ith his arm, and carry them in his bofom, and that could ently lead thofe that are with young. Now, to the care this man Chriftiana admonished her four daughters to mmit their little ones, that by thefe waters they might houfed, harboured, fuccoured, and nourished, and that ne of them might be lacking in time to come. This in, if any of them go aftray, or be loft, he will bring em again; he will alfo bind up that which was broken, d will ftrengthen them that are fick. Here they will ne

r want meat, drink, and cloathing; here they will be pt from thieves and robbers: For this man will die beone of thofe committed to his truft fhall be loft. Bees, here they shall be sure to have good nature and adnition, and fhall be taught to walk in right paths, and it you know is a favor of no fmall account: Alfo here, you fee, are delicate waters, pleasant meadows, dainty wers, variety of trees, and fuch as wholesome fruit: Fruit Like that which Matthew ear of, that fell over the wall of Beelzebub's garden; but fruit that continueth and reafeth health where it is.

So they were content to commit their little ones to him: d that which was also an encouragement to them fo to was, for that all this was to be at the charge of the og, and fo was an hospital to young children and or

ano.

Now they went on, and when they were

me to By-path meadow, to the ftile over They being hich Chriftian went with his fellow Hope- come to By-path , when they were taken by giant Def- file, have a ir, and put into Doubting-Castle, they mind to bave a t down and confulted what was beft to be pluck with giant ne: to wit, now they were fo strong, and Despair.

d got

fuch a man as Mr, Great-heart for

eir conductor, whether they had not beft to make an atmpt upon the giant, demolish his caftle, and if there were y pilgrims in it, to fet them at liberty before they went y farther: So one faid one thing, and another faid to e contrary. One queftioned if it was lawful to go upon confecrated ground; another faid they might, provided eir end was good; but Mr. Great-heart faid, Tho' that Tertion offered laft cannot be univerfally true, yet I have commandment to resist fin, to overcome evil, to fight the

good

John 2. 13,

good fight of faith; and I pray, with wham fhould I fight this good fight of faith; if not with giant Deipair? I will therefore attempt the taking away of his life, and the demolishing of Doubtingcaftle: Then faid he, who will go with me? Then faid old Honeft, I will; and fo will we too, faid Chriftiana's four fons, Matthew, Samuel, Jofeph and James, for they were young men and strong.

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Ifa. 11. 6.

So they left the women in the road, and with them M Feeble-mind, and Mr. Ready-to-halt with his crutches, to be their guard until they came back; for in that place the giant Despair dwelt fo near, they keeping in the road, a little child might lead them..

So Mr. Great-heart old Honeft, and the four young men went to go up to Doubting-caftle, to look for giant Def pair. When they came at the Caffle-gate they knocked for entrance with an unusual noife: With that the old giant comes to the gate, and Diffidence his wife follows: Then faid he, who and what is he that is fo hardy, as after this manner to moleft the giant Despair? Mr. Great-heart replied, It is I, Great-heart, one of the Kings of the celestial. country's conductors of pilgrims to their place, and I demand of thee that thou open thy gates for my entrance: prepare thyfelf alfo to fight, for I am come to take away thy head, and to demolim Doubting-castle.

Now giant Defpair, because he was a Defpair bas giant, thought no man could overcome him; overcome angels and again thought he, fince heretofore I have made a conqueft of angels, thall Greatheart make me afraid? So he harneffed himself, and went out: He had a cap of feel upon his head, a reaft-plate of fire girded to him, and he came out in iron fhoes, with a great clab in his hand: Then these fix men made up to him, and befer him behind and before: Alfo when Dif dence, the giantels, came up to help him, old Honeft cu her down at one blow: Then they fought for their lives and giant Defpair was brought down to the ground, bu was very loath to die; he struggled hard, and had, as the fay, as many lives as a cat; but Great-heart was his death for he left him not till he had fevered his head from h shoulders.

Then they fell to demonfhin Doubting-caille, and that you know might with eafe be done, fince giant Defpair was dead. They were feven days in deftroying of that; and in it of pilgrims they found one Mr Delpondency, almoft tarved to death, and one Much-afraid, his daughter; these two they faved alive: Bat it would have made you have wondered to have feen the dead bodies that lay here and there in the caftle-yard, and how full of dead men's bones. the dungeon was,

When Mr. Great-heart and his companions had performed this exploit, they took Mr. Defpondency, and his daughter, Much afraid, into their protection; for they were honeft people, though they were prifoners in Doubting-caftle to the giant Defpair: They therefore, I fay, took with them the head of the giant, (for his body they had buried under a heap of ftones) and down to the road and to their companions they came, and fhewed them what they had done. Now when Feeble-mind and Ready-to-halt faw that it was. the head of giant Defpair indeed, they were jecund and merry. Now Chriftiana, if need was, could play upon the viol, and Mercy upon the lute; fo fince they were fo merry difpofed, the played upon them a leffon, and Ready to-halt. would dance; fo he took Defpondency's daughter, Mucha-fraid by the hand, and to dancing they went in the road: True, he could not dance without one crutch in his hand; but I promise you he footed it well; alfo the girl was to be commended, for fhe answered the mufc handfomely.

As for Mr. Defpondency, the mufic was not fo much to him, he was for feeding rather than dancing, for that he was almoft ftarved; So Chriftiana gave him fome of her buttle of fpirits for prefent relief, and then prepared him. fomething to eat, and in a little time the old gentleman. came to himself, and began to be finely revived..

Now I faw in my dream, when all these things were finifhed, Mr. Great-heart took the head of giant Defpair, and fet it upon a pole by the highway fide, over-againft the pillar that Christian erected for a caution to pilgrims that. ecme after, to take heed of entering into his grounds.

(A MONUMENT of Deliverance..)

Then he writ under it upon a marble ftone, these verses following:

This is the head of him whose name only,
In former times, did pilgrims terrify.

His caftle's down, and Diffidence his wife,
Brave Mr. Great-heart hath bereft of life.
Defpondency, his daughter Much-afraid,
Great-heart for them the man has alfo play'd,
Who hereof doubts, if he'll but cast his eye
Up hither, may his fcruples fatisfy.

This head alfo, when doubting cripples dance,

Doth fhew from fears they have deliverance.

Whe

When thefe men had thus bravely fhewed themselves aaint Doubting-caftle, and had flain giant Defpair, they ent forward, and went on till they came to the Delectable Mountains, where Chrißian and Hopeful refreshed themelves with the varieties of the place. They acquainted hemfelves with the fhepherds there, who welcomed them, they had done Chriftian before unto the Delectable Mountains.