Note 77 — Chapter Five (continued 2)
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Which examination, although she was but very young, yet it was wonderful to the Court in so great a presence and audience.—Ibid. Ties of the tenderest nature did not restrain the inquisitors. Young girls were regarded as the best witnesses against their mothers, and the oaths of children of irresponsible age were received as evidence against a parent.—Superstition and Force, p. 93.