A
And Difcovery of
WITCH CRAFI,
Containing thefe feverall particulars;
That there are VV itches called bad Witches, and Witches untruely called
good or white Witches, and what manner of peoplethey be, and how they may beeknowne, with many particulars thereunto tending.
Together with the Confeffions of many of thofe executed (ince
~ May 1645. in the feverall Counties hereafter mentioned.
As allo some obje&ions Anfwered.
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By Sobn Stearne, now of Lawfball neere Burie
Saint Edmonds in Suffolke, {ometimes of
Manninztree in Effex.
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PRov.17.15. He that juflifietb the wicked, and be that condemneth the juft even they both are an abomination to the Lord.
Devt 13. 14. Thou fb therefore inquire s and make fearch, and arbe diligent!
whether it be truth, and the thing certaine.
LONDON,
Printed by Willian Wilfon, dwelling in Little Saint Bartholomewes necre Smithfield, 1 6: $ —
A CONFIRMATION AND
DISCOVERY OF
WITCHCRAFT
by
JOHN STEARNE
Published by The Rota at the University of Exeter
Printed in Great Britain by
The Scolar Press Limited
Menston, Yorkshire, England
Bibliographical Note
A confirmation and discovery of witchcraft is the sole publication of John
Stearne (or Sterne), close associate of Witch-Finder General
Matthew Hopkins in an intense campaign in East Anglia between
1645 and 1647. Hopkins published his own The discovery of witches
(Wing, Short title catalog…