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1590. April. Nordlingen, Swabia. Rebecca Lemp, mother of six young children, is accused of witchcraft. She writes to her husband, Peter, from prison:

My dearly beloved Husband, be not troubled. Were I to be charged by thousands of accusations, I am innocent, else may all the demons in hell come and tear me to pieces. Were they to pulverize me, cut me in a thousand pieces, I could not confess anything. Therefore do not be alarmed; before my conscience and before my soul I am innocent.