[310] Soldan and Heppe, ii. 46, and elsewhere.

[311] Beiträge zur Geschichte des Hexenwesens in Franken, Bamberg, 1883.

[312] 48 ff.

[313] Official report, given by Leitschuh in appendix.

[314] Maria Hollin at Nördlingen (1593) withstood fifty-six repetitions of torture, and was finally ‘dismissed’ on the terms mentioned (Janssen, op. cit., viii. 719).

[315] The Nördlingen authorities acquired an evil eminence in this frightfulness, which they termed ‘eine heilsame Tortur’ (Soldan, ii. 470).

[316] Lea, iii. 545, and references there given.

[317] De praestigiis, &c., ii. 5.

[318] The privilege for publication is dated November 4, 1562; three editions appeared before the end of 1564, and a sixth in 1583.

[319] Op. cit., ii. 1.