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A true and iust recorde, of the information, examination and confession of all the witches, taken at S. Ofes in the countie of Essex : whereof some were executed, and other some entreated according to the determination of lawe. Wherein all men may see what a pestilent people witches are, and how vnworthy to lyue in a Christian Commonwealth. Written orderly, as the cases were tryed by euidence, by W. W.

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Main Author:	W. W., fl. 1577-1582
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Imprinted in London : At the three Cranes in the Vinetree by Thomas Dawson, 1582.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Trials (Witchcraft) > England > Early works to 1800. Witchcraft > England > Early works to 1800.
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