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Item,101 the complaint of anie one man of credit is sufficient to bring a poore woman to the racke or pullie.
Item, a condemned or infamous persons testimonie is good and allowable in matters of witchcraft.
Item, a witch is not to be delivered, though she endure all the tortures, and confesse nothing; as all other are in anie criminall cases.
Item, though in other cases the depositions of manie women at one instant are disabled, as insufficient in lawe; bicause of the imbecillitie and frailtie of their nature or sex: yet in this matter, one woman, though she be a partie, either accuser or accused, and be also infamous and impudent (for such are Bodins words) yea and alreadie condemned; she may neverthelesse serve to accuse and condemne a witch.
Item, a witnesse uncited, and offering himselfe in this case is to be heard, and in none other.
Item, a capitall enimie (if the enimitie be pretended to growe by meanes of witchcraft) may object against a witch; and none/24. exception is to be had or made against him.