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    An account of the tryals, examination and condemnation , of Elinor Shaw, and Mary Phillip's (two notorious Witches,) At Northampton Assizes, on Wednesday the 7th of March 1705. for Bewitching a Woman, and two Children, Tormenting them in a sad and lamentable manner till they Dyed. With an Account of their strange Confessions, about their familiarity with the Devil, and how they made a wicked Contract with him, to be revenged on several Persons, by Bewitching their cattel to Death, &c. and several other strange and amazing Particulars.

    Davis, Ralph, of Northampton. | Date: [1705]
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    A defense of the proceedings against Jane Wenham , wherein the possibility and reality of witchcraft are demonstrated from scripture, and the concurrent Testimonies of all Ages. In Answer to Two Pamphlets, Entituled, I. The Impossibility of Witchcraft, &c. II. A Full Confutation of Witchcraft. By Francis Bragge, A. B. Late of Peterhouse in Cambridge. Author of the Account of the Proceedings against Jane Wenham, and Witchcraft farther Display'd.

    Bragge, Francis, 1664-1728. | Date: [1712]
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