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Page 93
... bewitching a four - year- old child . As the child died , she screamed , " Away with the witch . " Immediately after her death , the mother , " Goodwife Webbe , espied a thing like to a black dog go out at her door , and presently at ...
... bewitching a four - year- old child . As the child died , she screamed , " Away with the witch . " Immediately after her death , the mother , " Goodwife Webbe , espied a thing like to a black dog go out at her door , and presently at ...
Page 394
... bewitching them ; spoke foreign tongues , had parox- ysms , attended shocking orgies . Celebrated exorcist , Father Francis Domptius , in at- tendance . Sister Marie de Sains imitated the confession of Sister Madeleine of Aix , and ...
... bewitching them ; spoke foreign tongues , had parox- ysms , attended shocking orgies . Celebrated exorcist , Father Francis Domptius , in at- tendance . Sister Marie de Sains imitated the confession of Sister Madeleine of Aix , and ...
Page 426
... bewitching to death . So in St. Osyth there were village vendettas . Falling out with Elizabeth Ewstace , a neighbor had trouble with a cow and with his geese . Eliza- beth Bennet was supposed to have killed a man who refused to sell ...
... bewitching to death . So in St. Osyth there were village vendettas . Falling out with Elizabeth Ewstace , a neighbor had trouble with a cow and with his geese . Eliza- beth Bennet was supposed to have killed a man who refused to sell ...
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