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Great news from the west of England

being a true account of two young persons lately bewitch'd in the town of Beckenton in Somerset-shire, shewing the sad condition they are in by vomiting or throwing out of their bodies the abundance of pins, nails, pewter, brass, lead, iron, and tin to the admiration of all beholders, and of the old witch being carryed several times to a great river, into which her legs being tied, she was thrice thrown in, but each time she swam like a cork, afterwards by order from a justice of the peace she was search'd by a jury of women and such signs and marks being found about her, positive oath was given in against her so that she is committed to jayl until the next assizes

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  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English

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Traditions: Witchcraft and folk magic

Subjects: Witchcraft, England, Trials (Witchcraft)

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  • Witchcraft and folk magic

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the subject metadata.

    • “Witchcraft”· via Open Library
    • “Witchcraft”· in subject

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being a true account of two young persons lately bewitch'd in the town of Beckenton in Somerset-shire, shewing the sad condition they are in by vomiting or throwing out of their bodies the abundance of pins, nails, pewter, brass, lead, iron, and tin to the admiration of all beholders, and of the old witch being carryed several times to a great river, into which her legs being tied, she was thrice thrown in, but each time she swam like a cork, afterwards by order from a justice of the peace she was search'd by a jury of women and such signs and marks being found about her, positive oath was given in against her so that she is committed to jayl until the next assizes

Open Library record

1689Printed by T.M.English—No ebook

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Catalog id
openlibrary-edition:OL15031250M
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