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 deuouring and fierce woolf, for oftentimes the Inhabitants found the Armes & legges of dead Men, Women, and Children, cattered vp and down the feelds to their great greefe and vexation of hart, knowing the ame to be doone by that trange and cruell Woolfe, whome by no meanes they could take or ouercome, o that if any man or woman mit their Childe, they were out of hope euer to ee it again aliue, mitruting traight that the Woolfe had detroyed it.

And heere is to be noted a mot trange thing which etteth foorth the great power and mercifull prouidence of God to comfort of eache Chritian hart. There were not long agoe certain mall Children playing in a Medowe together hard by town, where alo ome tore of kine were feeding, many of them hauing yong calues ucking upon thē: and odainly among thee Children comes this vilde Woolfe running and caught a prittie fine Girle by the choller, with intent to pull out her throat, but uch was will of God, that he could not pearce the choller of the Childes coate, being high and very well tiffened & cloe clapt about her neck, and therwithall the odaine great