THE WITCH TRIALS MEMORIAL

The following inscriptions (in red), taken from 17th-century court records,

have been included in the memorial's threshold: 

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"Oh Lord, Help me." -Rebecca Nurse

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"I am no witch. I am innocent. I know nothing of it." -Bridget Bishop

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"I do plead not guilty. I am wholly innocent of such wickedness." -Mary Bradbury

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"I am wronged. It is a shameful thing that you should mind these folks that are out of their wits." -Martha Carrier

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"I can deny it to my dying day." -William Hobbs

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"If it was the last moment to live, God knows I am innocent." -Elizabeth How

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"They told me if I could not confess I should be put down into the dungeon and would be hanged, but if I would confess I should save my life." -Margaret Jacobs

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All which I hope your honors will take into your prudent consideration, and find it requisite so to do; for my life lies now in your hands, under God." -Rebecca Nurse