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Newspaper
Monthly Mercury
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 01, 1693
Page
15
An 1893 piece discusses the “Story of the Striges” and a woman who harmed her child, referencing witches. It notes that witchcraft involves the Devil influencing the living and suggests fear of diabolic influence persists after death. The text reflects sensational late 19th century attitudes toward witches and superstition.
Advice from England Scotland and Ireland describes the late king James adherents and their plots against the Protestant state. The English Dutch fleet sails from the Downs toward St Helen s and Spithead with three squadrons and a Dutch rear. The Blue Squadron is led by Berkeley Ashby and Mitchell, the Red by Killegrew Delaval and Shovel, with numbers and ships listed. Messages from the Britannia report the fleet about 50 leagues west-southwest of Bant, merchants convoyed, while news of the en emy fleet remains absent.
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