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 by, where making excue to tay about the necearies of nature, while the yong man went on forward, incontinent in the hape and likenes of a Woolfe he encountred his owne Sonne, and there mot cruelly lewe him, which doon, he preently eat the brains out of his head as a mot auerie and dainty delycious meane to taunch his greedye apetite: the mot montrous act that euer man heard off, for neuer was knowen a wretch from nature o far degenerate.

Long time he continued this vilde and villanous life, ometime in the likenes of a Woolfe, ometime in the habit of a man, ometime in the Townes and Citties, and ometimes in the Woods and thickettes to them adioyning, whereas the duche coppye maketh mention, he on a time mette with two men and one woman, whom he greatly deired to murder, and the better to bring his diuelih purpoe to effect, doubting by them to be ouermatched and knowing one of them by name, he ved this pollicie to bring them to their end. In ubtill orte he conuayed himelfe far before them in their way and craftely couched out of their ight,