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CASE13542: Decumbiture for Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17865) between 2 July 1598 and 16 July 1598

RN |1598.| Elsabeth Richardson tooke her sicknes the 2 of Iuly die ☉ h. intr 10 & 11. 10. 30 mi an m. 10. 15. shee hath an idle hed & speaketh foolishnes bereaved of her speach & of her wittes

[Astrological Chart]

Transcribed excerpt from MS Ashmole 182, f. 213r (upper part of page)

Anonymous (PERSON17865)Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311) 

Medical >Diseases of the mind (Sickness (passions)Speechless (passions)Idle headedIdle talkLost wits)

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Judgment Outcome(s)Astrological Chart

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CASE13546: Geomantic entry concerning Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311)

Question asked by Anonymous (PERSON17865) between 2 July 1598 and 16 July 1598

RN wheathr shee be bewitched. Elisabeth Richardson.

[Preliminary Geomantic Chart]

[Geomantic Chart]

Transcribed entry from MS Ashmole 182, f. 215v, f. 216r (f. 215v upper, and f. 216r upper)

Anonymous (PERSON17865)Goody Elizabeth Miller [Richardson] (PERSON15311) 

Medical >Witchcraft and devil (Witchcraft suffered (medical))

Practitioner: Mr Richard Napier [Sandy] (PERSON5218) Geomantic Chart

Cite this as: Lauren Kassell, Michael Hawkins, Robert Ralley, John Young, Joanne Edge, Janet Yvonne Martin-Portugues, and Natalie Kaoukji (eds.), The casebooks of Simon Forman and Richard Napier, 1596–1634: a digital edition, https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/search?f1-practitioner-is-querent=No;f2-querent-sex=Unknown;f3-patient-sex=Female;f4-treatment=No;f5-how-did-it-take-place=Unclear;f6-question-asked=Medical;f7-number-of-querents=Single%20querent;f8-participant=Goody%20Elizabeth%20Miller%20%5BRichardson%5D%20%28PERSON15311%29, accessed 21 June 2024.

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