To do so would be to descend to the level of these poor peasants who are not content with a mere fiend-dog, but must needs describe him with hell-fire shooting from his mouth and eyes.

there were only five hundred foot and three hundred horse left with him , for the blocking of Plymouth ; the rest were dwindled away

a water-laid, or left-hand, rope

... certain it was his head was phrenologically an excellent one.