Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 8Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. much at her death . The cat told the witch that she killed him . Dan . Here be a company of credible persons to be beleeved the cunning man saith the man was be- witched to death . Who told him that ? Sam . His spirit that ...
Percy Society. much at her death . The cat told the witch that she killed him . Dan . Here be a company of credible persons to be beleeved the cunning man saith the man was be- witched to death . Who told him that ? Sam . His spirit that ...
Page 74
... death as you see many that have been executed as witches , have taken it upon their death that they were innocent . M. B. I will tell you my thought touching that poynt , which was this . The witches raise tempestes , and hurt corne and ...
... death as you see many that have been executed as witches , have taken it upon their death that they were innocent . M. B. I will tell you my thought touching that poynt , which was this . The witches raise tempestes , and hurt corne and ...
Page 95
... death , not because she killeth men , for that she cannot ( unless it be those witches which kill by poyson , which either they receive from the divell , or hee teacheth them to make ) but because she dealeth with divels , And so if a ...
... death , not because she killeth men , for that she cannot ( unless it be those witches which kill by poyson , which either they receive from the divell , or hee teacheth them to make ) but because she dealeth with divels , And so if a ...
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