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Hon. Knew him! I was a great Companion of his, I was with him most an end; when he first began to think of what would come upon us hereafter, I was with him.

Great-beart. I was his Guide from my Master's Houfe to the Gate of the Cœeleftial City.

Hon. Then you knew him to be a troublesome one.

Great-heart. I did fo; but I could very well bear it; for Men of my Calling are oftentimes intrufled with the Conduct of fuch as he was.

Hon. Well then, pray let us hear a little of him, and how he managed himself under your Conduct.

Mr. Fearing's Great-heart. Why he was always afraid troublefome that he fhould come fhort whither he had Pilgrimage. a Defire to go. Every thing frightened him that he heard any Body fpeak of, that had but the leaft Appearance of Oppofition in it. I hear that he lay roaring at the Slough of Defpond, for above a His Behaviour Month together; nor durft he, for all he at the Slough faw feveral go over before him, venturè, Defpond. though they many of them offered to lend

him their Hands. He would not go back neither, The Coeleftial City, he faid he fhould die if he came not to it, and yet was dejected at every Difficulty, and ftumbled at every Straw that any body cast in his Way. Well, after he had lain at the Slough of Defpond a great While, as I have told you, one Sun-fhine Morning, I do not know how, he ventured, and fo got over: But when he was over, he

would

His Behavicar at the Gate.

would fcarce believe it. He had, I think, a Slough of Defpond in his Mind, á Slough that he carried every where with him, or elfe he could never have been as he was. So he came up to the Gate, you know what I mean, that ftands at the Head of this Way, and there alfo he stood a good While before he would venture to knock. When the Gate was opened, he would give back and give Place to others, and fay, that he was not worthy: For all he got before fome to the Gate, yet many of them went in before him. There the poor Man would ftand fhaking and fhrinking; I dare fay it would have pitied ones Heart to have feen him: Nor would he go back again. At laft he took the Hammer that hanged at the Gate in his Hand, and gave a fmall Rap or two; then one opened to him, but he fhrunk back as before. He that opened, ftept out after him, and said, Thou trembling One, what wanteft thou? With that he fell down to the Ground. He that fpoke to him wondered to see him fo faint. He faid to him, Peace be to thee, up, for I have fet open the Door to thee; come in, for thou art bleft. With that he got up, and went in trembling; and when that he was in, he was afhamed to fhew his Face. Well, after he had been entertained there a While, as you know how the Manner is, he was bid go on his Way, and alfo told the Way he fhould take. So he came till he came to our House, but as he behaved himfelf at the Gate, fo he did at my Mafter's the preter's Door.

His Behaviour at the Inter

Interpreter's Door. He lay thereabouts in the Cold a good While, before he would adventure to call; yet he would not go back. And the Nights were long and cold then. Nay he had a Note of Neceffity in his Bofom to my Mafter to receive him, and grant him the Comfort of his Houfe, and alfo to allow him a ftout and valiant Conductor, because he was himself so Chickenbearted a Man: And yet for all that, he was afraid to call at the Door. So he lay up and down thereabouts, till, poor Man, he was almoft ftarved; yea, fo great was his Dejection, that though he faw feveral others for knocking got in, yet he was afraid to venture. At laft I think, I looked out of the Window, and perceiving a Man to be up and down about the Door, I went out to him, and asked what he was; but, poor Man, the Water flood in his Eyes; So I perceived what he wanted. I went therefore in, and told it in the House, and we fhewed the Things to our Lord: So he fent me out again, to entreat him to come in; but I dare fay, I had hard Work to do it. At laft he came in, and I will fay that for my Lord, he carried it wonderful loving to him.. How he was There were but a few good Bits at the Table, but fome of it was laid upon his Trencher. Then he prefented the Note, and my Lord looking thereon, and said, his Defire should be granted. So when he had been there a good While, he feemed to get fome Heart, and to be a little encouraged at more comforted. For my Master, you the Interpreter's Houfe, must know, is one of very tender Bowels,

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especially to them that are afraid; wherefore he carried it fo towards him, as might tend moft to his Encouragement. Well, when he had a Sight of the Things of the Place, and was ready to take his Journey to go to the City, my Lord, as he did to Chriftian before, gave him a Bottle of Spirits, and fome comfortable Things to eat. Thus we fet forward, and I went before him; but the Man was but of few Words, only he would figh aloud.

When we were come to where the He was three Fellows were hanged, he faid, That frightened at he doubted that that would be his End the Gibbet, comforted at alfo. Only he feemed glad when he faw the Crofs. the Cross and the Sepulchre. There I confefs he defired to ftay a little to look, and he feemed for a While after to be a little comforted. When we came at the Hill Difficulty, he made no stick at that, nor did he much fear the Lions: For you must know, That his Troubles were not about fuck Things as thefe; his Fear was about his Acceptance at last.

I got him into the Houfe Beautiful, I think, before he was willing; alfo when he was in, I brought him acquainted with the Damfels that were of the Place, but he was ashamed to make himself much Dumpin at for Company; he defired much to be the House alone, yet he always loved good Talk, and often would get behind the Skren to hear it He alfo loved much to fee Ancient Things, and to be pondering them in his Mind. He told me afterwards, That he loved to be in thofe two Houses

from

Beautiful,

tion.

from which he came laft, to wit, at the Gate, and that of the Interpreter, at that he durft not be fo bold as to afk.

He went down When we went alfo from the House into, and was Beautiful, down the Hill into the Valley very pleafant of Humiliation, he went down as well as in, the Valley of Humilia- ever I faw a Man in my Life, for he cared not how mean he was, fo he might be happy at last. Yea, I think there was a kind of Sympathy betwixt that Valley and him: For I never faw him better in all his Pilgrimage, than he was in that Valley.

Much perplexed in the

Shadow of
Death.

Here he would lie down, embrace the Ground, and kifs the very Flowers that grew in this Valley, Lam. 3. 27, 28, 29. He would now be up every Morning by Break of Day, tracing and walking to and fro in the Valley.

But when he was come to the Entrance of the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I thought I fhould have loft my Man; not for that he had any Inclination to go back, that he always abhorred, but he was ready to die for Fear. O! the Hobgoblins will have me, the Hobgoblins will have me cried he; and I could not beat him out of it. He made fuch a Noife, and fuch an Outcry here, that had they but heard him, it was enough to encourage them to come and fall upon us.

But this I took very great Notice of, That this Valley was as quiet when we went through it, as ever I knew it before or fince. I fuppofe I fuppofe thofe Enemies here had now a special Check from our Lord,

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