Witch Pamphlet This printed pamphlet presents the confession of “Mother Waterhouse,” a woman convicted of witchcraft in England in 1566, who describes her “many abominable deeds” and “execrable sorcery” committed over fifteen years, and asks for forgiveness right before her execution. Enterprising printers often produced cheap, short pamphlets during witch trials, knowing they would sell, sometimes based on the actual trial proceedings and sometimes just made up. They both reflected and helped create stereotypes about what witches were and did.
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