"three women of strassburg who, at the same time felt themselves kicked, although no one else was near, accused a certain man, weeping and declaring he had cast a spell on them; whereupon he was bound over to torture, but saved himself by means of a lie, saying he had indeed kicked out—though not at three christian women, but at three cats which savagely attacked him. this is the reason he was freed but the women burnt. here is a parable of our time."
evan s connell, notes from a bottle found on the beach at carmel.
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