to satisfy their demands, it was shameful for him to have been persuaded to give,—­all these things, which after his own apprehension and imprisonment he had leisure to ponder upon, preyed on his mind.  He saw the awful character of the delusion to which he had lent himself; that it had brought his prayerful and excellent wife to the sentence of death, which had already been executed upon many other devout and worthy persons.  He knew that he was innocent of the crime of witchcraft, and was now satisfied that all others were.  Besides his own unfriendly course towards his wife, two of his four sons-in-law had turned against her.  One (Crosby) had testified, and another (Parker) had allowed his name to be used, as an adverse witness.  In view of all this, Corey made up his mind, determined on his course, and stood to that determination.  He resolved to expiate his own folly by a fate that would satisfy the demands of the sternest criticism upon his conduct; proclaim his abhorrence of the prosecutions; and attest the strength of his feelings towards those of his children who had been false, and those who had been true, to his wife.  He caused to be drawn up what has been called a will, although it is in reality a deed, and was duly recorded as such.  Its phraseology is very strongly guarded, and made to give it clear, full, and certain effect.  It begins thus:  “Know ye, &c., that I, Giles Corey, lying under great trouble and affliction, through which I am very weak in body, but in perfect memory,—­knowing not how soon I may depart this life; in consideration of which, and for the fatherly love and affection which I have and do bear unto my beloved son-in-law, William Cleeves, of the town of Beverly, and to my son-in-law, John Moulton, of the town of Salem, as also for divers other good causes and considerations me at the present especially moving;” and proceeds to convey and confirm all his property—­“lands, meadow, housing, cattle, stock, movables and immovables, money, apparel, ... and all other the aforesaid premises, with their appurtenances”—­to the said Cleeves and Moulton “for ever, freely and quietly, without any manner of challenge, claim, or demand of me the said Giles Corey, or of any other person or persons whatsoever for me in my name, or by my cause, means, or procurement;” and, in the use of all the language applicable to that end, he warrants and binds himself to defend the aforesaid conveyance and grant to Cleeves and Moulton, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns for ever.  The document was properly signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of competent witnesses, whose several signatures are indorsed to that effect.  It was duly acknowledged before “Thomas Wade, Justice of the Peace in Essex,” and recorded forthwith.  This transaction took place in the jail at Ipswich.