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SYMHC Classics: Matthew Hopkins

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Witch Finder's Answer

The pamphlet goes on to explain in Hopkins opinion various aspects of witchcraft and to defend his own actions. It explains the necessity of practices like waking and swimming witches and saying that he utterly denies any confession that results from torture. The last query quote all that the witch finder doth is to fleece the country of their money and therefore rides and goes to towns to have employment, promises them fair promises and it may be nothing for it. His answer quote you do him a great deal of wrong in every of these particulars.

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