tfee pjcgrets. i 31
^jVhile they lay here, there came a Monfter cut of
Cc Woods, and ilew many of the Peo~
sw of the Town. It would alfo carry
waky their Children, and teach them A Monfter.
it fuck its whelps. Now no Man in
Rf Town durft fo much as face this Monfter • but
Men fled when they heard of the Noi& of his
ding.
^Fhe Monfter was like unto no one Eeaft Upon the
Uprth : Its Body was like a Dragon,
M it had feven Heads and ten Horns.
‘.j made great Havock of Children, and Rev. 13. 3;
it was governed ty% Woman. This His Shape,
ifter propounded Conditions to Men; His Natan,
. i fuch Men as loved their Lives
•tyre than their Souls, accepted of
Conditions.
nr
^Now this Mr. Great-heart, together with thele,’
%ie to vifit- t£e Pilgrims at Mr. Mnafons Houfe, en~
^ ed into a Covenant to go and engage this Beaft, if
:haps they might deliver the People of this Town
|m the Paws and Mouth of this fo devouring a
Itfpeht.
t .
JclThen did Mr. Great heart-, Mr. Contrite, Mr. Hotyl
ibn, Mr. Dare-not-lye, and Mr. PenitentK with their
eapons go forth to meet him. Now
sib Monfter at "firft was very Rampant,
fid looked upon thefe Enemies with How to en-
eat Difdain, but they fo belaboured gage*
11 n being flurdy Men at Arms, that'
ey made him make a Retreat; So
ley came home to Mr. Mnafons Houfe again,"
The Monfter, you muft know, had his certain Sea=*
as to come out in, and to make his Attempts up-
v. on