"[A]nd this by the testimony of vile varlets,as not only were known before,but have been further apparent since,by their manifest lives,whoredoms,incest &c.The accusations of these,from their spectral sight,being the chief evidence against those that suffered;in which accusations they were upheld by both magistrates and ministers,so long as they apprehended themselves in no danger.And then,tho' they could defend neither the doctrine nor the practice,yet none of them have in such a publick manner as the case requires,testified against either;tho',at the same time they could not but be sensible what a stain and lasting infamy they have brought upon the whole country,to the indangering of the future welfare not only of this but of other places,induced by their example ...occasioning the great dishonour and blasphemy of the name of God ...and as a natural effect thereof,to the great increase of Atheism." Whom did the author refer to as "vile varlets"?
A) Indians
B) Accused witches
C) Those who accused witches
D) The Spanish
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