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A02753 A discouery of the fraudulent practises of Iohn Darrel Bacheler of Artes in his proceedings concerning the pretended possession and dispossession of William Somers at Nottingham: of Thomas Darling, the boy of Burton at Caldwall: and of Katherine Wright at Mansfield, & Whittington: and of his dealings with one Mary Couper at Nottingham, detecting in some sort the deceitfull trade in these latter dayes of casting out deuils.; Discovery of the fraudulent practises of John Darrel Harsnett, Samuel, 1561-1631. 1599 (1599) STC 12883; ESTC S103824 204,500 314

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