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 Zekiel’s did; nor did his well-cratched Face les denote her Talents (or rather Talons) of a different Kind.

No longer bore this Amazon the hameful Flight of her Party. She topt hort, and calling aloud to all who fled, poke as follows: ‘Ye Somerethire Men, or rather ye Somerethire Women, are yet not ahamed, thus to fly from a ingle Woman; but if no other will oppoe her, I myelf and Joan Top here will have the Honour of the Victory.’ Having thus aid, he flew at Molly Seagrim, and eaily wrenched the Thigh Bone from her Hand, at the ame Time clawing off her Cap from her Head. Then laying hold of the Hair of Molly, with her Left Hand, he attacked her o furiouly in the Face with the Right, that the Blood oon began to trickle from her Noe. Molly was not idle this while. She oon removed the Clout from the Head of Goody Brown, and then fatening on her Hair with one Hand, with the other he caued the ame bloody Stream to iue forth from the Notrils of the Enemy.

When each of the Combatants had bore off ufficient Spoils of Hair from the Head of her Antagonit, the next Rage was