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... example , reported how a condemned witch on her way to the scaf- fold spoke to the crowds who had come to watch her execution : Now all you that see me this day , know that I am now to die as a witch by my own confession . And I free ...
... example , reported how a condemned witch on her way to the scaf- fold spoke to the crowds who had come to watch her execution : Now all you that see me this day , know that I am now to die as a witch by my own confession . And I free ...
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... example , in 1640 a mob murdered Dr. Lamb , the alchemist , a protégé of the Duke of Buckingham , on rumors of witchcraft [ see Dr. Lamb's Dar- ling ] . Major prosecutions against witches occurred in Essex in 1583 , Lancashire in 1633 ...
... example , in 1640 a mob murdered Dr. Lamb , the alchemist , a protégé of the Duke of Buckingham , on rumors of witchcraft [ see Dr. Lamb's Dar- ling ] . Major prosecutions against witches occurred in Essex in 1583 , Lancashire in 1633 ...
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... example , a Jewish incubus . In Christian doctrine , inter- course ( whether voluntary or enforced ) with a devil merited death for bestiality , because the devil was not human . Jewish thought viewed it less seriously ( e.g. , it could ...
... example , a Jewish incubus . In Christian doctrine , inter- course ( whether voluntary or enforced ) with a devil merited death for bestiality , because the devil was not human . Jewish thought viewed it less seriously ( e.g. , it could ...
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