DO NOT get on a SINGLE persons bad side in the 16th century...

So during my reading over this beautiful weekend the part that stuck with me the most was the fact that anyone could just SAY you were a witch and that would be enough probable cause to have a full on investigation on your whole life. God FORBID if you had a couple pet lizards or some leftover chicken bones from dinner because now the "evidence" is stacking up against you. This was really unsettling because on page 295 it says,

"It is sufficient, therefore, to have strong presumptions to impose corporal punishment in such a revolting case, and up to but not including death. That is to say, beatings, amputations, brandings, life imprisonments, fines, confiscations, and other such penalties except banishment, unless the witch is confined to a particular place."

So this literally says YOU COULD LOSE A LIMB OR BE BRANDED LIKE FOREVER by someone having a "strong presumption" that you were a witch. But don't you worry they won't kill you, just some light maiming. I feel a little disturbed knowing if Agatha's husband dies after her neighbor tells him to go to hell that there might be a branding or even an amputation in the near future.