Notes for The Discoverie of Witchcraft, p. 3.
- fond:
- Foolish, stupid. [
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- coosening:
- Swindling. (We call a person who cosens someone else a "con artist.") [
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- sticke:
- Stick, stop. ("who will not sticke to take upon hir" means "who will not hestitate to claim that she can") [
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- familiar:
- Demon in the form of an animal. (In the first scene of Macbeth the witches call to their familiars just before the disappear.) [
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- suffer:
- Allow, listen to. [
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- lusts:
- Likings, desires. [
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- Oculatus testis:
- Eyewitness. [
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- assises:
- Court sessions. [
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- assotted:
- Drunk, obsessed. [
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- faith:
- Charge, testimony. [
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- prentise:
- Apprentice. [
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- fraie:
- Quarrel. [
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