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Chapter 1753 The Queen of Hell (24)

Chapter 20, Verse 23 of the Gospel of John says: Whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; whose sins you retain, they are retained.

On August 1692, 8, on the second floor of the Harvard University library, they discussed how to use their power and pardoned some people to go to court.

There is no doubt that the Salem witchcraft courts are losing their authority, and if witches have signed a contract with Satan, it proves that they have abandoned God and Christ, and it is pointless to ask them to put their hands on the Bible and swear.The way of interrogation is also extremely ignorant, the girls acting as plaintiffs behaved absurdly, and did not happen in the "miracle" of Rebecca Nass and Elizabeth Proctor, they screamed and fainted more often in court , Of course, this can't scare Alden and his friend Bartholomew Gedney, who have traveled all over the world and seen the big wind and waves.

The problem was that Attorney General John Newton was a novice, an Anglican attorney-turned-lawyer who was new to the colonies and the jurors' extensive community knowledge, and the 48 jurors Stoughton called The jurors were veterans of the court, they had won their seats because of their experience, the jurors hadn't mentioned the word "witchcraft" when they were called, and they knew exactly what they were in for.Alden, unlike Elizabeth Cary, was arrested, and in order for everyone to see him, Hassan ordered Alden to stand on a chair, which in itself was a humiliation when Alden's hands were pressed After staying, he stood on the chair helplessly.

Gedney persuaded Alden to confess, but Alden said he had no intention of pleasing the devil with lies, and asked the jury to show evidence of his witchcraft. Hassan arranged a touch test, and as soon as Alden touched The girls who were cursed, they calmed down.

This so-called "evidence" was ridiculous in the eyes of Thomas Brattle, but Gedney changed his confession at this time: "I have always thought that Alden was an honest man, but now I have reasons to change." Got an idea."

Decades of loyalties crumbled and the show culminated in the silence of Judge Samuel Sewell, a member of a Boston prayer group who once believed in Captain Alden and would carry his The task of the family crossing the ocean was given to Alden.

William Phipps is the son of the boss of the military factory. The war will undoubtedly bring huge profits to the military industry. However, the members of the court do not always have the same political views. Individuals had considerable interests on the frontier, King Philip's war Indians had cost them by destroying their mills, Stoughton had traveled with Sewell to New York to gather support for a joint attack on Montreal.

Phipps hoped that the people of the colonies would obey, but this is not the case at the moment. Except for London, who may not know the situation, all factions in Massachusetts no longer support him. Merchants and landowners constitute the leadership of Massachusetts, and now among them Many people sat on the jury, and they cooperated with Lieutenant Governor Stoughton tacitly.

No matter how hostile the colonies are, everyone will still unite to deal with the French. The newly developed New York has robbed the French and Massachusetts of a lot of business, but at least the New Yorkers are still British. Now even the Governor of New York also said that Phipps is the ass decides the head.

In 1681, Stoughton was chosen to go to London to negotiate a new charter, but he was fed up with England's insults to New England, so he turned down the mission and sent the angular John Richards go to.Richards became a witchcraft judge shortly after his return, and Stoughton also agreed to marry John Richards to Ann Winslow, granddaughter of former Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop Bartholomew Gedney is Winthrop's in-law, in fact at least 4 witchcraft judges are their in-laws,
There are actually very few people at the top of the colony. The figures who dominate civil, criminal and religious affairs come from a small circle and penetrate each other through marriage, such as the combination of Richards and Winthrop, even if Ann Winthrop Loop was Richards' second marriage, and Richards' first wife was Ann Winthrop's aunt.

William Phipps is very pretty. If he could have pursued Ann before Richards and married her, he wouldn't be in the situation he is now. Unfortunately, he used to like to go to pubs and have sex with women who behaved badly. Socially, the ex-Governor would not have agreed to marry his granddaughter to a playboy.

There is also a marriage relationship between priests, because Protestantism allows marriage, which may be the biggest difference between the New World and the Old World.Nicholas Noyce and the family of Salem senior pastor John Hilking are so close that it only takes a few polite words to get to the point - after six women, Salem is set to execute five more men , four of them are ordinary villagers, one is Reverend Burroughs, and in view of the magistrate's misappropriation of the prisoner's property, the most likely to be executed is John Proctor, who was sentenced to death on August 6 people.

There is also John Willard, who is accused of cursing a boy to death. Of the remaining two potential death row priests, at least one can be replaced by Martha Carrier, Queen of Hell. Death would be a relief to the people of Salem, Andover, that they had executed a loathsome man, a notorious sinner, and the man to be replaced had better be John Alden.

Witchcraft persecution means "persecution", even after Alden stood on the chair, he told all the spectators that he was innocent and that he was taken away at high speed in the Indian gathering place. Don't give up on God. , convincing them that they are walking with Job, asserting their righteousness unto death, that they are suffering for Christ.At the same time, he also shouted that God would clear his name, that he was innocent, and that none of the statements against her were true.

In fact, looking at the good side, it was precisely because Burroughs was arrested from Wells that he didn't have to watch the scene like hell. Five hundred Wabanaki and French broke through it, and there were shouts and gunshots everywhere. , the people were scalped, while Burroughs was safe in the silent darkness of his Boston dungeons.

Ultimately without Alden from the Aug. 8 death list, officials led George Burroughs, John Willard, John Proctor and George Jacobs through the streets of Salem Prison. The courtyard boarded a carriage, and they met Martha Carrier halfway, and then drove towards Hanging Hill along the road that Rebecca Nas and the other five had walked last time.

John Proctor did not get the fair trial he had hoped for, but he had the opportunity to write a will, his pregnant wife could decide whether to execute the death penalty after the child was born, and as for his 11 children... so compared to his A personal death, the life and death of Elizabeth Proctor had greater significance.

George Jacobs, an elderly, jovial, illiterate farmer in his seventies, had an easy-going disposition, and his granddaughter, Margaret Jacobs, 70, was accused by the pastor's niece.

On the day of her arrest, Margaret confessed at the Biddle Inn. George Jacobs told her not to be so impulsive. Doing so would hasten her death, but what was the use?His father and uncle escaped, and his grandfather was captured, leaving his half-mad mother in chains awaiting trial.

Being a victim and pleading guilty was especially handy for accusing others, and Margaret was a regular in the courtroom that week, and she was one of the witnesses for Burroughs' conviction.

But the night before her execution, she declared that her confession was all false and untrue.

"They told me that if I didn't confess, I would be thrown into a dungeon and hanged, but if I confessed, I would live!"

Margaret chose to live, but since then she has been deeply tortured, living in the fear of conscience and unable to sleep.

The news of her repentance got out of the prison somehow, so she was sent to the suffocating dungeon. At that time, she found that it was better to die with peace of mind than to live with guilt and pain. She left a suicide note to her father in the dungeon, She knew that her home was completely ruined, that she was in a bad situation, and that she did not know when she would be hanged, but she assured her father that she was looking forward to a happy and happy meeting in heaven, and that she was still his obedient daughter.

Burroughs, whom she had accused, comforted Margaret, who had testified against him, in the dungeon, and the girl wept.

Her old grandfather laughed wildly and said to Hassan and Corwin, "Either burn me or hang me. I'm not so much a wizard as I am a vulture. I will come back to you!"

The carriage creaked and climbed up the mountain. This time, because a pastor was killed, thousands of people came to watch.

The 42-year-old Burroughs was the last to be tried, which made him the first to be executed. He got out of the car in the same position as Rebecca Nurse and walked calmly to the execution platform. A man has lost his shape after spending 14 weeks behind bars.

He stands on a high place, with his former followers and relatives under his feet.

"Our Father, Lord in heaven," said Burroughs, who, without looking at the noose around his neck, would have seemed to be preaching "Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come , may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, and give us today our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for The kingdom, the power, the glory are all yours forever, Amen."

Burroughs' actions confused the audience. Last time, Sarah Goode was still cursing everyone to drink blood. Is it really a wizard who can recite the "Lord's Prayer" verbatim?
"He has not been ordained!" said Cotton Mather, the Angel of Light, who was riding on his horse, handsome and looking brisk and radiant, "I assure you that Burroughs' sentence was just. "

Suspicion disappeared in the eyes of the people, when the executioner pulled Burroughs to his feet.

This method of death is very slow, and it takes a few minutes to suffocate before dying, but who told these people not to hire a professional executioner?

The New World lacks not only gentry, but also executioners. Last time, a prisoner who was hanged never died, and someone chopped off his head with an axe before it ended.

When this crazy season is over, it will take some time for people to return to normal, and there is a price to pay for being sober.

Looking back at that time, some things will be embarrassing, like the woman you accused, who walked across the creek to her farm, or the witch who was on probation suddenly appeared in the pew at your church, and The men who lost their property and came to beg for the loss.

For some, a return to normalcy was impossible, like Frances Nurse, who lost his wife, and Elizabeth Proctor, whose name was not in John's will, whose husband's relatives divided up everything, and She is legally dead, but she still has 12 children to support.

Mary English returned to Salem due to her weakness in exile and was already terminally ill. She died in 1694. Little Dorothy Goode saw her infant sister die and testified against her mother in order to survive , fell into madness at the age of just over 5 years old, spent the rest of his life under the care of others, and there are countless orphans. The tragic experience of so many people should be worthy of Miss Ann Putnam writing a confession book in front of the public Read it again.

She also read it later. In front of the Nass family, Francis Nass kept looking down at the confession book, fearing that she would miss a word. At this time, she was also an orphan. Her mother, Ann Putnam Sr. She also died because of her frailty. Old Ann was brought to Salem by Bailey. She was already dead, and Ann was still alive. She took a lot of responsibility for the accusation of witchcraft.

After all, women are outsiders in the family, which may be the reason why Andover men listen to their children and don't trust their wives, and the father's property is to be inherited by "blood related" children.

No one of importance was killed here, but this "vivid scene of hell" awakened many souls.

And this disaster has indeed affected the church. From a religious point of view, it is an earthquake level. The pillar of faith collapsed in this crisis, but it did not completely collapse, because there is mystery and fear that needs to be relied on. It is just that the church still has The right to forgive sinners?

(End of this chapter)