The court would not compromise with anyone who claimed they were not witches, they were then hanged. Comparable to The Prophet Hen of Leeds, a man named George Hey tried hard to make people believe in hysteria. the Salem and George Hey courts attempted to increase fear of hysteria by trying to make it seem real rather than trying to stop it. George Hey of Kirkstall is a prognosticator, someone who reveals something about the future, much like a fortune teller (Lewis). George traveled to Leeds to warn people that what Mary Batemen's egg had said was true. George gave a speech saying: "I am charged by heaven to announce that on Pentecost Monday in the year 1806 the world would be destroyed by torrents of fire" (Lewis). George tells the people of Leeds that he is sent from heaven to warn people that on a Christian holiday called Whit Monday, the world would end. George Hey increased the fear of mass hysteria in Leeds. Very similar to the men in the Salem courthouse, especially a man named Judge Danforth. Judge Danforth increases the hysteria because, although no one is truly a witch, he forces those found guilty to confess or be hanged. “I can’t hear you, what did you say?” Mary speaks unintelligibly again. You will confess or you will be hanged! he