Seventeenth century

Just three women riding a pig.

From: The witches of Northampton-shire Agnes Browne. Ioane Vaughan. Arthur Bill. Hellen Ienkenson.…
Printed: 1612
Image from: Early English Books Online (STC 3907)

First posted on Twitter for #WoodcutWednesday on 8 July 2015: the original tweet.

Here endeth this leaf of the Commonplace Book, which ſheweth The witches of Northampton-shire Agnes Browne. Ioane Vaughan. Arthur Bill. Hellen Ienkenson.… (1612), 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 3907). Copied into this book the eighth day of July, 2015. Finis.

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The witches of Northampton-shire Agnes Browne. Ioane Vaughan. Arthur Bill. Hellen Ienkenson.….
1612.
Early English Books Online (STC 3907).

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