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| '''Matthew Hopkins''' d. [[1647]] was appointed as Witch-finder General in [[1644]]. Many [[witch|witches]] hid from Hopkins in the village of [[Devil's End]] ("[[The Daemons]]").
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| ==Biography==
| | Many [[witch]]es hid from '''Matthew Hopkins''' in the village of [[Devil's End]] ("[[The Dæmons]]"). |
| Samuel Butler's [[satire]] ''[[Hudibras]]'' commented on Hopkins's activity, saying:
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| :<i>Has not this present Parliament
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| :A Lieger to the Devil sent,
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| :Fully impowr'd to treat about
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| :Finding revolted witches out
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| :And has not he, within a year,
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| :Hang'd threescore of 'em in one shire?
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| :Some only for not being drown'd,
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| :And some for sitting above ground,
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| :Whole days and nights, upon their breeches,
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| :And feeling pain, were hang'd for witches.
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| :And some for putting knavish tricks
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| :Upon green geese and turky-chicks,
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| :And pigs, that suddenly deceast
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| :Of griefs unnat'ral, as he guest;
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| :Who after prov'd himself a witch
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| :And made a rod for his own breech.</i>
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| The last line refers to a tradition that disgruntled villagers caught Hopkins and subjected him to his own "swimming" test: he floated, and therefore was hanged for witchcraft himself. However, it is believed by most historians that Hopkins actually died of illness (possibly [[tuberculosis]]) in his home. The parish records of [[Manningtree]] in Essex record his burial in August of [[1647]].
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