re was, he did meet with one that did bid hi'n look ere; but he gnafhed with his teeth and ftamped, and d, he was refolved to go back to his own town. Before came to the gate he met with Evangeli, who offered lay hands on him, to turn him into the way again: But is Turn-away refilled him, and having done much defpite to him, he got away over the wall, and fo cfcaped his nd. Then they went on, and juft at the place where Littleth formerly was robbed, there ftood a man with his ord drawn, and his face all bloody. Then faid Mr. reat heart, What art thou? The man ade anfwer, faying, I am one whofe name One ValiantValiant-for-truth: I am a pilgrim, and for-truth befet going to the celestial city. Now, as I with thieves. is in my way, there were thefe men that Prev. 1. 10, II. d befet me, and propounded unto me these ree things: 1. Whether I would become 23. 24. le of them ? 2. Or go back from whence I came? 3. die upon the place? To the first I answered, I had been true man a long season, and therefore it could not be exted that I now fhould caft in my lot with thieves. Then ey demanded what I would fay to the fecond: So I told em the place from whence I came, had I not found inommodity there, I had not forfaken it at all; but finding altogether unfuitable to me, and very unprofitable for ae, I forfook it for his way. Then these three, to wit, Wildhead, Inconfiderate, and Pragmatic, drew upon me, nd I alfo drew upon them, So we fell to it, one against three, for the fpace of three Jours: They have left upon me, as you fee, fome of the marks of their valour, and have alfo carried away with them fome of mine. They are but just now gone: I fuppofe they might, as the faying is, hear your horfe dash, and fo they betook themselves to flight. Great-heart. But here was great odds, three against one. Valiant. 'Tis true; but little or more are nothing to him that has the truth on his fide: Though an hoft fhould encamp against me, faid one, my heart fhall not fear: Tho' war fhall rife against me, in this will I be confident, &c. Befides, faid he, I have read in fome records, that one man bas has fought an army: And how many did Samplon flay the jaw-bone of an ass ? Great-beart Then faid the guide, Why did you not out that fome might have come in for your fuccour? Valiant So I did to my King, who I knew could me, and afford invifible help, and that was enough for Great beart. Then, faid Mr. Great-heart to Mr. Vali for-truth, thou haft worthily behaved thyfelf; let me thy tword; fo he fhewed it him. When he had taken it into his hand, and looked th on a while, he faid, Ha! it is a right Jerufalem blade Valiant. It is fo. Let a man have one of thefe with a hand to wield it, and kill to use it, and her venture upon an angel with it: He need not fear its ing, if he can but tell how to lay on; its edge will blunt: It will cut flesh and bones, and foul and fpirit, all. Great-heart. But you fought a great while, I wonder was not weary. Valiant. I fought till my fword did eleave to my and then they were joined together as if a fword gew of my arm; and when the blood run thro' my fingers, th I fought with most courage. Great-heart. Thou hast done well, thou haft refifted to blood, friving against fin; thou shalt bide by us, co in, and go out with us, for we are thy companions. Then they took him and washed his wounds, and g him of what they had to refresh him and fo they together. Now as they went on, because Mr. Great-h was delighted in him (for he loved one greatly that found to be a man of his hands) and because there in company them that were feeble and weak; therefore queftioned with him about many things; as firft, W conntryman he was? Valiant. I am of Dark-land, for there I was born, there my father and mother are ftill. Great-heart. Dark land! faith the guide, doth not lie on the fame coaft with the city of Destruction? Valiant. Yes, it doth. Now, that which caused me come on pilgrimage was this: We had Mr. Tell-true into our parts; and he told it about what Chrißian done, that went from the city of Destruction; namely, had forfaken his wife and children, and had betaken felf to a pilgrim's life: It was alfo confidently reported v he had killed a ferpent, that did come ou: to refift him is journey and how he got through to whither he inled. It was alfo told what welcome he had to all his d's lodgings. efpecially when he came to the gates of celeftial city; for there faid the man, he was received h found of trumpet by a company of fhining ones. He it alfo how the bells in the city did ring for joy at his ption, and what golden garments he was cloathed with; h many other things, that now I fhall forbear to relate. a word, that man fo told the ftory of Chriftian and his rels, that my heart fell into a burning heat to be gone r him; nor could father to mother ftay me! fo I got n them, and am come thus far on my way. Great-heart. You came in at the gate, did you not? Valiant. Yes, yes, for the fame man alfo told us, that would be nothing, if we did not begin to enter this y at the gate. Great beart. Look you, faid the guide to Chriftiana, the grimage of your husband, and what he has gotten thereis fpread abroad far and near. Valiant. Why is this Chriftian's wife? Great-heart. Yes, that it is; and thefe are alfo his four DS. Valiant. What? and going on pilgrimage too? Great-beart. Yes, verily, they are following after. Valiant. It glads me at heart. Good man! how joyful ill he be, when he fhall fee them that would not go with im, to enter after him in at the gates into the celestial ty? Great-heart. Without doubt it will be a comfort to him: or next to the joy of feeing himself there, it will be a joy meet there his wife and children. Kaliant. But now you are upon that, pray let me hear our opinion about it: Some make a question whether we fhall know one another when we are there. Great-heart. Do you think they fhall know themselves hen, or that they hall rejoice to fee themselves in that lifs; and if they think they fhall know and do thefe, why not know others, and rejoice in their welfare alfo? Again, fince relations are our fecond-felf, though flate will be diffolved, yet may not it be rationally con ded. that ve fhall be more glad to fee them there than fee they are wanting? Valiant. Well, I perceive whereabouts you are to Have you any more things to ask me about my beginni to come on pilgrimage? Great-beart. Yes; was your father and mother wilh that you should become a pilgrim? Valiant. Oh! no; they used all means imaginable perfuade me to stay at home Great heart. What could they fay against it? Valiant. They faid it was an idle life; and if I my ware not inclined to floth and laziness, I would never co tenance a pilgrim's condition. Great beart. And what did you fay elfe? Veliant. Why, they told me that it was a danger way, yea, the most dangerous way in the world, faid the is that which pilgrims go. Great beart. Did they fhew you wherein this way is dangerous? Valiant. Yet, and that in many particulars. Great-heart. Name fome of them. Valiant. They told me of the flough of Defpond, wh Chriflian was well nigh fmothered. They told me, Tha there were archers flanding ready in Beelzebub-castle, »| fhoot them who fhould knock at the wicked-gate for th trance. They told me alfo of the wood and dark most tains; of the bill Difficulty; of the lions; and alfo three giants, Bloody-man, Maul, and Slay-good: They Taid moreover, that there was a fool fiend that haunted the valley of Humiliation, and that Chriftian was by him moft bereft of life: Befides, faid they, you must go over the valley of the Shadow of Death, where the hobgoblic are, where the light is da knefs, where the way is full of fnares, pits, traps, and gins. They told me of giant Def pair, of Doubting cattle, and of the ruin the pilgrims met with there. Farther, they faid, I must go over the is chanted ground, which was dangerous: And that, aft all this, I thould find a river, over which I fhould find bridge; and that that river did lie betwixt me and the c leftial country. Great Great-heart. And was this all? aliant. No: They alfo told me, that this way was full leceivers, and of perfons that lay in wait there to turn men out of their path. reat beart. But how did they make out? aliant. They told me hat Mr. Worldly-Wifeman did here in wait to deceive: They also faid, that there was nality and Hypocrify continually on the road: They elfo, that By ends, Talkative, or Demas, would go to gather me up; that the Flatterer would catch me is net; er that, with green-headed Ignorance, I would prefume to go on to the gate, from whence he was back to the hole tha: was in the fide of the hill, and e to go the bye-way to hell. eat-beart. I promife you this was enough to difcourage but did they make an end here ? aliant. No, ftay, They told me alfo of many that that way of old, and that had gone a great way thereto fee if they could find fomething of the glory then fo many had fo much talked of from time to time; how they came back again, and befooled themfelves fetting foot out of doors in that path, the fatisfactica the country: And they named feveral that did fo, as ftinate and Pliable, Mifrust and Timorous, Turn-away old Atheist, with. feveral more; who, they faid, had e of them gone far to fee what they could find, but not of them found fo much advantage by going as amount. to the weight of a feather. Great-heart. Said they any thing more to difcourage a? Valiant. Yes, They told me of one Mr Fearing, who sa pilgrin; and how he found his way fo folitary, that never had a comfortable hour therein: Alfo that Mr. fpondency had like to have been ftarved therein; yea, dalfo (which I had almoft forgot) Chriftian himself, aut whom there has been fuch a noife, after all his ven res for a celeftial crown, was certainly drowned in the ack river, and never went a foot further, however it was othered up. Great beart. And did none of thefe things difcourage =u? diant. No, they feemed as fo many nothing to me. N 2 Greate |