Elizabeth Sawyer, English witch executed for witchcraft in 1621. Seduced by a demon dog to serve Satan and the inspiration for Thomas Dekker’s play The Witch of Edmonton. Woodcut from The Cabinet of Curiosities, or Wonders of the World Displayed, Henry Piercy, New York, 1836.

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