The Trial of An Innocent Soul

“SHAME ON YOU HERETIC THIS BLASPHEMY YOU CONSPIRE MAKES ME SICK YOU PLAY WITH THE DEVIL AND DO NOT TELL ME YOU DO NO SUCH THING YOU SUMMON DEMONIC SPIRITS FROM THE BOWELS OF HELL YOU SIN WHEN YOU DANCE TO THE WICKED SONGS YOU SING WHAT SPELLS DO YOU BREW? WHAT CURSES HAVE YOU CAST UPON THIS TOWN? FORFEIT THE LIES OR YOU ARE SOON TO BE BURIED IN THE GROUND…” “YOU HAVE PARTAKEN IN WITCHCRAFT WE ALL KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE YOU HAVE DEFACED THE CHURCH WITH YOUR HERESY AND WE HAVE HAD QUITE ENOUGH OF YOU YOUR SACRILEGE WILL PULL THE WRATH OF GOD PERFECTLY ATOP YOUR HEAD BUT YOU SENSE NO FEELING SINCE YOUR SOUL IS BLACKENED AND DEAD NOW SHALL SHE BE BURNED AT THE STAKE OR HUNG BY A THREAD?. …” “YOU’VE HEARD WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS SAID, GENTLEMEN LEAD HER TO THE GALLOWS WHERE SHE SHALL MEET HER END…” “FELLOW CITIZENS OF SALEM WELCOME TO THE HANGING OF THIS PROFANE CREATURE WE SHALL BEGIN THIS CEREMONY WITH A FEW WORDS FROM OUR PREACHER, (“GOD WILL BRING THE HAMMER DOWN ON THIS HERE WITCH THEN WE CAN PUT HER WHERE SHE BELONGS… IN THIS SIX FOOT DITCH”) THANK YOU SO MUCH FATHER NOW, PEOPLE HALT YOUR CHEERS I THINK OUR DEVIL LOVER IS EXPRESSING HER FEARS LET’S SEE IF WE CANNOT DRY HER ‘INNOCENT’ TEARS…” “WITH THIS NOOSE AROUND YOUR NECK HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND? CONFESS TO ME YOUR HERESY, YOUR WITCHCRAFT AND YOU WILL BE RELEASED FROM YOUR BIND NOTHING? …” “I PITY YOUR SOUL LET THE WITCH BE HANGED!”