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A Brief Apology Proving the Possession of William Sommers

by John Darrell · b. ca. 1562

Published: 1599
Length: 7,715 words
Reading: 30 min
Divisions: 5

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A brief apologie prouing the possession of William Sommers. Written by Iohn Dorrell, a faithful Minister of the Gospell: but published without his knowledge, with a dedicatorie epistle disclosing some disordered procedings against the saide Iohn Dorrell

[Middelburg R. Schilders] 1599.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

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DedicationTo the right Honourable St Thomas Eggerton Knight, L. Keeper of the great Seale of England, Sr Iohn Popham…
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TextThat William Sommers did not counterfeite a poſſeſſion, but was in deed ſtranglie and ſnpernaturally…
List of depositionsA brief of the depoſitions taken at Notingham, the 20. of March 1597. by vertue of a commiſsion from the…
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