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Sadducismus Debellatus. London, 1698

Date of account: Published 1921
Source: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
Reference: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology · selected passage 207
Rights: public_domain
Language: English with quoted European trial material
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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_Sadducismus Debellatus._ London, 1698. _St. Osees, A true and iust Recorde of all the Witches taken at._ London, 1582. Sandys, George. _Relation of a Journey._ London, 1632. _Sawyer, Wonderfull Discouerie of Elisabeth._ 1621. Scot, Reginald. _Discoverie of Witchcraft._ London, 1584. _Scots Magazine._ Edinburgh, 1772 and 1814. Scott, Sir Walter. _Demonology and Witchcraft._ Morley's Universal Library. London, 1883. _Scottish Antiquary_, vol. ix. Edinburgh, 1891. _Scottish History Society_, vol. xxv. Edinburgh, 1896. Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick. _Historical Account of Witchcraft in Scotland._ London, 1884. _Shaw, Elinor, and Mary Phillips._ Northampton, 1866. Sinclair, George. _The Hydrostaticks._ Edinburgh, 1672. ---- _Satan's Invisible World Discovered._ Edinburgh, 1871. Sinclair, John. _Statistical Account of Scotland_, vol. xviii. Edinburgh, 1796. Sinistrari de Ameno, Ludovico Maria. _Demoniality._ Paris, 1879. _Society of Antiquaries of Scotland._ New Series, x. Edinburgh. _Spalding Club Miscellany._ Aberdeen, 1841. Spottiswode, John. _History of the Church of Scotland._ Edinburgh, 1847-50. _Spottiswoode Miscellany._ Edinburgh, 1844-5. Stearne, John. _Confirmation and Discovery of Witchcraft._ London, 1648. Stevenson, J.

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