[Witches] steal young children out of their cradles, minist… - Robert Burton

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[Witches] steal young children out of their cradles, ministerio dæmonum, and put deformed in their rooms, which we call changelings.

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Robert Burton (8 February 1577 – 25 January 1640) was an English writer and scholar at Oxford University (at Christ Church), known chiefly for writing The Anatomy of Melancholy.

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Alternative Names: Democritus Junior

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[Quoting Seneca] Cornelia kept her in talk till her children came from school, "and these," said she, "are my jewels."

Going as if he trod upon eggs.

We can say nothing but what hath been said. Our poets steal from Homer... Our story-dressers do as much; he that comes last is commonly best.

[Witches] steal young children out of their cradles, ministerio dæmonum, and put deformed in their rooms, which we call changelings. - Robert Burton

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