Preface

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THE DISCOVERIE
OF
WITCHCRAFT


BY
REGINALD SCOT, ESQUIRE

BEING A REPRINT OF THE FIRST EDITION
PUBLISHED IN 1584

►Edited◄
_WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, GLOSSARY, AND INTRODUCTION_
BY
BRINSLEY NICHOLSON, M.D.
DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL

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LONDON
ELLIOT STOCK, 62 PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
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1886


_This edition of_ SCOT’S DISCOVERIE _consists
of 250 copies only.—E. S._




DR. NICHOLSON’S SUBSCRIBERS.

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