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... woman , a nine- teen - year - old girl received in return some sorrel leaves . Scarce had she swallowed a leaf , " but she began to be tortured in her bowels , to rumble all over , and even was convulsive , and in fine to swoon away as ...
... woman , a nine- teen - year - old girl received in return some sorrel leaves . Scarce had she swallowed a leaf , " but she began to be tortured in her bowels , to rumble all over , and even was convulsive , and in fine to swoon away as ...
Page 478
... woman who had never stirred from the room , nevertheless such a woman did go to a sabbat , and witnesses testifying to that effect must be believed . They ex- plained the apparent contradiction by the devil's impersonating the body of the ...
... woman who had never stirred from the room , nevertheless such a woman did go to a sabbat , and witnesses testifying to that effect must be believed . They ex- plained the apparent contradiction by the devil's impersonating the body of the ...
Page 556
... woman named Babel Znickel . An old woman . Seventh execution , seven persons : A little girl , a stranger , aged twelve . A stranger . A stranger , a woman . A village mayor , a stranger . Three women , stran- gers . At the same time ...
... woman named Babel Znickel . An old woman . Seventh execution , seven persons : A little girl , a stranger , aged twelve . A stranger . A stranger , a woman . A village mayor , a stranger . Three women , stran- gers . At the same time ...
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