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The book tells of fifteen distinct crimes of which every witch is guilty, and argues that, in default of proof, violent presumption should suffice for the sentence of witches to death.
The book tells of fifteen distinct crimes of which every witch is guilty, and argues that, in default of proof, violent presumption should suffice for the sentence of witches to death.
It also contains a lengthy rebuttal of [[Johann Weyer]]'s book ''[[De praestigiis daemonum]]'' (1563) which argued against the possibility of supernatural witchcraft and denounced [[witch-hunt]]s.


==Publication history==
==Publication history==

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