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Page 400
... woman for a witch , they should be sent for and tried by the person appointed . Thirty women were brought into the townhall and stripped , and then openly had pins thrust into their bodies . And most of them were found guilty , near ...
... woman for a witch , they should be sent for and tried by the person appointed . Thirty women were brought into the townhall and stripped , and then openly had pins thrust into their bodies . And most of them were found guilty , near ...
Page 468
... women , by order of the presiding devil , by passing on a woman to other women and a man to other men , an abuse against the na- ture of women by both parties and simi- larly against the nature of men , or by a woman with a man outside ...
... women , by order of the presiding devil , by passing on a woman to other women and a man to other men , an abuse against the na- ture of women by both parties and simi- larly against the nature of men , or by a woman with a man outside ...
Page 541
... women , this concept predominated and took hold in words and illustrations , coming down to modern times in the creations of Walt Dis- ney . Nider ( about 1435 ) declared that there were more women than men witches be- cause women have ...
... women , this concept predominated and took hold in words and illustrations , coming down to modern times in the creations of Walt Dis- ney . Nider ( about 1435 ) declared that there were more women than men witches be- cause women have ...
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