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The Salem Witch Trials: Truth and Consequences
Exhibit B - Court testimony of accused witch Abigail Hobbs
Below is the testimony of a sixteen-year-old accused of witchcraft, Abigail Hobbs, taken on April 19, 1692.
Judge: Abigail Hobbs, you are brought before Authority to answer to various acts of witchcraft. What say you? Are you guilty, or not? Speak the truth.
Abigail Hobbs: I will speak the truth. I have seen sights and been scared. I have been very wicked. I hope I shall be better, if God will help me.
Judge: What sights did you see?
Abigail Hobbs: I have seen the Devil.
Judge: How often, many times?
Abigail Hobbs: But once.
Judge: What would he have you do?
Abigail Hobbs: Why, he would have me be a witch.
Judge: Would he have you make a covenant with him?
Abigail Hobbs: Yes.
Vocabulary:
Testimony: a statement taken in court to determine guilt or innocence
Covenant: a very strong promise, an agreement, a contract
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