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Uproar of Witchcraft Broke Out in the Town of Salem!
Two days ago during midnight it was said that Parris’s daughter Betty, couldn’t move herself and that doctors can’t help her. Rumors were spread out at the town of Salem, Massachusetts. It was said that Abigail was dancing naked with Betty and others in the forest at night. Parris accused Abigail by saying “My daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest” (p9.i.II). Abigail denied it by saying “Uncle we did dance; let ybigail said that they were just having fun and the only reason she has a bad name in town is because of Goody Proctor. Abigail told Parris “I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” (p12.i.I).
Yesterday evening there was a poppet found in Proctor‘s house. It was reported that a long needle was found in the poppet’s belly. But that’s not all, in the same evening, they’ve learned that Abigail had suddenly clutched her stomach and pulled out a two-inch needle. She claimed that Elizabeth Proctor had been her attacker and testified that Elizabeth pushed a needle into her at dinner that night. Cheever, the clerk of the court said to hale, “I find here a poppet Goody Proctor keeps. I have found it, sir. And in the belly of the poppet a needle’s stuck. I tell you true, I never warranted to see such proof of Hell!” (p71.i.II).
Eim AbWilliams and had been instructed to search the house for a poppet. Mary Warren tells them how the poppet got into the hgail “The girl is murder! She must be ripped out of the world!”(p72.i.II). Cheever took this as evidence of her guilt and insisted on her arrest. Proctor snatched the warrant out of Cheever's hand and ripped it. He said that the warrant is
Two days ago during midnight it was said that Parris’s daughter Betty, couldn’t move herself and that doctors can’t help her. Rumors were spread out at the town of Salem, Massachusetts. It was said that Abigail was dancing naked with Betty and others in the forest at night. Parris accused Abigail by saying “My daughter and my niece I discovered dancing like heathen in the forest” (p9.i.II). Abigail denied it by saying “Uncle we did dance; let ybigail said that they were just having fun and the only reason she has a bad name in town is because of Goody Proctor. Abigail told Parris “I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!” (p12.i.I).
Yesterday evening there was a poppet found in Proctor‘s house. It was reported that a long needle was found in the poppet’s belly. But that’s not all, in the same evening, they’ve learned that Abigail had suddenly clutched her stomach and pulled out a two-inch needle. She claimed that Elizabeth Proctor had been her attacker and testified that Elizabeth pushed a needle into her at dinner that night. Cheever, the clerk of the court said to hale, “I find here a poppet Goody Proctor keeps. I have found it, sir. And in the belly of the poppet a needle’s stuck. I tell you true, I never warranted to see such proof of Hell!” (p71.i.II).
Eim AbWilliams and had been instructed to search the house for a poppet. Mary Warren tells them how the poppet got into the hgail “The girl is murder! She must be ripped out of the world!”(p72.i.II). Cheever took this as evidence of her guilt and insisted on her arrest. Proctor snatched the warrant out of Cheever's hand and ripped it. He said that the warrant is