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THE AMBER WITCH
by
Wilhelm Meinhold
The most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known. Printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father Abraham Schweidler, the pastor of Coserow, in the Island of Usedom.
Translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon.
Original publication date: 1846.
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
The Seventh Chapter
HOW THE IMPERIALISTS ROBBED ME OF ALL THAT WAS LEFT, AND LIKEWISE BROKE INTO THE CHURCH AND STOLE THE VASA SACRA; ALSO WHAT MORE BEFELL US
The Eighth Chapter
HOW OUR NEED WAXED SORER AND SORER, AND HOW I SENT OLD ILSE WITH ANOTHER LETTER TO PUDGLA, AND HOW HEAVY A MISFORTUNE THIS BROUGHT UPON ME
The Ninth Chapter
HOW THE OLD MAID-SERVANT HUMBLED ME BY HER FAITH, AND THE LORD YET BLESSED ME HIS UNWORTHY SERVANT
The Tenth Chapter
HOW WE JOURNEYED TO WOLGAST, AND MADE GOOD BARTER THERE
The Eleventh Chapter
HOW I FED ALL THE CONGREGATION: ITEM, HOW I JOURNEYED TO THE HORSE FAIR AT GÜTZKOW, AND WHAT BEFELL ME THERE
The Twelfth Chapter
WHAT FURTHER JOY AND SORROW BEFELL US: ITEM, HOW WITTICH APPELMANN RODE TO DAMEROW TO THE WOLFHUNT, AND WHAT HE PROPOSED TO MY DAUGHTER
The Thirteenth Chapter
WHAT MORE HAPPENED DURING THE WINTER: ITEM, HOW IN THE SPRING WITCHCRAFT BEGAN IN THE VILLAGE
The Fourteenth Chapter
HOW OLD SEDEN DISAPPEARED ALL ON A SUDDEN: ITEM, HOW THE GREAT GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS CAME TO POMERANIA, AND TOOK THE FORT AT PEENEMÜNDE
The Fifteenth Chapter
OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE HIGH AND MIGHTY KING GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS AND WHAT BEFELL THEREAT
The Sixteenth Chapter
HOW LITTLE MARY PAASCH WAS SORELY PLAGUED OF THE DEVIL, AND THE WHOLE PARISH FELL OFF FROM ME
The Seventeenth Chapter
HOW MY POOR CHILD WAS TAKEN UP FOR A WITCH, AND CARRIED TO PUDGLA
The Eighteenth Chapter
OF THE FIRST TRIAL, AND WHAT CAME THEREOF
The Nineteenth Chapter
HOW SATAN, BY THE PERMISSION OF THE MOST RIGHTEOUS GOD, SOUGHT ALTOGETHER TO RUIN US, AND HOW WE LOST ALL HOPE
The Twentieth Chapter
OF THE MALICE OF THE GOVERNOR AND OF OLD LIZZIE: ITEM, OF THE EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES
The Twenty-first Chapter
DE CONFRONTATIONE TESTIUM
The Twenty-second Chapter
HOW THE SYNDICUS DOM. MICHELSEN ARRIVED AND PREPARED HIS DEFENCE OF MY POOR CHILD
The Twenty-third Chapter
HOW MY POOR CHILD WAS SENTENCED TO BE PUT TO THE QUESTION
The Twenty-fourth Chapter
HOW IN MY PRESENCE THE DEVIL FETCHED OLD LIZZIE KOLKEN
The Twenty-fifth Chapter
HOW SATAN SIFTED ME LIKE WHEAT, WHEREAS MY DAUGHTER WITHSTOOD HIM RIGHT BRAVELY
The Twenty-sixth Chapter
HOW I RECEIVED THE HOLY SACRAMENT WITH MY DAUGHTER AND THE OLD MAIDSERVANT, AND HOW SHE WAS THEN LED FOR THE LAST TIME BEFORE THE COURT, WITH THE DRAWN SWORD AND THE OUTCRY, TO RECEIVE SENTENCE
The Twenty-seventh Chapter
OF THAT WHICH BEFELL US BY THE WAY: ITEM, OF THE FEARFUL DEATH OF THE SHERIFF AT THE MILL
The Twenty-eighth Chapter
HOW MY DAUGHTER WAS AT LENGTH SAVED BY THE HELP OF THE ALL-MERCIFUL, YEA, OF THE ALL-MERCIFUL GOD
The Twenty-ninth Chapter
OF OUR NEXT GREAT SORROW, AND FINAL JOY
FINIS
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