THE
WONDERFVLL
DISCOVERIE OF
WITCHES, &c.
THE
WONDERFVLL
DISCOVERIE OF
WITCHES IN THE COVNTIE
OF LANCASTER.
With the Arraignement and Triall of
Nineteene notorious WITCHES, at the Assizes and
generall Gaole deliuerie, holden at the Castle of
LANCASTER, _vpon Munday, the seuenteenth_
_of August last_,
1612.
Before Sir IAMES ALTHAM, and
Sir EDWARD BROMLEY, Knights; BARONS of his
Maiesties Court of EXCHEQVER: And Iustices
_of Assize_, Oyer _and_ Terminor, _and generall_
Gaole deliuerie in the circuit of the
_North Parts._
Together with the Arraignement and Triall of IENNET
PRESTON, _at the Assizes holden at the Castle of Yorke_,
_the seuen and twentieth day of Iulie last past_,
with her Execution for the murther
of Master LISTER
_by Witchcraft._
Published and set forth by commandement of his Maiesties
Iustices of Assize in the North Parts.
_By_ THOMAS POTTS _Esquier._
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LONDON,
Printed by _W. Stansby_ for _John Barnes_, dwelling neare
Holborne Conduit. 1613.
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TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE,
_THOMAS_, LORD
KNYVET, BARON OF ESCRICK[A1]
in the Countie of Yorke, my very honorable
_good Lord and Master._
AND
TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE
_AND VERTVOVS LADIE, THE_
_Ladie_ ELIZABETH KNYVET _his Wife, my_
honorable good Ladie and
MISTRIS.
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