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CHAPTER 4 TRUTH AND LIES |
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On the twenty-seventh day of April, |
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the guards took my mother and James to Lancaster Castle, |
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and my life at Read Hall began. |
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Suddenly,it was spring. |
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The sky was blue and there were beautiful flowers on the hills. |
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From Read Hall,Pendle Hill looked different : |
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it looked smaller, and it was not so important in my life. |
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Sometimes I walked along Sabden Brook to Sabden, |
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and then to Newchurch, |
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and I felt happy to be near Pendle Hill again. |
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But I never visited Malkin Tower again. |
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Spring changed into summer, |
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and in August I went to Lancaster with Mr Nowell. |
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Lancaster was thirty miles from Read Hall, |
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and I got very tired because I sat on a horse for hours. |
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It was a big, noisy town. |
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I never saw so many people before in my life and I felt afraid. |
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The trial of the witches of Pendle |
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began at Lancaster Castle on the eighteenth day of August, |
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and the judge was an important man from London. |
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Judge Bromley listened to many people on that day, |
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because there were a lot of witches from Lancashire in the prison. |
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Old Demdike was not there because she died in May, |
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before the judge arrived. |
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I waited with Mr Nowell' s servant, |
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and when a guard called my name, |
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I went through a big door and saw the judge behind a table. |
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Judge Bromley was rich and important, |
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but his eyes were cold. |
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Suddenly, I saw my mother! |
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She was dirty and very thin. |
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When she saw me,her face went red. |
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My hair was clean now, |
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and I wore shoes and an expensive dress. |
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I saw my mother' s eyes: |
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she hated me! |
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'Are you a witch?'Judge Bromley asked my mother. |
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'No, I 'm not,'my mother answered angrily. |
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'Did you kill Jack Robinson,of Barley village?' |
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' No, I did not.' |
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'Jennet Device is here,' a voice said quietly. |
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It was Mr Nowell. |
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'She can tell us the truth about her mother.' |
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For a minute, my mother did not move. |
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Then she ran across the room and shouted at me. |
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'You know nothing, you bad child! |
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And I'm your mother!Don' t forget that!' |
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The guards ran after my mother and pulled her to the floor. |
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' I'm no witch!'my mother shouted. |
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' It' s all lies! Jennet,you' re a witch |
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a child of the Devil! |
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You' re my daughter,and I know!' |
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I was afraid and I put my hands over my eyes. |
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I didn't want to see my mother' s ugly face. |
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The guards pulled my mother out of the room and the noise stopped. |
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'Jennet Device,'the judge said. |
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'Tell us the truth about your mother.' |
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Roger Nowell lifted me up |
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and put me on a table in front of the judge. |
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'My mother is a witch,' |
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I began.'She has a friend, |
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a dog called Ball. |
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When she wants to kill somebody, |
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she tells Ball…'I talked and talked; |
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I told the judge everything. |
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Judge Bromley listened carefully. |
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'My child,is this the truth?' |
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'Yes,'I answered. |
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'I'm telling you the truth.' |
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The guards brought my mother back into the room again. |
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Her face looked tired and her eyes were red. |
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'Elizabeth Device,your daughter told us about your dog,Ball. |
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Your son, too, |
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told us about the clay pictures. |
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We know everything.' |
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My mother said nothing. |
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She didn't look at the judge and she didn' t look at me. |
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Next, the guards brought my brother James into the room. |
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When I saw James,I wanted to cry. |
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James was thin and dirty and his hair was very long. |
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He looked at the judge and at all the rich |
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and important men in the room and he began to cry. |
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Then he sat down on the floor. |
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'Stand up,James Device,' |
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Judge Bromley said. |
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The guards pulled James up, |
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but he fell to the floor again. |
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'You killed Mr Duckworth,' |
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Judge Bromley said. |
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'I wanted a shirt,'James cried. |
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'Is your brother a witch?' |
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Judge Bromley asked me. |
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' Yes,' I said. My brother sat on the floor, |
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his mouth open. |
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He looked at me,but he didn't know me. |
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I was clean,and fat because of all the good food at Read Hall. |
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'James told me about his friend,Dandy,' |
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I began.'Dandy was the Devil and-' |
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James heard the name Dandy, |
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and he began to cry again. |
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'I want Dandy!I want to go home!' |
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The guards pulled him up from the floor |
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and took him out of the room. |
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I never saw my brother again. |
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When the guards brought my sister Alizon |
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in front of the judge, I said nothing. |
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John Law,the pedlar,came into the room. |
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He was a thin man now. |
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He walked slowly and he talked slowly and his face looked ill. |
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He told the judge about that day near Colne |
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when Alizon cursed him and her dog ran after him. |
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'I'm sorry!' Alizon said. |
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' I was angry with you that day, |
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but I'm sorry now.' |
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Alizon 's eyes were dark and afraid, |
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but she had no friends in that room |
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and nobody wanted to listen to her. |
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Then Mr Nowell took me out |
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and I waited with his servant in a different room. |
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An hour later, |
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there was the noise of many people shouting and crying. |
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The servant smiled. |
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'The trial is finished,' |
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he said 'You' re a good child Jennet. |
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You told the judge the truth about the Witches.' |
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Mr Nowell took me home to Read Hall. |
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And on the twentieth day of August 1612, |
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the guards took my mother, |
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my sister and my brother out of prison , |
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and hanged them in front of Lancaster Castle. |
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And so I lost my family. |
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When I was a child, |
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I wanted to be happy. |
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I wanted to be warm, |
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to wear shoes, to eat good food. |
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I wanted someone to take care of me.That's all. |
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My mother gave me nothing. |
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She gave me no love. |
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She never took care of me. |
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Because my mother was a witch, |
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my father ran away and I never knew him. |
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My father was a rich man without a name, |
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and I lived hungry and cold with a witch. |
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And so I told Judge Bromley the truth about my family. |
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Was I wrong?I don't know. |
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I was happy for years at Read Hall. |
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For twenty-one years, I forgot my family. |
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I learned to cook for the Nowell family; |
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I worked many hours every day but I was warm |
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and I ate good food. |
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Every Sunday,in my best dress,I went to church; |
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every summer I walked over Pendle Hill. |
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I never thought about my family, |
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because I was happy at Read Hall. |
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In August 1612, |
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the guards hanged my family in front of Lancaster Castle. |
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But their dead faces waited for me there; |
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and a year ago, in 1633, |
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when the guards put me in the prison in Lancaster Castle, |
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I met them again. |
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Day after day, I see their ugly, |
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dead faces and hear their cold, angry voices. |
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I think of them all the time. |
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God is with me here,in prison. |
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I believe that. |
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But my dead family is with me too. |
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Mr Webster,from the church at Kildwick, |
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visits me again. |
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His blue eyes are tired,but he smiles at me. |
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'Edmund Robinson and his father told the truth in London, ' |
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he says quietly. |
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' The child told lies about you because he was afraid of his father. |
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He wanted his father to love him.' |
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I say nothing. Mr Webster wants to be kind, |
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but he cannot help me. |
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Mr Nowell cannot help me because he is dead. |
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Edmund Robinson is only a child; |
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he tells lies one day, |
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and the truth the next day. |
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but the truth cannot help me. |
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What can I do against hate ,and lies? |
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When Mr Nowell was alive, |
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the Villagers didn't talk about me. |
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But when Mr Nowell died,the lies began. |
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The villagers are all afraid of me |
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because my name is Device. |
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They hate me |
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because my name is Device. |
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They say I am a witch |
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because my name is Device. |
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I come from a family of witches, |
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but I am not a witch. |
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Nobody died because I cursed them. |
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I never made clay pictures, |
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I never had a cat or dog. |
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I only wanted to live quietly at Read Hall |
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and watch the changing skies over Pendle Hill. |
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When I was a child, |
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I was always cold and hungry, |
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and I hated my family because they were witches. |
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In 1612, I told the truth, |
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and the truth killed my family. |
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Now, twenty-two years later, |
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lies are going to kill me, |
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here in Lancaster Castle, |
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and I am cold and hungry again. |
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Mr Webster gives me bread, |
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and I go back into the prison. |
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I can never go back to Read Hall; |
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I know that now. |
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I must stay here in Lancaster Castle, |
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with my dead family. |
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They are watching me, |
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and waiting for me. |
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I can never be free of them. |
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This is my true story; |
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and I want to finish it now. |