii, 50, 51; smells Brimstone, 53.
Perkins, Thomas, Apology of, iii, 135.
Perkins, William, defines Witchcraft, I, xiii; his Rules questioned,
xxxiii; Notice of, 37; his Doctrine of Witchcraft, ii, 12; Mr. Calef
on, 56, iii, 165.
Perley, John, 193-4; Fence Rails bewitched by, iii, 111; Apology of,
135; Samuel and Wife, 105, 106.
Perley, Timothy, Witness, 192.
Pharaoh, Old, accused of Witchcraft, iii, 126-7.
Philistines of Hell, 27.
Phillips, Edward, I, xi; John, 26; Samuel, ii, 151; Evidence for Mrs.
How, iii, 106.
Phips, William, arrives, 25, iii, 18; orders Irons for the Accused,
20; orders the Trials for Witchcraft published, 58; called Home, 130;
how became Governor, 137; finished his Life and Government together,
_ib._; a Pizarro, 138; harsh Temper, 141; had his Fortune told, 154;
vanquishes the Devil, 158; his Relatives accused, 159.
Pike, Robert, 26, iii, 103.
Pithagoras, Doctrine of, ii, 118.
Pitman, Thomas, 206.
Pizarro, Sir W. Phips compared to, iii, 138.
Plagues, caused by the Devil, ii, 79.
Plastic Spirit of Witches, 204, ii, 88; a Nonentity hooked in, 90;
Mischief to the Devil, 96.
Plynyism, what it is, 204.
Pope, Joseph, and Wife, iii, 8, 203.
Popery, revived Paganism, 52.
Poppets, used by Spectres, ii, 40, iii, 82; some found and described,
88; Remark upon, 124.
Porter, Benjamin, iii, 11.
Post, Mary, Evidence against Mary Clark, iii, 197.
Prayers, the great Artillery of Heaven, 132; a Whip for the Devil's
Back, _ib._
Prescot, Peter, Dr., 196, iii, 116.
Pressy, John, Witness against Martin, 184; sees a great Light, iii,
100; his Heels are struck up, 101; Loss of Cows, _ib._
Preston, Samuel, 198; his Cow bewitched, iii, 118.
Preston, Thomas, iii, 203.
Prince, Thomas, I, xc, xci, xcv.
Printing, not sooner discovered owing to the Devil, 66.
Procter, Elizabeth, iii, 7; John, _ib._; Mrs., cried out on, 15; John,
executed, 38; Barbarity to his Family, 40; his Letter to Ministers,
40-2; his Course to prevent Witchcraft, 204.
Procter, William, made to confess by Torture, iii, 41.
Prodigies, in N. England, not a tenth Part related, iii, 161.
Pudeater, Ann, sentenced to be executed, iii, 44.
Pulsifer, David, 13, II, vii, III, 169.
Putnam, Ann, iii, 7, 8, 9; Witness against Mrs. Nurse, 11; against Mr.
Burroughs, 39, 62, 63; against Mrs. Bishop, 75; against Giles Cory,
170; against Mary Clark, 197; why she became an Accuser, 210.
Putnam, Edward, ii, 143, iii, 7.
Putnam, John, Witness against Mrs. Nurse, iii, 11; Mrs. Dastin, 128; of
Parris's Society, 198.
Putnam, Joseph, ii, 159.
Putnam, Thomas, iii, 7; swears against Mrs. Nurse, 11; Mrs. Bishop, 75;
Mrs. Daston, 128.
QUINCY, Josiah, on "Certain Proposals," ii, 106; one-sided and
dogmatical, iii, 19; on I. Mather's Diary, 136.
RAVEN, Story of one speaking, 33.
Rawson, Edward, iii, 16, 52, 197.
Rea, Joshua, iii, 198.
Redd, Willmet, condemned to die, iii, 45.
Reed, Richard, iii, 184.
Rice, Nicholas, iii, 29.
Rice, Sarah, sent to Prison, iii, 29.
Richards, John, 26, iii, 30; Judge, 125, 128.
Ring, Jervis, 185; suffers from Nightmare, iii, 103.
Ring, Joseph, 186; carried about by Demons, iii, 102; in a Snare of
Devilism, _ib._; hurried through the Air, _ib._; taken to Hellish
Meetings, 102-3.
Ring, Robert, an Error, 186.
Robie, William, II, xxi.
Robinson, George, II, xxvii.
Roggers, John, Witnesses against Martha Carrier, 197; of Billerica,
iii, 118; killed by Indians, _ib._
Ross, Alexander, Hudibras on, ii, 126.
Ruck, John, Foreman of Jury, 161, iii, 35, 72-3.
Russell, James, 26, iii, 15.
Rule, Margaret, Story of, ii, 21; seized by evil Angels, 26; fell into
odd Fits, 28; assaulted by eight cruel Spectres, _ib._; bring her a
red Book to sign, 29; her Tortures described, 30; fasts nine Days, 31;
stuck full of Pins, 32; Liquor poured down her Throat "as of scalding
Brimstone," 33; her Hurts soon cured, 34; taken up to the Ceiling and
held there, 35; her Minister interferes, 38; gets the better of the
Devil, 40; visited by Mr. Calef, 49; his Report of her Case, 49-54; a
Sweetheart in it, 51-2; Aves's Testimony concerning, 68; others, 69-70.
Rum, used in a Case of Witchcraft, ii, 51.
SABBATH, begins at Sunset, Saturday, 223.
Sadducees, unbelievers in Witchcraft, 32; Baxter on, ii, 45;
Mischievous, 46; Witlings, 60, 61; Atheists, 108; Infidels, iii, 162,
163.
Safford, Joseph, Witness, 189, iii, 105, 108-9.
Salem Village, Church Difficulties, ii, 140-3.
Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 26, ii, 109, iii, 30.
Sanderson, Robert, Deacon, iii, 207.
Sargent, Peter, 26.
Satan.--See DEVIL.
Sayer, Samuel, Apology of, iii, 135.
Scotland, Witchcraft in, ii, 7, 197.
Scott, Margaret, condemned to Death, iii, 44.
Scott, Reginald, writes against Witchcraft, I, xxxix; Extracts from,
xlv-vii; has taken great Pains, lix.
Scottow, Joshua, iii, 64.
Scribonius, Note upon, 1.
Sergeant, Mr. [Peter,] iii, 31.
Sewall, Samuel, 26, 209; subscribes to the Truth and Accuracy of
Mather's _Wonders_, 211, iii, 59; Judge, II, xxiv, 157, iii, 15, 31;
Appointment of Judge, 125; Services, 126, 128; in Sorrow for the Part
he took those accused of Witchcraft, 133; a Referee in Mr. Parris's
Case, 221.
Sewall, Stephen, Captain, iii, 209.
Sharp, [James,] D. D., iii, 151.
Shattock, Samuel, 168; swore against Mrs. Bishop, iii, 76; Wife Sarah,
also, _ib._, 83-4; Remarks on his Evidence, 123.
Sheldon, Susanna, 200; swears against Mr. Burroughs, iii, 66-7; against
Mrs. Bishop, 78; against Mrs. Carrier, 120; against Mary Clark, 196;
Account of, 204.
Shepard, John, iii, 53; Rev. Mr., 185.
Sheppard, Rebekah, iii, 11.
Sherrin, John, iii, 105.
Sherringham, Robert, 150.
Sherwin, _Goodwife_, 191.
Short, Mercy, ii, 27, 37, 51.
Sibley, John L., I, viii; Mary, iii, 3, 206.
Sieves, used to conjure with, iii, 142.
Sikes, Victory, Corporal, iii, 219.
Simpkins, Thomas, II, xxv.
Slavery, a Divine Institution, xvi; Effect of its Denunciation, 12-13.
Smith, James, II, xxiii, III, 203.
Snow, falls as Wool, I, lxxiii; some red, lxxiv.
Soam, John, his Cart bewitched, 149.
Sobieski, John, King, 91.
_Some Few Remarks_, an Answer to Calef, II, xxi.
Sorceries, 122, 123; little ones, iii, 142; how known, 165.
Sow, one bewitched, iii, 109.
Spectacles invented, 66.
Spectral Sight, Pretenders to, iii, 166.
Spectres, how allayed, 30, 31, 35, 103-4; take the Name and Shape of
Accused, 106; call upon People before Death, 109; pranks with an Iron
Spindle, 205; severe Scuffle with one, 206; "Eight Cruel ones" assault
Margaret Rule, ii, 28; "Cursed ones" bring a Book to sign, 29; Threats
of, 34; they steal a Will, _ib._; heard to clap their Hands, 35;
Caution about, 44; one cruelly assaults a Person, [Margaret Rule,] iii,
160.
Spencer, Edmund, a Witch described by. I, xlix.
Spencer, Richard, Witness, 150.
Spindle, Story of one, 205, iii, 160.
Spirits, white ones, ii, 37; one appears to Margaret Rule, 39.
Sprague, Martha, bewitched, iii, 126.
Stacy, William, 172, iii, 86-7, 76.
Star, Margaret, II, xxv.
Stephens, Lieutenant, iii, 53; Sister of, 54.
Stoughton, William, commends the _Wonders_, &c., 5-6; of unspotted
Fidelity, 26; declares Mather's Wonders true, 211; commissions Judges,
iii, 30; attests to the Truth of Mather's _Wonders_, 59; signs the
Death Warrant of Mrs. Bishop, 80; his Appointment, 125; Services, 126.
Stuart, one, Letter in Defence of Witchcraft, ii, 160-186; another,
198-207; on Blasphemy, 202.
Swan, Timothy, afflicted, iii, 196.
Swedeland, Witchcraft in, 108, 211.
Swinnerten, John, II, xxv.
Sydney, Henry, Lord, iii, 149.
Symons, Edward, 9.
TALBOT, Lord, causes the Repeal of Witchcraft Laws, iii, 125.
Tarbell, John, ii, 143, 159, iii, 199, 211, 215.
Taylor, Zachary, A. M., I, ix.
Teats, on Witches, ii, 57.--See WITCHTEATS.
Thacher, Peter, I, xcvii.
Thompson, Agnes, Confession of, I, xli-ii.
Thornton, Thomas, testifies to the Performances of Margaret Rule, ii,
69-70.
Thyaneus, Appolonius, ii, 70.
Tillotson, Archbishop, 56; aids Dr. Mather, iii, 149.
Tituba, practices Witchcraft, iii, 6; Note on her Examination, 22;
Examination in full, 178-95; a South American Indian, 200.
Tockinosh, John, ii, 23.
Tompson, Benjamin, I, xcv.
Toothaker, Allin, 196; Family of, 197; abused by a Witch, iii, 117.