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—This altered the Face of Jane’s Affairs prodigiouſly: She was no longer Jane alias Joan Giles the ugly old Witch, but Madam Giles; her old ragged Garb was exchanged for one that was new and genteel; her greateſt Enemies made their Court to her, even the Juſtice himſelf came to with her Joy; and though ſeveral Hogs and Horſes died, and the Wind frequently blew afterwards, yet Madam Giles was never ſuppoſed to have a Hand in it; and from hence it is plain, as I obſerved before, that a Woman muſt be very poor, very old, and live in a Neighbourhood, where the People are very ſtupid, before ſhe can poſſibly paſs for a Witch. 'Twas a Saying of Mr. Williams, who would ſometimes be jocoſe, and had the Art of making even Satire

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