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Page 360
... Agnes Sampson confess to the fifty - three indict- ments against her , mostly relating to curing disease by charms . She started with admit- ting simple charms , a white paternoster ( " Open , heaven's gates " ) , and the black ...
... Agnes Sampson confess to the fifty - three indict- ments against her , mostly relating to curing disease by charms . She started with admit- ting simple charms , a white paternoster ( " Open , heaven's gates " ) , and the black ...
Page 426
... Agnes Heard responded similarly . Such real or fancied acts of maleficia might be linked to murder . Like other wit- nesses , John Wade testified that " after speaking to Agnes Heard , he had many losses among his cattle and sheep ...
... Agnes Heard responded similarly . Such real or fancied acts of maleficia might be linked to murder . Like other wit- nesses , John Wade testified that " after speaking to Agnes Heard , he had many losses among his cattle and sheep ...
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Rossell Hope Robbins. said Agnes Heard , if he could prove any granddaughter said " she kept [ them ] in a John Wade or Thomas Cartwright . Agnes Heard was found Not Guilty by Therefore the remarkable aspect of this the jury , and ...
Rossell Hope Robbins. said Agnes Heard , if he could prove any granddaughter said " she kept [ them ] in a John Wade or Thomas Cartwright . Agnes Heard was found Not Guilty by Therefore the remarkable aspect of this the jury , and ...
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