The Discovery of Witches by Matthew Hopkins
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Answ. If he had been too hard for the devill and got his book, it had been to his great commendation, and no disgrace at all: and for judgement in _Phisiognomie_, he hath no more then any man else whatsoever. Quer. 3. _From whence then proceeded this his skill? was it from his profound learning, or from much reading of learned Authors concerning that subject?_ Answ. From neither of both, but from experience, which though it be meanly esteemed of, yet the surest and safest way to judge by. Quer. 4. _I pray where was this experience gained? and why gained by him and not by others?_ |
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