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of_o wilden-hall_n 18._o mr._n hopkins_n of_o bewdley_n 19_o a_o instance_n now_o in_o london_n 20._o another_o as_o strange_a 21._o mr._n white_a at_o lambeth_n 22._o one_o from_o cambridge_n 23._o one_o at_o hunniton_n 24._o another_o there_o 25._o mr._n ch_n hatt_n '_o be_v story_n ch._n iii_o the_o strange_a story_n of_o mr._n may_v hill_n minister_n of_o beckington_n in_o somersetshire_n mr._n increase_v and_o mr._n cotton_n mather_n '_o s_z instance_n the_o story_n of_o mr._n pacy_n '_o be_v daughter_n at_o lesto_n ch._n iu._n many_o history_n send_v i_o by_o duke_n lauderdale_n and_o one_o that_o teach_v a_o minister_n to_o speak_v true_a latin_a and_o his_o detection_n of_o some_o popish_a fraud_n ch._n v._o of_o witchcraft_n inst._n 1._o alexander_n benedictus_n 2._o benevenius_n 3._o langius_fw-la 4._o cornelius_n gemma_fw-la 5._o sidelicus_fw-la in_o skenkius_n 6._o wolphius_n 7._o sebastian_n brand._n 8._o fabricius_n hildanus_n 9_o faelix_fw-la platerus_n 10._o hollerius_n 11._o petrus_n forestus_n 12._o scribonius_n many_o instance_n of_o the_o concubitus_fw-la of_o daemon_n with_o woman_n 13._o many_o strike_v by_o daemon_n scribonius_n 14._o witch_n raise_v storm_n 15._o erasmus_n '_o s_o story_n of_o a_o apparition_n that_o burn_v the_o town_n 16._o the_o sell_v of_o wind_n in_o lapland_n and_o iseland_n 17._o the_o bleed_a oâ—_n murder_v body_n 18._o scriboniusâ—s_n strange_a story_n 19_o mr._n farmworth_n of_o a_o indian_a sacrifice_n to_o the_o devil_n 20._o ludovicus_n vives_z testimony_n 21._o zanchy_a '_o be_v testimony_n 22._o melancthon_n '_o s_o testimony_n 23._o a_o wonderful_a story_n of_o dr._n henricâ—ab_n here_o 24._o merik_n causabone_n of_o sir_n theod_n meyerne_n 25._o divers_a instance_n from_o fernelius_n 26._o sir_n theod._n meyerne_n '_o be_v prudent_a judgement_n 27._o gerh._n vossius_fw-la '_o s_o testimony_n 28._o lavater_n 29._o bishop_n jos._n hall_n 30._o cyprian_a and_o a_o strange_a story_n in_o he_o from_o firmilianus_n 31._o the_o new_a england_n instance_n on_o mrs._n hutchinson_n and_o mrs._n dyer_n publish_v by_o mr._n thomas_n weld_n 32._o zanchy_a '_o be_v opinion_n that_o the_o devil_n substance_n be_v in_o they_o that_o they_o move_v 33._o luther_n '_o s_o testimony_n 34._o more_o of_o melancthon_n '_o s._n ch._n vi_o mr._n john_n lewis_n and_o mr._n john_n davis_n '_o s_z multitude_n of_o instance_n of_o apparition_n in_o cardiganshire_n and_o near_o it_o of_o knocker_n and_o death-light_n ch._n vii_o inst._n 1._o mr._n tilson_n '_o be_v narrative_a from_o rochester_n 2._o mr._n woodcock_n '_o be_v letter_n and_o four_o strange_a story_n one_o of_o mr._n mun_n and_o one_o of_o dr._n lamb_n and_o mr._n barber_n and_o one_o of_o mr._n herlakenden_n '_o s_o house_n and_o of_o the_o oundle_n well_o ch._n viii_o of_o good_a angel_n and_o some_o doubtful_a spirit_n inst._n 1._o mr._n tate_n '_o s_o case_n 2._o the_o bolton_n instance_n 3._o the_o afric_n bishop_n who_o tongue_n be_v cut_v out_o 4._o somewhat_o from_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr cerda_n 5._o mr._n ketilby_n woodhouse_n '_o s_o testimony_n of_o some_o save_v from_o sir_n richard_n greenvile_n 6._o of_o the_o book_n of_o prodigy_n 1662._o 7._o of_o lightning_n tear_v church_n 8._o of_o whirlwind_n and_o hurricane_n 9_o of_o mrs._n britton_n s_o apparition_n 10._o more_o from_o de_fw-fr la_fw-fr cerda_n 11._o hildanus_n '_o be_v strange_a story_n of_o lightning_n ch._n ix_o inst._n 1._o of_o melancholy_a person_n case_n 2._o of_o enthusiast_n instance_n name_v of_o divers_a sort_n ch._n x._o other_o strange_a providence_n observable_a on_o myself_o on_o r._n c._n on_o tho._n giles_n on_o j._n d._n of_o death_n foretold_v instance_n of_o mr._n tiro_n colonel_n rich_a and_o his_o lady_n letter_n of_o it_o of_o the_o glastonbury_n thorn_n divers_a letter_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n and_o france_n touch_v