The Bideford Witches

So these Malicious Women at the last,Having- done mischief, were by Justice cast;For it appear'd they children had destroy'd,Lamed Cattel, and the Aged much annoy'd.

Having 1 Familiars always at their Beck,Their Wicked Rage on Mortals for to wreck;It being proved they used Wicked Charms,To Murder Men, and bring about sad harms.

The Country round where they did live came in,And all at once their sad complaints begin;One lost a Child, the other lost a Kine,This his brave Horse, that his hopeful Swine.

One had his Wife bewitch'd, the other his Friend,Because in some things they the Witch offend:For which they labour under cruel pain,In vain seek remedy, but none can gain.