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Page 251
... Guilty but reprieved . The other seven were found Guilty and hanged . The imps or familiars regarded as the evil spirits were simply domestic pets or small animals - a squirrel , a yellow cat , red or gray mice , a mole . Bridget Mayers ...
... Guilty but reprieved . The other seven were found Guilty and hanged . The imps or familiars regarded as the evil spirits were simply domestic pets or small animals - a squirrel , a yellow cat , red or gray mice , a mole . Bridget Mayers ...
Page 483
... guilty , by fair means or foul . 32. Meanwhile , ignorant and headstrong priests harass the wretched creature so that , whether truly or not , she will con- fess herself guilty ; unless she does so , they say , she cannot be saved or ...
... guilty , by fair means or foul . 32. Meanwhile , ignorant and headstrong priests harass the wretched creature so that , whether truly or not , she will con- fess herself guilty ; unless she does so , they say , she cannot be saved or ...
Page 493
... guilty . If she sank , she was innocent ; but , of course , she might drown if not rescued by her tormentors . Some men knew of a special technique which would tend to make a person float and therefore be found guilty . Thomas Ady said ...
... guilty . If she sank , she was innocent ; but , of course , she might drown if not rescued by her tormentors . Some men knew of a special technique which would tend to make a person float and therefore be found guilty . Thomas Ady said ...
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