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Indeed, the whole family of this peccant nobleman proved, on investigation, to be tarred with the same magical…

Date of account: Published 1908
Source: The book of witches
Reference: The book of witches · selected passage 212
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Indeed, the whole family of this peccant nobleman proved, on investigation, to be tarred with the same magical brush

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Indeed, the whole family of this peccant nobleman proved, on investigation, to be tarred with the same magical brush. Lady Glammis again, burned in 1536 as a witch, was one of the proud Douglasses, grand-daughter of Archibald Bell-the-Cat, widow of "Clean the Causeway" Lord Glammis, whom, _inter alia_, she was accused of murdering--young, beautiful, and wealthy. It is true that her death was very necessary to one of the contemporary political parties, though that may have been only a coincidence. Another aristocratic witch was Lady Katherine Fouliss, who, with her step-son, was tried in 1590 for "witchcraft, incantation, sorcery, and poisoning." She, although she seems to have gone about her questionable business with an open-hearted publicity that arouses our admiration, was acquitted through family influence, and her step-son with her, though several of their humbler accomplices paid the penalty in the usual way.

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