“in 1591 the Calvinists convicted a distinguished noblewoman, Lady Eufame Macalyene, for the crime of seeking pain relief from Agnes Sampson, her midwife, during her labor with twin sons. Sampson reported the request to the religious authorities, who found that she had violated the doctrine of the primeval curse on woman. She was burned alive on Castle Hill in Edinburgh as punishment.””
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