Note 33 — Chapter V
Reading edition
The dramatist Dekker made use of this; see his Witch of Edmonton, act IV, scene I (Mermaid edition, London, 1904):
1st Countreyman.—This thatch is as good as a jury to prove she is a witch.
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Justice.—Come, come: firing her thatch? ridiculous! Take heed, sirs, what you do; unless your proofs Come better aimed, instead of turning her Into a witch, you'll prove yourselves stark fools.