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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... wife , testify , as I do , They force one and make one confess ; that she has always been a pious , chaste , they have so tortured me , but I am as honest housewife , foe to any evil ; that innocent as God in heaven . If I know the she ...
... wife , testify , as I do , They force one and make one confess ; that she has always been a pious , chaste , they have so tortured me , but I am as honest housewife , foe to any evil ; that innocent as God in heaven . If I know the she ...
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... wife did dwell in Little Oakley in a house of his said wife , and that he , the said Richard Harrison , had also the parsonage of Oakley in farm . And about summer twelve - month , he being at London , his wife had a duck sitting on ...
... wife did dwell in Little Oakley in a house of his said wife , and that he , the said Richard Harrison , had also the parsonage of Oakley in farm . And about summer twelve - month , he being at London , his wife had a duck sitting on ...
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... wife of Secretary Schellhar . Another woman . A boy , ten years old . Another boy , twelve years old . A baker's wife named Brügler was burned alive . Twenty - first execution , six persons : The Master of the Dieterich hospital , a ...
... wife of Secretary Schellhar . Another woman . A boy , ten years old . Another boy , twelve years old . A baker's wife named Brügler was burned alive . Twenty - first execution , six persons : The Master of the Dieterich hospital , a ...
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