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Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder general. Etching.

Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder general, with two supposed witches calling out the names of their demons, some of which are represented by animals. Etching, 1792, after an earlier woodcut.

The discovery of witches : a study of Master Matthew Hopkins, commonly call'd Witch finder generall / by the Rev. Montague Summers, together with a reprint of The discovery of witches from the rare original of 1647.

Matthew Hopkins : witch finder general / Richard Deacon [i.e. D. McCormick].

Witchfinders : a seventeenth-century English tragedy / Malcolm Gaskill.

The discovery of vvitches : in answer to severall queries, lately delivered to the judges of the assize for the county of Norfolk. / And now published by Matthevv Hopkins, witch-finder. For the benefit of the whole kingdome.

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The discovery of witches : a study of Master Matthew Hopkins, commonly call'd Witch finder generall / by the Rev. Montague Summers, together with a reprint of The discovery of witches from the rare original of 1647.

The discovery of vvitches : in answer to severall queries, lately delivered to the judges of the assize for the county of Norfolk. / And now published by Matthevv Hopkins, witch-finder. For the benefit of the whole kingdome.