...appeared in thefe Children -, for he conceived, that thefe fwooning Fits were Natural, and nothing elfe but that they call the Mother, but only heightened to a great excefs by the fubtilty of the Devil, co-operating with the Malice of thefe which we term Witches, at...

...early times, — from the days of Sir Thomas Brown, upon whose evidence that natural diseases ' were heightened to ' a great excess by the subtilty of the devil co-operating with ' the malice of these we term witches, at whose instance he doth ' these villanies," Sir Matthew Hale convicted two...

...BEFORE JUSTICE HALBj AT BURY ST. EDMONDS. 1609 that thefe fwooning fits were natural, and nothing elfe but that they call the mother, but only heightened to a great excefs by the fubtilty of the devil, co-operating with the malice of thefe which we term witches, at...

...most subject to, as particularly appcnred in these children; for he conceived, that these swooning fits were natural, and nothing else but that they...mother, but only heightened to a great excess by the suhtilty of the devil, cooperating with the malice of these which we term witches, at whose instance...

...distempers as their bodies were most subject to, as particularly appeared in the children of Dorothy Dunent; for he conceived, that these swounding fits were natural,...subtilty of the devil co-operating with the malice of these which we term witches, at u-hose instance lie doth the villainies."* This at once decided the...

...bodies to a great excess, whereby he did, in an extraordinary manner, afflict them with such distempers as their bodies were most subject to, as particularly...appeared in these children ; for he conceived, that these swouning fits were natural, and nothing else but that they call the mother, but only heightened to...

...bodies to a great excess, whereby he did, in an extraordinary manner, afflict them with such distempers as their bodies were most subject to, as particularly...appeared in these children ; for he conceived, that these swouning fits were natural, and nothing else but that they call the mother, but only heightened to...

...bodies to a great excess, whereby he did, in an extraordinary manner afflict them with such distempers as their bodies were most subject to, as particularly...appeared in these children, for he conceived that these swooning (its were natural, and nothing else but that they call the mother, but only height* ened to...

...subject to, — at particularly appeared in these children ; for he conceived, that these swooning fits were natural, and nothing else but that they...co-operating with the malice of those which we term witches, at whose instance he doth these villanies." of the law which made witchcraft a capital offence. Hutchinson,...

...bodies to a great excess, whereby he did in an extraordinary manner afflict them with such distempers as their bodies were most subject to, as particularly...appeared in these children; for he conceived, that these swooning fits were natural, and nothing else than what they call the mother, but only heightened to...