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[00:36.05] | CHAPTER 1 THE PEDLAR |
[00:39.78] | The spring of 1634 arrives, |
[00:44.23] | but in the prison of Lancaster Castle it stays cold. |
[00:49.87] | The twenty women in the prison are dirty, |
[00:52.98] | hungry and cold. |
[00:56.01] | There are no beds or chairs and so they sleep on the cold floor. |
[01:02.14] | There are no windows, |
[01:04.01] | so it is always dark. |
[01:07.55] | The women want to get out of the prison; |
[01:10.38] | they want to go home. |
[01:13.44] | Sometimes the guards open the big, |
[01:16.96] | old door and put some bread and water on the floor. |
[01:22.61] | Then they close the door again. |
[01:26.66] | My name is Jennet Device, |
[01:29.97] | and I am one of the twenty women in prison. |
[01:33.78] | Day after day, |
[01:36.19] | I sit on the cold floor and wait. |
[01:41.24] | I want to feel warm again; |
[01:44.26] | I want to see the sky again, |
[01:47.78] | and Pendle Hill, |
[01:50.04] | the beautiful hill near my home. |
[01:54.19] | But I am in the dark prison of Lancaster Castle, |
[01:58.37] | and I sit on the cold floor and wait. |
[02:04.70] | One day, something happens. |
[02:08.50] | The guards open the big, old door. |
[02:12.47] | 'Jennet Device!'a guard calls. |
[02:17.13] | 'Come here at once,witch!Somebody wants to see you.' |
[02:24.77] | I get up slowly |
[02:27.30] | because I'm very cold |
[02:29.54] | and I walk across the dark room to the door. |
[02:33.95] | Perhaps it' s someone from Read Hall! |
[02:36.86] | Perhaps I'm going home! |
[02:39.95] | 'Jennet Device,be quick!'the guard calls again. |
[02:46.69] | Someone is standing at the door with the guard. |
[02:51.04] | 'Jennet,'he says quietly. |
[02:55.80] | I see him then: |
[02:57.94] | a tall man with brown hair and tired blue eyes. |
[03:05.01] | He is not from Read Hall. |
[03:08.66] | It is Mr Webster,from the church at Kild wick. |
[03:14.54] | My legs stop moving and suddenly I want to sit down. |
[03:21.41] | 'Come on, come on,' the guard says angrily. |
[03:27.13] | He begins to close the door. |
[03:30.75] | 'Come out here for a minute, |
[03:33.37] | Jennet,' Mr Webster says quietly. |
[03:36.71] | 'Sit down and eat something.' |
[03:40.79] | I sit down at a little table near the door. |
[03:46.49] | Mr Webster gives me some bread |
[03:49.41] | and some meat and I begin to eat hungrily. |
[03:55.94] | 'Ten minutes,'the guard says. |
[03:59.60] | 'After ten minutes,she goes in again. |
[04:04.42] | 'Thank you,'Mr Webster says. |
[04:09.63] | 'How is everyone at Read Hall?' |
[04:13.44] | I ask at last. |
[04:15.77] | Mr Webster smiles. |
[04:18.71] | 'Everyone is well. |
[04:20.80] | I was there yesterday.' |
[04:24.57] | I close my eyes for a minute. |
[04:28.09] | ' Mr Webster, it' s not true. |
[04:32.73] | I'm not a witch, you know.' |
[04:36.21] | 'I know,Jennet,'Mr Webster says. |
[04:40.27] | 'Last week, I brought Edmund Robinson |
[04:43.38] | and his father into my church, |
[04:45.77] | and asked them about the boy's story. |
[04:50.35] | Many people believed Edmund' s story, |
[04:52.60] | but some people didn' t. |
[04:55.81] | Edmund Robinson is going to London tomorrow with his father, |
[05:00.24] | and a judge is going to question them.' |
[05:05.24] | The guard comes back and begins to open the door. |
[05:10.11] | ' Time!' he says. |
[05:14.55] | Mr Webster stands up. |
[05:17.54] | 'God is here with you,Jennet. |
[05:20.35] | Never forget that. |
[05:22.49] | You can be happy,when God is with you.' |
[05:26.87] | I stand up too, and take the bread from the table. |
[05:32.53] | ' Yes, Mr Webster. God is with me; |
[05:37.07] | I believe that.' But happy?How can I be happy? |
[05:45.57] | I go back into the dark prison, |
[05:48.76] | and the guard closes the door behind me. |
[05:52.62] | The women run to me. |
[05:54.72] | 'Bread!Give us bread!'they cry. |
[05:58.96] | Quickly, I put the bread in my shirt. |
[06:03.71] | I don't want to lose it. |
[06:07.57] | I walk across the room and sit down on the floor. |
[06:14.78] | I am crying,but I feel a little better. |
[06:21.12] | Edmund Robinson, of Newchurch, |
[06:23.60] | is only ten years old. |
[06:26.80] | Edmund told lies about me and about many women: |
[06:32.47] | he saw us at a witches' meeting at a house called Hoarstones. |
[06:38.54] | It's not true,but many people believed him. |
[06:44.29] | What is he going to say in London? |
[06:47.69] | The truth? Or more lies. |
[06:54.02] | But now, in the prison of Lancaster Castle, |
[06:59.19] | I want to tell my story. |
[07:03.29] | It is a story about rich men and angry villagers; |
[07:08.47] | about old women and hungry children. |
[07:14.37] | It is a true story, and it happened to me. |
[07:22.52] | I was born in 1603. |
[07:27.00] | My family was always very poor, |
[07:30.66] | and after my father died, we were poorer. |
[07:36.17] | In winter, I was often ill and I was always cold and hungry. |
[07:43.27] | In summer, |
[07:44.66] | I was sometimes ill and I was often cold and hungry. |
[07:51.45] | We lived some miles from the village of New church, |
[07:57.44] | in an old house called Malkin Tower. |
[07:59.98] | It was dirty and cold. |
[08:04.26] | The rain came in through the windows and there were no doors. |
[08:10.95] | To the west, was the big hill called Pendle. |
[08:17.01] | Pendle Hill was beautiful. |
[08:21.47] | I loved Pendle Hill because it sat quietly all year and watched me. |
[08:30.74] | My story begins on the eighteenth day of March in the year 1612. |
[08:39.58] | I was nine years old, |
[08:42.58] | and my life began to change on that day. |
[08:48.16] | My mother and my grandmother were ill and they sat on the floor, |
[08:53.81] | with their dogs,near the little fire. |
[08:59.90] | My sister Alizon wanted to go out. |
[09:05.03] | 'I'm going to look for bread,'she said. |
[09:10.02] | My brother James sat near the fire, |
[09:13.18] | his mouth open.'Go and look for bread, |
[09:17.90] | 'he said.'Go and look for bread. |
[09:21.34] | 'James often said things again and again. |
[09:27.30] | Alizon ran out of the house and I followed her. |
[09:33.97] | 'Go and look for bread!'James called. |
[09:39.60] | Alizon began to go east, |
[09:41.85] | up the hill and past the big trees behind Malkin Tower. |
[09:47.65] | Alizon walked fast. |
[09:51.10] | She was eighteen years old and she was tall with long, |
[09:57.01] | dirty brown hair and a white,hungry face. |
[10:03.80] | It was cold, but there was no rain. |
[10:09.52] | Alizon wore a coat and some shoes, |
[10:14.18] | but I had no coat and no shoes. |
[10:19.10] | ' Please wait a minute!' I called to. |
[10:23.64] | my sister.' I want to come with you.' |
[10:28.32] | 'No!'Alizon cried. |
[10:34.06] | 'Go back, I don't want you.' |
[10:40.29] | Suddenly, a dog ran in front of Alizon. |
[10:45.55] | ' Good dog, good dog!' Alizon called. |
[10:50.94] | The dog ran to her and she put her hand on its head. |
[10:56.43] | It was my sister' s dog and it liked her. |
[11:01.92] | It was a big dog with big teeth |
[11:05.48] | and I didn' t like it because it was always hungry. |
[11:13.39] | I followed Alizon and her dog along the river to Colne. |
[11:20.42] | But before we arrived at Colne, we met John Law. |
[11:26.83] | John Law was a big fat man, about fifty years old. |
[11:35.56] | 'Can I have some money, please? |
[11:37.92] | 'Alizon called.'I'm hungry· |
[11:43.56] | John Law didn' t answer. |
[11:47.57] | He walked slowly because he was fat |
[11:51.36] | and because he carried a big bag on his back. |
[11:57.38] | In his bag were a lot of beautiful things. |
[12:02.67] | He was a pedlar and he walked across the hills and visited all the villages. |
[12:11.42] | 'Can I have some money?' |
[12:13.92] | Alizon called again.'I'm very hungry!' |
[12:19.84] | John Law stopped.' Stop following me,' |
[12:24.18] | he said.' I'm not going to give you money.' |
[12:30.00] | 'Give me money!'Alizon said. |
[12:35.07] | 'I don' t want to give you money,' |
[12:38.49] | the pedlar said. He took his hat off. |
[12:43.78] | There was not much hair on his head. |
[12:47.64] | 'I don't like you and I don' t like your family. |
[12:53.15] | A lot of bad women, you are, |
[12:56.81] | and your father was a bad man, too.' |
[13:02.36] | Alizon was angry. |
[13:04.77] | 'Don't talk about my father-he' s dead now! |
[13:09.15] | Give me some money, old man!' |
[13:13.24] | John Law' s face was red.' No!' he cried. |
[13:20.57] | He began to walk up the hill to the village. |
[13:24.54] | 'Go back to your dirty family!' |
[13:30.41] | Alizon began to laugh angrily. |
[13:36.04] | 'A dead man!A dead man!'she called. |
[13:42.02] | 'Dead before dark,John Law!' |
[13:45.41] | She looked down at her dog and put her hand on its head. |
[13:51.08] | 'Go after him,dog,'she said. |
[13:54.78] | 'Go after him and get him!' |
[14:00.93] | The big dog began to run after the pedlar. |
[14:05.75] | John Law stopped. |
[14:09.01] | He looked afraid and his face was very red. |
[14:15.07] | 'Call your dog back,you bad girl!'he shouted. |
[14:21.08] | Suddenly,his mouth opened and his face went white. |
[14:29.12] | Slowly,he began to fall, |
[14:33.38] | and his big body hit the road. |
[14:39.37] | The dog came up to him, |
[14:42.94] | but the pedlar did not move. |
[14:47.62] | Alizon watched John Law for a minute. |
[14:51.98] | Then she said to me, |
[14:54.03] | 'Go and call someone from the village.' |
[14:57.74] | I felt afraid,but I ran alog the road very quickly. |
[15:03.01] | 'Help!Help!'I called to the villagers. |
[15:06.96] | 'The pedlar is ill' |
[15:11.29] | The villagers came out of their houses |
[15:14.27] | and followed me down the hill. |
[15:17.68] | A young man looked at John Law carefully. |
[15:22.26] | 'He's not dead,'he said, |
[15:25.24] | 'but he' s very ill. |
[15:28.08] | Let' s move him to the nearest house. |
[15:31.57] | Someone must go and call his son.' |
[15:36.72] | Just then, John Law began to talk very slowly. |
[15:43.52] | 'I can' t move!' he said. |
[15:48.96] | ' I 'm alive, but I can' t move!' |
[15:57.09] | I went back to stand near Alizon. |
[16:01.73] | The dog sat at her feet. |
[16:05.84] | 'That Device girl…' |
[16:10.90] | John Law said slowly,'she-she cursed me! |
[16:18.30] | She wanted me to die! |
[16:22.00] | And her dog came to get me. |
[16:27.52] | All the villagers looked at Alizon. |
[16:31.34] | 'I 'm sorry,'Alizon said quickly. |
[16:34.23] | 'I'm very hungry and I wanted some money,that's all.' |
[16:40.67] | 'Go away!' the villagers cried. |
[16:44.13] | 'You' re a witch, |
[16:45.45] | and we don' t want you in our village.' |
[16:49.97] | Alizon began to run away down the hill and her dog followed. |
[16:56.03] | I watched the villagers. |
[16:59.22] | They carried John Law slowly up the hill to the nearest house. |
[17:06.03] | And then I followed my sister down the hill. |
[17:11.52] | I was hungry and tired |
[17:15.26] | and Malkin Tower was many miles away. |
[17:20.42] | I was nine years old and I was angry. |
[17:27.06] | I was angry because the pedlar was ill. |
[17:31.33] | I was angry because the villagers didn' t like me . |
[17:37.18] | And I was angry because my sister was a witch. |
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[00:36.05] | CHAPTER 1 THE PEDLAR |
[00:39.78] | The spring of 1634 arrives, |
[00:44.23] | but in the prison of Lancaster Castle it stays cold |
[00:49.87] | The twenty women in the prison are dirty, |
[00:52.98] | hungry and cold |
[00:56.01] | There are no beds or chairs and so they sleep on the cold floor |
[01:02.14] | There are no windows, |
[01:04.01] | so it is always dark |
[01:07.55] | The women want to get out of the prison |
[01:10.38] | they want to go home |
[01:13.44] | Sometimes the guards open the big, |
[01:16.96] | old door and put some bread and water on the floor |
[01:22.61] | Then they close the door again |
[01:26.66] | My name is Jennet Device, |
[01:29.97] | and I am one of the twenty women in prison |
[01:33.78] | Day after day, |
[01:36.19] | I sit on the cold floor and wait |
[01:41.24] | I want to feel warm again |
[01:44.26] | I want to see the sky again, |
[01:47.78] | and Pendle Hill, |
[01:50.04] | the beautiful hill near my home |
[01:54.19] | But I am in the dark prison of Lancaster Castle, |
[01:58.37] | and I sit on the cold floor and wait |
[02:04.70] | One day, something happens |
[02:08.50] | The guards open the big, old door |
[02:12.47] | ' Jennet Device!' a guard calls |
[02:17.13] | ' Come here at once, witch! Somebody wants to see you' |
[02:24.77] | I get up slowly |
[02:27.30] | because I' m very cold |
[02:29.54] | and I walk across the dark room to the door |
[02:33.95] | Perhaps it' s someone from Read Hall! |
[02:36.86] | Perhaps I' m going home! |
[02:39.95] | ' Jennet Device, be quick!' the guard calls again |
[02:46.69] | Someone is standing at the door with the guard |
[02:51.04] | ' Jennet,' he says quietly |
[02:55.80] | I see him then: |
[02:57.94] | a tall man with brown hair and tired blue eyes |
[03:05.01] | He is not from Read Hall |
[03:08.66] | It is Mr Webster, from the church at Kild wick |
[03:14.54] | My legs stop moving and suddenly I want to sit down |
[03:21.41] | ' Come on, come on,' the guard says angrily |
[03:27.13] | He begins to close the door |
[03:30.75] | ' Come out here for a minute, |
[03:33.37] | Jennet,' Mr Webster says quietly |
[03:36.71] | ' Sit down and eat something' |
[03:40.79] | I sit down at a little table near the door |
[03:46.49] | Mr Webster gives me some bread |
[03:49.41] | and some meat and I begin to eat hungrily |
[03:55.94] | ' Ten minutes,' the guard says |
[03:59.60] | ' After ten minutes, she goes in again |
[04:04.42] | ' Thank you,' Mr Webster says |
[04:09.63] | ' How is everyone at Read Hall?' |
[04:13.44] | I ask at last |
[04:15.77] | Mr Webster smiles |
[04:18.71] | ' Everyone is well |
[04:20.80] | I was there yesterday' |
[04:24.57] | I close my eyes for a minute |
[04:28.09] | ' Mr Webster, it' s not true |
[04:32.73] | I' m not a witch, you know' |
[04:36.21] | ' I know, Jennet,' Mr Webster says |
[04:40.27] | ' Last week, I brought Edmund Robinson |
[04:43.38] | and his father into my church, |
[04:45.77] | and asked them about the boy' s story |
[04:50.35] | Many people believed Edmund' s story, |
[04:52.60] | but some people didn' t |
[04:55.81] | Edmund Robinson is going to London tomorrow with his father, |
[05:00.24] | and a judge is going to question them' |
[05:05.24] | The guard comes back and begins to open the door |
[05:10.11] | ' Time!' he says |
[05:14.55] | Mr Webster stands up |
[05:17.54] | ' God is here with you, Jennet |
[05:20.35] | Never forget that |
[05:22.49] | You can be happy, when God is with you' |
[05:26.87] | I stand up too, and take the bread from the table |
[05:32.53] | ' Yes, Mr Webster God is with me |
[05:37.07] | I believe that' But happy? How can I be happy? |
[05:45.57] | I go back into the dark prison, |
[05:48.76] | and the guard closes the door behind me |
[05:52.62] | The women run to me |
[05:54.72] | ' Bread! Give us bread!' they cry |
[05:58.96] | Quickly, I put the bread in my shirt |
[06:03.71] | I don' t want to lose it |
[06:07.57] | I walk across the room and sit down on the floor |
[06:14.78] | I am crying, but I feel a little better |
[06:21.12] | Edmund Robinson, of Newchurch, |
[06:23.60] | is only ten years old |
[06:26.80] | Edmund told lies about me and about many women: |
[06:32.47] | he saw us at a witches' meeting at a house called Hoarstones |
[06:38.54] | It' s not true, but many people believed him |
[06:44.29] | What is he going to say in London? |
[06:47.69] | The truth? Or more lies |
[06:54.02] | But now, in the prison of Lancaster Castle, |
[06:59.19] | I want to tell my story |
[07:03.29] | It is a story about rich men and angry villagers |
[07:08.47] | about old women and hungry children |
[07:14.37] | It is a true story, and it happened to me |
[07:22.52] | I was born in 1603 |
[07:27.00] | My family was always very poor, |
[07:30.66] | and after my father died, we were poorer |
[07:36.17] | In winter, I was often ill and I was always cold and hungry |
[07:43.27] | In summer, |
[07:44.66] | I was sometimes ill and I was often cold and hungry |
[07:51.45] | We lived some miles from the village of New church, |
[07:57.44] | in an old house called Malkin Tower |
[07:59.98] | It was dirty and cold |
[08:04.26] | The rain came in through the windows and there were no doors |
[08:10.95] | To the west, was the big hill called Pendle |
[08:17.01] | Pendle Hill was beautiful |
[08:21.47] | I loved Pendle Hill because it sat quietly all year and watched me |
[08:30.74] | My story begins on the eighteenth day of March in the year 1612 |
[08:39.58] | I was nine years old, |
[08:42.58] | and my life began to change on that day |
[08:48.16] | My mother and my grandmother were ill and they sat on the floor, |
[08:53.81] | with their dogs, near the little fire |
[08:59.90] | My sister Alizon wanted to go out |
[09:05.03] | ' I' m going to look for bread,' she said |
[09:10.02] | My brother James sat near the fire, |
[09:13.18] | his mouth open' Go and look for bread, |
[09:17.90] | ' he said' Go and look for bread |
[09:21.34] | ' James often said things again and again |
[09:27.30] | Alizon ran out of the house and I followed her |
[09:33.97] | ' Go and look for bread!' James called |
[09:39.60] | Alizon began to go east, |
[09:41.85] | up the hill and past the big trees behind Malkin Tower |
[09:47.65] | Alizon walked fast |
[09:51.10] | She was eighteen years old and she was tall with long, |
[09:57.01] | dirty brown hair and a white, hungry face |
[10:03.80] | It was cold, but there was no rain. |
[10:09.52] | Alizon wore a coat and some shoes, |
[10:14.18] | but I had no coat and no shoes |
[10:19.10] | ' Please wait a minute!' I called to. |
[10:23.64] | my sister' I want to come with you' |
[10:28.32] | ' No!' Alizon cried |
[10:34.06] | ' Go back, I don' t want you' |
[10:40.29] | Suddenly, a dog ran in front of Alizon |
[10:45.55] | ' Good dog, good dog!' Alizon called |
[10:50.94] | The dog ran to her and she put her hand on its head |
[10:56.43] | It was my sister' s dog and it liked her |
[11:01.92] | It was a big dog with big teeth |
[11:05.48] | and I didn' t like it because it was always hungry |
[11:13.39] | I followed Alizon and her dog along the river to Colne |
[11:20.42] | But before we arrived at Colne, we met John Law |
[11:26.83] | John Law was a big fat man, about fifty years old |
[11:35.56] | ' Can I have some money, please? |
[11:37.92] | ' Alizon called' I' m hungry |
[11:43.56] | John Law didn' t answer |
[11:47.57] | He walked slowly because he was fat |
[11:51.36] | and because he carried a big bag on his back |
[11:57.38] | In his bag were a lot of beautiful things |
[12:02.67] | He was a pedlar and he walked across the hills and visited all the villages |
[12:11.42] | ' Can I have some money?' |
[12:13.92] | Alizon called again' I' m very hungry!' |
[12:19.84] | John Law stopped' Stop following me,' |
[12:24.18] | he said' I' m not going to give you money' |
[12:30.00] | ' Give me money!' Alizon said |
[12:35.07] | ' I don' t want to give you money,' |
[12:38.49] | the pedlar said He took his hat off |
[12:43.78] | There was not much hair on his head |
[12:47.64] | ' I don' t like you and I don' t like your family |
[12:53.15] | A lot of bad women, you are, |
[12:56.81] | and your father was a bad man, too' |
[13:02.36] | Alizon was angry |
[13:04.77] | ' Don' t talk about my fatherhe' s dead now! |
[13:09.15] | Give me some money, old man!' |
[13:13.24] | John Law' s face was red' No!' he cried |
[13:20.57] | He began to walk up the hill to the village |
[13:24.54] | ' Go back to your dirty family!' |
[13:30.41] | Alizon began to laugh angrily |
[13:36.04] | ' A dead man! A dead man!' she called |
[13:42.02] | ' Dead before dark, John Law!' |
[13:45.41] | She looked down at her dog and put her hand on its head |
[13:51.08] | ' Go after him, dog,' she said |
[13:54.78] | ' Go after him and get him!' |
[14:00.93] | The big dog began to run after the pedlar |
[14:05.75] | John Law stopped |
[14:09.01] | He looked afraid and his face was very red |
[14:15.07] | ' Call your dog back, you bad girl!' he shouted |
[14:21.08] | Suddenly, his mouth opened and his face went white |
[14:29.12] | Slowly, he began to fall, |
[14:33.38] | and his big body hit the road |
[14:39.37] | The dog came up to him, |
[14:42.94] | but the pedlar did not move |
[14:47.62] | Alizon watched John Law for a minute |
[14:51.98] | Then she said to me, |
[14:54.03] | ' Go and call someone from the village' |
[14:57.74] | I felt afraid, but I ran alog the road very quickly |
[15:03.01] | ' Help! Help!' I called to the villagers |
[15:06.96] | ' The pedlar is ill' |
[15:11.29] | The villagers came out of their houses |
[15:14.27] | and followed me down the hill |
[15:17.68] | A young man looked at John Law carefully |
[15:22.26] | ' He' s not dead,' he said, |
[15:25.24] | ' but he' s very ill |
[15:28.08] | Let' s move him to the nearest house |
[15:31.57] | Someone must go and call his son' |
[15:36.72] | Just then, John Law began to talk very slowly |
[15:43.52] | ' I can' t move!' he said |
[15:48.96] | ' I ' m alive, but I can' t move!' |
[15:57.09] | I went back to stand near Alizon |
[16:01.73] | The dog sat at her feet |
[16:05.84] | ' That Device girl' |
[16:10.90] | John Law said slowly,' sheshe cursed me! |
[16:18.30] | She wanted me to die! |
[16:22.00] | And her dog came to get me |
[16:27.52] | All the villagers looked at Alizon |
[16:31.34] | ' I ' m sorry,' Alizon said quickly |
[16:34.23] | ' I' m very hungry and I wanted some money, that' s all' |
[16:40.67] | ' Go away!' the villagers cried |
[16:44.13] | ' You' re a witch, |
[16:45.45] | and we don' t want you in our village' |
[16:49.97] | Alizon began to run away down the hill and her dog followed |
[16:56.03] | I watched the villagers |
[16:59.22] | They carried John Law slowly up the hill to the nearest house |
[17:06.03] | And then I followed my sister down the hill |
[17:11.52] | I was hungry and tired |
[17:15.26] | and Malkin Tower was many miles away |
[17:20.42] | I was nine years old and I was angry |
[17:27.06] | I was angry because the pedlar was ill |
[17:31.33] | I was angry because the villagers didn' t like me |
[17:37.18] | And I was angry because my sister was a witch |
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[00:36.05] | CHAPTER 1 THE PEDLAR |
[00:39.78] | The spring of 1634 arrives, |
[00:44.23] | but in the prison of Lancaster Castle it stays cold |
[00:49.87] | The twenty women in the prison are dirty, |
[00:52.98] | hungry and cold |
[00:56.01] | There are no beds or chairs and so they sleep on the cold floor |
[01:02.14] | There are no windows, |
[01:04.01] | so it is always dark |
[01:07.55] | The women want to get out of the prison |
[01:10.38] | they want to go home |
[01:13.44] | Sometimes the guards open the big, |
[01:16.96] | old door and put some bread and water on the floor |
[01:22.61] | Then they close the door again |
[01:26.66] | My name is Jennet Device, |
[01:29.97] | and I am one of the twenty women in prison |
[01:33.78] | Day after day, |
[01:36.19] | I sit on the cold floor and wait |
[01:41.24] | I want to feel warm again |
[01:44.26] | I want to see the sky again, |
[01:47.78] | and Pendle Hill, |
[01:50.04] | the beautiful hill near my home |
[01:54.19] | But I am in the dark prison of Lancaster Castle, |
[01:58.37] | and I sit on the cold floor and wait |
[02:04.70] | One day, something happens |
[02:08.50] | The guards open the big, old door |
[02:12.47] | ' Jennet Device!' a guard calls |
[02:17.13] | ' Come here at once, witch! Somebody wants to see you' |
[02:24.77] | I get up slowly |
[02:27.30] | because I' m very cold |
[02:29.54] | and I walk across the dark room to the door |
[02:33.95] | Perhaps it' s someone from Read Hall! |
[02:36.86] | Perhaps I' m going home! |
[02:39.95] | ' Jennet Device, be quick!' the guard calls again |
[02:46.69] | Someone is standing at the door with the guard |
[02:51.04] | ' Jennet,' he says quietly |
[02:55.80] | I see him then: |
[02:57.94] | a tall man with brown hair and tired blue eyes |
[03:05.01] | He is not from Read Hall |
[03:08.66] | It is Mr Webster, from the church at Kild wick |
[03:14.54] | My legs stop moving and suddenly I want to sit down |
[03:21.41] | ' Come on, come on,' the guard says angrily |
[03:27.13] | He begins to close the door |
[03:30.75] | ' Come out here for a minute, |
[03:33.37] | Jennet,' Mr Webster says quietly |
[03:36.71] | ' Sit down and eat something' |
[03:40.79] | I sit down at a little table near the door |
[03:46.49] | Mr Webster gives me some bread |
[03:49.41] | and some meat and I begin to eat hungrily |
[03:55.94] | ' Ten minutes,' the guard says |
[03:59.60] | ' After ten minutes, she goes in again |
[04:04.42] | ' Thank you,' Mr Webster says |
[04:09.63] | ' How is everyone at Read Hall?' |
[04:13.44] | I ask at last |
[04:15.77] | Mr Webster smiles |
[04:18.71] | ' Everyone is well |
[04:20.80] | I was there yesterday' |
[04:24.57] | I close my eyes for a minute |
[04:28.09] | ' Mr Webster, it' s not true |
[04:32.73] | I' m not a witch, you know' |
[04:36.21] | ' I know, Jennet,' Mr Webster says |
[04:40.27] | ' Last week, I brought Edmund Robinson |
[04:43.38] | and his father into my church, |
[04:45.77] | and asked them about the boy' s story |
[04:50.35] | Many people believed Edmund' s story, |
[04:52.60] | but some people didn' t |
[04:55.81] | Edmund Robinson is going to London tomorrow with his father, |
[05:00.24] | and a judge is going to question them' |
[05:05.24] | The guard comes back and begins to open the door |
[05:10.11] | ' Time!' he says |
[05:14.55] | Mr Webster stands up |
[05:17.54] | ' God is here with you, Jennet |
[05:20.35] | Never forget that |
[05:22.49] | You can be happy, when God is with you' |
[05:26.87] | I stand up too, and take the bread from the table |
[05:32.53] | ' Yes, Mr Webster God is with me |
[05:37.07] | I believe that' But happy? How can I be happy? |
[05:45.57] | I go back into the dark prison, |
[05:48.76] | and the guard closes the door behind me |
[05:52.62] | The women run to me |
[05:54.72] | ' Bread! Give us bread!' they cry |
[05:58.96] | Quickly, I put the bread in my shirt |
[06:03.71] | I don' t want to lose it |
[06:07.57] | I walk across the room and sit down on the floor |
[06:14.78] | I am crying, but I feel a little better |
[06:21.12] | Edmund Robinson, of Newchurch, |
[06:23.60] | is only ten years old |
[06:26.80] | Edmund told lies about me and about many women: |
[06:32.47] | he saw us at a witches' meeting at a house called Hoarstones |
[06:38.54] | It' s not true, but many people believed him |
[06:44.29] | What is he going to say in London? |
[06:47.69] | The truth? Or more lies |
[06:54.02] | But now, in the prison of Lancaster Castle, |
[06:59.19] | I want to tell my story |
[07:03.29] | It is a story about rich men and angry villagers |
[07:08.47] | about old women and hungry children |
[07:14.37] | It is a true story, and it happened to me |
[07:22.52] | I was born in 1603 |
[07:27.00] | My family was always very poor, |
[07:30.66] | and after my father died, we were poorer |
[07:36.17] | In winter, I was often ill and I was always cold and hungry |
[07:43.27] | In summer, |
[07:44.66] | I was sometimes ill and I was often cold and hungry |
[07:51.45] | We lived some miles from the village of New church, |
[07:57.44] | in an old house called Malkin Tower |
[07:59.98] | It was dirty and cold |
[08:04.26] | The rain came in through the windows and there were no doors |
[08:10.95] | To the west, was the big hill called Pendle |
[08:17.01] | Pendle Hill was beautiful |
[08:21.47] | I loved Pendle Hill because it sat quietly all year and watched me |
[08:30.74] | My story begins on the eighteenth day of March in the year 1612 |
[08:39.58] | I was nine years old, |
[08:42.58] | and my life began to change on that day |
[08:48.16] | My mother and my grandmother were ill and they sat on the floor, |
[08:53.81] | with their dogs, near the little fire |
[08:59.90] | My sister Alizon wanted to go out |
[09:05.03] | ' I' m going to look for bread,' she said |
[09:10.02] | My brother James sat near the fire, |
[09:13.18] | his mouth open' Go and look for bread, |
[09:17.90] | ' he said' Go and look for bread |
[09:21.34] | ' James often said things again and again |
[09:27.30] | Alizon ran out of the house and I followed her |
[09:33.97] | ' Go and look for bread!' James called |
[09:39.60] | Alizon began to go east, |
[09:41.85] | up the hill and past the big trees behind Malkin Tower |
[09:47.65] | Alizon walked fast |
[09:51.10] | She was eighteen years old and she was tall with long, |
[09:57.01] | dirty brown hair and a white, hungry face |
[10:03.80] | It was cold, but there was no rain. |
[10:09.52] | Alizon wore a coat and some shoes, |
[10:14.18] | but I had no coat and no shoes |
[10:19.10] | ' Please wait a minute!' I called to. |
[10:23.64] | my sister' I want to come with you' |
[10:28.32] | ' No!' Alizon cried |
[10:34.06] | ' Go back, I don' t want you' |
[10:40.29] | Suddenly, a dog ran in front of Alizon |
[10:45.55] | ' Good dog, good dog!' Alizon called |
[10:50.94] | The dog ran to her and she put her hand on its head |
[10:56.43] | It was my sister' s dog and it liked her |
[11:01.92] | It was a big dog with big teeth |
[11:05.48] | and I didn' t like it because it was always hungry |
[11:13.39] | I followed Alizon and her dog along the river to Colne |
[11:20.42] | But before we arrived at Colne, we met John Law |
[11:26.83] | John Law was a big fat man, about fifty years old |
[11:35.56] | ' Can I have some money, please? |
[11:37.92] | ' Alizon called' I' m hungry |
[11:43.56] | John Law didn' t answer |
[11:47.57] | He walked slowly because he was fat |
[11:51.36] | and because he carried a big bag on his back |
[11:57.38] | In his bag were a lot of beautiful things |
[12:02.67] | He was a pedlar and he walked across the hills and visited all the villages |
[12:11.42] | ' Can I have some money?' |
[12:13.92] | Alizon called again' I' m very hungry!' |
[12:19.84] | John Law stopped' Stop following me,' |
[12:24.18] | he said' I' m not going to give you money' |
[12:30.00] | ' Give me money!' Alizon said |
[12:35.07] | ' I don' t want to give you money,' |
[12:38.49] | the pedlar said He took his hat off |
[12:43.78] | There was not much hair on his head |
[12:47.64] | ' I don' t like you and I don' t like your family |
[12:53.15] | A lot of bad women, you are, |
[12:56.81] | and your father was a bad man, too' |
[13:02.36] | Alizon was angry |
[13:04.77] | ' Don' t talk about my fatherhe' s dead now! |
[13:09.15] | Give me some money, old man!' |
[13:13.24] | John Law' s face was red' No!' he cried |
[13:20.57] | He began to walk up the hill to the village |
[13:24.54] | ' Go back to your dirty family!' |
[13:30.41] | Alizon began to laugh angrily |
[13:36.04] | ' A dead man! A dead man!' she called |
[13:42.02] | ' Dead before dark, John Law!' |
[13:45.41] | She looked down at her dog and put her hand on its head |
[13:51.08] | ' Go after him, dog,' she said |
[13:54.78] | ' Go after him and get him!' |
[14:00.93] | The big dog began to run after the pedlar |
[14:05.75] | John Law stopped |
[14:09.01] | He looked afraid and his face was very red |
[14:15.07] | ' Call your dog back, you bad girl!' he shouted |
[14:21.08] | Suddenly, his mouth opened and his face went white |
[14:29.12] | Slowly, he began to fall, |
[14:33.38] | and his big body hit the road |
[14:39.37] | The dog came up to him, |
[14:42.94] | but the pedlar did not move |
[14:47.62] | Alizon watched John Law for a minute |
[14:51.98] | Then she said to me, |
[14:54.03] | ' Go and call someone from the village' |
[14:57.74] | I felt afraid, but I ran alog the road very quickly |
[15:03.01] | ' Help! Help!' I called to the villagers |
[15:06.96] | ' The pedlar is ill' |
[15:11.29] | The villagers came out of their houses |
[15:14.27] | and followed me down the hill |
[15:17.68] | A young man looked at John Law carefully |
[15:22.26] | ' He' s not dead,' he said, |
[15:25.24] | ' but he' s very ill |
[15:28.08] | Let' s move him to the nearest house |
[15:31.57] | Someone must go and call his son' |
[15:36.72] | Just then, John Law began to talk very slowly |
[15:43.52] | ' I can' t move!' he said |
[15:48.96] | ' I ' m alive, but I can' t move!' |
[15:57.09] | I went back to stand near Alizon |
[16:01.73] | The dog sat at her feet |
[16:05.84] | ' That Device girl' |
[16:10.90] | John Law said slowly,' sheshe cursed me! |
[16:18.30] | She wanted me to die! |
[16:22.00] | And her dog came to get me |
[16:27.52] | All the villagers looked at Alizon |
[16:31.34] | ' I ' m sorry,' Alizon said quickly |
[16:34.23] | ' I' m very hungry and I wanted some money, that' s all' |
[16:40.67] | ' Go away!' the villagers cried |
[16:44.13] | ' You' re a witch, |
[16:45.45] | and we don' t want you in our village' |
[16:49.97] | Alizon began to run away down the hill and her dog followed |
[16:56.03] | I watched the villagers |
[16:59.22] | They carried John Law slowly up the hill to the nearest house |
[17:06.03] | And then I followed my sister down the hill |
[17:11.52] | I was hungry and tired |
[17:15.26] | and Malkin Tower was many miles away |
[17:20.42] | I was nine years old and I was angry |
[17:27.06] | I was angry because the pedlar was ill |
[17:31.33] | I was angry because the villagers didn' t like me |
[17:37.18] | And I was angry because my sister was a witch |