Sadducismus debellatus: or, A true narrative of the sorceries and witchcrafts exercis'd by the Devil and his instruments upon Mrs. Christian Shaw, daughter of Mr. John Shaw, of Bargarran in the County of Renfrew in the West of Scotland, from Aug. 1696 to Apr. 1697. Containing the journal of her sufferings, as it was exhibited and prov'd by the voluntary confession of some of the witches, and other unexceptionable evidence, before the Commissioners appointed by the Privy Council of Scotland to enquire into the same. Collected from the records. Together with reflexions upon witchcraft in general, and the learned arguments of the lawyers, on both sides, at the trial of seven of those witches who were condemned: and some passages which happened at their execution.

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  • Sadducismus debellatus: or, A true narrative of the sorceries and witchcrafts exercis'd by the Devil and his instruments upon Mrs. Christian Shaw, daughter of Mr. John Shaw, of Bargarran in the County of Renfrew in the West of Scotland, from Aug. 1696 to Apr. 1697. Containing the journal of her sufferings, as it was exhibited and prov'd by the voluntary confession of some of the witches, and other unexceptionable evidence, before the Commissioners appointed by the Privy Council of Scotland to enquire into the same. Collected from the records. Together with reflexions upon witchcraft in general, and the learned arguments of the lawyers, on both sides, at the trial of seven of those witches who were condemned: and some passages which happened at their execution.
  • True narrative of the sufferings and relief of a young girle; strangely molested, by evil spirits and their instruments, in the west
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Imprint
London: printed for H. Newman and A. Bell; at the Grasshopper in the Poultry, and at the Crosse-Keys and Bible in Cornhill near Stocks-Market, 1698.
Publication year
1698-1698
ESTC No.
R215462
Grub Street ID
90504
Description
[8], 60 p. ; 4⁰
Note
Anonymous. By Francis Grant, Lord Cullen, based on materials collected by John MacGilchrist.

An expanded and partly rewritten edition of: A true narrative of the sufferings and relief of a young girle; strangely molested, by evil spirits and their instruments, in the west (Wing C7475B).Citation/references Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), C7475A