Petition of Mary Esty

The humbl petition of mary Eastick unto {his Excellencyes Sr Wm Phipps and to} the honourd Judge and Bench now sttng in Judicature in Salem and the Reverend ministers humbly sheweth That wheras your poor and humble Petition being condemned to die Doe humbly begg of you to take it into your Judicious and pious considerations that your Poor and humble petitioner knowing my own Innocencye Blised be the lord for it and seeing plainly the wiles and subtility of {my} accusers by my selfe can not but Judg charitably of others that are going ye same way of my selfe if the Lord stepps not mightily in i was confined a [crossed out] my selfe if the lord [crossed out] whole month upon the same account that I am condemned now for and then cleared by the [crossed out] same [crossed out] afflichid persons as some of your honours know and in [crossed out] el cleared of [crossed out] two dayes time I was cryed out upon by them and have been confined and now am condemned to die the lord above knows my lnnocencye then and likewise does kow [know] {as} att the great day will be known to men and Angells I Petition to your honours not for my own life for I know I must die and my appointed time is sett but the Lord he knowes it is that if it be possible no more lnnocentt blood may be shed which undoubtidly cannot be Avoydd In the way and course you goe in I Question not but your honours does to the uttmost of your Powers in the discovery and detecting of witchcraft and witches and would not be gulty of Innocent blood for the world but by my own Innocencye I know you are in the wrong way the Lord in his infinite mercye [crossed out] no more [crossed out] direct you in this great work if it be his blessed will that {no more} Innocent blood be shed I would humbly begg of you that your honours would be plesed to examine theis Aflicted Persons strictly and keepe them apart some time and likewise to try some of these confesing wichis I being confident there is severall of them has belyed themselve[lost] and others as will appeare if not in this word [world] I am sure in the world to come whither I am now {a}going and I question not {but} youle see an alteration of thes things they say my selfe and others having made a League with the Divel we cannot confesse I know and the Lord knowes as will thorlly appeare they belye me and so I Question. not but they doe others the Lord above who is the searcher of all hearti knowes that as I shall answer it att the