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Title:  The wonderfull discouerie of Elizabeth Savvyer a witch late of Edmonton, her conuiction and condemnation and death. Together with the relation of the Diuels accesse to her, and their conference together. Written by Henry Goodcole minister of the Word of God, and her continuall visiter in the gaole of Newgate. Published by authority.
Author: Goodcole, Henry, 1586-1641.
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A true declaration of the manner of proceeding against ELIZABETH SAVVYER late of Edmonton Spinster, and the eui∣dence of her Conuiction.A Great, and long suspition was held of this person to be a witch, and the eye of Mr. Arthur Robin∣son, a worthy Iustice of Peace, who dweleth at Totnam neere to her, was watchfull ouer her, and her wayes, and that not without iust cause; stil ha∣uing his former long suspition of her, by the in∣formation of her neighbours that dwelt about her: from suspitiō, to proceed to great presump∣tions, seeing the death of Nurse-children and Cattell, strangely and suddenly to happen. And to finde out who should bee the author of this mischiefe, an old ridiculous custome was vsed, which was to plucke the Thatch of her house, 0