John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2121 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2121 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | [Witches] steal young children out of their cradles, ministerio dæmonum, and put deformed in their rooms, which we call changelings. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 3. |