...them for the sake of llii-ir blood, which was requisite to form his charms and incantations. Theae horrid excesses may be believed, when we reflect on...they were, certainly, but too often practised. He wan, at length, for a state crime against the Duke of Brittany, sentenced to be burnt alive in a field...

...attach themselves to him, and afterwards killed them for the sake of their blood, which was requisite to form his charms and incantations. — > These horrid excesses may be believed, When we reflect on thai a^e of ignorance and barbarity, in which they were certainly but too oftf n practised. — He...

...may be believed 'when we-reflect on tha fi^eof ignorance and barbarism in whfeh they were:certainly, too often practised. He was at length, for a state crime against the Duke of Britanny, sentenced to be burnt alive in a ffold at Nantz, rn 1440; bat the Duke ot Brittanny, who...