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bloody minde, he only requeſted that at his pleſure he might woork his mallice on men, Women, and children, in the ſhape of ſome beaſt, wherby he might Hue without dread or danger of life, and vnknowen to be the executor of any bloody enterpriſe, which he meant to commit: The Deuill who ſawe him a fit inſtruemēt to perfourm miſcheefe as a wicked feend pleaſed with the deſire of wrong and deſtruction, gaue vnto him a girdle which being put about him, he was ſtraight tranſfourmed into the likenes of a greedy deuouring Woolf, ſtrong and mighty, with eyes great and large, which in the night ſparkeled like vnto brandes of fire, a mouth great and wide, with moſt ſharpe and cruell teeth, A huge body, and mightye pawes: And no ſooner ſhould he put off the ſame girdle, but preſently he ſhould appeere in his former ſhape, according to the proportion of a man, as if he had neuer beene changed.
Stubbe Peeter heerwith was exceedingly well pleaſed, and the ſhape fitted his fancye and agreeed beſt with his nature, being inclined to blood and crueltye, therfore ſatiſfi- ed
