The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and DemonologyA full-scale compendium of fact, history and legend, from original sources, about witchcraft and demonology, covering demonic possession and exorcism. Illustrated. |
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Page 14
... ture . They are like fire - ready to burn upThe procedure of a witch trial , a crimen so excruciating is the pain . I could not exceptum , an “ exceptional crime , ' stand so much as a Ay touching them , to therefore accurately ...
... ture . They are like fire - ready to burn upThe procedure of a witch trial , a crimen so excruciating is the pain . I could not exceptum , an “ exceptional crime , ' stand so much as a Ay touching them , to therefore accurately ...
Page 107
... ture , confessed to being werewolves and to accused's memory , there is no mystery killing cattle . The man's three sons , aged about the uniformity of confessions . eight to fourteen , were sentenced to watch The same procedure was ...
... ture , confessed to being werewolves and to accused's memory , there is no mystery killing cattle . The man's three sons , aged about the uniformity of confessions . eight to fourteen , were sentenced to watch The same procedure was ...
Page 506
... ture could be repeated only if new indi . given by the devil . A well - known story recations of guilt were produced . But the peated by Guazzo , told how lawyers maintained that torture given more than once , without new evidence , was ...
... ture could be repeated only if new indi . given by the devil . A well - known story recations of guilt were produced . But the peated by Guazzo , told how lawyers maintained that torture given more than once , without new evidence , was ...
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