If in this damnable course of life, and offences, more horrible and odious, then any man is able to expresse:  any man lyuing could lament the estate of any such like vpon earth:  The example of this poore creature, would haue moued pittie, in respect of her great contrition and repentance, after she was committed to the Castle at Lancaster, vntill the comming of his Maiesties Iudges of Assise.  But such was the nature of her offences, & the multitude of her crying sinnes, as it tooke away all sense of humanity.  And the repetition of her hellish practises, and Reuenge; being the chiefest thinges wherein she alwayes tooke great delight, togeather with a particular declaration of the Murders shee had committed, layde open to the world, and giuen in Euidence against her at the time of her Arraignement and Tryall; as certainely it did beget contempt in the Audience, and such as she neuer offended.

This Anne Whittle, alias Chattox, was a very old withered spent and decreped creature, her sight almost gone:  A dangerous Witch, of very long continuance; alwayes opposite to old Demdike:  For whom the one fauoured, the other hated deadly:  [Sidenote:  Her owne examination] and how they enuie and accuse one an other, in their Examinations, may appeare.

In her Witchcraft, alwayes more ready to doe mischiefe to mens goods, then themselues.  Her lippes euer chattering and walking:[D2_a_1] but no man knew what.  She liued in the Forrest of Pendle, amongst this wicked company of dangerous Witches.  Yet in her Examination and Confession, she dealt alwayes very plainely and truely:  for vpon a speciall occasion being oftentimes examined in open Court, shee was neuer found to vary, but alwayes to agree in one, and the selfe same thing.

I place her in order, next to that wicked fire-brand of mischiefe, old Demdike, because from these two, sprung all the rest in order:[D2_a_2] and were the Children and Friendes, of these two notorious Witches.

Many thinges in the discouery of them, shall be very worthy your obseruation.  As the times and occasions to execute their mischiefe.  And this in generall:  the Spirit could neuer hurt, till they gaue consent.

And, but that it is my charge, to set foorth a particular Declaration of the Euidence against them, vpon their Arraignement and Tryall; with their Diuelish practises, consultations, meetings, and murders committed by them, in such sort, as they were giuen in Euidence against them; for the which, I shall haue matter vpon Record.  I could make a large Comentarie of them:  But it is my humble duety, to obserue the Charge and Commaundement of these my Honorable good Lordes the Iudges of Assise, and not to exceed the limits of my Commission.  Wherefore I shall now bring this auncient Witch, to the due course of her Tryall, in order. viz.

Indictment.