A Collection of Rare and Curious Tracts on Witchcraft and the Second Sight

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church History, History, British

• Author: David Webster
• ISBN: 1230000104079
• Publisher: VolumesOfValue
• Publication: February 3, 2013
• Language: English

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index

CONTENTS
An Original Essay on Witchcraft
News from Scotland
To the Reader
A True Discourse of the Damnable Life of Doctor Fian, and Sundry other Witches, lately taken in Scotland,
Another Account of the Foregoing Transactions, from Sir James Melvill's Memoirs
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Extracts from King James's Daemonologie concerning Sorcery and Witchcraft
Notice to the Reader a Letter from a Gentleman in Fife, to a Nobleman, containing an Account of the Barbarous and Illegal Treatment of the Witches in Pittenweem,
Another Letter concerning the Witches of Pittenweem
A Just Reproof to the False Reports contained in the two Foregoing Letters
A Copy of the Indictment and Precept for Summoning the Jury and Witnesses, with the Warrant for the Execution, of the Witches at Borrowstouness,
Trial of Isobel Elliot and others
Confession of Helen Taylor
Deposition of Manie Haliburton
Declaration of John Kincaid, the Pricker
Trial of William Coke and Allison Dick
Amount of the Kirk's Share of Expense for Burning the said William Coke and Allison Dick
Town's part on the above occasion
Account of the Expense of Burning Margaret Denham
Minutes and Proceedings of the Kirk-Session of Torryburn, and the Confession of Lillias Adie
Frazer on the Second Sight,o the Reader
Short Advertisement to the Reader
A Brief Discourse concerning the Second Sight, commonly so called