Witchcraft farther display'd : containing I. An account of the witchcraft practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne, in Hertfordshire, since her condemnation, upon the bodies of Anne Thorn and Anne Street, and the deplorable condition in which they still remain. II. An answer to the most general objections against the being and power of witches, with some remarks upon the case of Jane Wenham in particular, and on Mr. Justice Powel's procedure therein : to which are added the tryals of Florence Newton, a famous Irish witch, at the assizes held at Cork, anno 1661 : as also of two witches at the assizes held at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, anno 1664, before Sir Matthew Hale, (then Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer) who were found guilty and executed.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-Street,
1712.
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| Item Description: | Introduction signed: F.B. Offprint. Published as part of: The witch of Walkerne ... / by Francis Bragge. London : Printed for E. Curll, 1712. "Price 6d. Where may be had, The Tryal and Proceedings at large against Jane Wenham, at Hertford-Assizes. Price 6d." Signatures: [A]² B-F⁴ Advertisements on [1] pages at end. Headpieces. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy is bound with: A full and impartial account of the discovery of sorcery and witchcraft : practis'd by Jane Wenham of Walkerne in Hertfordshire, ... [London : Printed for E. Curll, ... 1712] -- Witchcraft farther displayed : containing an account of the witchcraft practiced by Jane Wenham ... [London : Printed for E. Curll ... 1712] -- A full confutation of witchcraft : more particularly of the depositions against Jane Wenham, ... [London : Printed for J. Baker ... 1712] -- The impossibility of witchcraft : plainly proving, from scripture and reason, that there never was a witch; ... [London : Printed, and sold by J. Baker, ... 1712]. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 unnumbered pages, 39 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 19 cm (octavo) |
| Production Credits: | The introduction signed: F.B., i.e. Francis Bragge. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |