wicche craftes

Middle English

Noun

wicche craftes

1. plural of [[#Middle_English|]]wicche craft(e) (alternative form of wicchecraft)
   • 2005 (published), John Lydgate’s Fall of Princes: Narrative Tragedy in Its Literary and Political Contexts, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 231:

     Wyffe to humfrey duke of glosester howe y⸌e⸍ sayd humfrey ungodly maryed, she beynge y⸌e⸍ lawfull wyffe of John duke of brabaunt, ⁊ besyde her he all so y⸌e⸍ company of othar amongste y⸌e⸍ whiche was one Elianor Chobham, who by sorsere ⁊ wicche craftes caused hym to leave y⸌e⸍ said Jaquyl of holand ⁊ to marie hem y⸌e⸍ sayd Elianore, who afftar was a traytoresse to kynge henry y⸌e⸍ vj

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