Witchcraft pamphlet: A Rehearsal both Strange and True, 1579
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This item is an English witchcraft pamphlet from 1579. After a preface to the reader condemning the practice of witchcraft and advising the avoidance and prosecution of witches, the pamphlet gives an account of the doings of Elizabeth Stile – a 65-year-old Windsor woman accused of witchcraft – and three other women (Mothers Dutten, Deuell and Margaret), based on Stile’s confession in jail.
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