Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this narrative.
Which phrase from the excerpt most clearly makes the witch trial
seem ridiculous?
"... over him was read a Chapter out of the Books of
Moses,..."
..their Lumps of Mortality severally were too heavy
for Moses and all the Prophets and Apostles."
"Then came out of the House a grave, tall Man carrying
the Holy Writ before the supposed Wizard..."
"..then the Bible was put in the other Scale"