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A19409 The infallible true and assured vvitch, or, The second edition of the tryall of witch-craft shevving the right and true methode of the discoverie : with a confutation of erroneous waies, carefully reviewed and more fully cleared and augmented / by Iohn Cotta ... Cotta, John, 1575?-1650?; Marlborough, James Ley, Earl of, 1550-1629. 1625 (1625) STC 5838; ESTC S300 112,889 182

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