Having taken the suspected witch, she is placed in the middle of a room upon a stool or table, cross-legged, or in some other uneasy posture; to which, if she submits not, she is then bound with cords; there she is watched, and kept without meat, or sleep,... Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft - Side 215af Walter Scott - 1830 - 338 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Karen Newman - 1991 - 209 sider
...[her naked] in the middle of a room upon a stool, or Table, crosse-legg'd, or in some other uneasie posture, to which if she submits not, she is then bound with cords; there is she watcht and kept without meat or sleep for the space of 24 hours. ...A little hole is likewise... | |
| Montague Summers - 2001 - 372 sider
...he was a firm believer in witchcraft and all its operations. He writes : Having taken the suspected Witch, she is placed in the middle of a room upon a stool, or Table, crosse-legg'd, or in some other uneasie posture, which if she submits not, she is then bound with cords... | |
| Levack, Brian Paul Levack - 2001 - 556 sider
...Sutton witches.'" One contemporary descrihed these methods: Having Taken the suspected Witch, shee is placed in the middle of a room upon a stool, or Tahle, crosse legg'd, or in some other uneasie posture, to which if she suhmits not, she is hound with... | |
| Darren Oldridge - 2002 - 470 sider
...other Sutton witches. One contemporary described these methods: Having Taken the suspected Witch, shee is placed in the middle of a room upon a stool, or Table, crosse legg'd, or in some other uneasie oo ' posture, to which it she submits not, she is bound with... | |
| Matthew Hopkins, John Stearne - 2007 - 98 sider
...communication I had w th one of the Witchfinders (as they call them)': Having taken the suspected Witch, shee is placed in the middle of a room upon a stool, or Table, crosse legg'd, or in some other uneasie posture, to which if she submits not, she is then bound with... | |
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