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secret_o but_o by_o day_n impudent_o and_o these_o forsooth_o concern_v the_o cure_n of_o bewitched_a person_n and_o such_o as_o be_v possess_v to_o wit_n such_o as_o have_v a_o devil_n put_v into_o they_o by_o witch_n enchantment_n and_o herewithal_o i_o will_v set_v down_o certain_a rule_n deliver_v unto_o we_o by_o such_o popish_a doctor_n as_o be_v of_o great_a reputation_n chap._n xxxiii_o who_o may_v he_o conjuror_n in_o the_o romish_a church_n beside_o priest_n a_o ridiculous_a definition_n of_o superstition_n what_o word_n be_v to_o be_v use_v and_o not_o use_v in_o exorcism_n rebaptism_n allow_v it_o be_v lawful_a to_o conjure_v any_o thing_n difference_n between_o holywater_n and_o conjuration_n scent_n thomas_n aquinas_n say_v that_o any_o body_n though_o he_o be_v of_o a_o inferior_a or_o superior_a order_n yea_o of_o none_o order_n at_o all_o and_o as_o gulielmus_fw-la durandus_fw-la glossator_fw-la raimundi_fw-la affirm_v a_o woman_n so_o she_o bless_v not_o the_o 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