John Proctor to Unborn Child

It is one thing to lie and therefore be sinned but another to condemn to women so close to God with that lie. I signed the paper slowly, but as I finished writing my name, I took the paper and tore it in two. I may lie, for God forgives my lies, but I cannot give the court my name. I have black sins and I felt I was not worth the dust on their shoes. It is my own name and to sign it to lies would be giving it away. In this way, he saved his friends and he leaves his children the farm. Keep true to they friends, family, and thyself so that you should never have the trial that I faced today. An unknown person in the village said that the trials were false and that witches never came to Salem.

Son or daughter, my last request is this: Never give anyone the power of your name. They press him, which is a Christian death. A good man, my friend Giles Corey, died because he stood silent when questioned about the identity of the unknown person. I confessed that I was a witch but the officials of the court first demanded I say that I saw several people with the Devil. It is better to die in truth than live thy life my lies. Despite my refusal to implicate others, I was nearly released when they brought out a paper to sign.