Mary Schweidler, $b the amber witch. $c The most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known. by Wilhelm Meinhold
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_Q_. Whether Satan had re-baptized her, and where? _R_. In the sea. _Q_. What name had he given her? _R_.--. _Q_. Whether any of the neighbors had been by when she was re-baptized, and which of them? _R_. Hereupon my matchless child cast up her eyes towards heaven, as though doubting whether she should file old Lizzie or not, but at last she said, "No." _Q_. She must have had sponsors; who were they? and what gift had they given her as christening money? _R_. There were none there save spirits; wherefore old Lizzie could see no one when she came and looked on at her re-baptism. _Q_. Whether she had ever lived with the devil? _R_. She never had lived anywhere save in her father's house. She did not choose to understand. He meant whether she had ever played the wanton with Satan, and known him carnally? Hereupon she blushed, and was so ashamed that she covered her face with her hands, and presently began to weep and to sob: and as, after many questions, she gave no answer, she |
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