Sixteenth century

Exit pursued by a [headless demon] bear, [Redux].

Exit pursued by a [headless demon] bear, [Redux].
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A true and most dreadfull discourse of a woman possessed with the…
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1584
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Early English Books Online (STC 5681)

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Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth A true and most dreadfull discourse of a woman possessed with the… (1584), the work of its first makers and not of this preſs; only the caption is the Senſeſhaper’s. The image is from Early English Books Online (STC 5681). Copied into this book the twenty-ninth day of April, 2015. Finis.

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