I judge nothing. Pause. He keeps watching Proctor, who tries to meet his gaze. I tell you straight, Mister - I have seen marvels in this court. I have seen people choked before my eyes by spirits; I have seen them stuck by pins and slashed by daggers. I have until this moment not the slightest reason to suspect that the children may be deceiving me. Do you 'understand my meaning? This describes how Danforth is siding with the children and that they were just fooling around instead of performing witchcraft. To support how he believes he is correct and that the children can’t deceive him, he tells of all his cases and experience in the court.