“ By this bloody method and their living so retired from the world, they continued a long time undiscovered, there being nobody able to guess how the people were lost who went by the place where they lived. As soon as they had robbed and murdered any man, woman or child they used to carry off their carcases to their den, where cutting them into quarters, they would pickle their mangled limbs, and afterwards eat them, it being their substance. ”

“ John's family was at last grown very large, and every branch, as soon as able, assisted in perpetrating their wicked deeds, which they followed with impunity: sometimes they would attack four, five, or six footmen together, but never more than two if on horseback. ”

“ When they came to the town, they were committed to the goal, and next day conducted under a strong guard to Plymouth, where they were all executed without any process, it being needless to try any creatures who were such profess’d enemies to mankind. ”

“ The man who had been attacked was the guide, and care was taken to have a large number of blood hounds, that no human means might be wanting to put an end to those barbarous cruelties. No sign of habitation was found for a long time? and even when they came to the cave of these wretches, they took no notice of it, but were going to pursue their search along the shore, the tide being then out ”