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name: Thomas Ady
about: Thomas Ady (fl. 17th century) was an English physician and humanist who was the author of three sceptical books on witchcraft and witch-hunting, using the Bible as the source.His first and best known work, Candle in the Dark: Or, A Treatise Concerning the Nature of Witches &amp; Witchcraft,[1] was used unsuccessfully by George Burroughs, a Baptist preacher, in his defense during the Salem witch trials.[2][3] The second book, published in 1661, was A Perfect Discovery of Witches, named in honour of Reginald Scot's Discoverie of Witchcraft, the first book of its kind in the English language; his third was The Doctrine of Devils (1676). Thomas Ady (fl. 17th century) was an English physician and humanist who was the author of three sceptical books on witchcraft and witch-hunting, using the Bible as the source.His first and best known work, Candle in the Dark: Or, A Treatise Concerning the Nature of Witches &amp; Witchcraft,[1] was used unsuccessfully by George Burroughs, a Baptist preacher, in his defense during the Salem witch trials.[2][3] The second book, published in 1661, was A Perfect Discovery of Witches, named in honour of Reginald Scot's Discoverie of Witchcraft, the first book of its kind in the English language; his third was The Doctrine of Devils (1676). ...more