A random paragraph from the felony theft trial of Mary Poole, 1699, from the searchable Proceedings of the Old Bailey:
Another Gentleman said, that about seven Years since, he was Riding on a Hand-Gallop*, upon Sutors-Hill, between Graves-end and Rochester he met the Prisoner; she said, that for all he rode so fast, he was but going a Wenching**, and she would soon over take him; with that he turned back and gave her a Cut with his Whip, and Rode away as fast as he could, but had not gone Forty yards from her, but his Horse fell down, and she overtook him; with that he said, he thought she was a Witch, and had bewitched him and his Horse. There was divers other People who said they had been Juggled out of their Money by her. She had little to say for her self, the Jury found her Guilty .
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* a controlled gallop
** cruisin'
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