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death_n day_n life_n put_v 4,782 5 4.7946 4 false
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A15608 VVitches apprehended, examined and executed, for notable villanies by them committed both by land and water With a strange and most true triall how to know whether a woman be a witch or not. 1613 (1613) STC 25872; ESTC S120192 8,695 22

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