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ed with this ſtrange and diueliſh gifte, for that it was not troubleſome nor great in cariage, but that it might be hidden in a ſmall room, he proceeded to the execution of ſundry moſt hainous and vilde murders, for if any perſon diſpleaſed him, he would incontinent thirſt for reuenge, and no ſooner ſhould they or any of theirs walke abroad in the feeldes or about the Cittie, but in the ſhape of a Woolfe he would preſentlye incounter them, and neuer reſt till he had pluckt out their throates and teare their ioyntes a ſunder: And after he had gotten a taſte heerof, he tooke ſuch pleaſure and delight in ſhedding of blood, that he would night and day walke the Feelds, and work extreame cruelties. And ſundry times he would goe through the Streetes of Collin, Bedbur, and Cperadt, in comely habit, and very ciuilly as one well knowen to all the inhabitants therabout, & oftentimes was he ſaluted of thoſe whoſe freendes and children he had buchered, though nothing ſuſpected for the ſame. In theſe places, I ſay, he would walke vp & down, and if he could ſpye either Maide, Wife or childe, that his eyes
