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The witch took from the boy his name Duny, the name his mother had given him as a baby.
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One of the witnesses, a woman named Dorothy Durent, deposed that she had quarrelled with one Amy Duny, immediately after which her infant child was seized with fits.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft Howard Williams
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Deponent also testified that Duny had, while in a rage, said that she (the witness) would yet be going with crutches -- a prophecy followed by deponent becoming so lame in both her legs, that she could not walk without being supported by sticks.
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Duny had (so said the witness) predicted that the child named would not live long, and within three days the child died.
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At the trial, evidence was given by Anne Durent, that William Durent, her son (one of the children bewitched) had strange and sad fits, caused by Duny giving the child suck.
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Duny (for it was she who was in this sad condition) told the witness, that because of the evil she did to her, she (Duny) would see much evil befall the Durent family.
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Deponent further stated that her daughter, Elizabeth Durent, about ten years of age, was afflicted like her other child, and in her fits complained of Ann Duny tormenting her.
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Duny was found Guilty, to the great admiration of all persons, the said Dorothy Durent was restored to the use of her limbs, and went home without making use of her crutches.
State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) Harry Lushington Stephen 1902
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Duny to see her, and found her in the same condition as was related to her; for her face, her legs, and thighs, which this deponent saw, seemed very much scorched and burnt with fire, at which this deponent seemed much to wonder, and asked the said
State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) Harry Lushington Stephen 1902
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Duny, she told her, if she did not fetch her geese home they would all be destroyed; which in a few days after it came to pass.
State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) Harry Lushington Stephen 1902
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