A true relation of the araignment of thirty witches at Chensford [sic] in Essex : before Iudge Coniers, fourteene whereof were hanged on Friday last, Iuly 25. 1645. there being at this time a hundred more in severall prisons in Suffolke and Essex. Setting forth the confessions of the principall of them. Also shewing how the divell had carnall copulation with Rebecca West, a young maid, daughter to one Ann West. And how they bewitched men, women, children, and cattell to death: with many other strange things, the like was never heard of before.

A true relation of the araignment of thirty witches at Chensford [sic] in Essex : before Iudge Coniers, fourteene whereof were hanged on Friday last, Iuly 25. 1645. there being at this time a hundred more in severall prisons in Suffolke and Essex. Setting forth the confessions of the principall of them. Also shewing how the divell had carnall copulation with Rebecca West, a young maid, daughter to one Ann West. And how they bewitched men, women, children, and cattell to death: with many other strange things, the like was never heard of before.

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Imprint:	Printed at London : By I.H[ammond], [1645]
Description:	1 online resource ([2], 6 p.)
Language:	English
Subject:	West, Rebecca, -- -1645. West, Ann. Witches -- England -- Early works to 1800. Trials (Witchcraft) -- England -- Early works to 1800. Trials (Witchcraft) Witches. Chelmsford (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800. Essex (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800. England. England -- Chelmsford. England -- Essex. Early works. History.
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