dishonest part thus to blemish the good name of her neighbors with so
vntrue aspersions: whereupon, breaking foorth in some violence, she
wished the pox to light vpon her, and named her prowde _Iinny_, prowde
flurts, and shaking the hand, bade her go in, for she should repent it;
and the same night, within three or foure houres after these curses and
imprecations vttered, she was taken and pinched at the heart, and felt a
sodaine weaknesse in all the parts of her body; yet her appetite to
meare nothing diminished, and so continued for the space of three
weekes; in which time, when she was any thing well, would come to the
doore, and leane vpon the stall, whom this _Marie Smith_ seeing, did
euer banne, adding the former curse, the poxe light vpon you, can you
yet come to the doore? and at the end of these three weekes, beeing but
very weake, came foorth as shee vsed to doe, to take the ayre, this
mischieuous woman most bitterly cursed her againe, whereupon she went
into the house, fell into such a torturing fit, and nipping at the
heart, that she fainted, hardly recouerable for the space of halfe an
houre, and so grieuously racked and tormented through all parts of her
body, as if the very flesh had beene torne from the bones, by the
violent paine whereof she could not refraine, but tore the haire from
off her head, and became as one distraught, bereaued of sence, and
vnderstanding: And the same night the bed whereon she lay, was so
tossed, and lifted vp and downe, both in her owne feeling, and in the
sight of others then present beholders of her extreamities, by the space
of one houre or more, that she was therewith exceedingly terrified, &
did thinke oftentimes in her sleepe, that she did see this _Marie Smith_
standing before her. And this fit continued sixteene houres, during
which passion _Edward Drake_ her father came to the Towne, touched with
griefe for this torture of his daughter (as parents hearts are relenting
and tender, and naturall compassion is soone stirred vp in them) tooke
her vrine, went to one for his aduice (whose fact herein is no way