Newes from Scotland

black and white composite of man with cow, gallows, church and two men astride a black horse
The upper portion of this illustration of Doctor Fian is from a woodcut in Newes from Scotland.[1][a]

Newes from Scotland - declaring the damnable life and death of Dr. Fian, a notable sorcerer is a pamphlet printed in London in 1591, and likely written by James Carmichael, who later advised King James VI on the writing of his book Daemonologie.[2] Carmichael made a claim for payment for fifteen months work attending the examinations of diverse witches.[3] The book describes the North Berwick witch trials in Scotland and the confessions given before the king, and was published in Daemonologie by King James in 1597.

  1. ^ a b Normand & Roberts (2000), p. 118
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  3. ^ Dawson Turner, Descriptive Index of the Contents of Five Manuscript Volumes (Great Yarmouth, 1851), p. 154 no. 60 now held by the British Library.


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