Governing the Tongue

Introduction1. The Sweetest Meat, the Bitterest Poison2. A Most Unquiet Hiding Place3. The Misgovernment of Woman's Tongue4. "Publick Fathers" and Cursing Sons5. Saying and Unsaying6. The Tongue is a WitchEpilogueAppendix: Litigation over Speech in Massachusetts, 1630-1692