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Strange news from Arpington near Bexly in Kent

being a true narrative of a young maid who was possest with several devils or evil spirits, one of which, by the prayers of a pious and religious doctor, who came to visit her, was fetcht out of her body and appear'd in the room in the likeness of a large snake, and twisted it self about the doctors neck whilst he was at his devotion : with an account also of other devils which yet remain in her, and reveal several strange things, the like never heard before, of which the contents within will give you a particular account

by Hopper Mrs

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

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Traditions: Demonology, angelology, and possession

Subjects: Demoniac possession

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  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Demoniac possession”. Retained metadata contains “Demoniac possession” in the subject metadata and “possession” in the subject metadata.

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    • “possession”· in subject

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being a true narrative of a young maid who was possest with several devils or evil spirits, one of which, by the prayers of a pious and religious doctor, who came to visit her, was fetcht out of her body and appear'd in the room in the likeness of a large snake, and twisted it self about the doctors neck whilst he was at his devotion : with an account also of other devils which yet remain in her, and reveal several strange things, the like never heard before, of which the contents within will give you a particular account

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1679Printed for R. G.English—No ebook

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