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Page 48
... fits . King James's skepticism about the Leicester affair no doubt caused the judges at Stafford to examine William more closely , for they dismissed his accusations . The boy finally confessed he had faked the fits because he enjoyed ...
... fits . King James's skepticism about the Leicester affair no doubt caused the judges at Stafford to examine William more closely , for they dismissed his accusations . The boy finally confessed he had faked the fits because he enjoyed ...
Page 65
... fits , seeing a green cat and green angels , and some time later " a man come out of a chamber pot , flames of hell , and the heavens open . " A physician's diagnosis that the boy had worms was rejected , and an alternative explanation ...
... fits , seeing a green cat and green angels , and some time later " a man come out of a chamber pot , flames of hell , and the heavens open . " A physician's diagnosis that the boy had worms was rejected , and an alternative explanation ...
Page 302
... fits . . . . Sir Henry Hastings hath done what he could to hold him in his fit , but he and another as strong as he could not hold him . If he might have his arm at liberty , he would strike himself such blows on his breast , being in ...
... fits . . . . Sir Henry Hastings hath done what he could to hold him in his fit , but he and another as strong as he could not hold him . If he might have his arm at liberty , he would strike himself such blows on his breast , being in ...
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