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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Colonial history. (search)
the special hatred of Parris, resisted the company of accusers, and was committed. And Parris, filling his prayers with the theme, made the pulpit ring with it. Have not I chosen you twelve, April 3. —such was his text,—and one of you is a devil? At this, Sarah Cloyce, sister to Rebecca Nurse, rose up and left the meeting-house; and she, too, was cried out upon, and sent to prison. The subject grew interesting; and, to examine Sarah Cloyce and Elizabeth Procter, the deputy-governor, April 11 and five other magistrates, went to Salem. It was a great day; several ministers were present. Parris officiated; and, by his own record, it is plain that he himself elicited every accusation. His first witness, John, the Indian servant, husband to Tituba, was rebuked by Sarah Cloyce, as a grievous liar. Abigail Williams, the niece to Parris, was also at hand with her tales: the prisoner had been at the witches' sacrament. Struck with horror, Sarah Cloyce asked for water, and sank down
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
, and with the applause of the Spanish nation, conducted Philip V. to Madrid. His expulsion was become impossible. Public opinion demanded the peace; and in England, where public opinion could reach the government, the tories came into power as the party of peace. Marlborough, who gave utterance to the sentiment that the enmity between England and France was irreconcilable, was dismissed; and humanity was pleased at the dismissal. The treaty of peace concluded at Utrecht was mo- 713. April 11. mentous in its character and consequences. It closed the series of universal wars for the balance of power, and, establishing the territorial relations of the states adjoining France on a basis which endures even now, left no opportunity for future wars, except for commerce or opinion. The Netherlands were the barrier against French encroachment. As Spain was now, of necessity, Chap. XXI.} thrown into the current of French policy, and doomed to be stationary, or to receive an impuls