Zuzana [Dmi]byla dívka, [C]která žila v [Dmi]Amesbury, | 
s jasnýma [F]očima a [C]řečmi pánům [Dmi]navzdory, | 
souse[F]dé o ní [C]říkali, že [Dmi]temná kouzla [Ami]zná | 
a [Bb]že se lidem [Ami]vyhýbá| a s [Bb]ďáblem [C]pletky [Dmi]má. | 

Onoho |léta náhle |mor dobytek |zachvátil |
a pověr|čivý lid se |na pastora |obrátil, |
že |znají tu moc |nečistou, jež |krávy zabí|jí, |
a |odkud ta moc |vychází,| to |každý dobře |ví. |

Tak Zuza|nu hned před tri|bunál předvést |nechali, |
a když ji |vedli městem, |všichni kolem |volali: |
"Už |konec je s tvým |řáděním, už |nám neuško|díš, |
teď |na své cestě |poslední| do |pekla pole|tíš!" |

Dosvědčil |jeden sedlák, |že zná její |umění, |
ďábelským |kouzlem prý se |v netopýra |promění |
a v noci |nad krajinou |létává pod |černou oblo|hou, |
se|dlákům krávy |zabíjí| tou |mocí čaro|vnou. |

Jiný zas |na kříž přísa|hal, že její |kouzla zná, |
v noci se |v černou kočku |mění dívka |líbezná, |
je třeba |jednou provždy |ukončit ďá|belské řádě|ní, |
a všichni |křičeli jako |posedlí:| "Na |šibenici |s ní!" |

Spektrální |důkazy pe|člivě byly |zváženy, |
pak z tribu|nálu povstal |starý soudce |vážený: |
"Je přece |v knize psáno: |nenecháš ča|rodějnici |žít |
a |před ďáblovým |učením| budeš se |na pozoru |mít!" |

Zuzana |stála krásná |s hlavou hrdě |vztyčenou |
a její |slova zněla |klenbou s tichou |ozvěnou: |
"Pohrdám |vámi, nezná|te nic nežli |samou lež a |klam, |
pro |tvrdost vašich |srdcí jen, | jen |pro ni umí|rám!" |

Tak vzali |Zuzanu na |kopec pod ši|benici |
a všude |kolem ní se |sběhly davy |běsnící, |
a ona |stála bezbran|ná, však |s hlavou vztyče|nou, | 
zem|řela tiše| samotná| pod |letní oblo|hou ... |

Susanna Martin byla popravena roku 1692 v Amesbury, MA, USA, ve svých 71 letech


Susanna Martin

Susanna Martin was a witch who dwelt in Amesbury
With brilliant eye and saucy tongue she worked her sorcery
And when into the judges court the sheriffs brought her hither
The lilacs drooped as she passed by
Ane then were seen to wither

A witch she was, though trim and neat with comely head held high
It did not seem that one as she with Satan so would vie
And when in court when the afflicted ones proclaimed her evil ways
She laughed aloud and boldly then
Met Cotton Mathers gaze

"Who hath bewitched these maids," he asked, and strong was her reply
"If they be dealing in black arts, ye know as well as I"
And then the stricken ones made moan as she approached near
They saw her shaped upon the beam
So none could doubt 'twas there

The neighbors 'round swore to the truth of her Satanic powers
That she could fly o'er land and stream and come dry shod through
showers
At night, twas said, she had appeared a cat of fearsome mien
"Avoid she-devil,"they had cried
To keep their spirits clean

The spectral evidence was weighed, then stern the parson spoke
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live, tis written in the Book"
Susanna Martin so accused, spoke with flaming eyes
"I scorn these things for they are naught
But filthy gossips lies"

Now those bewitched, they cried her out, and loud their voice did ring
they saw a bird above her head, an evil yellow thing
And so, beneath a summer sky, Susanna Martin died
And still in scorn she faced the rope
Her comely head held high

Susanna Martin was a witch who lived in Amesbury
With brilliant eye and saucy tongue she worked her sorcery
And when into the judges court the sheriffs brought her hither
The lilacs drooped as she passed by
And then were seen to wither