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THE WITCH MANIA.
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and she was sentenced to be burned, and twenty shillings went into the pockets of Master Hopkins.
Matthew Hopkins.[1]
In this manner he made one old woman confess, because four flies had appeared in the room, that she was attended by four imps, named "Ilemazar," "Pye-wackett," "Peck-in-the-crown," and "Grizel-Greedigut."

  1. This illustration, representing Matthew Hopkins examining two witches, who are confessing to him the names of their imps and familiars, is copied from Caulfield's Memoirs of Remarkable Persons, 1794, where it is taken from an extremely rare print.