Note to Teachers:
 
     This text is suitable for students in Grades 4 through 8. It may be objectionable to a very few parents due to the depiction of a 15 year-old being stripped and introduced to fellatio and cunnilingus. The language may be a problem for some students. Although we have modernized the spelling to some extent, we have left many words as originally written to give students the flavor of Early American English. A Question Guide for Students follows the text.
 
    In the Yeare of Our Lord 1692, when I was but a maiden of 15, Satan sent a greatt Plague of Witches unto us here in Salem. Many confessed to riding through the air on poles, to casting Sicknesse upon the people, and e'en to loathsome carnal knowlege of Satan or his Minions. Those that confessed and repented were Saved. But some nineteen persons, both men and women, who we had thought to be Godly, woulde nott confess. And so to the lamentations of their friends and
families, they were Hanged, and so they dyed outside the Mercy of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Somme few charged to be Witches were found Innocent.

    At eventide on a day in May I was ahome with family when there cameth a knock upon the door. We womenfolk made haste to don our Bonnets. At the door was John Smythe, a lusty goodly man of 22 years, as yet unmarried. It pleased me to see him, for he was faire of face and a man of diligent providence in his carpenter's trade. But today his face was stern.He did shew my Father a warrant that I muste goe with John, for I had been named as a Witch.My Mother and young brother did crie with much lamentation at this and my Father was grave of face, so to spare them I spoke lightly of this matter. Knowing my Innocence, I saide I woulde gladly goe with John and answer his questions, for the Truth should make me free.

    Therefore I repaired with John to his cabin, whych he had made himself, and fairly donne it was. Then setting me down upon a bench before the large fyreplace, John spake to me most gently, that he must ask me somme questions that he might know whether I be a Witch or no. And then he tooke a metal Cross and put it into my Palm, pressing my Fingers about it.And he made me recite the Lord's Prayer, for it be known to all that none in Satan's Pow'r can do so without falling into error. And I spake it clearly without mistake, nor was my Palm burnt where I had grasped the Holy Cross. And then he brought forth the Holy Bible, and placing my right Hand upon it, he asked me to say whether or no I had lain foully and carnally with Satan. And I saith that I hadde not, nor with any man.

    Then John saith that there muste be a further test, whych woulde cause me some distresse. But as I knew him to be a kindly, Godly, and judicious man, and as I was sure in my Innocence, I answered him plainly that I woulde doe whatever he desired.And he saith that a Witch may be uncovered by two certaine tests. Primus,  that a woman who gyves herself carnally to Satan will be marked about the Breasts and Body by his fearsome Claws, and that though she heal, still fainte
Marks may still be seen. And Secondus, that Satan places a smalle Mark upon the body of all his Servants. And that this Mark be well hidden about the Privy Parts.

    And therefore, saith John, you must needs cast off your cloathes, that I might espy whether or no thou hast these Marks.I hadde not the wit to speake, but I gave him my Foote, and he drew off my shoe and then my stocking, and so on the other Legge. Whych quite distressed me, for he saw my Ankles all bare, and no man had ever seen them before, and the sight of a well shaped Ankle is known to inspire a man to Lust, even as Godly a man as John. And then he reached up and took off my Bonnet and undide the Ribbon holding back my Haire, letting it fall about my Shoulders, whych was most unseemly.And then he went behind, and with nimble Fingers he did undoe the laces of my Bodice, wherewith I gave a smalle Crie. And then going to my front, he didde pulle forward my Bodice, and bade me remove my Arms from it, and so it fell about my Waiste. And now my Breasts were only covered by my thinne linen Shirte. My Skirte now being undone about my Waiste, it and my Bodice now fell to the floor. My two Petticoats also being unclasp'd, they and all the cloathes upon the floor were taken away, and there I stood in my Shirte alone.Then most gently John did reach uppe and undoe the Ribbons about the sleaves of my Shirte and at my neck. And then he bade me take the hemme of my Shirte in my hands and raise it uppe over my Head and off, and I didde. And there I stood, ablush to stand before this man as naked as Eve. Nor didde I try to cover my Nakedness with my hands, for I knew I must stand for examination. But I sorely wyshed I hadde more Haire about my Privates, whych woulde have afforded me less Shame.

    Now John didde goe about my Back and touched me there most lightly, then goeing lower about my Fundament and taking my roundnesse in both Hands, he brought his Face cloase by, that he might see the Secret Mark, if it be there. But there was nonne. Then turning me about before the fyre, John placed his Hands upon my Breasts and stroked them as lightly as a hummingbird before a flow'r, to see if there were healed Marks of the Claw. And though my mind desired my Nipples not to rise, my Body betrayed me, and they rose unto his Palms as readily as if he were a Baby, and his Fingers a Suckling Mouth.

    Againne finding no Marks, his Hand descended slowly unto my Nether Regions, and once againne he brought his Head cloase, that he might fairly see. And he beganne to stroke my Privy Place, whych caused me much Shame, for againne my Body did act againste my Will, and caused in me a greatt Lubriciousness. Nor coulde John not knowe of this, for there are so many Folds and Secret Passages about a woman that he must needs take somme tyme to complete his Holy Task. As his Fingers worked their way here and there about my Privy Place, I coulde not lay still, but pushed my Secret forward into his Hands, to lead him into Venery and Concupiscience. I knowe nott the names of all the Parts he touched, for I have never heard them named, not even by my Mother, for it is not fitting that a woman know aught of these matters. It is known that  Woman, being the weaker sex, wille always lead Man into temptation, even as Eve tempted Adam. And so I didde, againste my Will, for my Body cried out that he might continue to Please me with his Fingers. But in the end he found no Mark, and took his Hands away.

    Then some tyme passing, and as I stood before the fyre, I spake plainly to John that I hadde need of the Chamber Pot, whych he brought to me. And I asked that he might turn away, but he saith that he woudde not, for he wished to see how a Woman did use one. And my neede being greatte, I did use it before his eyen, and I didde blushe.Then he spake, saying that he too hadde need, and then he took off his breeches and indeed all his cloathes, to my surprise. And he stood before me as naked as Adam.He was fair to mine eyen about the Shoulders and Cheste, but in especiall I lyked his Privy Part, whych was as straight and hard as a Fence Post, and poynted up toward Heav'n. I knew not whether a man in that state coulde Make Water. But he sat upon the bench before the fyre and took the Pot before him between his Legges with both Hands, then bade me take hold of his Privy Part and pulle it downe until it poynte into the Pot, whych I didde. And then he made copious Water, whych mingled lasciviously with that whych I hadde made. And I lyked to feel his Privy Part, for to my Palm it was soft as Silk, but with an Iron Bar beneath.

    Then he gyved a greatte Groane, and saith that the Lord hadde filled him fulle of Seede, and that he muste spill it forth or suffre greatly. And seeing that he was in greatt paine, and myself being fulle of Christian Charity, I saith that I woulde aid him. And that I woulde take his Privy Part in my Hands and touche it in divers ways as he woulde direct, for I knew not of such things. And then he Groaned againe, and saith that he had a Covenant with the Lord that he not never be an Onanist and spille his Seede upon the ground. And that he hadde broken that Covenant many a time, but when he was abed, and that no man might be held for what might happen while asleep. So then I saide plainly that I knew not how I might aid him yet not break the Covenant. Then he saith that if I tooke his Privy Part into my Mouth and did place my Tongue about it and do such divers things as he might ask, the Covenant woulde not be broken if I swallowed his Seede. And that I shoulde not be with child by this means, according to the Covenant. And so I didde as he asked, and did lick and sucke, and etc., and soone his copious Seede came forth and I didde swallow. And he didde Groane once more, but methinks a Groane of Pleasure, for he saide he saw the Face of God.

    Then I didde blushe again, for I didde ask John coulde I also see the Face of God. And he tooke me upon his bedde and, placing his Face untoe my Privy Parts, he didde suche divers suckings and lickings, and etc., that I saw it too. And then we lay entangled in each other's Arms for some sweete tyme, and we spake most kindly to each other, each praising the other for the Christian Service that was donne.Yet I knew that somme would call what we had donne the Sinne of Sodomy. But it seemed to me that what gyves a Man and Woman such Pleasure must comme from God, and not be a Sinne.

    Then gathering up our cloathes, we dressed each other tenderly. And John tooke me back to my family, and saith I was no Witch, so there was much rejoicing. And then John asked of my Father, would he gyve John the right to court me. And my Father saith he must ask two questions of me first. Was I still a maiden? Did I wish John to court me?  To whych I answered Yes, and Yes, and Yes,Yes,Yes!

    And so from that day forth, John didde court me, and we woulde goe into darke thickets or dismall swamps and there he woulde open his Breeches or lift my Petticoats and we woulde both see the Face of God againne. And when Winter came, my Father saide we might Bundle, and we didde more than that, but nonne were the wiser. So that John, with my help, never againne broke the Covenant. And when I turned 17, we were married, and never was I so happy. And the proof that God smiled upon us is my two daughters, Abigail and Chastity. And now I am againe with child, and hope that it may be a boy.

    As I write this, I know it not be fitting for any to read. Yet I cannot set it to the fyre, for the things it speaks of are dear to my heart.So I place it within the Secret Compartment of my desk, and hope that those to come might find it long after I moulder, and marvel at it. And even that some day all the World might see.

    Signed and sealed, this day of Oct. 12, in the Yeare of Our Lord 1698.  Humility Smythe
 
Questions for Discussion
 
1. Was John sincerely looking for signs of witchery, or was he just horny?
2. Did Humility lead John on, John lead Humility, or was it mutual?
3. Are girls just as horny as boys? Why or why not?
4. Humility did not know many names for a girl's private parts. What words do you know? Can you say
    them aloud and describe what they mean?
5. Write an essay about a time when you did things like Humility described with a member of the
    opposite sex. If you have never done these things, write an essay about how you would like to
    do them. Be prepared to read your essay out loud.
 
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