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... Margaret Barclay in 1618. Yet her trial is typical , no better and no worse than thousands of other witch trials in Scotland . Margaret Barclay , the wife of Archibald Dean , a burgess of Irvine , was not on the best of terms with her ...
... Margaret Barclay in 1618. Yet her trial is typical , no better and no worse than thousands of other witch trials in Scotland . Margaret Barclay , the wife of Archibald Dean , a burgess of Irvine , was not on the best of terms with her ...
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... Margaret . Cotton Mather called his adversary Robert Calef's work on witch- craft an " abominable bundle of lies , writ- ten on purpose , with a quill under a special energy and management of Satan , to dam- nify my precious ...
... Margaret . Cotton Mather called his adversary Robert Calef's work on witch- craft an " abominable bundle of lies , writ- ten on purpose , with a quill under a special energy and management of Satan , to dam- nify my precious ...
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... Margaret had hallu- cinations , not only of the inevitable black man or devil , but of a White Spirit ( dis- cussed by Increase Mather , Illustrious Providences ) . She says that she could never see his face , but that she had a ...
... Margaret had hallu- cinations , not only of the inevitable black man or devil , but of a White Spirit ( dis- cussed by Increase Mather , Illustrious Providences ) . She says that she could never see his face , but that she had a ...
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