Witches] Steal Young Children Out Of Their Cradles, Ministerio Daemonum, And Put Deformed In Their Rooms, Which We Call Changelings.

Witches] Steal Young Children Out Of Their Cradles, Ministerio Daemonum, And Put Deformed In Their Rooms, Which We Call Changelings.

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[Witches] steal young children out of their cradles, ministerio daemonum,
and put deformed in their rooms, which we call changelings.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i, Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 3

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