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a river of Prussia, rises in the E. of Saxony, on the borders of Boheand "The Remedies for Witchcraft." It discusses the question of the nature of demons; the causes why they seduce men and particularly women; transformations into beasts, as wolves and cats; and the various charms and exorcisms to be employed against witches. They tell with complete composure of mind how in one place 40, in another 50, persons were burned by their means. The book contains no distinct allusion to the proceedings at the Witches' Sabbath any any more than did the "Formicarium" (1440) of John Nider, whose fifth book is devoted to the subject of sorcery .
WITCHCRAFT.
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