A detection of that sinnful, shamful, lying, and ridiculous discours, of Samuel Harshnet. entituled: A discouerie of the fravvdulent practises of Iohn Darrell wherein is manifestly and apparantly shewed in the eyes of the world. not only the vnlikelihoode, but the flate impossibilitie of the pretended counterfayting of William Somers, Thomas Darling, Kath. Wright, and Mary Couper, togeather with the other 7. in Lancashire, and the supposed teaching of them by the saide Iohn Darrell.
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A detection of that sinnful, shamful, lying, and ridiculous discours, of Samuel Harshnet. entituled: A discouerie of the fravvdulent practises of Iohn Darrell wherein is manifestly and apparantly shewed in the eyes of the world. not only the vnlikelihoode, but the flate impossibilitie of the pretended counterfayting of William Somers, Thomas Darling, Kath. Wright, and Mary Couper, togeather with the other 7. in Lancashire, and the supposed teaching of them by the saide Iohn Darrell.
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Darrel, John, b. ca. 1562.
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[England?] :: Imprinted [by the English secret press?],
1600.
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Subject terms
Harsnett, Samuel, -- 1561-1631. -- Discovery of the fraudulent practises of John Darrel -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Demonic possession -- Early works to 1800.
Exorcism -- Early works to 1800.
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"A detection of that sinnful, shamful, lying, and ridiculous discours, of Samuel Harshnet. entituled: A discouerie of the fravvdulent practises of Iohn Darrell wherein is manifestly and apparantly shewed in the eyes of the world. not only the vnlikelihoode, but the flate impossibilitie of the pretended counterfayting of William Somers, Thomas Darling, Kath. Wright, and Mary Couper, togeather with the other 7. in Lancashire, and the supposed teaching of them by the saide Iohn Darrell." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A19855.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 29, 2024.
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The 26. of February being Sonday, So. was desir••us to goe to the
church, and I tould him that if he should so doe, & then fall againe to one of
his ould tricks, the people would be much troubled. Wherevpon (quoth So)
you know what I haue confessed vnto ••ou, and I will giue you my hande
and doe promise you ••aithfully that I will not then fall into any sit And so
I went to the church with him, both in the for••noone and in the afternoone,
& he kept his promise with me.