Editing Salem Trials - 17 May 1692

<b><center>Salem Trials - 17 May 1692</center></b>

<b>Statement of Susannah Sheldon v. Bridget Bishop, Mary English, Phillip English, Giles Corey, and Martha Corey</b>

The complaint of Susanna Shelden <br>
against phillip english for the <br>
sd Susanah Shelden being at meeting <br>
on the sabboth day being the 24 of <br>
aprill shee beeing aflicted in a very <br>
sad manner she saw phillip english <br>
step over his pew and pinshed her <br>
and a womand which Came from <br>
boston wich saith her name is good nd<br>
when shee were coming home against <br>
william shaws house their met her <br>
phillip english and abblack man <br>
with a hy crouned hatt on his head<br>
and a book in hish hand houlding <br>
the book to her and phillip english <br>
told her that black man were her god <br>
and if shee would <strickthrough>thuch</strickthrough> touch that <br>
boock hee would not pinsh her <br>
no more nor no bodie els should <br>
on the next day phillip enlgish <br>
came again and pinshed her and told <br>
her that is shee would not toutch <br>
the book hee would kill her - -<br>
<br>
on the second day at night apered to her two women and a man and brought their books and bid her touct them she told them shee would not she did not know wher they lived on of them told her they lived at the village and held the book to her again and bid her touch it shee told her shee did not know their names on of them told her shee was old good man bucklyes wife and the other woman was her daughter mary and bid her touch the book she told no shee had not told her hou long shee had beene a witch then she told her shee had been a witch ten years and then shee opened her brest and the black man gau her two litl things like yong cats and she pit them to her brest and suckled them they had no hair on them and had ears like a man then they ofered her their books and she refused then then they pinsh her and the man struck her on the head and went away.