Devil; Witchcraft -- Great Britain; Witchcraft -- United States
An Authentic, Candid, and Circumstantial Narrative of the Astonishing
Transactions at Stockwell in the County of Surry. On Monday and Tuesday,
the 6th and 7th Days of January 1772. Containing A Series of the most
surprising and unaccountable Events that ever happened, which continued
from first to last, upwards of Twenty Hours, and at different Places....
The Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Marks, Bookseller, in St.
Martin’s Lane. 1772.
A Narrative of the Sufferings and relief of a Young Girl; Strangely
Molested by Evil Spirits and their Instruments, in the West: Collected
from Authentic Testimonies, with a Preface and Postscript. Containing
Reflections on what is most Material or Curious, either in the History or
Trial of the Seven Witches who were Condemned and Burnt in the Gallow
Green of Paisley.... Paisley: Printed and Sold by Alexander Weir. 1775.
A Tragi-Coomodie called The Witch, Long since acted by His Ma{ties}
Servants at the Black-Friers. Written by Tho Middleton. 1778. [The
following note in pen and ink will explain how a play by a contemporary of
Massinger, Ben Jonson, etc., bears this date; for until this copy the play
was never printed: ‘This play was given me by Mr. Reid, who printed 100
Copies for the use of his friends, from a M.S. in Mr. Pearsons[129]
library.’]
A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland,
from A.D. 1536 to 1784, with Historical and Critical Remarks. By Hugo
Arnot, Esq., Advocate.... Edinburgh: Printed for the Author by William
Smellie. 1785.
A Journal of the Transactions and Occurrences in the Settlement of
Massachusetts and other New-England Colonies, from the year 1630 to 1644.
Written by John Winthrop, Esq., First Governor of Massachusetts; and now
first published from a correct copy of the original Manuscript. Hartford:
Printed by Elisha Babcock. 1790.
A Narrative of some extraordinary things that happened to Mr. Richard
Giles’s Children, at the Lamb, without Lawford’s Gate, Bristol; supposed
to be the effect of Witchcraft. By the late Mr. Henry Durbin, Chymist, Who
was an Eye and Ear Witness of the principal Facts herein related. To which
is added A Letter from the Rev. Mr. Bedford, late Vicar of Temple, to the
Bishop of Gloucester, Relative to one Thomas Perks of Mangotsfield, who
had Dealings with Familiar Spirits. Bristol: Printed and Sold by R.
Edwards, Broad Street; Sold also by T. Hurst and W. Baynes, Paternoster
Row, London; and by Hazard and Browne, Bath. 1800.
The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer, being a complete system of Occult
Philosophy.... By Francis Barrett, F.R.C.... London: Printed for
Lackington, Allen and Co., Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square. 1801.
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