These two the captains and
elders of the town of Mansoul took, and committed them to custody
under the hand of Mr. Trueman, the gaoler; and this man handled
them so severely, and loaded them so well with irons, that in time
they both fell into a very deep consumption, and died in the
prison-house; their masters also, according to the agreement of the
captains and elders, were brought to take penance in the open place
to their shame, and for a warning to the rest of the town of
Mansoul.
Now, this was the manner of penance in those days: the persons
offending being made sensible of the evil of their doings, were
enjoined open confession of their faults, and a strict amendment of
their lives.
After this, the captains and elders of Mansoul sought yet to find
out more Diabolonians, wherever they lurked, whether in dens,
caves, holes, vaults, or where else they could, in or about the
wall or town of Mansoul. But though they could plainly see their
footing, and so follow them by their track and smell to their
holds, even to the mouths of their caves and dens, yet take them,
hold them, and do justice upon them, they could not; their ways
were so crooked, their holds so strong, and they so quick to take
sanctuary there.
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