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ing; Witches are puniſhed with Death.to ſuch they ſhew great Rigour, making nothing of killing and deſtroying them without Mercy. And they pretend that it is very well done; thoſe People not deſerving to live, who by ſecret Arts can hurt and make away with others.
They never ſteal from one another, though they will ſometimes from Strangers.They have as great an Abhorrency of Stealing or Thieving among themſelves, as any Nation upon Earth; wherefore they keep nothing ſhut up under Lock and Key, but leave every thing unlock'd, that every body can come at it, without fear of loſing it.
This Vice is ſo much deteſted by them, that if a Maiden ſhould ſteal any thing, ſhe would thereby forfeit a good Match. Yet if they can lay Hands upon any thing belonging to us Foreigners, they make no great Scruple of Coſcience about it. But, as we now have lived ſome Time in the Country amongſt them, and are look'd upon as true Inhabitants of the Land, they
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