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This is an early modern woodcut that depicts a witch sailing on a wooden plank, on the River Newbury. It is taken from the front page of a pamphlet that contained within it the sensational story of this witch, intended to entertain a wide readership with its strange tale. Anon.1643. From The National Archive. Witch woodcut. Catalogue ref: E69.(9) © The British Library Board |
Please visit this link to hear the story.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/early-modern-witch-trials/witch-story/