A witch story.

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/

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