Of ghostes and spirites, walking by night: and of straunge noyses, crackes, and sundrie forewarnings: which commonly happen before the death of men: great slaughters, and alterations of kingdoms. (1596)
Lavatar, Ludwig · Thomas Creede · leaf 187
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Shakespeare, William- Hamlet – Sources · Apparitions-Early works to 1800 · Ghosts · Demonology
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