a gentle human

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New print, Florence ‘Goody’ Newton. Accused of witchcraft in Cork 1661. 

https://sfitzgerald.bigcartel.com/product/florence-goody-newton

15.00 euros Signed limited edition of 50 prints.  14x11" 

Comes with A4 written account of her story and witch trail. 

Florence Newton called begging for food at the house of John Pyne in Youghal.  The maid Mary Longdon told her that she would not give away her Master’s food and Florence seemed to be very angry.

A week after Mary was going to the well where she met Florence, who came full in her face, and threw the Pail off her head, and violently kiss’d her, and said, “Mary, I pray thee let thee and I be Friends; for I bear thee no ill will, and I pray thee do thou bear me none”.  Within a month after Mary fell very ill of violent fits or trances. When reading the bible, it would suddenly be struck out of her hand and she immediately cast into a fit. She would vomit up needles, pins, horsetails, wool and straw. During her fits she often saw Florence Newton, and cried out against her for tormenting of her. 

Florence was imprisoned and given many ‘witch tests’ by self-proclaimed witchfinder, Valentine Greatrakes . One of which where they rammed wooden awls into her hands and cut deeply on both wrists.