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of certain Witches.
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Jone Waterhouſe daughter to this
mother Waterhouſe, beinge of the
age of xviii yeres, and examined
confeſſeth as foloweth.
mother Waterhouſe, beinge of the
age of xviii yeres, and examined
confeſſeth as foloweth.
YRST, that her mother this laſte wynter woulde haue learned her this arte, but ſhe lerned it not, nether yet the name of the thinge. She ſaith ſhe neuer ſaw it but once in her mother’s hand, and that was in the likenes of a tode, and at that time comming in at a ſodeyn when her mother called it oute to worke ſome thynge withall, ſhe herde her to call it Sathan, for ſhee was not at any time truely taught it, nor did neuer exerciſe it before this tyme as foloweth:
Item ſhe confeſſed that when her mother was gone to Breackſtede, in
