...says : " Ther ben somme that eten chyldren and men, and eteth noon other flesh fro that tyme that thei be a-charmed with mannys flesh for rather thei wolde...thei be cleped werewolfes for men shulde be war of them." Nor is this the only reference to them in ancient chronicles, for Gervase of Tilbury, in his...

...etymology: "Ther ben somme that eten chyldren and men, and eteth noon other flesh fro that tyme that thei be a-charmed with mannys flesh, for rather thei wolde be deed: and thei be cleped werewolfes for men should be war of hem"). The belief current in England three centuries ago is thus summarised in Richard...